eBay
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If you're ayoung teenagerlooking to score some cash to pay for your firstcarby hawking yourgreat-great-grandfather's junk over theInternet,eBayis a good place to do it.
Unfortunately,two evil and dangerouskiller alien monster robotscan also use it to track you down and kill you.Transformers
In thereal world,eBay is the largest online market for buying both new and used Transformers toys, whether in full orfor parts(we're told other stuff gets sold there as well.) Its sheer size and market share mean that the selection and variety of toys is enormous; however, it has also given rise toscalpers.In addition,stolenleakedprototypes"acquired through unauthorized means" also often end up being offered on eBay, often going for even higher prices than toys sold by scalpers.
Notes
- In the movie,Barricadestates the eBay item number forLadiesman217'sglassesas "21153", a five digit number. In thereal world,eBay item numbers had already reached the eight digit region by 1998; and in 2007, when the movie came out, they were already in the twelve digit region.
- Inissue 1of the movie'scomic book adaptation,the eBay logo on Sam's computer has been changed into "ePay", possibly to avoid accusations of product placement. Seems strange, since they had no qualms about that in themovie.
- According to producerLorenzo di Bonaventura,eBay was not written into the movie as part of a sponsoring deal (although eBaywasa partner for the production), but had already been explicitly referred to by name in the script even before the deal between eBay and Paramount was reached.[1]
- Starscreamcan't use eBay, as he can't get a credit card without a date of birth.Transformers Comic issue 10
- eBay ran a video competition titled "Transform Your World"during the run-up to the first movie.
References
External links
- eBayon Wikipedia
- eBay section of Transformers merchandise
