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Post by RoboFestivus on Dec 26, 2013 14:36:17 GMT -5
Forgive me if this has been posted before. I searched the forum and didn't find this. So I decided to post it: Mazinger Robots in Heroes TV ShowHeroes is an award-winning internationally-broadcast science-fiction drama by creator/writer Tim Kring and premiered in the United States in September 2006. Heroes chronicles the lives of a series of people who discover they have special abilities. The show was canceled in May 2010 after 78 episodes during the course of four seasons (split into a total of five volumes). One Giant LeapSeason: One Episode number: 103 First aired: October 9, 2006  A Japanese schoolgirl is about to be hit by a truck which has just hit a table full of Mazinger robots.  Amid the toys frozen in air, Hiro stops time...  ...and brings the girl to safety. Better HalvesSeason: One Episode number: 106 First aired: October 30, 2006  Micah keeps a Mazinger toy in his room. heroeswiki.com/Mazinger |
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Post by magengar on Dec 27, 2013 1:43:33 GMT -5
I remember seeing that discussion here at RJ a few years ago, but that thread is buried somewhere perhaps in the Breaktime section. It's been said that one of the crew guys who worked on the set is a Mazinger fan, and that he placed those Mazingers into the scenes as background props. Thanks for this thread!  zozo-mag |
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Post by RoboFestivus on Dec 27, 2013 8:29:33 GMT -5
I remember seeing that discussion here at RJ a few years ago, but that thread is buried somewhere perhaps in the Breaktime section. It's been said that one of the crew guys who worked on the set is a Mazinger fan, and that he placed those Mazingers into the scenes as background props. Thanks for this thread! zozo-mag Cool! I did not know that!  |
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Post by bowhntr66 on Jan 25, 2014 6:25:47 GMT -5
Here's a cool statue that's on "King of the Nerds"  Gundizer? Grendum? |
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Post by magengar on Jan 25, 2014 8:37:35 GMT -5
I also wonder if the 'bootleg' mix-match of the robot figure,
such as that "Gundizer" statue, is actually done On Purpose?
By that, I mean, if that were an actual Grendizer and/or Gundam statue figure,
the production company of that TV show would have to pay Go Nagai
and/or Sunrise Studios some kind of royalty to show even a glimpse either
of those robot characters right there as a "stage prop" item.
In the movie industry, it's called "Product Placement"***..........
.....Sooooooo, the producers and crew would build a bootlegged mix-matched
statue or prop of those robots, just for background scenery.
The mix-matching would be a purposeful attempt to avoid the work of seeking
licenses and the payment of royalties for "Product Placement" inside
a movie scene.
***Product Placement is the act of placing an advertised
name-brand product as a stage prop inside a scene of a movie.
Example: you're watching the movie "Pulp Fiction"... you see a Coca Cola
can in the far background, in scenes throughout the movie...
...Well then, the movie producers would have to pay Coca Cola, Inc. some kind
of royalty for every time that Coca Cola can is shown somewhere in scenes
throughout the movie.
zozo-mag
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Post by bowhntr66 on Jan 25, 2014 8:49:21 GMT -5
That can work both ways too. Sometimes products will pay to have them in the movie or show. I know that's why you used to see a lot of brand names on tv shows.
I know last season of "King of the Nerds" they had a 6' Grendizer inside the house. Looked exactly like a Jerry Santos version. I haven't seen it this year.
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