Anything But Extinct: Brands Bet Big on Jurassic World
Amazon, Jeep Wrangler, and Doritos all latched on to the Jurassic theme and rode the brand-wagon in style.
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Even though the latest instalment of Jurassic World was largely underwhelming,
the brand associations which the movie makers entered into were of Jurassic
proportions. Amazon, the global e-commerce giant which is a logistical powerhouse,
Jeep Wrangler, and Doritos all latched on to the Jurassic theme and rode the
brand-wagon in style. Unsurprisingly, each of the brand associations went viral
on the internet.
Here’s a look at what the brands did:
Amazon Prime
One would trust a company that delivers a giant, scary dino right to the doorstep.
That’s generally the test a company needs to pass if they desire to be a bona
fide logistics company on planet Earth. Because you never know who wants a dino
delivered the next day. Amazon stepped in to do the heavy lifting.
An Amazon delivery 65 million years in the making. @JurassicWorld
#FallenKingdom
#AmazonFindsAWay
pic.twitter.com/fI9NTQgKdm
— Jurassic World (@JurassicWorld) 30
May 2018
"An Amazon delivery 65 million years in the making" - the largest "delivery"
in Amazon's history arrived to The Grove in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 30th.
The massive box, touting gargantuan dimensions of 40' L x 14' 9" H x 14' W,
with the several air holes and threatening growls was on display making shoppers
take measured steps around the box.
The label on the package included two interactive elements for passers-by to
try out: They could scan the SmileCode via Amazon’s smartphone app— activating
a landing page with discounted prices to buy Jurassic Park movies and displayed
the following video.
An Amazon delivery 65 million years in the making. @JurassicWorld
#FallenKingdom
#AmazonFindsAWay
pic.twitter.com/gAwkkg5Ng7
— Jurassic World (@JurassicWorld) May
29, 2018
The curious cats could also Amazon’s voice assistant, ‘Hey Alexa, ask Jurassic
World what’s inside the box’ to find out if there was a dino in there. The voice
search led to a layered interactive sound experience – filled with screeches
and roars for which the Jurassic series is famous.
Was it a dino? It was, but it was also a car, a Jeep Rubicon to be specific.
Jeep Wrangler
Cross-partnership has never been executed this smoothly before. Amazon has pulled
a car delivery stunt before, in 2014 Amazon partnered with with Nissan Versa
Note hatchback ‘selling’ car over the e-commerce platform. This time it was
the Jeep Rubicon.
Jeep’s relationship with the Jurassic series goes back to 1993, the franchise’s
inception. A 30-second spot anticipating Fallen Kingdom’s release paid homage
to the original Spielberg film Jurassic Park, with Jeff Goldblum as Malcolm
making a desperate escape from a T-Rex in a Jeep Wrangler. Cut to Goldblum’s
modern day revenge fantasy, chasing down the same T-Rex in a 2018 model of the
same car.
Doritos
The Doritos chip bag came with Jurassic World themed packaging in the US in
anticipation of the movie of the summer. The franchise's logo took over the
Nacho Cheese and Cool Ranch flavors, and feature iconic franchise dinosaurs:
T-Rex and Blue. The campaign also had an incentive for fans through the 'Track.
Rescue. Win' Sweepstakes.
If that was not enough, Doritos made 100 huge Doritos chips and packaged them
in what looked like dino eggs and shipped them off to influencers. Hundred largest
Dorito chips ever came in the iconic Nacho Cheese flavour and were devoured
by those who received them.
