Bought Jurassic park toy that’s not in the actual film

MattMattMattUK · 12 August at 2:08PM

Bartoni79 said:

eskbanker said:

Bartoni79 said:

Hi, it was Baryonyx which was advertised as being in Jurassic Park rebirth…

Bartoni79 said:

Here is an image of the box / packaging..

The film name is shown but there's nothing saying 'as seen in the film' or the like - is this the 'advertising' you're thinking of or is that somewhere else?

Selling a product with a film’s branding is advertising/linking the dinosaur/ character as being in the film. It’s using the film to promote a toy at a price premium…otherwise it’s just a toy dinosaur sold at a lower price

That is not how advertising rules work, if it said "As featured in" or something similar then yes, but not with just a film logo on the box.

Bartoni79 said:
That’s tenuous advertising… “inspired by”. You shouldn’t have to research the toy prior to buying it when it’s film branded. Having an unidentifiable partial skeleton… cmon. Why not make a wholly mammoth, giant sloth in there as well…. And every other dinosaur.

Thanks for digging the info out anyway!

Lots of toys and merch are "inspired by", it happens all the time, it gets even worse when a franchise has an "expanded universe". A mammoth or giant sloth are not dinosaurs, this was, there will have been other dinosaurs that were also not in this specific film, others may have just been in a background shot due to cut content. I get you are disappointed, but this is really not a consumer rights issue.

Bartoni79 · 12 August at 2:25PM

MattMattMattUK said:

Bartoni79 said:

eskbanker said:

Bartoni79 said:

Hi, it was Baryonyx which was advertised as being in Jurassic Park rebirth…

Bartoni79 said:

Here is an image of the box / packaging..

The film name is shown but there's nothing saying 'as seen in the film' or the like - is this the 'advertising' you're thinking of or is that somewhere else?

Selling a product with a film’s branding is advertising/linking the dinosaur/ character as being in the film. It’s using the film to promote a toy at a price premium…otherwise it’s just a toy dinosaur sold at a lower price

That is not how advertising rules work, if it said "As featured in" or something similar then yes, but not with just a film logo on the box.
Bartoni79 said:
That’s tenuous advertising… “inspired by”. You shouldn’t have to research the toy prior to buying it when it’s film branded. Having an unidentifiable partial skeleton… cmon. Why not make a wholly mammoth, giant sloth in there as well…. And every other dinosaur.

Thanks for digging the info out anyway!
Lots of toys and merch are "inspired by", it happens all the time, it gets even worse when a franchise has an "expanded universe". A mammoth or giant sloth are not dinosaurs, this was, there will have been other dinosaurs that were also not in this specific film, others may have just been in a background shot due to cut content. I get you are disappointed, but this is really not a consumer rights issue.

Thanks! Lesson learned!!!

MyRealNameToo · 12 August at 2:41PM

Bartoni79 said:

Hi, it was Baryonyx which was advertised as being in Jurassic Park rebirth…

Allegedly the partial skeleton of one is in the displays seen in the scenes inside the museum in Rebirth.

Its a dinosaur thats featured in various ways throughout Jurassic Park, its mentioned in III, its in World and heavily in the animated series.

So technically this one is in the movie even if not exactly recognisably.

screech_78 · 12 August at 3:41PM

I’ve heard it all now.

There were very few actual dinosaurs in rebirth anyway. Terrible film with mostly mutant creations.

Ergates · 12 August at 5:01PM

Bartoni79 said:

eskbanker said:

Bartoni79 said:

Hi, it was Baryonyx which was advertised as being in Jurassic Park rebirth…

Bartoni79 said:

Here is an image of the box / packaging..

The film name is shown but there's nothing saying 'as seen in the film' or the like - is this the 'advertising' you're thinking of or is that somewhere else?

Selling a product with a film’s branding is advertising/linking the dinosaur/ character as being in the film. It’s using the film to promote a toy at a price premium…otherwise it’s just a toy dinosaur sold at a lower price

There will be hundreds of "things" sold with the films branding/title on, most of which won't be in the film. There will be Jurassic Park lunch boxes, colouring books, bed sheets, socks, plasma accelerators, etc.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head · 12 August at 5:31PM

Sadly OP the toy company decided it is best to pay x for licensing and that will result in y from increased price and sales compared to a generic dinosaur and that it is.

There is no love for the product nor anyone to care whether a kid is disappointed with the toy not appearing in the film.

It’s pretty soulless really.

If you go back to the store, say why you want to return, staff might just agree and do the refund, especially if they are a parent as well.

In terms of consumer rights you are looking at arguing a misleading action, it’s broad and non-specific focusing on the transactional decision of the average consumer.

Given the ambiguity it’s not worth pushing for a plastic dinosaur 🙂

If they come out with a T-1000 action figure with Terminator 7 written on the box I’d expect to see a T-1000 in the Terminator 7 film (if they ever make it) but that would be aimed at collectors who are going to take more offence at a swizz compared to kids who are cash cows no one cares about (sadly).

Aylesbury_Duck · 12 August at 5:36PM

I wonder if that with a lot of modern children's films, toys and merchandise are designed first and the film is then created with them in. Probably cheaper and easier than trying to retrospectively design a toy to match a film character, animal, vehicle, etc.

Maybe they designed a whole load of dinosaur toys, but only a certain number got parts in the film!

GingerTim · 12 August at 6:24PM

Aylesbury_Duck said:

I wonder if that with a lot of modern children's films, toys and merchandise are designed first and the film is then created with them in. Probably cheaper and easier than trying to retrospectively design a toy to match a film character, animal, vehicle, etc.

Maybe they designed a whole load of dinosaur toys, but only a certain number got parts in the film!

I think this is right. Back in 1986, ahead of the release of Transformers: The Movie, I was given a toy of Galvatron, the new main baddie. I was so chuffed and couldn't wait to see him in the film ... but he looked nothing like the toy and was a completely different colour.

It transpired, as you say, that the movie design had changed since the toys were produced.

From (increasingly hazy) memory I think there were a couple of characters who had toys made but whose appearance was cut from the film.