Calling it now: Walmart has the best commercial of 2019

[Kaido]

Should've waited for the Superbowl!

 

[ImpulsE69]

Okay..that's pretty f'ng cool.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Why not show vehicles idling in line?

 

[shortylickens]

Still dont like Walmart.

 

[BurnItDwn]

So, does this work, you can go to walmart without having to wait in line for for an hour or deal with unstocked and disorganized shelves?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Great commercial. So far that's the only good thing to ever come from Wal-Mart.

 

[zinfamous]

The IP costs for that must be astronomical. Is this on TV yet or just online? It is definitely a SB ad. I think companies have been releasing those in advance over the last couple of years, anyway.

 

[nakedfrog]

Cute. Gary Numan getting paid on this too! Too bad it probably won't turn any ears on to his newer music.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Cute. Gary Numan getting paid on this too! Too bad it probably won't turn any ears on to his newer music.

His new stuff is pretty damn good.

 

[purbeast0]

This is my favorite commercial of 2019 so far. It just makes me laugh.

 

[Kaido]

So, does this work, you can go to walmart without having to wait in line for for an hour or deal with unstocked and disorganized shelves?

My local store was one of the early expanded test sites. I've been using it for awhile now & it's amazing! My local grocery store charges $3.65 for a gallon of milk, whereas Walmart is $1.78. That may not sound like a lot, but I save nearly $200 a year just in milk costs (average 2 gallons a week used in my household). There's no pickup fee (just a $30 minimum) & you're not allowed to tip the workers. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO INSIDE WALMART!

 

[Kaido]

The IP costs for that must be astronomical. Is this on TV yet or just online? It is definitely a SB ad. I think companies have been releasing those in advance over the last couple of years, anyway.

I can't even imagine. If I were to venture a guess, they probably spent at least $10 million on licensing costs. Although it depends on who owns all of the IP...if it's all under the Disney umbrella, then maybe they struck up a nice deal in addition to selling Disney merch in-store or something.

 

[BurnItDwn]

My local store was one of the early expanded test sites. I've been using it for awhile now & it's amazing! My local grocery store charges $3.65 for a gallon of milk, whereas Walmart is $1.78. That may not sound like a lot, but I save nearly $200 a year just in milk costs (average 2 gallons a week used in my household). There's no pickup fee (just a $30 minimum) & you're not allowed to tip the workers. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO INSIDE WALMART!

Thanks for the info!

 

[spacejamz]

epic commercial....all they needed was the Mach 5 from speed racer

 

[spacejamz]

I can't even imagine. If I were to venture a guess, they probably spent at least $10 million on licensing costs. Although it depends on who owns all of the IP...if it's all under the Disney umbrella, then maybe they struck up a nice deal in addition to selling Disney merch in-store or something.

I wonder how much they had to pay out for Ready Player One? so many licensed characters in that movie...

 

[Kaido]

I wonder how much they had to pay out for Ready Player One? so many licensed characters in that movie...

Warner Brothers owned most of the IP already:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainme...ady-player-one-references-20180401-story.html

A bit more on the movie rights:

https://screenrant.com/ready-player-one-easter-egg-movie-rights/

Aside from dumbing the story down, my only real complaint was how little screentime a lot of the background characters got...like you only see the Battletoads & Spawn for literally a split-second, not even a full few seconds, which is sad considering all of the effort that went into creating their CGI duplicates - I would have really liked to have seen more of, well, everything! Fun movie tho!

 

[spacejamz]

How does that video have 10k down votes? what the hell is wrong with those people?

they must either be Walmart haters or they are pissed that Bumble Bee turned into a bug instead of a Camaro....

 

[UglyCasanova]

Great commercial, weird they didn’t save for the super bowl

 

[Sonikku]

I can't even imagine. If I were to venture a guess, they probably spent at least $10 million on licensing costs.

It's ok. They'll make it up by paying their peasants peanuts.

 

[Herr Kutz]

The Wally World employees in this commercial look nothing like the employees at the stores around here. And the customers are also about 1/5 the size of a typical Wally World customer. Everyone knows this.

 

[LikeLinus]

So, does this work, you can go to walmart without having to wait in line for for an hour or deal with unstocked and disorganized shelves?

Yep. Our Superstore was a very early test store and we've been using it for over a year. You order everything online, pick a time and then go to the store during that window. You pull into a spot, call the number and they bring it out and load it for you. Very convenient and there's no charge. Every month or two they give you a small reusable walmart bag that is full of goodies to try and see if you like.

 

[Iron Woode]

pretty cool but there are other famous cars that could have been there:

Christine
The Car
Black Beauty
James Bond cars
Speed Buggy
Speed Racer
Munster Mobile

 

[Jon-T]

Bandit

 

[FeuerFrei]

pretty cool but there are other famous cars that could have been there:

Christine
The Car
Black Beauty
James Bond cars
Speed Buggy
Speed Racer
Munster Mobile

You have to wonder why they blew their wad on a single commercial. Why not make a series of commercials featuring a different vehicle in each one? Hmm.

 

[kage69]

Looked expensive, but I still won't give Chinamart business unless under duress.