Eliminator 380 Eagle Blows Up
 

Watch The Mentalist this Thursday on CBS at 10:00 PM PST and watch a 380 Eagle get blown up.:eek: Eliminator has supplied boats for several episodes of The Mentalist and CSI:Miami. Keep an eye out for us.

Today's Media, God Help us All!
 

Sorry, but why would I want to waste my time watching a stupid sit/cop program and watch a beautiful performance power boat get blasted to smithereens! Let me know when one of Bob Leach's great boats is in a real world fun boating program or video and I will probably tune in.
Sorry , but I don't think this is viable or valuable form of advertising.

Best Regards,
Ray @ Raylar

Ditto.... ^

And we have a winner.:drink:

That being said, I won't be the judge on how they treat their property. They can do what they want and each to their own I guess. It's not for me.

I'll watch. Never thought of something like this being a big personal values thing. But to each his own.

They've eliminated one Eliminator. Big deal, they can build more :lolhit:

Funny guy:lolhit:

Haha someone had to say it. :)

No need to apologize, some like them, some don't. The guy who is in charge of the marine scenes is a big Eliminator fan and calls us when he needs a boat. Also, most of the boats belong to our customers who like seeing their boats on tv or the movies. The boat actually does not get blown up, Hollywood magic.

any exsposure is good who cares dont watch if you dont want to get over it

I think that might change some opinions a bit...

From your initial post it sounded like they were turning the actual boat into fiberglass dust!

I think a number of us figured that from the start. ;)

My error. Sorry guys. In my haste, I forgot to put that in my post. I had several other things that Bob wanted me to do and not enough time to do them.
We did, however, give them an old hull that they tore apart to make it look like what was left over of the 380 Eagle complete with fiberglass debris and flames. I have no idea how they kept the boat from completely going up in flames. Again, Hollywood magic. I will post a pic as soon as I figure out how to do it.

I cannot believe anyone would be opposed to this. During these hard economic times this program sounds it will give performance boating some much needed exposure in the public eye. What could be wrong with that?

I wonder if the drug dealers operating the performance boat die in the explosion? :evilb:

Having your boat seen by 13 million people for free is not a valuable form of advertising???

That's probably why everyone has heard of Raylar.:rolleyes:

I don't think any of those 13 million viewers will be seeing any Eliminator decals, badges, etc. and I doubt any can even identify the manufacturer or even the model of boat, so how does this qualify as valuable advertising? I sure can't figure this out, but heck thats becaue I am not the sharpest tool in the shed, EH?

I am all in for promoting our performance boating community and sport, I just don't think this type of exposure is that helpful.

Best Regards,
Ray @ Raylar

A few screencaps.

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/4994/elim1.jpg
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/936/elim2.jpg
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4236/elim3.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/3619/elim4.jpg
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7956/elim5.jpg

I don't watch much T.V. but I do watch The Mentalist. The scene was
short and you could not really tell what the boat was. They did
however kill a lawyer so that was worth it I guess. :lolhit:

Sweet Eliminator bolster in the bottom pic. :lolhit: Cool scene and as stated a lawyer died. Wasn't a bad show but needs more hot chicks.

Only reason I watch that show is for the tall redhead. ;)

+1 on the Lawyer

Ha, I did not even notice that until you said something. Tight budget I am guessing

Funny how the TV world has changed. Today, you would have to provide the boat and PAY for the exposure of a trademark.

The blow up doesn't bother me, and I agree the exposure prob doesn't do much today.

Miami vice was prob the best TV exposure for performance boats, however at that time boat's were relatively affordable.

If Joe blow saw this show, and said to himself "wow, I should get something like that" It would be short lived when he finds out it would cost him about $400k to own one

Actually Joe Blow could go to Eliminator and buy the boat as seen on tv for $159,000 ;)

http://eliminatorboat.com/pre-owned/2005--380-eagle-icc

The world has changed for sure, but Hollywood—television and movies has not, at least in terms of how it deals with the boating world.

Years ago, Lee Kimmell, the former chief executive officer of Donzi, complained to me frequently about how "Hollywood" (I have deleted the colorful string of expletives that Lee, a man who knew how to use them. used to describe the town) called him all the time for "free" boats to use on TV and in the movies. Let's just say the prospect didn't thrill him.

I heard the same story, "Give us a free boat to blow up on film and we'll give you invaluable exposure" from several boat builders.

Now, if you're talking about product placement (i.e. you will show a BMW so many times in the new Mission Impossible movie) and cross-branding, especially with major brands, that's a different story.

The ironic thing is: I'm not sure the exposure does that much for the boat builder. In Hangover II, a few people probably noticed that the boat that ran up the beach was a Baja (I think), but most just saw ... a boat running up the beach.

Go way back to the Bond movie, "Live and Let Die," and you see an incredible canal to canal boat jump. I know it was a Carlson-designed Glastron and some of you probably did do, too. But does anyone care and did it sell boats? I don't think so.

I thought companies looked for exposure to sell new products? Did GM pay to have cars in the Transformer movies to sell used 2005 vehicles?

I think it depends on the placement and how the item is used in the movie/show.

Miami Vise in my opinion gave most of us the bug many years ago to get the boats we have. The old Scarabs were a center of attention in the story line, thus better exposure, more goals for people to reach. The cost back then was outside many of ours reach, but over time we fulfilled our goals and now have the boats to show for it.

Think how many Trans Ams were sold after the Smokey and the Bandit movies, "Raised" 4x4's after the Fall Guy, Chopper motorcycles in the builder bike shows and many more over the years. Granted every show has a cycle and over time it fades and changes, but placement definitely does make a difference in sales.

If a couple of the manufacturers worked with Hollywood or TV to again get proper placement for the boats, I feel it could get people excited again.

Maybe.... Some of us should get together and come up with a pilot, and pitch it to the execs? Any takers?

Did everyone rush out to buy Donzi's after Charlies Angels or Nash Bridges etc?
We get those calls asking for boats all of the time including the Hangover II. They pay you nothing to use the boats. It'd be cool if you had a lot of boats to loan out but for us it's not worth it.
The exposure does seem to work for cars but everybody needs a car.
BTW I saw the show last night and I didn't know what the boat was. Unless I slept through that part of Marketing class, I'm not sure a brief glimpse of a boat and then it blows up promotes anything that would lead to a sale...
But if you had fun with it then ok.

I agree a split second placement is nothing for sales other than "cool factor".

But a product that becomes a "regular" in the show could lead to better knowledge of the product and thus an increase in sales.

I think it also depends on how they use the boat/car etc, if they show it in a more positive way (looking cool, cruising, having fun) it would promote better sales. On the reverse, blowing one up makes no sense at all in the way of promotion, in fact it actually digresses that "oh ****, I could be in that and die!"

D*mmit, how many times do I have to pitch this idea???: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_161p0rbXk :lolhit:

On a serious note, as mentioned here, the success of product exposure certainly refers to the screen time of a product, how much specific exposure it's given, and the spin on it, ie, positive or negative. Some good examples of both have been given.

Dude, that last picture in the video made me choke on my drink, is the cat real or photshopped? :lolhit:

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This did a lot more for me for the 80's. I know the boat is new in the video, but now when i watch it I think of stringer rot, cracked vinyl, blown trannys, and corroded wiring :)

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZLLrOv96Eo[/YOUTUBE]

I found it online, but my money is on photoshopped. :drink:

I rest my case.

And, as I recall, Terry is among the boat industry people who told me this years ago.

I'm going to play devils advocate here for a second. Out of those 13 million (yes 13,000,000) viewers what if 100 viewed the episode and did a google search for "performance boat on the Mentalist" (see link below) it would be very easy to find out who built the boat. What if 1 out of that 100 buys a boat from Eliminator. I'd say that would pay for the gas to trailer the boat to the shoot and then some! I call that good advertising! ......https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-...w=1440&bih=699