From syfyportal, Licensing lunch boxes and Happy Meal toys are one thing ... but there has to be a limit somewhere, right?
Apparently not for Viacom and CBS Corp., as the company apparently feels that a funeral isn't a funeral unless Spock is there giving the Vulcan salute. The studios have licensed the use of Star Trek to Eternal Image Inc. to be used in urns, caskets, memorials and vaults, according to Crain's Detroit Business.
"This agreement provides us with a tremendous opportunity to enter the entertainment industry category with an extremely popular and well-loved brand," said Clint Mytych, chief executive of Eternal Image, in a statement.
The company plans on having its Star Trek-themed funeral items available not just in the United States, but also in Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Korea and Japan.
The Star Trek items are expected to come to a funeral home near year in a matter of weeks, joining existing products offered by Eternal Image including logos from the Vatican, Major League Baseball, and even the American Kennel Club.
3 comments:
OH MY GOD.
Yeah, like, what? Huh? What?
Like, what does this mean? "a tremendous opportunity to enter the entertainment industry category."
If they don't make a casket that's a real photon torpedo then I say they're total pussies.
Besides, KISS already cornered the market on coffins, http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1390000/images/_1394576_kiss_300.jpg
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