ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Precisely
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Disney Pulls Starbucks Mug from Epcot Shelves
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Precisely
matt9112
Well-Known Member
people die every day...in ever place you can think of....tomorrow thousands more will die....and the next and so on...who decides whose life was more important more over its a mug? that happens to have the color purple....the horror.
Cosmic Commando
Well-Known Member
It's not really the Streisand Effect, IMO. The very act of what she did brought more attention to the situation (making her address public record, for example). The article doesn't say Disney announced they were pulling the mugs, Disney confirmed it. Some CM or chatty guest heard what Disney quietly did, and ran to the news so they could feel important. With the way the Disney Internet community works, would it surprise anyone if Disney didn't pull the mugs and someone started some fake outrage about the purple monorail?
I just hope they make a similar one in a different color scheme... that's one good looking mug.
I just hope they make a similar one in a different color scheme... that's one good looking mug.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Especially since EPCOT's COLOR is PURPLE - There IS a reason why Figment has always been a PURPLE dragon, This is corporate PR weenies getting their panties in a twist, The Streisand Effect is taking over, I imagine the next move will be to have TWDC request Ebay to prohibit sales of the 'Evil Purple Mug'
Without this action people would have been perfectly happy with their pretty purple mugs and NEVER made the connection.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
Agree to a point but the action taken drew attention to the very thing (Disney/Streisand) wanted to hide, Hence my use of the Streisand Effect, It might be different if was a MONORAIL mug featuring Monorail Purple but it's not it's a graphic mug with the dominant color being purple including the Epcot logo which happens to have a monorail and pylons in the dominant color.
With Starbucks they have 'Cities' mugs but they would be on sale for 2-3 months, This was something which should have been allowed to quietly run its course. Disney has now generated more buzz about the Monorail Purple fatality than a pressure campaign ever would have.
As to Starbucks collectibles at one time they had die cast antique trucks at Christmas, I wish they still had those.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Once again, you have taken what I have said and twisted the he77 out of it to make it about you. Nowhere did I say that you have any such powers....quite the opposite in fact.Really, I have that individual power to pull one over on the public and make the mugs more collectible with my opinion? That is a leap but I'm flattered.I tend to disagree though. I don't believe my opinion carries that type of weight that you believe to influence the escalation of a purported collectible mug. But thanks.
Let me explain English to you....
Interesting take. Happy Disney and Starbucks see it differently and are doing something about it.
The object of your statement was "Disney and Starbucks".
My reply was to your statement, so the object of my statement would be the same thing.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
How is suggesting the monorail is purple and not suggesting at the same time that the pagoda is purple considered splitting hairs?
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
Because its just a coffee mug.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Exactly....why are they trying to be politically correct over a coffee mug?
Tigger1988
Well-Known Member
The only people who care about this are those trying to make it something more than it really is. It's not a conspiracy to sell more mugs, it's not "censorship" it's not the Streisand effect. They noticed a potential goof and decided internally to be respectful.
Move on.
Move on.
Matt_Black
Well-Known Member
When mugs are outlawed, only outlaws will have mugs!!!
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
But it is overreacting.
Matt_Black
Well-Known Member
As are some of the reactions to that decision.
Tigger1988
Well-Known Member
Maybe to you?
The rest of us realize a new mug with a slightly altered color scheme will be on shelves shortly. The mug in question was sold out anyway, Disney doesn't even need to destroy inventory. The articles and hyperbole surrounding the situation (none of which Disney played a hand in) is overreacting, yes.
nicoleloveswalt
New Member
Longtime lurker but felt compelled to comment on this story.
I rode up front in the monorail with Austin hours before he died. Is it so much to ask that his memory be honoured by avoiding merchandise with purple monorails? It's a kindness the Disney company should be happy to extend after their negligent policies led to a young man's death.
I rode up front in the monorail with Austin hours before he died. Is it so much to ask that his memory be honoured by avoiding merchandise with purple monorails? It's a kindness the Disney company should be happy to extend after their negligent policies led to a young man's death.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Ah ha, that explains everything then.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Have you not read this thread? The mug no more portrayed Monorail Purple that it did Purple anything.
nicoleloveswalt
New Member
It is stylised, yes, but it shows a monorail with a purple stripe, like the real thing. The colour scheme can easily be manipulated so that stripe is teal, or grey instead. That would be preferable.
jaklgreen
Well-Known Member
I was going to buy one of these on our trip in May because it was so pretty. The purple monorail did not even pop into my mind when I saw that. I don't know what kind of person sees a color scheme and associates a tragedy with it and feels the need to get rid of it. With that kind of round about association and thinking, you can relate pretty much anything you see to a tragedy.