Oct 24, 2011 0
Showtime Launches New Dexter Site
Following last night’s episode of Dexter, Showtime Licensing & Merchandising launched a companion site that played heavily within the story’s plot line. BuyThisTreasure.com will serve as a sister commerce site to the SHO.com store, selling product directly related to one of the series’ most famous killers.
The products that will be sold include:
| 1. | Dexter Collector’s Edition Ice Truck Killer Paperweight: $109.95 |
| 2. | Dexter Ice Truck Killer Replica “Thumb” 2GB Drive: $39.95 |
| 3. | Dexter Ice Truck Killer Replica “Finger” 2GB Drive (purple, orange, green, and gold variations): $35 |
| 4. | Dexter “Kill and Grill” Set: $50 |
Episode Tie-In: In the show Masuka’s intern steals a prosthetic arm, a piece of evidence from season one’s Ice Truck Killer, and auctions it on the fictional auction site Buy This Treasure. Showtime has recreated the site based on the graphics seen on the show and will feature SHO.com store items themed around the Ice Truck Killer. The highlighted item is the “Thumb Drive” – a USB memory stick encased in a fake thumb. The prosthetic arm from the episode is also on the site, but the “auction” will “end” when it’s clicked – just like what happened to Masuka when he tried to reclaim the stolen evidence in the show.
If you’re like us, you watched the Lost season premiere last night and thought it… was… awesome. (We hope you’re like us.) So to come in this morning and to see that Bif Bang Pow!, in conjunction with EMCE toys, will make ’70s style action figures based on several properties, Lost included, was a particular treat. The only way it could be better, we thought, is if they were also making toys for The Big Lebowski… which they were. 