How the theme park snack culture affects the movie theater popcorn bucket mania

Popcorn buckets are becoming an essential toy collectible, and the plot twist of this trend comes from the unrequited virality of containers that evoke pop culture icons and enjoy delicious snacks. As a theme park nerd, I saw the development of Disney Parks’ choice snacks from the average cylindrical plastic bucket to the Mickey Mouse-shaped holiday container.

As common in the age of social media, these buckets became coveted souvenirs, and like many pursuing collectibles, scalpers quickly entered the game to sell them online. Need to have more franchise characters; suddenly you can get one Star Wars Commando helmet or Jack Skellington’s head or Cinderella carriage to fill with butter pop-ups of kernel food.

So, it’s no surprise that the cinema (the original supplier of the franchise cuisine) entered the popcorn bucket contest and made this dune Sandworm container cultural moment. Even after the pandemic, the theater chain struggled. One-third of the revenue from cinemas depends on rising prices. It’s clever to lure the limited edition open-air Wolverine popcorn buckets to lure popcorn to pour the paper bucket for $30. Then, as the despicable sugar market is still as hot as ever, it’s interesting Deadpool & Wolverine Now, third-party resellers can get up to $100.

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Yes, there was once a serious entertainment from simple artifacts in the movie, or the characters turned into heads. Theme park has long been crossing the Bonkers field, most notably Thanos Infinity Gauntlet Beverage Holder and Iron Man the Avengers: Final game Variants. Disney influencers flock to get them first and show off on their platform. Star Wars Fans were also recruited, and the snack container war began. Natural cinemas continue to showcase new popcorn buckets and drink tumblers in every new blockbuster, but so far no one has beaten the Curse dune Popcorn bucket.

This does not mean that the company will not continue to try. A few weeks ago we attended a media preview of Disneyland’s 70th anniversary, where we met the interactive Mickey Popcorn Bucket that responds when you talk to it. You can fill it with popcorn and say “Hey Mickey” and it blinks and moves to the side with one side of one of the many responses, and in your mind, Terminator Theme plays the rhythm. These buckets are now robots, and it does make their role in the foodie fanatics even more questionable.

Have we sacrificed practical and cool containers for a bulky toy? Don’t get me wrong, I’ve bought some buckets, but I do try to choose the utility. The waste bin in my house is Ghostbusters Ghost Trap from AMC Theatre; it captures garbage and has a handle that makes it easy for content to dump content into a recycling bin. This is what I need to do: hold the popcorn or recyclable accumulated in the car. That’s just my personal taste.

Of course, I got the appeal of wooden containers. I’m right jaw Sipper just launched at Universal Studios. This is a plastic shark forklift with scuba tanks in your mouth – keeping the soda convenient while you wander in the park. This is ridiculous, but it is very tempting.

So if you manage to get a snack and get a cool toy from pop culture fanatics, what’s the real big thing? AMC plans to release Herbie 3-in-1 for Marvel Studios Fantastic Four: Step One. This is a replica of the Richards family’s trusted robot companion, the company will be popcorn, candy and soda (surprisingly, the Sipper is the head is the head). Who knows how the theme parks will react, but we’re happy to see a whole new level of weirdness as the snack game develops.

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