Maaco Partners with New Transformers Movie for National Campaign

June 16, 2017
The stores will feature movie-themed signage and banners. On social media, Maaco will encourage consumers to enter for a chance to win movie tickets and a trip to Los Angeles through an online sweepstakes.

June 16, 2017—Maaco has launched a national integrated campaign with television, print, digital and social media with the new film, "Transformers: The Last Knight."

The partnership kicks off Maaco’s 45th anniversary celebration.

In addition, participating Maaco stores will offer a special paint service starting at $299 to help drivers makeover their dented, dinged, faded cars into spectacular rides just in time for summer driving. The stores will feature movie-themed signage and banners. On social media, Maaco will encourage consumers to enter for a chance to win movie tickets and a trip to Los Angeles through an online sweepstakes.

The Maaco and “Transformers: The Last Knight" partnership will be promoted through a new network television spot, titled “Brad Decision,” directed by the film’s director, Michael Bay, and produced by the Tombras Group agency. In the spot, a young woman who is upset with her boyfriend expresses her sentiment by spray painting Brad’s car.  But in the spot, we see she has mistaken the actual Bumblebee character disguised in car form for her boyfriend’s yellow Camaro. Then Maaco repairs the damage.

“We’ve been transformation specialists for 45 years, so the partnership with 'Transformers: The Last Knight' is ideal for us,” said Jason Ryan, president of Maaco. “Consumers of all ages love the heroic action of the Transformers movies, and this provides a way to build new awareness of the Maaco brand. It also provides an excellent new vehicle to reach the millennials as an entirely new generation of customers.”

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