Iron Man 2 Interactive Trailer and MORE Merchandising

I thought I'd put the eye candy right up top since its the AM and you may already be at work, bored out of your mind and looking for the first thing to do while you pretend to trudge through your day. We just showed you the pretty new Iron Man 2 Dr. Pepper cans you can add to your...shelves next to Mom's Hummels....just where DOES someone put a soda can collection other than on the kitchen table in a pyramid configuration? At any rate, Reese's is getting in on the newest armored adventure claiming themselves to be Part Chocolate...Part Peanut Butter...ALL HERO!! Good job kids..that makes zero sense, but we'll eat your demon candies anyway. As a reward for growing fatter with Hershy, one lucky fan can win a role in an upcoming Marvel movie!! Pop over to the Reese's Pavlion of the ever evolving virtual Stark Expo to enter. You'll also find a Hero Initiative section there where you can slide your mug into either Iron Man or War Machine's armor and create an odd mini movie where YOU ARE THE STAR!! WOOO! Well, the movie part might not work spectacularly, but the initial pic you create is Hee-sterical.

“Reese’s is excited to partner with Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment to bring added excitement to Iron Man 2 by offering loyal fans the chance to be featured in a Hollywood blockbuster,” said Michele Buck, Senior Vice President and Global Chief Marketing Officer, The Hershey Company. “In addition, our iconic Reese’s brand is honoring the film’s icon, Tony Stark. We’re teaming with MIT students to launch competing social media campaigns that will drive online buzz for this unique prize.”

What exactly does that mean?? Glad you asked. The “ Part Chocolate. Part Peanut Butter. All Hero : .” promotion invites fans to look inside specially marked King Size Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups to find a “winning” message. One lucky grand prize winner will receive a walk-on role in a future Marvel film, including travel for themselves and a guest to the film set. In addition, one first runner up will win a trip for two to visit a Marvel film set, one second runner up will be awarded a trip for themselves and a guest to attend a Marvel film premiere and 100 third runners up will receive a Sega Iron Man 2 video game.

Going back to the origins of Iron Man’s genius, Reese’s has challenged select MIT MBA students to generate awareness for the “ Part Chocolate. Part Peanut Butter. All Hero : .” promotion online. The digital marketing competition has two teams of three students competing to see which team can drive the most fans to www.reeses.com/ironman2 : .

Each team will represent one of the core ingredients in Reese’s perfect flavor combination – chocolate and peanut butter – with their competing campaigns launching April 5. The social media campaigns can be seen on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and select blogs.

Yes, yes, it's all very silly, but Reeces and Paramount can not be stopped. This leads us to 711!! Four new lenticular slurpee cups await those looking for a sugar high and a souvenir to mark the moment. But WAIT...there's more! “Collect Like a Super Hero; Live Like a Billionaire” – that’s Tony Stark-speak for the Slurpee promotion which includes a new Invincible Orange Slurpee flavor, a record-number of collectible Slurpee and Big Gulp cups, and an online sweepstakes to win a luxury trip to Los Angeles.

Always looking to up the ante on its Slurpee promotions, 7-Eleven has expanded its collectible cup count to 10 for IRON MAN 2 – four lenticular Slurpee cups, four premium Super Big Gulp cups and two premium molded character mugs – and added flying character straws. Each action-packed lenticular Slurpee cup features never- before-seen film shots of the all-star cast – Iron Man and his crime-fighting partner War Machine (Don Cheadle), as well as Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and villain Whiplash (Mickey Rourke). The cups feature multiple frames from the movie to enhance the action effect. Even the domed cup lids have been redesigned for the promotion, shaped like the helmets accompanying the armored suits.

Each collectible IRON MAN 2 Slurpee cup has a code printed on the inside which can be entered at www.slurpee.com to earn points redeemable for real and virtual prizes as well as to enter sweepstakes like the “Collect Like a Super Hero-Live Like a Billionaire.” Similar to the collectible Slurpee cups, the Super Big Gulp cups feature static images of the four IRON MAN 2 Super Heroes and super villains. New this year are two collectible 13-inch-tall mugs that replicate the movie’s two good guys – Iron Man in his characteristic red and gold armor and War Machine’s heavy-duty weaponized armor.

Flying Straws - 7-Eleven began including collectible action figures to straws as part of its movie promotions a few years ago. Characters have been reproduced as magnets and come with their own display stands. This year, they fly. 7-Eleven will offer three different IRON MAN 2 Slurpee spoon-straws with Iron Man, War Machine or Whiplash figurines designed to fly around the straw or detached as a toy or collectible.

Live Like a Billionaire Online Sweepstakes - Besides collecting cups and straws like a Super Hero, Slurpee fans are encouraged to head to www.slurpee.com to enter the “Collect Like a Super Hero; Live Like a Billionaire” sweepstakes that runs from April 1-May 31, 2010. The winner, selected in a random drawing, will receive a luxury Tony Stark-style trip for four to Los Angeles. The trip includes first-class air fare, two premiere suites and adjoining deluxe room at a luxury hotel for three nights, $5,000 cash for a Rodeo Drive shopping spree, lunch and dinner at The Ivy and Spago, limousine service, personal assistant and private tours of Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Retail value of the trip is approximately $30,000.

The sweepstakes can be entered online by redeeming five Slurpee Nation rewards points for entry. The contest can be entered up to five times per day. No purchase is necessary to win; instructions for entering for free without using points is available at www.slurpee.com.

Invincible Orange Slurpee Flavor - Developed by the Dr Pepper Snapple Group, the Invincible Orange Slurpee flavor blends Sunkist Orange with vanilla cream to create a refreshing orange cream or orange float flavor.