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Video: Marshawn Lynch drives Amazon Treasure Truck, autographs bags of Skittles and Beast Mode Amazon Echo devices

Ex-Seahawks star running back Marshawn Lynch was at CenturyLink Field in Seattle today, but this time he was there to drive Amazon’s Treasure Truck and hand out Beast Mode-skinned Amazon Echo devices and Beast Mode hats. That was the surprise promotion from Amazon’s Treasure Truck, the Seattle-based company’s rolling “deals on wheels” that periodically hits the streets of Seattle. Marshawn was clearly enjoying himself, sticking around until every customer got an autograph this afternoon. He drove in on the Treasure Truck wearing the blaze orange parka that the Amazon employees wear, and came out with a boom box blaring hip-hop tunes… Read More

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Ex-NFL star Marshawn Lynch teams up with Amazon to drive the Treasure Truck, autograph ‘Beast Mode’ Echo devices

The Treasure Truck is going Beast Mode. Amazon’s deals-on-wheels truck has a cool offering for customers today with an extra special guest: former Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch. Lynch, who spent six seasons in Seattle and helped the team win a Super Bowl in 2014, drove the Treasure Truck to CenturylinkLink Field today with throngs of Hawks fans looking on. With hip-hop music blaring from his boom box and donning the blaze orange Amazon Treasure Truck parka, Lynch was signing autographs and handing out a Beast Mode-skinned Amazon Echo and Beast Mode Hat for $139.99. That’s $40 off the sticker price for Amazon’s popular voice-activated… Read More

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