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Arby's Visited Anime Expo, Gave Away Bandai Namco Prizes
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
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Everyone's favorite pop-culture-savvy fast food chain (or at least its marketing team) headed to this year's Anime Expo. The restaurant held the Arby's Art Drop Promotion at the convention from July 1-4 and gave away special prizes.
Are you at @AnimeExpo? So are we! Follow #ArbysArtDrop during the con to hunt for our art and score some prizes. #AX2017 pic.twitter.com/TMIblOiRrc
— Arby's (@Arbys) July 1, 2017
The company hid eleven of its legendary papercraft creations around the convention. The first person to find each item after Arby's tweeted a picture of it received a prize pack. Judging by the prizes, Arby's is collaborating with Bandai Namco Entertainment for its Art Drop Promotion this time.
Here are the masterpieces from Arby's, winners, and some of the prizes:
Our first #ArbysArtDrop of the weekend is SUPER ready! Find him to claim rock star seating at the @BandaiNamcoUS panel and more! #AX2017 pic.twitter.com/MiD99iPMN5
— Arby's (@Arbys) July 1, 2017
Prizes:
This same likeness of One Piece's Franky debuted earlier this year.
Our next #ArbysArtDrop is waiting for a worthy wielder. Use it to jump the line & play the new Little Witch Academia game demo! #AX2017 pic.twitter.com/KfP6PCq2Nl
— Arby's (@Arbys) July 1, 2017
Thanks @Arbys for making #ax2017 awesome w/ #ArbysArtDrop . Now to enjoy the privilege of line skipping @BandaiNamcoUS #LittleWitchAcademia pic.twitter.com/dRx2Z051V9
— Mockingbird (@mockingbirdred) July 1, 2017
Prize:
- Line jump at Bandai Namco's booth to play Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time role-playing game demo
Our last #ArbysArtDrop of the day will earn you a royal welcome. Grab it to jump the Ni No Kuni II demo line and win some swag! #AX2017 pic.twitter.com/HLTnlBgPfz
— Arby's (@Arbys) July 1, 2017
thanks @Arbys for the crown #ArbysArtDrop pic.twitter.com/Z2cOtp9h3p
— arcaknight (@lianggwilliam) July 2, 2017
Prizes:
- SteelBook case for the Ni no Kuni II game
- Line jump at Bandai Namco's booth to play Ni no Kuni II
- Foam crown
Our first #ArbysArtDrop of the day is looking for attendees with attitude. Find it to take home some Power Rangers game prizes! #AX2017 pic.twitter.com/VCbpZ4o1bq
— Arby's (@Arbys) July 2, 2017
Thanks @Arbys ! #arbysartdrop #tyrannosaurus #mmpr #beefncheddar #mozzarellasticks pic.twitter.com/vx1ub1ZXEu
— Tim Caballero (@timcab) July 2, 2017
Prizes:
- Power Rangers Nintendo DS game
- Download code for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Mega Battle side-scrolling game
These bros aren't in FighterZ, but they don't play fair anyway. Find this #ArbysArtDrop to score some Dragon Ball game prizes! #AX2017 pic.twitter.com/lxYrYmgf6a
— Arby's (@Arbys) July 2, 2017
I found this epic art by the talented @Arbys creative team at AX today & won all this sweet swag! Thanks Arby's! #AnimeExpo #ArbysArtDrop pic.twitter.com/MAujq9qFRJ
— Matt Group (@MattGroup1) July 3, 2017
Prizes:
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 game
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse shirt
- Line jump for the Dragon Ball Z booth's demo
Attention, beaters: this #ArbysArtDrop is waiting for you! Track it down and take home some Sword Art Online game prizes! #AX2017 pic.twitter.com/Kt5W6hhvyh
— Arby's (@Arbys) July 2, 2017
Thanks @Arbys! Making my AX2017 even better. Keep it up! #ArbysArtDrop pic.twitter.com/sqZOH7xU2U
— KuroNekoVamp-san (@KuroNekoVamp) July 3, 2017
Prizes:
- Collector's edition of the Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization game
- SteelBook case
- Sword Art Online poster
It's well outside the village, but this #ArbysArtDrop is still hidden in the leaves. Find it to win some Naruto game prizes! #AX2017 pic.twitter.com/giQvZALkfx
— Arby's (@Arbys) July 3, 2017
So happy to have won the #ArbysArtDrop! Ran over and picked it up and got this cool loot! #AnimeExpo is awesome! pic.twitter.com/lY7WGZ2IJg
— lizenrae (@lizenrae) July 3, 2017
Prizes:
- Naruto game
- SteelBook case for the game
- Press kit with art book
This next #ArbysArtDrop wants to take you for a spin. Run to claim him and score a JoJo video game prize! #AX2017 pic.twitter.com/g2MycIYwbj
— Arby's (@Arbys) July 3, 2017
@Arbys @LotBZero @LotBDeath Our friend, Giovanni aka John, has claimed the #ArbysArtDrop of JoJo! You the MVP of our weekend, John!! :) pic.twitter.com/IBVwsBu0GL
— Mel @ AX 2017 (@MelodyHeal) July 3, 2017
Prize:
- Download code for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure game
Our next #ArbysArtDrop is looking for a new home! Find this 90's nostalgia kick to win prizes involving a few digital monsters… #AX2017 pic.twitter.com/o1AHVmvJN6
— Arby's (@Arbys) July 3, 2017
Omg!! Thank you so much @Arbys for this amazing prize pack!!! #ArbysArtDrop pic.twitter.com/w8nCEaZGmv
— Tid (@xbabyaznx) July 3, 2017
Prizes:
- Digimon World: Next Order game
- Line jump for Digimon StoRy: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory game demo
Hopefully Arby's realized it made a papercraft Tamagotchi and not a Digimon toy.
The last day of AX creeped up before we knew it. Find this #ArbysArtDrop in a hidden corner to have some Little Nightmares! #AX2017 pic.twitter.com/jIR8XJB2Gu
— Arby's (@Arbys) July 4, 2017
Prize:
- Collector's edition of Little Nightmares game
It's been a great con, so our final #ArbysArtDrop is SUPER sad to be leaving. Find him to claim a One Piece game prize! #AX2017 pic.twitter.com/MssWXUFaOG
— Arby's (@Arbys) July 4, 2017
Prize:
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors game
The version of Franky from the final prize giveaway also debuted earlier this year with the variant that was the first item for the prize campaign at the convention. Arby's also held an Art Drop Promotion at E3 in April.
The fast food chain's tireless and creative marketing team was not only at work at Anime Expo on Tuesday. The official Twitter account for Arby's also posted a video of Street Fighter's Guile ogling bacon.
Bacon goes with everything pic.twitter.com/lLVK4Rh6lI
— Arby's (@Arbys) July 4, 2017
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