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INTEREST: Astro Boy Cider Offered at Robot's 'Birthplace'




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TheAncientOne



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:11 pm Reply with quote
Anyone else see a flaw with promoting recycling with a limited edition item that becomes more collectable as more people actually follow through with recycling it?
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Otaku_X



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:38 pm Reply with quote
TheAncientOne wrote:
Anyone else see a flaw with promoting recycling with a limited edition item that becomes more collectable as more people actually follow through with recycling it?


Flaw? It's not like otaku are known for obsessive collecting or anything...
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GhostShell



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:53 pm Reply with quote
TheAncientOne wrote:
Anyone else see a flaw with promoting recycling with a limited edition item that becomes more collectable as more people actually follow through with recycling it?


Was thinking the same thing.
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:57 pm Reply with quote
TheAncientOne wrote:
Anyone else see a flaw with promoting recycling with a limited edition item that becomes more collectable as more people actually follow through with recycling it?


Yes and no. While people are certainly going to want to keep the bottles, you're redeeming them for another collectible which is a pretty clever thing to do. Someone that wants to invest a little into this would buy two bottles, redeem one, and sell/auction both the remaining bottle and the "50 horsepower" of "Atom Currency" as a set.

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Chrno2



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:44 pm Reply with quote
I wouldn't mind getting me some.
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Zin5ki



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:08 pm Reply with quote
Quite bizarre. First one learns of regions in which 'cider' denotes a beverage containing no alcohol, now one is informed of a region in which it contains no apples!
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