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INTEREST: Attack on Titan Gets Promotional Ferrari With Full-Body Suit Titan


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Atekae_Grimm



Joined: 18 Jan 2013
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:56 am Reply with quote
Akiba Drug & Cafe establishment... What, you can pop some pills while drinking an iced coffee and a omelet with your name on it?
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ZanraiKid



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 8:15 am Reply with quote
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the most horrifying body suit known to man.
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Marzan



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:01 am Reply with quote
I like Attack on Titan as much as the next guy, but doing that to a Ferrari is borderline criminal.
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formerroadie1



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:30 am Reply with quote
What a colossal waste of money.... *see what I did there....
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mewpudding101
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:05 am Reply with quote
Atekae_Grimm wrote:
Akiba Drug & Cafe establishment... What, you can pop some pills while drinking an iced coffee and a omelet with your name on it?


I knew... JUST KNEW that someone would say that. It's a drugstore with a ridiculous, Japanese name. Engrish. I'm so used to these kind of things since I live here...
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Correl



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:37 am Reply with quote
formerroadie1 wrote:
What a colossal waste of money.... *see what I did there....

I actually come here to make that exact same joke. You have fine taste in punnery, sir.
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SthRandom



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 10:46 am Reply with quote
formerroadie1 wrote:
What a colossal waste of money.... *see what I did there....
Hahaha xD

Well, I wonder if there's still any thing left that isn't AoT themed yet...
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dizzon



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:42 pm Reply with quote
I'm sure there's a way to make an AoT themed Ferrari look good, but that ain't it. Yeesh!

And to think of how much that had to cost. Double yeesh!
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TheAncientOne



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:57 pm Reply with quote
Atekae_Grimm wrote:
Akiba Drug & Cafe establishment... What, you can pop some pills while drinking an iced coffee and a omelet with your name on it?

Once upon a time, it wasn't uncommon for drug stores here in the United States to have anything from a "soda fountain" (a counter with stools, serving cold drinks and ice cream treats) to effectively a small fast food cafe with a grill and seating.

We still had a couple of each type when I was a kid in the small town I grew up in.
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jree78



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:18 pm Reply with quote
Is it just me or does this feel really macabre.
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LaSean



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 2:54 pm Reply with quote
ZanraiKid wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the most horrifying body suit known to man.
Glad I wasn't the only one creeped out by the body suit. Shocked
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taster of pork



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 6:29 pm Reply with quote
That poor car. Sad
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noblesse oblige



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 12:03 am Reply with quote
I find thinking about the differences between Japanese and US marketing strategies to be extremely interesting. I wish I could learn about this from someone a bit more knowledgable than myself. To someone like me, it just seems like Japanese companies have marketing departments that fail to make efficient use of their budgets with strange stunts like this, but then again I have next to zero knowledge of the Japanese consumer. Maybe there will be a panel about this at Otakon, which will be my first convention.
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samuelp
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 12:43 am Reply with quote
noblesse oblige wrote:
I find thinking about the differences between Japanese and US marketing strategies to be extremely interesting. I wish I could learn about this from someone a bit more knowledgable than myself. To someone like me, it just seems like Japanese companies have marketing departments that fail to make efficient use of their budgets with strange stunts like this, but then again I have next to zero knowledge of the Japanese consumer. Maybe there will be a panel about this at Otakon, which will be my first convention.

A stupid amount of marketing in Japan these days is literally getting people to retweet things.

Ever noticed how the top trending tweets often are from Japan, despite Japan having so much less population? That's because they retweet WAY more than westerners (also because kanji makes the character limit a lot easier)

If you can get something with 1 interesting picture that can be summed up in a tweet, and it gets retweeted 500,000 times, even ruining a Ferrari might be worth it.
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Tenchi



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 1:13 am Reply with quote
Marzan wrote:
I like Attack on Titan as much as the next guy, but doing that to a Ferrari is borderline criminal.


I'd say there's about a 99.999% chance it's a vinyl wrap. It peels off, then you wax the Ferrari and it looks as good as new.
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