In 1985 Maxell built a bunch of life-size robots for its bad floppy ad
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Re: In 1985 Maxell built a bunch of life-size robots for its bad floppy ad
#2I vaguely remember these but I more clearly remember the Samsung ad which featured a similar looking robot in a dress turning letters on a gameshow, implying that Samsung would still be around even after Vanna White was replaced by a machine. Vanna White sued, claiming a breach of her publicity rights (despite her name, the name "Wheel of Fortune", or her actual likeness not being used) and actually prevailed in court, establishing a precedent in the United States that very broadly protects celebrities' rights to control whether and how they are represented.
Re: In 1985 Maxell built a bunch of life-size robots for its bad floppy ad
#3> Except the glaring mistake of putting “3½” microdisk” in the copy when there are 5¼” floppies on the table.
The MF 2-DD box shown is 3.5, I think they just used the bigger disks on the table because they are much better props for the video.
Re: In 1985 Maxell built a bunch of life-size robots for its bad floppy ad
#4I don't recall ever using a Maxell floppy, but their cassettes were the best.
Re: In 1985 Maxell built a bunch of life-size robots for its bad floppy ad
#5I don't recall ever using a Maxell floppy, but their cassettes were the best.
Semi random fact, but there's actually a Vaporwave artist that used a number of Japanese Maxell advertisements in a distorted/looped manner for the better part of a whole album....
Re: In 1985 Maxell built a bunch of life-size robots for its bad floppy ad
#6I don't recall ever using a Maxell floppy, but their cassettes were the best.
Are your ears alight?
Re: In 1985 Maxell built a bunch of life-size robots for its bad floppy ad
#7I found a Maxwell robot video ad but I think it's just actors in robot outfits https://youtu.be/CKloQVH_72M
Honda was more impressive then with Asimo which was a real robot https://youtu.be/DerM1GNtg5A
Re: In 1985 Maxell built a bunch of life-size robots for its bad floppy ad
#8I don't recall ever using a Maxell floppy, but their cassettes were the best.
blank vhs covers were kinda beautiful
Re: In 1985 Maxell built a bunch of life-size robots for its bad floppy ad
#9I found a Maxwell robot video ad but I think it's just actors in robot outfits https://youtu.be/CKloQVH_72M Honda was more impressive then with Asimo which was a real robot https://youtu.be/DerM1GNtg5A
While watching the second video, Futurama theme song started playing in my head :-)
Re: In 1985 Maxell built a bunch of life-size robots for its bad floppy ad
#10I don't recall ever using a Maxell floppy, but their cassettes were the best.
For anyone not familiar with this classic ad: