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A few days ago, I was at Wal-Mart when I noticed something in the vending machines that caught my eye. It's part of the cast of Final Fantasy VIII, selling crappy fifty cent "Fantasy Jewelery" necklaces. This got me thinking. Why would they choose these particular members of FFVIII to try and sell cheap jewelery? Did the company that made this make any attempt to contact Square for the right? Do they think they wouldn't be sued (or at least served with a cease and desist) by Square? Had the person who drew this ever seen FF VIII, or had they just been given a vague description of how the characters looked? Finally, why is Edea wearing giant bling? What puzzled me the most is why would this be here, in the middle of a big(ish) town, and not at some cheap amusement park, or some small country? It's not the first time I've seen cheap unlicensed work, but it is the first time I've seen it in a Wal-Mart. Anyone else here have any experience with unlicensed schlockery? Also, obligatory post about the amusement park thread. http://www.somethingawful.com/d/comedy-goldmine/awful-amusement-park.php?page=1 Which has plenty of examples of unlicensed artwork gone wrong. Vlaphor fucked around with this message at 06:35 on Nov 30, 2009 |
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My fantasy jew would be Nigella Lawson.
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Captain Arab posted:Fantasy Jew Where can I sign up?
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Apr 2, 2009 17:40
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Sarah silverman?
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Apr 2, 2009 17:45
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I am pretty sure they just mix and match on crap like that, some time in the past they made and sold some crap final fantasy 8 knockoff things, then after having the prints in the warehouse for like 12 years they just stuck it on something because it said "jewlery" and that was cheaper than printing something new.
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Apr 2, 2009 17:48
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Scarlett Johansson.
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^^^^^ if she's Jewish then you have just blown my mind. ^^^^^kmcormick9 posted:Sarah silverman? Her voice annoys me, pretty bad for a standup comedian. I guess some people like her though as they showed her crap here in the UK. Holy Cheese fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Apr 2, 2009 |
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Apr 2, 2009 17:49
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Larry David
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Apr 2, 2009 17:50
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I'm going with Natalie Portman.
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Apr 2, 2009 17:52
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 spader man spader man does whatever a spader can?
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Son of Rodney posted:
Spider Person is awesome, it has 476.... then I don't know.
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They have one of those at the local Meijer near me. I agree, it's pretty stupid, but that's what you get when you're talking about a company that sells plastic poo poo for 50 cents apiece.Son of Rodney posted:
Spader Man UNMATCHED Behold! The PolyStation  
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Son of Rodney posted:
Ha, as if the Shoveler needed any unlicensed competition. 
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Holy Cheese posted:Spider Person is awesome, it has 476.... then I don't know. Gender neutrality spider person
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Holy Cheese posted:Spider Person is awesome, it has 476.... then I don't know. Stickers. 476 stickers.
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There's alot of very interesting knock off stuff here: http://www.geekologie.com/2009/01/pssst_over_here_cheap_knockoff.php The KLC one is hilarious. Don't have hosting to post the images at the moment but will later.
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xezton posted:
whoa how many stations is it
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Apr 2, 2009 18:23
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xezton posted:Behold! The PolyStation "Special Weapon XTD 802" Wait what, it's a gun?
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Apr 2, 2009 18:24
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Ferrule posted:Stickers. 476 stickers. Amazing, I want to collect them all.
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I always love seeing groups of various cartoon characters painted on the side of rides at travelling funfairs. Where else can you see Bart Simpson, Superman, Bugs Bunny and for some reason Freddy Mercury all enjoying a rollercoaster ride together? 
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Apr 2, 2009 18:28
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Vlaphor posted:Who says you can't get work with a deviant art page?
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jackhunter64 posted:I always love seeing groups of various cartoon characters painted on the side of rides at travelling funfairs. Where else can you see Bart Simpson, Superman, Bugs Bunny and for some reason Freddy Mercury all enjoying a rollercoaster ride together? I can't find my knockoff Shrek dolls arrrgh. I won them playing darts at the county fair a few years ago and they were so hilarious that I had no problem laying out $25 or so to win the full set. Poor disfigured little donkey, if I dig them up I'll post pictures. Anyway I've had this picture hanging around on my hard drive for a while, don't remember from where:  Dunno about you guys but that food looks about a million times better than McDonald's.
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StealthStealth posted:Dunno about you guys but that food looks about a million times better than McDonald's. Hell, the promo shots for McDonalds look about a million times better than McDonalds.
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Apr 2, 2009 18:53
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A few years ago at a dollar store I found this toy. "Force Soldiers", if you notice the guys at the top look very similar to counter strike models. When I looked online, I found out the company ripped the images right off the counter strike website. 
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xezton posted:Behold! The PolyStation V. funny. Would watch again.
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StealthStealth posted:
Is there a little kid stealing money out of that guys pocket?
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Apr 2, 2009 18:59
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I love these threads. I swear I find myself going into 99 cent stores just to look for stuff like this.
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Milky_Sauce posted:I love these threads. God, that's so fantastic.
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Milky_Sauce posted:Part Man. Part Machine. All Bob.
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StealthStealth posted:
Actually McDonalds has an Arabic branch  The food is pretty good but it's just heat-lamped versions of other dishes you can get cooked fresh
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I don't have a picture of it, but once while in some Chinese import store somewhere in Eastern Europe, I saw this pink children's backpack with two zippered tiers. The top tear had the BATMAN title in proper font on it. The bottom tier? A picture of Spiderman fighting Venom.
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Sometimes you can't decide which Super Hero to represent. Its good to diversify
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Holy Cheese posted:Spider Person is awesome, it has 476.... then I don't know. Ferrule posted:Stickers. 476 stickers. What I'd like to know is, are they Spader-Man stickers, or Spider Person stickers? jackhunter64 posted:I always love seeing groups of various cartoon characters painted on the side of rides at travelling funfairs. Where else can you see Bart Simpson, Superman, Bugs Bunny and for some reason Freddy Mercury all enjoying a rollercoaster ride together?  I love the total disregard to perspective or even basic human anatomy. TommyFilth fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Apr 2, 2009 |
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Girdox posted:Actually McDonalds has an Arabic branch I stopped at an Indian McDonald's on the way to the Taj and got a Big Mac. It was pretty much recognizable as a Big Mac but with spicy chicken instead of beef. Quite good actually. However, I passed on the "McAloo Surprise", because it's never a good idea to consume anything in India (or from McDonald's for that matter) with the word "surprise" in the name
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Vlaphor posted:Cheap-rear end $.50 bling I like to imagine this is where Fiddy Cent got his name, from obsessively buying that poo poo as a kid and acting all gangsta in his chintzy baubles.
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TommyFilth posted:What I'd like to know is, are they Spader-Man stickers, or Spider Person stickers? batman is pretty loving smug he had that gun. 
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Sardine Wit posted:batman is pretty loving smug he had that gun. He doesn't really "have" that gun so much as a gun is matriculating out of his poorly-grown digits. Edit: here's another from that series: 
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^^ Chris O'Donnell's retarded cousin ^^ih8ualot posted:He doesn't really "have" that gun so much as a gun is matriculating out of his poorly-grown digits. Likewise, he's not so much "smug" as he is facially deformed in such a way that he cannot help looking smug. TommyFilth fucked around with this message at 20:40 on Apr 2, 2009 |
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