Joined: 04-Feb-2002 00:00 Posts: 2755 Location: United States
Posted: 28-Feb-2002 18:22 Post subject: Kraken's Weekly Joke Sheet #3
2-28-02:
Today’s Marketing Blunders lesson is: HASBRO!
Imponderable: How can “on-line customer service” really be called customer service if all their questions are
answered privately with “Ve know nuthzing.” (Don’t laugh. That was the gist of two questions I asked them.)
In ‘92, when they first decided to come out with missile launchers for G. I. Joe, they released a version of
Roadblock with a zip-strip powered rotor launcher that had to be recalled. The Hasbro official reason is that the
rotor (and possibly the launcher) was too fragile and broke too easily; however, some fans think that it was because
the rotor was too powerful upon launch. This has made me wonder two things: 1. How powerful was it, and 2. How
hard was the person’s head that they bounced the rotor off of until it broke?
The other day, I found an accessory pack for the 12-inch G. I. Joe figures themed around the WWI Doughboy.
However, much to my delight (and chagrin) the set came with a carrier pidgeon- packaged to where it was almost
literally on top of the fork from the mess kit. Was this really neccessary?
_________________ "I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat." -Edgar Allen Poe"I knew there was something special about you, but I never realized you were really a cat." Wolfwood to a random cat (Trigun)
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum
"Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people." - Mario Puzo
