What a great toy! Man-o-man this sends me back. What 9-year-old boy could resist a wooly mammoth with wings and don’t-eat-the-yellow-snow tusks, with a pair of, um, snow-covered cookies growing out of its trunk. Japanese marketing is amazing.
The folks from Nippon are amused by us westerners as well. If you ever find yourself among a group of them, all you have to say is “Detroit” and they double over laughing.
Careful with the Kawaba site on the advert above; might not be safe according to Firefox.
[Update: Try this Kawaba site instead: http://www.kawaba.co.jp/index.php ]
[Image from the Awesome Cheese.]
Thursday, 4 December 2008 at 7:41 AM
The mammoth must be a new character for the ski area. I haven’t seen it or his … snow covered cookies before. I picked up this brochure while buying a bit of sushi at the local 7-11.
note: I think they are nostrils, but possibly cookies or … other things.
Thursday, 4 December 2008 at 12:21 PM
Huh??
Thursday, 4 December 2008 at 2:38 PM
What the crap is that thing?
Thursday, 4 December 2008 at 3:14 PM
I don’t know, but it has a short cameo here: