Comments on: Crazy bus ads

By: Dial-Up Princess

Dial-Up Princess — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:05:23 +0000

the camera and the shark one are good ones…it would definitely get me to take a double take…

By: Cy Guy

Cy Guy — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:15:10 +0000

In this Norwegian ad for a nicotine gum (the text translates as “Ready to quit?”) the tailpipe of the bus is the smoking end of a cigarette.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:12:29 +0000

The camera, intentionally generic, is part of an ad for Yodobashi Camera (that’s what’s written above the lens), a store that sells photographic equipment. And by the way, though models sometimes may differ, Canon cameras look the same in Japan as they do elsewhere.

By: Elsa

Elsa — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:03:51 +0000

The Japanese camera ad actually says “Yodobashi Kamera,” which is a camera and electronic shop.

By: Khamel

Khamel — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:55:39 +0000

That Camera is a Nikon – Canon’s have their power toggles on the back, Nikon’s have theirs around the shutter button

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:32:35 +0000

That IS a Nikon. See the red stripe on the grip side of the body? Plus Canon’s cameras aren’t named like that in Japan.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:43:25 +0000

Actually, I think that camera ad is for Nikon. I don’t read Japanese, but the camera body looks like a Nikon.

By: SpaceMonkeyX

SpaceMonkeyX — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:43:11 +0000

Oh, and, yeah, the shark one is easily the coolest thing I’ve seen today.

By: SpaceMonkeyX

SpaceMonkeyX — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:42:13 +0000

But I don’t see “Find” and “Perfect” on the right-hand bus’ driver’s side.

Plus if you notice, the “Y” in “Your” is actually cut off a little, which looks like it would match up perfectly with the sliver that’s seen on the left bus.

By: look closer

look closer — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:36:13 +0000

cynthia, look closer at the bus on the left… the “your” obviously wraps around the other side… so each bus has a complete message, it just wraps around the corner on each, most likely – a double concept, as the corner wrap breaks the sentence one way conceptually that allows two buses together to make a unique message delivery.