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		<title>Star Wars Identities Posters: Your Eyes Can Deceive You; Don&#8217;t Trust Them.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember that <em>Star Wars Identities&#8230;</em> museum exhibit that&#8217;s coming to Canada? Well, they&#8217;ve just released some great promotional posters. The exhibit is set to open April 19th in Montreal, Canada. It&#8217;s too bad that I now live on the other side of the world now &#8211; I actually used to]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Remember that <a href="http://technabob.com/blog/2011/11/26/star-wars-identities-exhibition/"><em>Star Wars Identities</em></a> museum exhibit that&#8217;s coming to Canada? Well, they&#8217;ve just released some <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/starwarsblog/sets/72157629163923956/with/6959953355/">great promotional posters</a>. The exhibit is set to open April 19th in Montreal, Canada. It&#8217;s too bad that I now live on the other side of the world now &#8211; I actually used to live in Montreal.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-87013" title="Star-Wars-Identities-Darth-Vader" src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Star-Wars-Identities-Darth-Vader.jpg" alt="Star Wars Identities Darth Vader" width="600" height="900" /></p>
<p><span id="more-86986"></span>Naturally, the most compelling poster is of Darth Vader, comprised of the Death Star and what looks the entire Imperial fleet, though the one of the stormtroopers made of stormtroopers is pretty cool as well.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-87014" title="Star-Wars-Identities-Stormtrooper" src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Star-Wars-Identities-Stormtrooper.jpg" alt="Star Wars Identities Stormtrooper" width="600" height="900" /></p>
<p>The one of Boba Fett reminds me of a question that I think of every time I watch the <em>Star Wars</em> Saga again. Would George Lucas have fed Boba Fett to the Sarlacc if he had known the popularity of the ultimate bounty hunter ahead of time? Yeah, it turns out Fett actually escaped in <em><a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Empire">Dark Empire</a></em>, but that was clearly an afterthought. If you still like to imagine that Fett was chewed to pieces by the Sarlacc, this poster should serve as a reminder.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-87015" title="Star-Wars-Identites-Boba-Fett" src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Star-Wars-Identites-Boba-Fett.jpg" alt="Star Wars Identites Boba Fett" width="600" height="900" /></p>
<p>But I digress. These awesome posters were created by the agency <a href="http://www.bleublancrouge.ca/en/">Bleublancrouge</a>, and if you&#8217;d like to see the exhibit behind these posters, it starts April 19th in Montreal and on October 27th in Edmonton. Let&#8217;s hope they take this show on the road.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-87016" title="Star-Wars-Identities-Padme" src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Star-Wars-Identities-Padme.jpg" alt="Star Wars Identities Padme" width="600" height="900" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-87017" title="Star-Wars-Identities-C-3PO" src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Star-Wars-Identities-C.jpg" alt="Star Wars Identities C" width="600" height="900" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-87018" title="Star-Wars-Identities-yoda" src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Star-Wars-Identities-yoda.jpg" alt="Star Wars Identities yoda" width="600" height="900" /></p>
<p>[<a href="http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2012/03/06/new-star-wars-identities-exhibit-portraits/">Star Wars Blog</a> via <a href="http://rampagedreality.com/post/18888677994/swiport">Rampaged Reality</a> via <a href="http://blog.thaeger.com/2012/03/07/star-wars-identities/">Thaeger</a>]</p>
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		<title>Mini Xbox Games in Cereal Boxes, Break Just Like the Real Thing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was wandering the cereal aisle in my local grocery store looking for my morning sugar fix, when I stumbled this Xbox-themed promotion in boxes of cereal.

Six Xbox-branded mini-games are available in specially-marked boxes of Kellogg&#8217;s cereal (I always wanted to say that), including Apple Jacks, Cocoa Krispies, Corn&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was wandering the cereal aisle in my local grocery store looking for my morning sugar fix, when I stumbled this Xbox-themed promotion in boxes of cereal.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/apple_jacks_xbox.jpg" alt="apple jacks xbox"  title="apple jacks xbox photo" /></p>
<p>Six Xbox-branded mini-games are available in <a href="http://www2.kelloggs.com/Promotion/PromotionDetail.aspx?PID=10677">specially-marked boxes of Kellogg&#8217;s cereal</a> (I always wanted to say that), including Apple Jacks, Cocoa Krispies, Corn Pops, Froot Loops, Honey Smacks and Frosted Flakes.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/apple_jacks_xbox_back.jpg" alt="apple jacks xbox back"  title="apple jacks xbox back photo" /></p>
<p>The 6 mini-games are described as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>Reactor &#8211; <em>&#8220;Your mission: fight through defending alien ships and destroy the enemy power source! 4 levels of extra-terrestrial difficulty!&#8221;</em></li>
<li>Mutants &#8211; <em>&#8220;Civilization is depending on you! Blast continuously evolving mutant enemies to survive six levels of ever-increasing peril!&#8221;</em></li>
<li>Football &#8211; <em>&#8220;You&#8217;re the QB driving your team to the end zone! You control the receiver too as the defense gets tougher each quarter!&#8221;</em></li>
<li>Car Racing &#8211; <em>&#8220;Accelerate! Brake! Steer! Zoom through heavy traffic as you race through 4 levels of heart pounding excitement!&#8221;</em></li>
<li>Earn Your Stripes Snowboarding -<em> &#8220;Shred right and left and even jump! Watch out for the tree stumps! With unique &#8216;gravity&#8217; feature and 4 levels of difficulty.&#8221; </em>(this one is only in Frosted Flakes for some reason)<em><br />
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<li>Ninja House -<em> &#8220;Perform remarkable ninja leaps to climb the platforms and get treasure stars. Careful not to fall! 5 levels of danger.&#8221;</em></li>
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<p>Despite the flowery descriptions, they&#8217;re all pretty basic old-school LCD games. After scrounging around my cereal, I found my prize. Mine was the ladybug-shaped <em>Mutants </em>game, which appears to play like a really basic <em>Galaxian</em>-type shooter.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/apple_jack_xbox_cereal.jpg" alt="apple jack xbox cereal"  title="apple jack xbox cereal photo" /></p>
<p>I say &#8220;appears&#8221; because the cheap plastic build quality rendered the side-to-side movement on my game unusable, and resulted in instant death of my player.</p>
<p>The only thing missing from the experience was the red ring of doom, although there were plenty of fluorescent orange and green rings of apple-y doom.</p>
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		<title>Simcity Bricks Your System, Literally</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has got to be one of the best video game promotional items that I&#8217;ve ever come across. It&#8217;s so simple, yet brilliant. It&#8217;s an actual custom-cast brick that was used to promote the classic MAXIS/EA city-building game <em>SimCity 2000&#8230;</em>.

The rare item is currently available for bid over]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This has got to be one of the best video game promotional items that I&#8217;ve ever come across. It&#8217;s so simple, yet brilliant. It&#8217;s an actual custom-cast brick that was used to promote the classic MAXIS/EA city-building game <em>SimCity 2000</em>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/simcity_brick.jpg" alt="simcity brick"  title="simcity brick photo" /></p>
<p>The rare item is currently available for bid over on <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/SIMCITY-2000-BRICK-PROMOTIONAL-ITEM-sim-city-promo_W0QQitemZ260167623011QQihZ016QQcategoryZ72463QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">eBay</a>, but is located in the UK, so shipping a heavy brick across the pond might set you back a bit of coin. Just think if you had enough of these to build an entire house.</p>
<p>[via <a href="http://www.gamesniped.com/2007/10/05/promo-brick/">GameSniped</a>]</p>
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		<title>Weird Video Game Stuff Found on Ebay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These days, video game franchises get merchandized to death. So I decided to set out on a mission to find the strangest game merch and promotional schwag I could find over on eBay. Here are some of my favorites.
<em>Ms. Pac-Man Air Fresheners:&#8230;</em>
Do you think they smell like cherries]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These days, video game franchises get merchandized to death. So I decided to set out on a mission to find the strangest game merch and promotional schwag I could find over on eBay. Here are some of my favorites.</p>
<p align="center"><em>Ms. Pac-Man Air Fresheners:</em><br />
Do you think they smell like cherries or pretzels? [<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Ms-pac-man-air-Fresheners-Rare-collectible-Atari_W0QQitemZ270163346640QQihZ017QQcategoryZ62053QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">link</a>]</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/ms_pac_air.jpg" alt="ms pac air"  title="ms pac air photo" /></p>
<p align="center"><em>Super Mario Cigarette Lighters</em><br />
Luigi always complains about second hand smoke. [<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Nintendo-Super-Mario-Cigarette-Lighter-Briquet-2015_W0QQitemZ120158839342QQihZ002QQcategoryZ595QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD4VQQcmdZViewItem">link</a>]</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/mario_lighters.jpg" alt="mario lighters"  title="mario lighters photo" /></p>
<p align="center"><em>Viva Piñata Actual Piñata</em><br />
I wonder what&#8217;s inside? Maybe a decent game by RARE? [<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Microsoft-Xbox-360-Promo-Viva-Pinata-Pinata-WOW_W0QQitemZ120157088365QQihZ002QQcategoryZ122517QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">link</a>]</p>
<p align="center"> <img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/pinata_pinata.jpg" alt="pinata pinata"  title="pinata pinata photo" /></p>
<p align="center"><em>The Warriors Spray Paint Can (comes with a T-shirt too) </em>[<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Warriors-T-shirt-and-spray-can-collectors-super-rare_W0QQitemZ120157029856QQihZ002QQcategoryZ187QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">link</a>]<br />
Paint not included. Also works for <em>Jet Grind Radio</em>.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/warriors_spray.jpg" alt="warriors spray"  title="warriors spray photo" /></p>
<p align="center"><em>Super Mario Bandages</em> [<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Adult-Baby-Nintendo-Super-Mario-Bros-Bandages-NIB_W0QQitemZ270161895388QQihZ017QQcategoryZ75034QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">link</a>]<br />
In case you fall down a drain pipe or get bitten by a Koopa.</p>
<p align="center"> <img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/mario_bandages.jpg" alt="mario bandages"  title="mario bandages photo" /></p>
<p align="center"><em>Sonic The Hedgehog Soda</em> [<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Sonic-The-Hedgehog-EXTREAMLY-RARE-SONIC-COLLECTIBLE_W0QQitemZ120158101717QQihZ002QQcategoryZ62053QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">link</a>]<br />
Now I understand what makes the little guy so hyper.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/sonic_soda.jpg" alt="sonic soda"  title="sonic soda photo" /></p>
<p>At the time I wrote this post, all of these items were still available for sale, so if you&#8217;re interested in any of these gaming oddities, get bidding!</p>
<p>Feel free to post a comment and share the strangest game-related items you can find.</p>
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