Coca Cola

just searching through the web doing some Web Skipping (Like Channel Skipping, get it) and I did come across Coca Cola and one thing led to another and ended up looking at a numerous number of there TV advertisements.

Now watching these adverts, as well as there amazing Coke Drinks and the hundreds of other drink (people living in the UK here have never herd of) they make, they definitely should pride themselves on the real captivating adverts they make and the team which work on them.

Sharing the Happiness and the Coke side of my life with you, here are a couple of adverts which I think are really cool and here is a link to there YouTube Channel which you should check out in some free time.

http://www.youtube.com/user/cocacola

Merchandise Overload

Since the film Toy story 3 has come out all I have seen is all different types of Toy Story Merchandise. Action Figures, Learning toys for children based on Toy Story, costumes even character torches. But apart from all the spin off stuff like the torches I have wanted some of the merchandise, more specifically the collectors editions of Woody and Buzz (in his original spaceship packaging and both with collectors certificates) and also the Aliens (yes they are soft toy but I don't care).

All of this stuff I do confess I did see in the Disney shop resulting in me actually going into the Disney shop which I don't mind. But as Disney are trying to create and ship off all this new merchandise there must be a problem which will creep up somewhere and as I saw, there was. While looking at the huge, changing selection of Toy Story toys (every time I go into the Disney shop there is some new Toy Story toy which wasn't there before), I did come across a merchandise mistake. Take a look at the photo below.

1. If you can spot the mistake then well done

2. If you can't spot the mistake and have seen the film, get a new pair of eyes.

3. If you can't spot the mistake and haven't seen the film yet (but who hasn't), then whatever time it is now to you, go out now and see it in the cinema.

The mistake if you haven't spotted it is that on the packaging it say Toy Story 3 when in fact RC Car wasn't even in the 3rd film alone with other characters like Bo Peep and Wheezy.

Advice for Disney, recheck your products before shipping and make sure you have staff and designers with common sense.

Telling the Truth Advertising

This Advert made me laugh for ages. It is generally advertising Blur, the new racing game.

"Blur Delivers bruising 20-car pile-ups in modified real-world street layout for the ultimate in after-dark, illicit, high speed thrills and spills. And, most thrilling of all, Blur supercharges you super car with no just the usual nitrous oxide speed boosts, but an arsenal of weapons to take the enemy drivers off the track."- Quote from Game

In other words it is a real racing game (for the Big Boys). To get a better idea of what real racing games are, Burnout, Gran Turismo, Project Gotham Racing, Split Second, these are examples of real racing game, even though most things on there cannot be done. Then there are game like Mario Kart, Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, Cars Race-O-Rama.

This I think is a great advertising Strategy for the game showing the opinion of a lot of people and TELLS THE TRUTH FOR THE FIRST TIME. This advert shows what a lot of gamers think about non real racing games and what they are really for. Just take a look.

How determined are you.

I personally think that this should be a fact because I think it is so true, when ever someone goes on the Internet for whatever reason they for some reason end up searching at least one thing on a search engine, (most likey google). Although when on a search engine if you can not find what you want the first time you search, then do you try to define your search to see if you get anything better. I know I do.

Sometimes I am so determined to find something through a search engine I would define it just because it is either brought up the totally wrong thing or I want more or better things on the search. I think a dream of mine for the Internet to do is bring up the thing which I have searched for the first time round. But I have recently found out that a search engine is a search engine whatever.

The leastest search engine is Microsofts Bing advertising it that it gives you want you want without any "Monkey Business" WRONG. Tried it and if I actually had a case strong enough case I could sue them (I am now ranting so a lot of this will be exaggerated).

Search engines are search engines, whatever you would search on one, you would most likely get the same on another, I would know, Ask Jevees. It is all down to the words you use, if the first time you don't get what you want then try again defining it then hopefully at some point you will get what you are looking for. A search engine is mostly rated the best by what they have to offer. Google: email service, calendar etc and other things for other search engines. So my advice, use Google, it is the best.

Advertising could need some Organising.

Earlier today Watching TV with my mum, we saw the advert Change 4 Life. You know the one where it makes you feel like crap because you are not doing any exercising and sitting down on the settee watching TV, yeah that one. Well this one was purely about being fat (so made me even worse). This was about getting healthy, fit and changing what you eat with for healthier things and also smaller portions.

Now not noticing until my mum pointed it out but what stupid idiots put an Oreo Cookies advert straight after the Change 4 Life Advert. You first feel like crap and then wanting Oreo's. As I know from many years of experience (Clearing my throat) YOU CAN NOT HAVE BOTH. If you want us to abide by something, then don't go putting on an advert on which we will stop abiding after 10 seconds.

Thats all, thank you, my rant is over.

Glad to See It.

from a previous post 'Is There Some Reason' talking about mostly how Sony doesn't advertise any of there PlayStation consoles, well I am happy to say that they have read my post and took my advice, or I would like to think and they have started making adverts advertising the PS3 and PSP for exclusive games and there console generally in the advert also.

So just for something to watch here is one of the adverts by Sony.This advert is for the new game Uncharted.

Is There Some Reason.

Now on TV the up and coming Call Of Duty Modern War Fare 2 is going on sale on Tuesday (just some information, Game in Queens Street Cardiff is opening at 12.00.01 on Tuesday, so wish I could see the line). Now to be fair to all Consoles, not including Nintendo Consoles (Narrowing it down to 2 Companies Microsoft and Sony), the advert for COD Modern War Fare 2, at the end is advertised for Xbox. Now I know I partly own an Xbox which I love and should be liking the advert, but at the same time I don't own a PS3 but love that as I am a big Sony fan, also I think it is a bit rude that they are not showing that COD Modern War Fare 2 or even another Multi platform console game is on other consoles.

I have a theory why they could be doing this:

Many people know that it is coming to their desired console and therefore the company doesn't need to advertise the game.

The company is really Money safe and can't be bothered to make an advert about the game with their console one it.

The big Company name that doesn't show Multi Platform games on there console are Sony. The only time they show an advert including any of their consoles is when they have a new exclusive game coming out and not all the time they create an advert. I am not trying to slag off Sony but this is more advice which I am not telling Sony. They really could be losing a lot of money from not advertising enough and not selling as many consoles and games as they wish. If they are doing big advertisements in America and making money from games and consoles over there I don't know, but they could be making even more money over in other countries including United Kingdom.

Whats Not Gaming.

I have been recently watching trailers of game consoles which have been shown at E3 in America. There are many new things which are coming to game consoles soon like:-

Project Natal on the Xbox 360

The wireless Wand for the PS3

Wii upgrade for the Wii fit

and more.

The one really annoying thing is why are some of the games consoles trying to attract families into playing. These game consoles I am taking about the XBOX 360. When they advertised the Project Natal for Xbox 360 they used families to advertise it. Also with my brother owning an Xbox which I also play on (as I only have a PSP which is good and PS2 which I don't play on), on there Market Place they have done a category named family games. WHY. I know for a fact that not many families at tall play the Xbox 360 together (with the exclusion of the Buzz Quiz games) and not many watch videos together. At this moment in time I am actually respecting the Nintendo Wii.

The Wii's target market are families creating more games for families to play and this is there aim. Although I do disagree with a sentence I read about the new game for the Wii 'Punch Out.' An old arcade game on the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) in a gaming magazine insert which said "Had it been too easy though, the game would have certainly upset the HARDCORE Nintendo gamers;" As it is a family console, there is no Hardcore gamers anywhere. But I still have respect for Nintendo.

Back to the point, the Wii tells the truth other than the Xbox 360 and not leaving out the best games console the PS3. The only thing the PS3 does is advertise it with either only one person or or a group of friends which people do play with the PS3.

The Xbox 360 advertises families playing on the Xbox, also the Xbox being down stairs which I know not many people have, they are mostly in bedrooms and the question is, why not advertise them there. Also the Xbox having a movie store, and this is something which Microsoft always advertise with families watching movies which are brought on the market place. For a couple of more pounds you can own a hard copy of it without loosing it when you get the ring of fire.

In conclusion, what I am trying to get to, if you don't understand it under all my blogging rage is that Microsoft Xbox 360 should advertise what people use the Xbox for and what type of people actually use it.

Previous Blog.

My previous blog post says about a Bus advertisement or 'Folly Farm' and to me how they made the mistake of incorrectly constructing a sentence.

'Come and see Wales' only Giraffes at Folly Farm' and I said that it is not a misprint by me, I am still right on that term by wrong on the terms of reading and understanding the sentence.

The comment on the blog 'Not something I do much' which my friend posted corrected me in my path of misunderstandment.

"It's meant to be Wales'"

if it was Wale's it looks stupid (and is wrong)

They are the only giraffes in Wales, so 'Wales' only Giraffes'

I thought they taught you English. Have you forgotten everything after a week?"

So in result, I admit that I am stupid (I admitted that ages ago), that St Teilos is a rubbish school as well as my English Teacher can't tech English to me, English is the Most complicated language ever. The last thing is that they should have constructed the sentence a way that everyone would understand.

"Come and see the only Giraffes in Wales at Folly Farm." simple.

On the Road Advertisement.

Sorry to do another post on advertisement, hopefully this will be the last one (properly won't). 

So, different ways of advertising can be on TV, on a billboard or by leaflets. But why can't we see the product from different angles, well one company has come up with this ideas and this company is IKEA. They have so came up with a genius idea of building a room out of their products and placing it in a clear, see through box and driving it around on the road.