Talk about your blatant rip-offs! This work van picture was submitted to Go Nintendo and we're shocked, to tell the truth. We've seen our fair share of lookalikes, but this one is just so lazy. At least the other folks who try to profit from Nintendo's mascot put a
little work into making their version look a
little different.
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11-25-2007 @ 6:11PM
Archibold said...
Haha. Last Friday, I was looking at someone's car that had Snoopy (y'know, the dog) painted on the side. Like, an actual stencil of Snoopy. I was thinking "Wow... blatant copyright infringement." I wish I had my camera. Now, two days later, I see this.
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11-25-2007 @ 6:55PM
Joshua said...
Isn't that just art? I mean...As long as it wasn't a company car or something, right?
11-25-2007 @ 7:24PM
Archibold said...
Well I'm not saying they should sue the guy or anything. I just thought the big Snoopy on the side was a little odd. Especially because they had flames painted on the front of the car. It was just interesting to me.
11-25-2007 @ 11:43PM
jesus_bon_jovi said...
was this in LA? theres a lot of that crap going on around here... ive seen cars with Tweety Bird, taz, betty boop, barbie, and even Payday logos painted on the sides
11-25-2007 @ 6:15PM
RupeeClock said...
Whilst we're on the subject, Mega Man X has also been reduced to washing cars. :)
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5065/megamancarwashpa7.jpg
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11-25-2007 @ 8:15PM
pimpybra said...
Wow, if that's real, not only is that picture a ripoff, but so is the name!
They need to have other businesses, Heat Man, Ice Man, and Dust Man's HVAC
11-25-2007 @ 10:05PM
Gaspar said...
Also, Mega Man EXE can sell computer parts too ;)
http://altdefuse.blogspot.com/2007/11/designer-pra-qu.html
11-25-2007 @ 7:51PM
Crazylink said...
I know there's a repair shop up in Syracuse that uses the old Mario with the carpenter tools from the help line.
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11-25-2007 @ 11:10PM
Croove55 said...
I know that somewhere in metro Atlanta there was once a plumbing company that had Mario as their mascot. I didn't think much of it when I saw it except "AWESOME! MARIO!", cuz I was about 8 years old back then. Now that I think about it, they should probably have gotten sued pantsless.
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11-26-2007 @ 3:35PM
Trekkie1701D said...
There's a Pizza Place a few miles from my house call "Mario Bros." there mascot is a very Mario looking character with a chefs hat. Pretty Cool!
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11-29-2007 @ 10:09AM
SaintOfKillers said...
That was actually a company car, and the owner actually is an italian plummer
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