New "secret" Black Box ad campaign

Deli · 2006-07-14 00:15:29

#52 on this thread, i discuss it:thumbsup:

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Jul 18, 2006 | 02:41 PM

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#52 on this thread, i discuss it

Jul 18, 2006 | 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Smokey

See post #143

Hopefully the week will go by fast!! I am stuck at home with my kit, but can't find any of the magazines in our little town! That will be my quest for tomorrow!

Jul 18, 2006 | 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Kimini03

Hopefully the week will go by fast!! I am stuck at home with my kit, but can't find any of the magazines in our little town! That will be my quest for tomorrow!

Good luck

I'll be heading out tonight to find a copy myself

Jul 18, 2006 | 03:02 PM

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An excellent new campaign - much better than the robot one, I think!

Jul 18, 2006 | 03:04 PM

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type-in" MINI COOPER AD IN BLENDER"

Blender Magazine is "the ultimate guide to music and more" ? according to a website I found...........Maybe MINI is going into the music business?

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Jul 18, 2006 | 03:33 PM

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What about us who just bought our MINI used, and MINIownerslounge tells me my VIN is invalid due to the fact the MINI was bought in Europe? DARN IT!!! UGG

Jul 18, 2006 | 03:52 PM

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It was very difficult to read the hidden message in Maxim even with two different decoders. Also, not Firefox friendly.

Jul 18, 2006 | 03:55 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Smokey

Good luck

I'll be heading out tonight to find a copy myself

Good Luck to you also!! Let me know where you find one!!

Jul 18, 2006 | 03:55 PM

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GBMINI

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The only problem I found was trying to hold the decoder flat on the image - I volunteered my wifes hands to help

Jul 18, 2006 | 04:14 PM

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No black box for me today

drumming fingers.......

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Jul 18, 2006 | 04:18 PM

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I just received my black box today. I didnt even know what it was so to see the packaging and what was inside was damn cool.

I love the idea behind.

Now to decode...

"Be sure to drink your ovaltine" dammit...

Jul 18, 2006 | 04:28 PM

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AHH! i saw it in Maxim today...my brother took it for his trip to Italy! NOT COOL!...

Jul 18, 2006 | 04:37 PM

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I received my black box today on the anniversary of taking delivery of my MCS...4 years later and they haven't forgotten about me yet!

Jul 18, 2006 | 05:55 PM

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Deli

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No black box for me. But I've moved in the last year. Is their database updated with dealer servicing or only through the owners lounge?

Jul 18, 2006 | 06:21 PM

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Anyone decoded the Ad yet??

Jul 18, 2006 | 06:23 PM

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I wonder when the boxes will reach the shores of Hawaii...

:impatient

Probably not for another month or so. Heck, I ordered some books almost three weeks ago and they still aren't here yet...

Jul 18, 2006 | 07:36 PM

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I decoded the ad about 30 minutes ago... I won't give any spoilers, but I will say that this latest ad campaign has made me feel like a kid again.

Jul 18, 2006 | 07:39 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kimini03

Good Luck to you also!! Let me know where you find one!!

I got the August Blender at Barnes & Noble. Wish they had the Maxium or that I had printed snooter's list.

The cover picture of Owen Wilson sucking in his cheeks, trying to look 20 again is almost stomach turning

Jul 18, 2006 | 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Edge

I decoded the ad about 30 minutes ago... I won't give any spoilers, but I will say that this latest ad campaign has made me feel like a kid again.

After finding a copy of the Ad, I spent the next 30 minutes trying to find something colored and see through that I could try with.

I finally gave up when I couldn't find any opened multi-color cd jewel cases, and realized I was minutes away from opening a brick of them myself.

Jul 18, 2006 | 08:30 PM

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I did it !! I did it !! I did it !!!

Man, whoever said that this makes one feel like a kid again got it right. Got my box yesterday, found a Blender today (wonder if MINI USA gets a cut of the extra 150,000 issues being sold...), decoded the message and followed the trail to the end....

I have only one piece of advice for those that will follow this trail ....

*** turn your pop-up blocker off ***

There seem to be at least two more legs to the journey - I can't wait !!!

This is just too much fun !!

-- calming down now --

Bill

Jul 18, 2006 | 08:30 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Smokey

After finding a copy of the Ad, I spent the next 30 minutes trying to find something colored and see through that I could try with.

I finally gave up when I couldn't find any opened multi-color cd jewel cases, and realized I was minutes away from opening a brick of them myself.

Where did you find the ad?? I went back out again tonight and still couldn't find any of the magazines listed. Guess I have to wait for tomorrow and go to another city. :impatient Unless I can talk my hubby into going somewhere tonight after work that might still be open. Hummmm...where do they sell these magazines at after 1:30am???

We both have a piece of the puzzle, but can't solve it! You guys have the ad and we have the little black box!!

Jul 18, 2006 | 08:35 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jersey_Bill

There seem to be at least two more legs to the journey - I can't wait !!!

This is just too much fun !!

-- calming down now --

Bill

Hurrayyy!! Sounds like so much fun!! Hopefully we will be having that much fun after I get one of those magazines chased down!! Thanks for sharing!

Jul 18, 2006 | 08:41 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gabe

I decided awhile back to not touch on any of this on MotoringFile because I think it'll be more interesting if it's a personal quest. Finding out through someone else on a web forum somewhere is like reading the last page of the book

Love those new Oz wheels in your Sig, Gabe, but they'll have to pry my JCW 18's from my cold dead fingers.... heh, heh, heh

Thanks for not covering this - and thank EVERYONE for not revealing this in Forum. Much, much better to do yourself - I guarantee you will end up giggling like I did (well, maybe not....)

Bill