Yeah Bill, there are all the same. I got that directly from Todd in the media department for Butler, Shine, Stern and Partners (Mini's Advertising firm in California) this week. He did say that was this months gimmick, kinda lead me to believe there might be other secrets coming later.

 

Sird?

 

Wehre Is My Box....boxes!!! 2 Minis In My Garage And Nothing Yet!!=(

 

Me too, well really me 3

 

Heehee Jerset_Bill and GBMINI, that's probably just what MINI's advertising folks want to hear!

Seriously, though, what a great advertising campaign! I'm a sucker for things like this - scavenger hunts, puzzles, etc. and will buy things like magazines or books if they're part of a game or puzzle that requires you to find a hint or clue from them. Though if I'm feeling cheap I might just flip through the book/magazine in a bookstore or the library

Hopefully I can pester the people at MINI or my dealership to send me out one of these kits as well! I want to decode things..

 

Well got "The New Yorker" today the ad is on page 19. Yes Bill, its the same ad in the "Blender" magazine.

All I need is my damm box in the mail

 

Well I got the top secret email - wonder if the box is waiting at home!

 

The advert is the same - but how do you REALLY know the message is the same without your box ??????? I just don't give up....

The "magic window" thingie takes a lot of manual manipulation to line up the message correctly - and there is no darn way to look at the hash in the ad and make sense out of it.

If I were running this ad campaign, I would be throwing out three or four different messages taking people in different directions but maybe having them eventually end up in the same place - wouldn't cost much more but perhaps would make it more mysterious and thrilling for people doing the quest.

Oh well - in the end this was great fun and a great community builder.

Bill

 

Ok.....I gots me box the other day in the mail but hadn't had time to check it out. So I open it and I'm like.....ok...there's only one place to go and that's NAM! Search and find this thread. Such a fun thread! I read every post! (Don't let that get around.)
So's I offed to B&N for a Blender, got everything together, wow I was really bugged trying to read the message. As I see it bumper pool was a lot easier and a state sticker would really help with holding the decryptor down within the five seconds you have.

Now, how do we find the next ad? Same mags next month?

Oh yeah, if you wanna see what the add says...look here.

...Les

 

I haven't been brave enough to post my pics of the "the ad revealed" yet !

 

Still no box,
arms folded, tapping foot.......

 

I now can join the ranks of understanding. I would LOVED to have been part of the creation of this campaign - too much fun!

 

Got mine on Tuesday. Must go to the MINI site soon.

 

No box here either !

 

I will not click on this link, I will not click on this link, I will not click on this link... :impatient

Where's my box!?!!

I did get the secret email today, so my box must be on its way. Phew...

 

NO box yet! The mini gods are not shining brightly on me. Deep breath, Deep breath..it will come.

 

No box for us either :(

2 MINIs (and one sold) we need one too!

 

Does anyone know if us Canucks get this "package" from MINI... I did some stuff after I bought my MINI, but those mailings have since ceased it would seem.

J

 

I suspect the answer is no. MINI Canada operates independently from MINIUSA. This is evidenced by the fact that Canadian MINI VINs do not work to register on the MINIUSA Owner's Lounge (for example, if you wanted a Motoring ID).

Look at the bright side though - you guys get some pretty darn cool advertising of your own - just look at the "Dominate Winter" campaign!

 

i'm from CANADA. can someone tell me via PM.

and show me PLEASE.

 

Wow...when I started this thread a week ago I figured someone would give me the answer within ten minutes. I never imagined a week later there would be 220 posts, folks searching for boxes and magazines, and still nobody spilling the beans! I am still waiting for my box...

 

Hah hah.......there's a surprise awaiting all those that "click"!

.....Les

 

No secret e-mail and no black box?! hmph.

 

setting the pop-up blocker to "accept pop-ups from this site" didn't
work for me (on AOL), I think you have to disable it completely.
got everything to work on a computer at work, however.

now waiting for the next two legs of the mission.

btw -- nasty beegle, huh?
(don't think that counts as a spoiler)

 

Maybe my black box will come today then I have to drive 60 miles to get the magazine (OH darn)