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6th Gear
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From: Middle of Texas
Originally Posted by Donna/Mike
Dang it's been painfully quiet in here............Hi everybody!!!
I haven't seen anything new anywhere....I guess that new ad agency is STILL designing...:impatient
Donna
I haven't seen anything new anywhere....I guess that new ad agency is STILL designing...:impatient Donna
6th Gear
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From: Just around the corner from the Dragon :~)
Here's the latest cool, non-diecast, MINI item I've picked up.
Front:
And the inside front cover:
The inside front flips down and lists the "privileges" of the passport and all the UK phone numbers to call for assistance. The pages have spots for your car's photo and stamps of the visted locations, just like a normal passport.
Anyone else got one and if so, what does yours have in the 2 white spots on the cover?
Front:
And the inside front cover:
The inside front flips down and lists the "privileges" of the passport and all the UK phone numbers to call for assistance. The pages have spots for your car's photo and stamps of the visted locations, just like a normal passport.
Anyone else got one and if so, what does yours have in the 2 white spots on the cover?
Wowza - I love it!!
6th Gear
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From: Just around the corner from the Dragon :~)
Originally Posted by Donna/Mike
Okay Smokey - care to share where you got that
Hmmmm, Since it's a UK item I think I need to see if some of the M2 crowd can help us....wish me luck!
6th Gear
Joined: May 2002
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From: Gloucester, MA, USA
Wow! What a beautiful passport - and I don't have one 
On a real British passport, the two spaces would show the persons name and the passport number on the outside - so I guess for this one you could write in your (or your cars name) and VIN?
Maybe I should scan my old British one ... since the EU, the British passport has changed to the EU standard which is smaller and red, more like the US one. This mimic passport is like the old design.
On a real British passport, the two spaces would show the persons name and the passport number on the outside - so I guess for this one you could write in your (or your cars name) and VIN?
Maybe I should scan my old British one ... since the EU, the British passport has changed to the EU standard which is smaller and red, more like the US one. This mimic passport is like the old design.
4th Gear
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Magnolia, Texas
I just got my May '06 issue of Dwell magazine and it has a really cool ad for MINI. On pages 48 & 49 it has a spread called "LET'S VISIT FIVE WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD." and includes a map of cool modern places to visit including:
1. The Chinati art foundation, Marfa, Texas
2. Santiago Calatrava Bridge, Redding, California
3. The Farnsworth House*, Illinois
4. Arcosanti, near Pheonix, Arizona
5. Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania
But the coolest thing starts on page 51 and runs for the next 38!!! pages. It's a flip book style ad on the right hand side of each page that shows the MINI parking in a space that an oversize pickup truck tried to park in but couldn't fit. The tag line is "ONE SIZE FITS ALL."
If that's not enough, there's another ad on 232 & 233, plus one more small one on page 235. Wow.
There is also a website listed: http://www.dwellmag.com/mini but unfortunately, the link doesn't seem to work yet.
*This house was designed by Mies van der Rohe, who coined the phrase "Less is more" and is who my MINI (Mies) is named after because of said phrase.
John
1. The Chinati art foundation, Marfa, Texas
2. Santiago Calatrava Bridge, Redding, California
3. The Farnsworth House*, Illinois
4. Arcosanti, near Pheonix, Arizona
5. Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania
But the coolest thing starts on page 51 and runs for the next 38!!! pages. It's a flip book style ad on the right hand side of each page that shows the MINI parking in a space that an oversize pickup truck tried to park in but couldn't fit. The tag line is "ONE SIZE FITS ALL."
If that's not enough, there's another ad on 232 & 233, plus one more small one on page 235. Wow.
There is also a website listed: http://www.dwellmag.com/mini but unfortunately, the link doesn't seem to work yet.
*This house was designed by Mies van der Rohe, who coined the phrase "Less is more" and is who my MINI (Mies) is named after because of said phrase.
John
6th Gear
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From: Just around the corner from the Dragon :~)
Originally Posted by GBMINI
On a real British passport, the two spaces would show the persons name and the passport number on the outside - so I guess for this one you could write in your (or your cars name) and VIN?
3rd Gear
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Does this mean that MINIUSA is begining to advertise again?!!! I'll be on the lookout for the May Dwell maga and maybe, just maybe, there will be others!!!!
I tried about a year or so ago to get my passport from the MINIUK -Ministry of Motoring site and they told me sorry, but "No"... Good find Smokey,maybe more will begin to show up on ebay or if someone knows a resource....then we could all have them!!!!
Great to see some new posts here!
I tried about a year or so ago to get my passport from the MINIUK -Ministry of Motoring site and they told me sorry, but "No"... Good find Smokey,maybe more will begin to show up on ebay or if someone knows a resource....then we could all have them!!!!
Great to see some new posts here!
2nd Gear
Joined: Mar 2003
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From: Jacksonville, FL
I'm glad to see this thread is getting active again! My dad gave me a new ad today that he said he got in the latest issue of FHM. I got the May FHM in the mail yesterday and mine did not have the ad. I also checked the April issue again and it was not in there either. Maybe someone else will come across this one and can clear up where it actually came from.
Anyway - It is a little booklet that goes along with their website campaign about being do-gooders. It even has a little cardboard punch-out thing that fits over your cup holder and has a little coin slot so you can collect coins to give to your favorite charity. Here are some pics.
Anyway - It is a little booklet that goes along with their website campaign about being do-gooders. It even has a little cardboard punch-out thing that fits over your cup holder and has a little coin slot so you can collect coins to give to your favorite charity. Here are some pics.
4th Gear
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Magnolia, Texas
Originally Posted by mini=love
I'm glad to see this thread is getting active again! My dad gave me a new ad today that he said he got in the latest issue of FHM. I got the May FHM in the mail yesterday and mine did not have the ad. I also checked the April issue again and it was not in there either. Maybe someone else will come across this one and can clear up where it actually came from.
Anyway - It is a little booklet that goes along with their website campaign about being do-gooders. It even has a little cardboard punch-out thing that fits over your cup holder and has a little coin slot so you can collect coins to give to your favorite charity. Here are some pics.
Anyway - It is a little booklet that goes along with their website campaign about being do-gooders. It even has a little cardboard punch-out thing that fits over your cup holder and has a little coin slot so you can collect coins to give to your favorite charity. Here are some pics.
4th Gear
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Originally Posted by DesignIt
There is also a website listed: http://www.dwellmag.com/mini but unfortunately, the link doesn't seem to work yet.
John
John
6th Gear
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From: Gloucester, MA, USA
Thanks for the Dwell Magazine info - I bought a couple of copies, cut out and scanned the pages from one, and made an animated "flick cartoon" of the parking sequence.
I put it all on my website: http://www.gbmini.net/mtblog/archive...magazine.shtml
I put it all on my website: http://www.gbmini.net/mtblog/archive...magazine.shtml
6th Gear
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From: Prescott, AZ, USA
I just found out about this from a client today!
This is so cool! The checker ad spread is great. Glad all the talent didn't go to VW.
Note the color of this MINI.
Arcosanti is just down the road from me... I'm brainstorming a photo op!
This is so cool! The checker ad spread is great. Glad all the talent didn't go to VW.
Note the color of this MINI.
Arcosanti is just down the road from me... I'm brainstorming a photo op!
4th Gear
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From: Magnolia, Texas
Originally Posted by GBMINI
Thanks for the Dwell Magazine info - I bought a couple of copies, cut out and scanned the pages from one, and made an animated "flick cartoon" of the parking sequence.
I put it all on my website: http://www.gbmini.net/mtblog/archive...magazine.shtml
I put it all on my website: http://www.gbmini.net/mtblog/archive...magazine.shtml
2nd Gear
Joined: Mar 2003
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From: Jacksonville, FL
Originally Posted by mini=love
I'm glad to see this thread is getting active again! My dad gave me a new ad today that he said he got in the latest issue of FHM. I got the May FHM in the mail yesterday and mine did not have the ad. I also checked the April issue again and it was not in there either. Maybe someone else will come across this one and can clear up where it actually came from.
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6th Gear
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From: Orlando, Florida
The MOTORING HEARTS brochures can be picked up at your MINI dealer. I was also able to get a MOTORING HEARTS DEALER KIT which is a 34-page book printed on heavy stock. I bought a MOTORING HEARTS grille badge ($16) and lapel pin ($3) as well.
Please post the magazine name, issue number or date, and the page numbers on (or between) which the ad can be found. Then I can update the list. Thanks!
James
Please post the magazine name, issue number or date, and the page numbers on (or between) which the ad can be found. Then I can update the list. Thanks!
James
