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Old 03-05-2006, 08:46 PM
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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

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Maybe they are Preping for the NEW NEW MINI. The 07. They may have thrown in the towel on the New MINI.
 
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Old 03-28-2006, 05:31 PM
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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?
 
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Old 03-28-2006, 06:24 PM
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Okay Smokey - care to share where you got that VERY COOL ITEM THAT I MUST HAVE IN MY COLLECTION TOO..... Wowza - I love it!!

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Old 03-28-2006, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Donna/Mike
Okay Smokey - care to share where you got that
Why eBay of course.

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!
 
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Old 03-28-2006, 07:26 PM
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Dag nab it - I KNEW I should be spending more time shopping on ebay - LOL!!

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Old 03-29-2006, 04:17 AM
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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.
 
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Old 03-30-2006, 06:44 PM
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Hmmm, I tried to update my post and I got a duplicate post instead.
 
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Old 03-30-2006, 06:46 PM
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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.

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Old 03-30-2006, 06:53 PM
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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?
Hey GB, Thanks for the info! Off to find someone with better penmanship!
 
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Old 03-30-2006, 07:50 PM
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Cool. I've always said that MINI needs to advertise in dwell. It's the best magazine out there. I just picked up April and will be sure to keep checking for May.
 
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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!
 
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Old 04-02-2006, 03:31 PM
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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.
 
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Old 04-02-2006, 04:19 PM
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WhaHoo!!!! Finally...some new ads!!!!!!
 
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Old 04-03-2006, 07:47 AM
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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.
I got the same booklet in the latest issue of Road & Track.
 
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Old 04-03-2006, 08:05 AM
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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
The link works now
 
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Old 04-08-2006, 12:03 PM
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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
 
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Old 04-08-2006, 01:46 PM
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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!
 
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Old 04-10-2006, 07:26 AM
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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
That animation is great!
 
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Old 04-11-2006, 09:55 AM
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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.
Update: It's actually from the May 2006 issue of Stuff Magazine
 
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Old 04-11-2006, 11:17 AM
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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
 
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Old 04-11-2006, 11:52 AM
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I bought a MOTORING HEARTS grille badge ($16) and lapel pin ($3) as well.
Let's see 'em!
 
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Old 04-11-2006, 01:24 PM
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I'll have to open them!
 
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Old 04-11-2006, 04:07 PM
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The MOTORING HEARTS brochures ...
Just acquired a set too
 
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The Motoring Hearts ad booklet is also in the May 2006 issue of Men's Journal (inserted between pages 140 and 141)
 
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Ewuuuu,I'm jealous!! I want to find a new ad too!!!!

I did get a copy of Dwell mag so I am happy
 


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