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| MSX and the Dino
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snout
msx legend
Posts: 4991 |  Posted: October 27 2003, 00:03 |
A lot of people probably heard about Kazuhiko Nishi's publicity stunt to promote the MSX Computer. He spent $1 million dollars on a huge life-size model of a dinosaur. A quote taken from this article: "The promotion was a success - "everybody remembers that dinosaur," chuckles Nishi - but Chairman Bill missed the joke. The partnership was formally dissolved in 1986, when Microsoft set up its own Japanese software subsidiary."
It makes me wonder. Are there any pictures of this dinosaur?  |
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GuyveR800
msx guru
Posts: 3048 | Posted: October 27 2003, 09:14 |
I think I saw one in a MSX-Fan magazine once...
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Arjan
msx addict
Posts: 467 | Posted: October 27 2003, 16:17 |
I didn't even know about that dino!
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sander
msx addict
Posts: 335 | Posted: October 27 2003, 17:15 |
GuyverR800, do you have that magazine? Would be nice to see that photo. We need it.
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GuyveR800
msx guru
Posts: 3048 | Posted: October 27 2003, 18:52 |
I'm pretty sure I have a picture SOMEWHERE. But it could've been a MSX-Info too... :/
I have 9 Years of MSX-Info and 3 years of MSX-Fan magazines, so it'd be a really big number of pages to wade through to find it :
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manuel
msx guru
Posts: 3451 | Posted: October 27 2003, 19:56 |
Guyver: check only the first 2 years |
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kanima
msx lover
Posts: 80 | Posted: October 27 2003, 20:19 |
Quote:
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I think I'm missing the joke as well. Is it supposed to be some kind of analogy or...?
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snout
msx legend
Posts: 4991 | Posted: October 27 2003, 20:23 |
Bill Gates thought you shouldn't spend that much money on publicity stunts. (FYI: Xbox marketing: 500 million dollars ;P)
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GuyveR800
msx guru
Posts: 3048 | Posted: October 27 2003, 20:31 |
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| Guyver: check only the first 2 years
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What years? |
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manuel
msx guru
Posts: 3451 | Posted: October 28 2003, 20:07 |
Quote:
| >>Guyver: check only the first 2 years <<
What years?
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Of your magazines! I think the incident was around 1985/1986. |
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GuyveR800
msx guru
Posts: 3048 | Posted: October 28 2003, 22:26 |
I don't have MSX-Fan magazines of 1985/86...
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Bastiaan
msx lover
Posts: 67 | Posted: October 30 2003, 16:23 |
wasn't this dinosaur named Godzilla?
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snout
msx legend
Posts: 4991 | Posted: November 07 2003, 21:19 |
Hahaha, it wouldn't surprise me.. No one has more information on this dino?
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snout
msx legend
Posts: 4991 | Posted: August 24 2004, 20:26 |
I totally forgot to mention: While in Japan Bernard Lamers showed me a small picture of the dino-event. I'll see if I can get it scanned  |
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