Moai in Nissan Titan commercial

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S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Mon, Jan 12, 2004 8:45 AM I don't recall this being posted. In one of the quick scenes of the various large cargo being in the new Titan, there is a shot of 2 large (6 foot or so) stone Moai with the capstones on them. Nissan knows they must reach out to the tiki community. We need a vehicle that will haul our very large finds home!
JD Johnny Dollar Tiki Socialite Flyover, Missourah Joined: Oct 01, 2003 Posts: 3159	JD Johnny Dollar Posted posted on Mon, Jan 12, 2004 9:12 AM payload is definitely an issue for collectors! i'll keep an eye out for the commercial. it might be more fitting if it showed the vehicle stopping at the moai, the passengers getting out and looking at and documenting it, then trying to figure how to fit it into the back of the vehicle... :tiki:
LS Lake Surfer Tiki Socialite Milwaukee, WI Joined: Oct 21, 2002 Posts: 3417	LS Lake Surfer Posted posted on Mon, Jan 12, 2004 9:57 AM I saw that Nissan truck commercial a few times too and screamed "Moai!" I was hoping someone else saw them and I wasn't imagining it. Mrs. Lake just rolled her eyes...
SDT Sweet Daddy Tiki Tiki Socialite Edmonton Joined: Jul 20, 2003 Posts: 1113	SDT Sweet Daddy Tiki Posted posted on Mon, Jan 12, 2004 10:39 AM The mystery of how the Moai were transported to their final destinations has been solved at last. Good, now we can get to work cracking the Rongo-Rongo code.
JD Johnny Dollar Tiki Socialite Flyover, Missourah Joined: Oct 01, 2003 Posts: 3159	JD Johnny Dollar Posted posted on Mon, Jan 12, 2004 10:42 AM perhaps rongorongo means "limited slip differential"
T tikifish Member Toronto,Canada Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2720	T tikifish Posted posted on Mon, Jan 12, 2004 11:56 AM I write commercials for a living and I have yet to find a way to slip a tiki or a moai in there... although I keep trying... good work to whoever managed that one!
T tikibars Tiki Socialite Aku Hall, Chicago Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2034	T tikibars Posted posted on Mon, Jan 12, 2004 1:18 PM On 2004-01-12 08:45, Swanky wrote: Moai with the capstones on them. These are called pukao, and are meant to be the 'topknots', or literally the moai hairdos (long hair tied in a knot on top of their heads). On the subject od advertising, anybody remembr an ad in the 80s that had a bunch of moai wearing walkmans (maybe it was a Sony ad)? I've been trying to track that one down....
T Turbogod Member Joined: Jun 14, 2002 Posts: 1219	T Turbogod Posted posted on Mon, Jan 12, 2004 2:20 PM JT, It was buggin' me because I know I just saw it somewhere. Using all the tiki mana I possess, I searched and searched because as I said I know I had just recently seen this online. Well 15 mins later. Not the best resolution, but hey I'm supposed to be working!
JD Johnny Dollar Tiki Socialite Flyover, Missourah Joined: Oct 01, 2003 Posts: 3159	JD Johnny Dollar Posted posted on Mon, Jan 12, 2004 3:12 PM addendum there is a dj supply shop in dc called djhut - their logo and under-construction website are similarly moaified... Elvis needs boats. [ Edited by: Johnny Dollar on 2004-01-12 15:12 ]
T tikifish Member Toronto,Canada Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2720	T tikifish Posted posted on Tue, Jan 13, 2004 6:30 AM I wish I worked in advertising in the 80's.. ad writing was so much simpler then! Go to work, write a few puns, off for a 3 martini lunch, screw your co worker in the supply closet, make a few calls, go home. Sigh.
K Kon-Hemsby Member Andover, England Joined: Sep 17, 2003 Posts: 1287	K Kon-Hemsby Posted posted on Tue, Jan 13, 2004 6:34 AM Tikifish...Do you not have the martini's now?
T tikifish Member Toronto,Canada Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2720	T tikifish Posted posted on Tue, Jan 13, 2004 12:41 PM Well, I had a beer at my desk last night as I worked away on a pitch at 9:00 pm... somehow it's not quite as classy. In the summer we managed to get out for 3 martini lunches (well, actually 3 beer/ or 3 wine lunches) but when patio season ends Canadians hibernate. It's been a dry few months in the old bullpen.
KK Kava King Tiki Socialite Kensington-on-Avondale Joined: Sep 20, 2002 Posts: 217	KK Kava King Posted posted on Tue, Jan 13, 2004 1:33 PM Do you not have the martini's now? Guf-faw!
T tikifish Member Toronto,Canada Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2720	T tikifish Posted posted on Tue, Jan 13, 2004 2:05 PM Oh... I just got it. I'm from Canada so I'm slow, eh?
T tikibars Tiki Socialite Aku Hall, Chicago Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2034	T tikibars Posted posted on Wed, Jan 14, 2004 1:22 PM `It was buggin' me because I know I just saw it somewhere. Using all the tiki mana I possess, I searched and searched because as I said I know I had just recently seen this online. Well 15 mins later. Not the best resolution, but hey I'm supposed to be working` Nice one, Turbo. Now get back to work! :)

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