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NEWS: Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: Haruhi Tissue Boxes


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Emerje



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:13 am Reply with quote
GospelX wrote:
Dargonxtc wrote:
They're not going to actually use it. Smile

At the risk of appropriate perversion, I must disagree and say that they will use said tissues - just not appropriately.


I have to admit, I was thinking the same thing. Cute girls and a maybe a little fan service on a tissue box, how convenient. Next they'll be pre cutting holes in the top of the cup ramen lid. Oh, those crazy Japanese.

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Ongaku_no_tenshi



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:52 am Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:
GospelX wrote:
Dargonxtc wrote:
They're not going to actually use it. Smile

At the risk of appropriate perversion, I must disagree and say that they will use said tissues - just not appropriately.


I have to admit, I was thinking the same thing. Cute girls and a maybe a little fan service on a tissue box, how convenient. Next they'll be pre cutting holes in the top of the cup ramen lid.

Emerje



Japan has already been there and done that, unfortunately. This is japan's most recent reinvnetion of the cup noodle.


Emerje wrote:

Oh, those crazy Japanese.


My sentiments, as well.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:13 pm Reply with quote
Hmm...I think if I want Anime characters on my tissues, I'll just print off images from ye ole internet and slap 'em on my box with glue or tape. Perhaps it's not officially licensed but the cost of shipping for one of those tissue boxes from Japan makes the cheap novelty item not so cheap. And this way one could have any combination of any anime characters they like! (I'll second Ryo-ohki)
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The Xenos



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:27 pm Reply with quote
Wait.. why would fans need tissue boxes with these characters on it.

...

Oh. Oooooooh, that's why.

...

Ew.


Meanwhile, the coolest tissue boxes I've seen in the US were some Ratatouille ones I saw somewhere and picked up. I almost hate to use them. I gave one to my roommate and he just has it sitting around unopened too.

They give out small tissue packets like crazy in Japan. I guess I chalk it up to the Japanese culture's cleanliness. I saw it when I was on vacation, in both downtown Tokyo and Machida. They put ads on them and hand them out on the street. They usually have flyers too. Sometimes they just handed out flyers. I tried to avoid those people and just get a collection of random tissue ads.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 2:02 pm Reply with quote
GospelX wrote:
Dargonxtc wrote:
They're not going to actually use it. Smile

At the risk of appropriate perversion, I must disagree and say that they will use said tissues - just not appropriately.

Aeeee...eewwwww.

Maybe the protective acrylic cover is a good idea.
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Cicatriz



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:19 pm Reply with quote
This is pretty cool, but not too shocking. I have Precure tissues from a trading figure box [they came in a little pouch that looks like the holder they hold their cell phone things in], they're really cool but I can't get myself to use them. They're too cute.
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LuckySleven



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 4:00 pm Reply with quote
I wouldn't buy them because every time when the flu season comes I end up consuming thousands of tissues just to blow my dang runny nose. If I were to buy them then I'll find myself with a lot of unhappy empty boxes. But hey, for those who collect them as novelty items will have a great sum of money on their hands to the point when the Earth's resources start to diminish and we would have to conserve paper.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:41 pm Reply with quote
The Xenos wrote:
They give out small tissue packets like crazy in Japan.


My roomate is from Tokyo and told me that he makes his money during the summer handing out tissues at train stations. He said the tissue packs have company logos on them. Aparently it's a very popular marketing technique there.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:24 pm Reply with quote
Tortoiseshell Tabby Girl wrote:
Apparently, the Japanese were fascinated with how you could pull one out and another would come up. I think they're still sort of a novelty...

You know I was thinking about this today, and I feel an Azumanga Daioh panel is necessary. Smile


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fighterholic



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:07 pm Reply with quote
The Xenos wrote:
Wait.. why would fans need tissue boxes with these characters on it.

...

Oh. Oooooooh, that's why.

...

Ew.


Meanwhile, the coolest tissue boxes I've seen in the US were some Ratatouille ones I saw somewhere and picked up. I almost hate to use them. I gave one to my roommate and he just has it sitting around unopened too.

They give out small tissue packets like crazy in Japan. I guess I chalk it up to the Japanese culture's cleanliness. I saw it when I was on vacation, in both downtown Tokyo and Machida. They put ads on them and hand them out on the street. They usually have flyers too. Sometimes they just handed out flyers. I tried to avoid those people and just get a collection of random tissue ads.

Yes, I wonder now if that's what some of the people at the manufacturer had in mind for their product Laughing You will find people on the streets or walkways of the major cities a majority of the time, usually the tissue has slips for ads of companies, so it's more of commercialism. You'll even some naughty ads in there too Wink
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Gundam Junkie



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:23 am Reply with quote
So... we get a fancy box but the tissues themselves are plain?
Hah... theyu must think we are mugs!

Hey... what you up to... hand... no you can't have one... no... STOP!
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