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Fronzel



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:21 am Reply with quote
So, what's the message here? "Your order will be packaged and shipped by women with really big boobs"?
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ShinigamTakuto



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:38 am Reply with quote
Maybe they are?

Though do like the ad/skin.
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Fronzel



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:41 am Reply with quote
ShinigamTakuto wrote:
Maybe they are?

Well, all right. That's a business practice I can get behind.
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dtm42



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:45 am Reply with quote
As to your second question, my answer is "I wish".

But is there anything really wrong with the ad? RACS is an important advertiser on ANN, and you can always see an ad for them at the bottom of the page. The commissioning of an advertising skin must bring in lots of money for the site, so where's the problem. You can always change the skin if you don't like it.

As for their selling point, I think it is just to keep themselves in consumers' minds, that's all. An effective ad doesn't have to be actually advertising anything, it just has to keep us from forgetting about the product. So that the next time we want to buy Anime online, RACS is one of the first sites we think of.


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Fronzel



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:59 am Reply with quote
dtm42 wrote:
But is there anything really wrong with the ad?

Oh, I didn't say there was anything wrong with it.

Is there any way to save a copy of that picture?
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dormcat
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:16 am Reply with quote
Fronzel wrote:
Is there any way to save a copy of that picture?

PrtScr
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Fronzel



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:19 am Reply with quote
dormcat wrote:

PrtScr
SysRq

But there's stuff in the way.
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Dan42
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:42 am Reply with quote
print-screen might be your best option because the background image is actually cut in three
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dtm42



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:34 am Reply with quote
I had suspected as much. The left and top are links, but the right isn't. And viewing the page source kind of confirmed it, as it gave more than one skin. I tried finding the image by going to animecornerstore.com but I didn't find it. I suppose it is an image specially commissioned for that ANN skin?
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braves



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:27 am Reply with quote
As surprised as I was when I saw the ad, I was just as surprised when I saw that Clefairy there at the bottom. Not exactly the Pokemon that I'd expect people to remember years and years after it was introduced....
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Skylark



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:58 am Reply with quote
You remembered it, and so did I. Botan is making appearances too (Clannad) and that black and yellow thing looks kind of like Umbreon but I doubt it is. There's half of something on the left side as well but I can't pick it, and I have no idea who's figurine that is in the box on the left either. Pretty neat skin though if you ask me.
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PetrifiedJello



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:42 am Reply with quote
Dan42 wrote:
print-screen might be your best option because the background image is actually cut in three.

Any thoughts to allowing subscribers the option to create/share their own skins?

If so, I'll even volunteer if an approval process is needed to ensure the new skins don't violate policy and site layout.
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magicalgirlj



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:30 pm Reply with quote
I think ther art is nice I like RACS
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luffypirate



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 5:15 pm Reply with quote
Skylark wrote:
...and that black and yellow thing looks kind of like Umbreon but I doubt it is.


Oh yeah! Its Gunbuster baby!! *rips his shirt and exposes his nipple in homage*
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Kimiko_0



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:53 pm Reply with quote
RACS newsletter wrote:
Our Plans for World Domination Continue to Advance

The RACS girls continue to advance our plans for Anime world domination by taking over Anime News Network's site background - well, at least for the next 3 days or so...

[screenshot of ANN skin]

We had to book the space to run this about a year in advance. Don't they look great!? Smile



I think the figure in the box on the left must be a character from Queen's Blade. Maybe Echidna?
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