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- jaaames, on 11/07/2009, -3/+170How dare you accuse the American people of such vile, underhanded tactics! I'll sue your ass!
- fxu1989, on 11/07/2009, -3/+144Because somebody will find something and end up suing the company for some nonsensical reason and win...
Isn't that how everything ends up in America? - gankige, on 11/06/2009, -4/+129Some of these are great. Why can't American products be this creative/inspired?
- jdeane, on 11/07/2009, -1/+61The waterfall is the best with the cityscape coming in at a very close second.
- graemee, on 11/07/2009, -0/+51http://lh3.google.ca/abramsv/R_WX8PXRlmI/AAAAAAAAN ...
They were in 1978. - monkeysmasher, on 11/06/2009, -1/+46Good lord people still drink Zima??
- andymion, on 11/07/2009, -0/+31It's easy to forget that those things aren't locked to one shape. Ever shop at Aldi? The barcode is a strip as long as the box.
- mattbrundage, on 11/07/2009, -2/+24...one more reason to live in Japan.
- securesystems, on 11/07/2009, -0/+17The Japanese drink cucumber flavored sodas.
- Mengs, on 11/07/2009, -1/+16How lucky was that Zebra to be born with stripes that can also be used as a bar code...
- novenator, on 11/06/2009, -1/+13Haven't you heard... it's Zomething Different.
- yacks, on 11/07/2009, -0/+11Barcodes are extremely easy to scan unless... it's light silver on silver or if the packaging is wrinkled... I actually saw a design on a belt that wasnt a barcode even get scanned before..
- dbhalla, on 11/07/2009, -2/+10When "awesome" = gay
- Balanced, on 11/07/2009, -0/+6Wikipedia seems to differ from this on several points.
Zima was produced by Coors which has been made part of MillerCoors. And apparently it still sells Zima in Japan. - MrDoug, on 11/08/2009, -0/+6When I worked for an advertising/brand agency, and we tried to do something like this on the packaging for a new candy bar Nestle was releasing. Turns out that in the US, we aren't allowed to do this on retail products. They have specific measurements that you need to abide by in retail and food.
IIRC, barcodes are assigned by GS1 and they maintain the standards. In Japan, they are generally a bit more creative/lax on these things. - Khast, on 11/07/2009, -0/+5This is so cool. I mean it might take a bit of creativity on the part of the designers, which I am starting to think that the US has completely run out of.... But why not make the bar code be part of the product label design, instead of just an ugly block.
Japan may have some crazy ideas, but sometimes these crazy ideas are just what are needed to show the rest of the world the design possibilities. (Then again looking at some of the other stuff.....) - Ibox, on 11/07/2009, -1/+6Srsly???? WTF was that?!!!
but dugg for reach around power boost. - dbhalla, on 11/07/2009, -3/+8we tend to chuck away the packaging anyway
barcodes are barcodes however nice they are - sebie, on 11/08/2009, -0/+5Aldi was not using scanner until some time after 2000. New employees had to learn all the prices and type it by hand. That's when they had like only 5 variations.....they put great pressure on suppliers to put enough bar codes on products and place them right to minimize the time it took the register to recognize the product..... :D
- digggggggggg, on 11/07/2009, -0/+5Apparently zima is huge in japan.
- picoarthur, on 11/07/2009, -3/+8I love Japan.
- victorycig, on 11/07/2009, -0/+4I dunno... The poor thing is always being chased by grocery store clerks with scanner guns.
- turquoisefish, on 11/07/2009, -0/+4I wish we would have barcodes like that in the UK. I know some might be harder to scan but as long as there is enough 'normal' barcode it would work.
- quade, on 11/08/2009, -2/+6*I'm* huge in Japan.
- Khast, on 11/08/2009, -0/+3...the last time I seen a 74 year old clerk working at a grocery store....uhm never.
Most of the times, the checkout clerks are 18-30 year old. Grocery stores try to avoid elderly people as clerks because they can't move very fast as it is. The objective for most grocery stores is to get people checked out as quickly as possible.
Besides, if "Thelma" can't make out a disguised barcode, I'd hate to see how observant she is when it comes to customers trying to pull a fast one. (Worked grocery cashier for 2 years in a small town....you would be amazed at what people will try to do.) - zynasis, on 11/08/2009, -1/+4Kid's picking on you? Dont be sad, just sue their arses with Kyle's dad.
- Ghostwo, on 11/08/2009, -0/+3What the ***** did I just watch? I can't even put it into words.
- piieerrrree, on 11/08/2009, -0/+3Proof that God exists.
/jkjk - Sequence, on 11/08/2009, -0/+3... and computers are computers, apples are apples, might as well make them nice and tasty!
- rancor01, on 11/08/2009, -0/+2"short socks"
- sebie, on 11/08/2009, -0/+2Well......knowing Aldi from Germany I can assure you there are far less here in the U.S. :D
But be assured you didn't miss anything; They look exactly the same (from floor tiles to ceiling, and shelfs) and follow the same concept/layout.. - EtherealSOC, on 11/08/2009, -0/+2The only problem with putting it in the label design itself, is the Thelma, the 74-year old clerk at the grocery store who has enough trouble scanning the labels as it is. She'll never find it if it's hidden in the fireball coming from the Dragon's mouth...
- andymion, on 11/08/2009, -0/+1Makes sense... those cashiers are lightning fast. Can't be that way if you're trying to find the bar code to scan!
- antdude, on 11/08/2009, -0/+1Thanks. :)
- DemDude, on 11/08/2009, -0/+1Are you kidding me? There's Aldi in the US? I had no idea!
Anyway, reading your comments made me think I'd had something weird mixed in my beer. Aldi is huge here in Germany, but I really didn't know there were stores in the US. - arcooke, on 11/08/2009, -0/+1The only part of the package American companies care about is the part that catches your eye in the store; the front.
- protargol, on 11/08/2009, -0/+1It mus suck to be a cashier in Japan. They're all camouflaged
- antdude, on 11/08/2009, -0/+1What does the zebra stomping on ant say in English?
- thexder, on 11/08/2009, -0/+1Exactly what I thought
- PeaceShot, on 11/08/2009, -0/+1In my many visits to Japan I've never noticed a bar code like these. :(
Maybe I'm just unlucky... or simply just don't notice it. - sebie, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1being German I can only agree ;-)
- jetpacmonkey, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1at 1:18 that went from weird to just plain terrifying.
- DemDude, on 11/09/2009, -0/+1Well, Aldi had to be really successful in their home country to be able to set up shops in the US ;-)
We really do have them in pretty much every town, I'm pretty sure they're the biggest chain in Germany.
It's the same thing with the barcodes too, by the way. Say what you will about us Germans, but all our ***** is efficient. - christoast, on 11/08/2009, -0/+1JAY ROOOOOOOCK
- richirwin, on 11/08/2009, -0/+1What do you mean STILL?
- feitclub, on 11/08/2009, -0/+1Zima is still on sale in Japan. I can't speak to its popularity, merely its availability.
- TFindlay, on 11/08/2009, -1/+1We're still ahead?
- quade, on 11/08/2009, -6/+6We also don't have tentacle porn. I say we're still ahead.
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