Semi random fact, but there's actually a Vaporwave artist that used a number of Japanese Maxell advertisements in a distorted/looped manner for the better part of a whole album....
I vaguely remember these but I more clearly remember the Samsung ad which featured a similar looking robot in a dress turning letters on a gameshow, implying that Samsung would still be around even after Vanna White was replaced by a machine. Vanna White sued, claiming a breach of her publicity rights (despite her name, the name "Wheel of Fortune", or her actual likeness not being used) and actually prevailed in court, establishing a precedent in the United States that very broadly protects celebrities' rights to control whether and how they are represented.
It's now 2026 and Vanna White still has not been replaced by robots, but that must have been a successful ad in 1988 for people to remember it decades later.
luxuryballs 11 hours ago [-]
> Except the glaring mistake of putting “3½” microdisk” in the copy when there are 5¼” floppies on the table.
The MF 2-DD box shown is 3.5, I think they just used the bigger disks on the table because they are much better props for the video.
camkego 4 hours ago [-]
If you look at the first image in the article, the one with a floppy on a serving tray, it looks like an 8 inch floppy to me. I think the floppy disks in the board room might also be 8 inch floppy disks
Honda was more impressive then with Asimo which was a real robot https://youtu.be/DerM1GNtg5A
https://youtu.be/dgrJEpUqSuw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9DfSCk-6Ko
https://paleofuture.com/blog/2013/2/20/robot-vanna-trashy-pr...
It's now 2026 and Vanna White still has not been replaced by robots, but that must have been a successful ad in 1988 for people to remember it decades later.
The MF 2-DD box shown is 3.5, I think they just used the bigger disks on the table because they are much better props for the video.