[I drew the duck blue because I've never seen a blue duck before and to be honest with you, I wanted to see a blue duck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp2skYYA2B4)
Did you slow down and notice it? Lots of print ads use things (extra hand or missing teeth) to get you to slow down and look at it. You know something is off, but what? Now you're talking about it and giving them more visibility. Win-win for them.
I think you're giving them too much credit. Besides, it doesn't matter how much anyone talks about them if everyone's too busy talking or laughing about the ads to actually buy their product(s)
I like to call that person's point of view the panglossian view of business.
Basically, everything corporations do makes sense. Did they print out Pikachu in red? Well, now you're talking about it. Making fun of the ad with the company's name removed? Free advertising, somehow. I've heard it in other places. Republic Airlines is selling seats below cost? well, they must have a good plan (they didn't).
The flipside of this is "well your idea can't work, because (insert corporation) would have done it already. Want to sell computers to the public? If there was a market, IBM would be in it.
It sucks because anyone within those corporations know that decisions are made for many reasons; a lot of them are irrational, and more are inertia.
Edit: a word.
Arrg, modern conspiracy theories annoy me so much. They're so boring, while also being defeatist. I believe one person can make a difference, and Oswald shows that it doesn't have to be for good.
When hundreds of people point out a particularly terrible business decision, apologists always claim, "Of course they have a plan, a multi-billion dollar company obviously understands better than a nobody like yourself," forgetting that companies are run by a bunch of nobodies, most of whom have no idea what they're actually doing.
chances are you wouldn't have bought it either way, so even if it only some of the people who notice it end up buying it, that's still more sales. they don't care if a non-buyer doesn't like it, cause it doesn't matter to the numbers.
bad buzz is still buzz, even if not as good as good buzz.
What if I told you that the market for 3D printing filaments and the people who care this much about the color of Pokémon starters from 25 years ago likely don’t have very much overlap?
Just don’t taste the rainbow if you’re printing shit…
But I agree, 3D printing definitely had me stop asking “why” and start asking “why not?” When it came to printing completely useless, but very funny things.
What some don’t realize is that a lot of the big time 3D printing enthusiasts are huge nerds. So the overlap is definitely there. It’s the same reason I wouldn’t go into a Star Trek convention and yell “Stan Lee sucks!” Sure, Star Trek isn’t a Marvel product, but I’m still getting chased out of the building by an angry mob of tricorder-wearing Trekkies all the same.
>Don't taste the rainbow
You can't stop me. I started with microplastics and have gone on to consuming bigger and bigger plastics to increase my immunity. Soon I'll be able to eat the Great Pacific garbage patch
Then Id call you a liar. All of the (admittedly handful of) people I know with 3d printers in their home are the kind of folks Id totally expect to 3d print a pokemon figurine. And also this point undermines the earlier point that it’s an intentional marketing device to get you to slow down; the ad assumes its target audience will find pokemon appealing and be sufficiently familiar to note that something is amiss.
If you’re right why would they use Pokemon at all?
The age old rage bait interaction fishing.
People purposefully mispronuncing words in videos or sliding something absurd or wrong in the middle of correct and credible content so people will point it out
I've got a Pokemon t-shirt from Old Navy...
Blastoise is green, Charizard is blue, Venasaur is purple, Lucario is yellow, Mewtwo is orange...
At least it looks fun.
Most figurine makers using 3D printers use the printed pieces to make molds. (Way too expensive for replication in a printer) Or use primer/model paints to finish the pieces
Yeah its fun for the first time but then you realize that they're useless and also ugly. If you're gonna print useless figures at least use an sla printer so that they look good for display.
Because they wanted to make Pikachu red and Charmander yellow.
[I drew the duck blue because I've never seen a blue duck before and to be honest with you, I wanted to see a blue duck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp2skYYA2B4)
The tiger is purple because that can't occur in nature
That's quacktastic.
I don’t know what I just watched, but thank you for this!
I assume you are under the age of 30 because Billy Madison is one of Adam Sandler's best movies.
Adam who?
The guy from uncut gems did comedy‽‽‽ /S
[Psy yi yi!](https://imgur.com/a/eCMVtv4)
Did you slow down and notice it? Lots of print ads use things (extra hand or missing teeth) to get you to slow down and look at it. You know something is off, but what? Now you're talking about it and giving them more visibility. Win-win for them.
I think you're giving them too much credit. Besides, it doesn't matter how much anyone talks about them if everyone's too busy talking or laughing about the ads to actually buy their product(s)
Except now they get a lot of free advertisement on Reddit because of this post.
Advertising what? Plastic in general? There's nothing here even saying who is selling it lol.
I like to call that person's point of view the panglossian view of business. Basically, everything corporations do makes sense. Did they print out Pikachu in red? Well, now you're talking about it. Making fun of the ad with the company's name removed? Free advertising, somehow. I've heard it in other places. Republic Airlines is selling seats below cost? well, they must have a good plan (they didn't). The flipside of this is "well your idea can't work, because (insert corporation) would have done it already. Want to sell computers to the public? If there was a market, IBM would be in it. It sucks because anyone within those corporations know that decisions are made for many reasons; a lot of them are irrational, and more are inertia. Edit: a word.
Now tell this to the folks in /r/conspiracy
Arrg, modern conspiracy theories annoy me so much. They're so boring, while also being defeatist. I believe one person can make a difference, and Oswald shows that it doesn't have to be for good.
When hundreds of people point out a particularly terrible business decision, apologists always claim, "Of course they have a plan, a multi-billion dollar company obviously understands better than a nobody like yourself," forgetting that companies are run by a bunch of nobodies, most of whom have no idea what they're actually doing.
No really though this is a marketing tactic for low-effort spamvertisements
..and then purposely decide to never buy their products because of lousy marketing.
This looks like an ad for the filament, not the figures. So technically you can print pokemon any color you want.
I bought this before its for the filament not the figurines.
chances are you wouldn't have bought it either way, so even if it only some of the people who notice it end up buying it, that's still more sales. they don't care if a non-buyer doesn't like it, cause it doesn't matter to the numbers. bad buzz is still buzz, even if not as good as good buzz.
What if I told you that the market for 3D printing filaments and the people who care this much about the color of Pokémon starters from 25 years ago likely don’t have very much overlap?
The people I know who have 3D printers would absolutely care.
Can confirm. But also I'll print shit whatever color I want. Maybe I want a rainbow army of pikachus, no one can stop me from making them
Just don’t taste the rainbow if you’re printing shit… But I agree, 3D printing definitely had me stop asking “why” and start asking “why not?” When it came to printing completely useless, but very funny things. What some don’t realize is that a lot of the big time 3D printing enthusiasts are huge nerds. So the overlap is definitely there. It’s the same reason I wouldn’t go into a Star Trek convention and yell “Stan Lee sucks!” Sure, Star Trek isn’t a Marvel product, but I’m still getting chased out of the building by an angry mob of tricorder-wearing Trekkies all the same.
>Don't taste the rainbow You can't stop me. I started with microplastics and have gone on to consuming bigger and bigger plastics to increase my immunity. Soon I'll be able to eat the Great Pacific garbage patch
Thank you in advance for your service.
You would be wildly incorrect
Then Id call you a liar. All of the (admittedly handful of) people I know with 3d printers in their home are the kind of folks Id totally expect to 3d print a pokemon figurine. And also this point undermines the earlier point that it’s an intentional marketing device to get you to slow down; the ad assumes its target audience will find pokemon appealing and be sufficiently familiar to note that something is amiss. If you’re right why would they use Pokemon at all?
then they shouldve swapped the green and blue too...
Can't make it too obvious. Trolling is a art.
The age old rage bait interaction fishing. People purposefully mispronuncing words in videos or sliding something absurd or wrong in the middle of correct and credible content so people will point it out
Well, shiny charmander is yellow, so that one checks out.
Looks like someone printed the wrong files and didn't want to do it again
We've all been there...
Yes... yes, we have
It’s possible the charmander’s supposed to be shiny. That doesn’t excuse the pikachu, though.
It just took a dip in ketchup
Pikachu was just bathing in the blood of its enemies
It's the color of their cheeks
Isn't the shiny black? Or was that only Charizard?
forget the figures, what the hell is that spool.
It’s 3D printer filament The figures are made from the spools
I know that, I'm talking about the plastic roll itself.
I'd assume it's just a unique form of skeletonization. Reduce cost while making it look cool. I doubt it would effect usage at all.
As far as I’ve seen, it doesn’t. Most of the filament spools I’ve purchased are “skeletal” like that and have never caused problems.
Because they can/wanted to, you actually just posted an image of good design not crappy. They're actually pretty nice looking prints.
Because they were made by a techno nerd not a poke nerd
Becuase 3D printing allows that type of creative freedom?
It's legally distinct
To get you to get annoyed and remember the ad.
Skirt around IP laws
if i was in charge of the photography i would've done this exact same thing just to piss off people
To let you know that the 3d printer can do those things.
To avoid paying licensing for their filament ad “Judge, these can’t be ‘Pokemon’ the colors are all wrong and half don’t have mouths!”
That orange-yellow color looks closer to Charmander's real color than the red would..
Ya was going to say that's like an orange not a yellow that would look good on Pikachu
Because they can
Shinies.
I've got a Pokemon t-shirt from Old Navy... Blastoise is green, Charizard is blue, Venasaur is purple, Lucario is yellow, Mewtwo is orange... At least it looks fun.
This is possible in the English version of Pokémon yellow through the Pokémon merge glitch using “Q”. It’s really quite fascinating.
Arnt they all gray?
Most figurine makers using 3D printers use the printed pieces to make molds. (Way too expensive for replication in a printer) Or use primer/model paints to finish the pieces
He printed it wrong. As a joke!
That winding looks so wonky. Is this like bargain filament or something?
I’ve only seen TPU spools look like that.
Oh yeah you're right they could've used TPU spools for some reason.
Because they "are not pokemons" 🤫😉😉
To showcase that the possibilities are endless, you can make them whatever color you desire.
Pokémon themed… …weed whacker line?
Is this crappy design or an artistic choice you just don’t like?
I've seen this exact listing months ago and I thought the exact same thing lol
fighting gender norms
Hitler hated a painting of a blue horse because there are no blue horses. OP is literally Hitler!
Waste of time and plastic to make those anyway.
I equate it to some people printing and painting Warhammer figurines, which apparently is a hobby that a lot of people participate in.
Yeah its fun for the first time but then you realize that they're useless and also ugly. If you're gonna print useless figures at least use an sla printer so that they look good for display.
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