The above is how I have decided to pimp my ride. Yoshi style. Old school.When I walked into a convenience store a few weeks back I discovered that the beverage companies were doing another one of their promotional giveaways. Buy a bottle of tea and you get a Super Mario 3D Land toy:
They do this sort of thing sometimes and it is always awesome. The best was the Famicom themed Mario bottlecaps they did a few years ago, but this one is also acceptable.Normally I don`t drink this kind of tea, but for the duration of this giveaway I have decided to do so. It is impossible to resist. I mean, look at the above photo. Three kinds of tea. The kinds on the left and right come with nothing but tea. The one in the middle comes with tea and a little plastic toy. They are all the same price. They are all varations of the same thing (really bland Japanese tea). Which one would you pick?
I have about a dozen of them now, all of them characters from some 3DS game that I will probably never play.
I chose Yoshi to be the masthead for my bicycle, mainly because he is yellow and so is my bike. Also he is in a running pose so it is sort of like he is running ahead of me while I ride. We`ll see how long he manages to stay there before the little chain rusts through and he falls off.
Is this supposed to be nation wide?
ReplyDeleteI bought a few tea bottles 2 days ago but all they had here was a (game unrelated) "cloth" :(
Usually they are, but not all shops will stock the ones with the free toys. In town here a lot of the stores (especially grocery stores) are only selling the ones without the toy, there are a few convenience stores that stock them here. I recommend checking around, though these promotions are usually for a limited time so this one might be almost up!
ReplyDeleteAdd another reason for me to move to Japan...
ReplyDeleteYup. Free stuff with bottled drinks is another one of the fringe benefits of living here:)
ReplyDeleteI might be wrong, but that definitely looks like Koopa on your bike there...
ReplyDelete(slaps forehead) D-oh!
ReplyDeleteBeyond awesome :)
ReplyDeleteI'd buy the tea and pour it down the drain... not much of a tea person, but I'd buy it for those toys! Heh.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I`m not much of a tea person either. I wish they would do these promotions with drinks that I actually like:)
ReplyDeleteMind you, Pepsi used to do these too. It is much easier to drink a lot of bottles of tea than it is to drink a lot of bottles of Pepsi. Probably a lot healthier too!
I'm actually into tea myself, more into the sweeter ones; regular green tea's a bit too strong for my taste.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd go nuts and buy one of each bottle with all the available caps if I ever saw a promotion like that; too awesome.
Awesome. I really like that goomba one, I'll try to pick one up when I visit Japan next week.
ReplyDeleteFor tea, I don't really like those sweet ones, however I am a huge fan of their oolong black tea. For some reason I find them more refreshing than the green ones.
Kaibun - yes, sweeter teas I do like. Its the bland ones (like this one) that I usually avoid, though they are healthier.
ReplyDeleteDaniel - Yes, do stop in the convenience stores for one of these (hopefully the promotion will still be on when you get here). The darker teas appeal a bit more to me too, I`m not sure why. Anyway, hope you have a nice visit!
@Sean
ReplyDeleteNo luck so far >_<
But I only had the time to check a couple of combini and the Inageya supaa nearby, 残念ね :(
残念です！
ReplyDeleteI don`t know if it will help but I got all mine at those Lawson 100 yen combinis.
Thanks for the tip, It might be late, but if I bump into one I'll surely check it out (my neighborhood seems to be owned by Family Mart and 7/11 O_o).
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