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Rose Parade 2011 Pacman Float
« on: January 03, 2011, 12:35:06 pm »
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Re: Rose Parade 2011 Pacman Float
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2011, 12:11:22 pm »
Btw this marks the very first time a video game character has been featured in the parade. 
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Re: Rose Parade 2011 Pacman Float
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2011, 12:45:17 pm »
Oh good God. I hope my fiance didn't delete the video.
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Re: Rose Parade 2011 Pacman Float
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2011, 12:49:09 pm »
Quote from: SavannahLion on January 04, 2011, 12:45:17 pm
Oh good God. I hope my fiance didn't delete the video.
Ironically, I just deleted it off my DVR yesterday.   :banghead:
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Re: Rose Parade 2011 Pacman Float
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2011, 02:17:13 pm »
Quote from: Howard_Casto on January 04, 2011, 12:11:22 pm
Btw this marks the very first time a video game character has been featured in the parade. 

coin flip, sonic was in it in 1996 but I dont think he was "featured"; and sonic was also the first video game character to have a balloon in the Macy's thanksgiving day parade (pikachu's came after)
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Re: Rose Parade 2011 Pacman Float
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2011, 02:19:41 pm »
Meh. It's all advertising paid for by the companies (ie: Namco). Not so cool when seen in that context.
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Re: Rose Parade 2011 Pacman Float
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2011, 11:58:40 pm »
That looks like a sign *on* a float. Where's the rest of it?
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Re: Rose Parade 2011 Pacman Float
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2011, 02:24:35 am »
 I thought the design was a little too much like the characters on the pacman side art; kinda goofy looking. But cool there was some retro gaming honored!

http://www.retroist.com/2011/01/03/pac-man-rose-bowl-parade-float-pt-2/
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Re: Rose Parade 2011 Pacman Float
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2011, 11:17:14 pm »
Quote from: DrumAnBass on January 07, 2011, 02:24:35 am
I thought the design was a little too much like the characters on the pacman side art; kinda goofy looking. But cool there was some retro gaming honored!

http://www.retroist.com/2011/01/03/pac-man-rose-bowl-parade-float-pt-2/

Actually, although they never really had a good shot in the parade for me to confirm, the characters on the float were supposed to be modeled after the upcoming (and from the preview, sure to be god-awful) pacman saturday morning series.  At least that was the plan according to the namco website as posted a few months ago. 

The 30th anniv logo was actually the best thing on the float.  ;)
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