Cool Rube Goldberg Ad for Honda

[evenstar]

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[Daddee]

Yea, the add was released in Europe a little over a year ago. It's pretty sweet. The guys that made it apparently also have another video that lasts for something like 15 minutes that is basically the same thing. Some Honda executives saw the video and wanted them to do a similar commercial. I read another article where (if I remember correctly) it was something like the 600th take when they finally got it right.
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[Tom Treks]

That really is amazing footage. Timing is everything...

I don't care if it was the 1,000,000th take. It was perfectly orchestrated. And truly a solid, complete, uncut clip according to the reviews.

[Daddee]

Oh, no question it's amazing - I just wonder why we haven't seen it on U.S. television.
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- Louis XIV

"...haven't you lived long enough to know that two men may honestly differ about a question and both be right?"
- Abraham Lincoln

[bzachar]

From a marketing perspective the ad wouldn't work in North America. It's for the right-hand drive version (AKA European) Accord. In North America that car is marketed as the Acura TSX and the wagon version isn't avaliable here.