Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Random Picture 56


I'm doing two pictures of beverages in a row as random pictures but this one rather stands apart from last week's picture. This curious display of shapely water bottles was on offer at a shop for people that aims mostly for consumers that are young enough to be my offspring called Village Vanguard. Each is 367 yen ($4.50) for what looks to be less than 500 ml. I'm wondering if even these, with their hyper-inflated prices, sold out during the great radiative water fear of the past week.

Personally, I like how the price tag seems to be censoring the front of Superman's tights. ;-)
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6 comments:

  1. Blue ShoeMarch 30, 2011 at 1:17 AM

    Haha...wonder if that tag is there intentionally.

    I like the gimmicky bottles with weird shapes. I believe a while ago I saw some beverage with a bottle shaped like a potion from Dragon Quest.

    The drinks aren't anything special, but kind of cool to collect. I have a few of the final fantasy potions (with characters from various games on the can) hanging around my apartment.

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  2. daedalMarch 30, 2011 at 4:51 AM

    I love your blog, it's so much fun to get some inside information from a country so different from mine (I'm Swedish, but the same applies to basically every country that's NOT Japan^^) I want one of those bottles! Maybe not worth the money, but they are CUTE ;)

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  3. Orchid64March 30, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    The Hello Kitty one with her dressed as a Scottish Paul Stanley caught my eye, but ultimately, there's no place for more "stuff" in my apartment! However, I can see the appeal!

    Thanks for your kind words, daedal!

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  4. Orchid64March 31, 2011 at 2:50 AM

    I wondered the same about the tag. Those Village Vanguard people do have a sense of humor. They made up Peko-chan like a vampire at one point...

    I remember when the Final Fantasy potions were around, but they were too rich for my blood. ;-)

    Thanks for commenting!

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  5. ebidebbyApril 1, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    Thos remind me of character bubble baths sold in the US. I had one that was shaped like Ariel from Disney's The Little Mermaid, and it looked so odd with a cap for a head. There was a plastic head that went over the cap, but I lost it.

    I would probably have been suckered into buying Final Fantasy Potion were I in Japan when it came out, but a friend of mine said it was just terrible.

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  6. TamakikatMay 3, 2011 at 4:55 AM

    Amazing what shapes they can make plastic bottles in nowadays.

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