Comments on: The FreakyTrigger Top 25 Brands: 23: PANINI http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:39:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Doctor Casino http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-94662 Doctor Casino Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:20:48 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-94662 "Magic: The Gathering" and its various ripoffs surely take the category from either baseball cards or these sandwich-themed sporty stickers? By making the product part of a game, they add the compelling possibility that the next pack you buy might contain a card so powerful it lets you beat even the smug rich kid whose dad bought her all the good ones. They might as well announce Golden Tickets being packed in the things! “Magic: The Gathering” and its various ripoffs surely take the category from either baseball cards or these sandwich-themed sporty stickers? By making the product part of a game, they add the compelling possibility that the next pack you buy might contain a card so powerful it lets you beat even the smug rich kid whose dad bought her all the good ones. They might as well announce Golden Tickets being packed in the things!

]]> By: CarsmileSteve http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-85214 CarsmileSteve Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:39:10 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-85214 yes, i'm sure that's where panini got the idea, although cigarette cards were popular up to 100 years ago, BUT they were more a free gift than the product itself i guess... yes, i’m sure that’s where panini got the idea, although cigarette cards were popular up to 100 years ago, BUT they were more a free gift than the product itself i guess…

]]> By: tracerhand http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-83105 tracerhand Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:47:15 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-83105 This has been the mechanism behind baseball cards for at least 70 years. This has been the mechanism behind baseball cards for at least 70 years.

]]> By: Andrew Farrell http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-82997 Andrew Farrell Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:53:14 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-82997 (please to have random googlers turn up and get excited by the pictorial evidence of Tom's spares) (please to have random googlers turn up and get excited by the pictorial evidence of Tom’s spares)

]]> By: Andrew Farrell http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-82993 Andrew Farrell Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:51:14 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-82993 I also thought what Kat thought. Also Merlin (in the shape of the Dr. Who stickers) are rubbish because their shiny stickers are a) of completely different dimensions to the regulars and b) one every pack, meaning they were actually relatively more common than the non-shinies. I do not understand the crucial sentence. Is it supposed to end "... back when you were likely to get five in a pack"? If I got my last five all in the one pack, the sound could be heard from the moon. I also thought what Kat thought.

Also Merlin (in the shape of the Dr. Who stickers) are rubbish because their shiny stickers are a) of completely different dimensions to the regulars and b) one every pack, meaning they were actually relatively more common than the non-shinies.

I do not understand the crucial sentence. Is it supposed to end “… back when you were likely to get five in a pack”? If I got my last five all in the one pack, the sound could be heard from the moon.

]]> By: Kat http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-82712 Kat Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:40:31 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-82712 When I saw the title of this article on the rss livejournal feed I thought you were talking about the toasted sandwich. "That's not a brand!" I thought. "But it is quite a successful coffee shop marketing tool, well done them for spotting it." I am going back to bed now. When I saw the title of this article on the rss livejournal feed I thought you were talking about the toasted sandwich. “That’s not a brand!” I thought. “But it is quite a successful coffee shop marketing tool, well done them for spotting it.”

I am going back to bed now.

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-82666 Tom Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:00:19 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-82666 No! But the yoof apparently don't think they are given how they infest every newsagent. Merlins are rubbish because they include less stickers per album (from a customer's outlay POV this makes them better, but it means they have less premium positioning for the brand), and also they include too many stickers of the same thing - viz at the World Cup Wayne Rooney gets more stickers than the entire Ecuador squad combined. Obviously this means they reflect the actual level of national interest (as filtered through tabloid/media coverage agenda) more, but brandwise they lose points for authenticity and move still further downmarket. And probably the glue they use is rub, or something. No! But the yoof apparently don’t think they are given how they infest every newsagent.

Merlins are rubbish because they include less stickers per album (from a customer’s outlay POV this makes them better, but it means they have less premium positioning for the brand), and also they include too many stickers of the same thing - viz at the World Cup Wayne Rooney gets more stickers than the entire Ecuador squad combined.

Obviously this means they reflect the actual level of national interest (as filtered through tabloid/media coverage agenda) more, but brandwise they lose points for authenticity and move still further downmarket.

And probably the glue they use is rub, or something.

]]> By: Pete Baran http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-82654 Pete Baran Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:53:14 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/11/the-freaky-trigger-top-25-brands-no23-panini/#comment-82654 But does this explain why Merlin stickers are rubbish? But does this explain why Merlin stickers are rubbish?

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