today was strange.....


i collect toys n figures n stuff, and there are some promotions on in hongkong at the moment.

the one is a little odd for a toy. If you buy 2 bottles of beer, add a little cash, you can get a stereotype 2 figure(quite rare san miguel version)...so to buy a toy, you need to buy beer.Who are they aiming this at ? children or the adults (who can give the toy away)...

either way, i bought 2 bottles, got the toy..heres one point though, I do not drink beer, i dont know anyone here who does. So , i was wondering around the side streets of hung hom, trying to give beer away to homeless/bin scavengers/the blokes who sit around playing mahjong all day...

after about 3 or 4 groups of people, i managed to give one bottle away...the guy didnt entirely know what was going on, i held it out, he grabbed it, and off i went...

i tried giving the next bottle away, but i gave up....bin scavenging woman didnt want free beer, she was more interested in cardboard boxes.

so i left it on top of a bin...it was still quite cool , but the last glance i gave, it was still there.


the other promotion is for a cadburys Qee, so off i go, buying some chocolate in order to send off the receipt and get my cheap promotional qee,...These items are very collectable(in the figure/toys/block figure world)...especially as its only a hongkong promotional item.The first one on ebay got $38 , and they only cost about $2 ,so i'm munching my way through bars of choc.


i'm expecting the next toy promotion to be linked with cigarettes, send in 20 cigarette buts,and get a free cuddly bear...i think i'll leave this one to other people..

hong kong is still the smelliest place i ever lived...


wayne,
  ¶ 1:38 PM