Prius! Impossible Girls

^ That's somewhat true, but most helo's are brought down either from a ah....."dead" short between the cockpit seat and the flight controls, or through weapons systems guided by a Mk-1-Mod-0 eyeball.

In other words....
You paint them green for tropical and subtropical work, haze grey for sea duty, black for spying and monitoring US citizens, or tan for desert ops.

Period.

Military budgets are tight.
Paint matters, otherwise they would all be one color. Yeah, it's not much of a real-world difference, but when the stakes are high (i.e. people are shooting at you!) one takes every advantage one can find.

If you find yourself in a fair fight.....your tactics SUCK.

 

I still want to these reproduced on wind turbine cowlings.

Attack copters perform much of their operations flying nape of the earth; using hills and such to hide from radar. So blending into the background helps avoiding the notice of a pair of eyes.

On the subject of camo; there is a color known as low-vis grey. Navy ships are covered in it, and it isn't that many shades away from the silvers used on cars.

 

Yeah...that's what we squids call "Haze gray"


During WW-twice, they used a "dazzle pattern" to cornfuse people trying to shoot at them optically....it did have non-trivial advantages, since things like mast height and bow angle had to be discerned optically....


What was old....is new again!!!


And......


Navy airdales use special paint as well, which is why our planes always looked kinda grubby next to other countries gear.


Of course.......there ARE exceptions.....


We bubbleheads didn't go in for the gray stuff, except on some of the scopes and masts:

 

Dazzle goes back to WWI: That time artists camouflaged WWI battleships with psychedelic paint . Perhaps the swirlie pattern could be another premium paint option.

Maybe Toyota is going to sell a "Princess Kenny" Prius Play Set.

They should use the "talent" from the Hardees/Carl Jr. spots. I do like watching those commercials.

 

A news article on the ad:

The Toyota Prius is a Bunch of Sexy Female Manga Characters - Fortune

They mention #13 impossible girl's catchphrase: "I’m proud of my back, please enjoy the view.”

 

Uh...well...
I think it's fair to say that commercial is very "Japanese".

I'll give it credit from the standpoint that it's the first Toyota Prius commercial I've watched, that leaves me somewhat without words.
Other than I think the "Lost In Translation" dynamic probably makes it more humorous to me, than it is really meant to be. From a North American standpoint, Prius! Impossible Girls!...has an entirely different meaning.

Toyota, Fun To Drive, Again. Is an odd catch phrase. "Again" would suggest to me that Toyota is admitting to emerging from a period when driving a Toyota wasn't fun, which is an odd admission or exclamation from an automaker. But maybe I'm missing something.

Oh well, as far as uniqueness and creativity, it nearly accidentally trumps anything I've seen to date. But I don't know how much of that is intentional or how much is simply cultural difference.

 

Same here, it's over, I'm kinda speechless.

 

Oooooo.........
It would be #13....

 

I think Harley Davidson ran ads about the engines no longer leaking oil at one point.

 

I sure was surprised the first time I saw one......

 

you mean luke the surprise you get from too much fiber?

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Not exactly.....

 

Maybe because it's because I've been playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution, but the video on that fortune page is pretty awesome.

 

Only in Japan! (thank God)

 

Toyota should make that Hotbot available as an accessory. How would Toyota's Hotbot improve on Hyundai's?

 

On a positive note, I saw my first gen 4 driving south on i-5 through Orange County yesterday. Flying past everyone, doing over 80mph at least. Guess that's why he needs such a high mileage ride. .