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Honda tv ad cog

quite an amazing video by honda

Duration : 0:2:5


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25 Responses to “Honda tv ad cog”

  1. Best song ever
    Best song ever

  2. Future generations …
    Future generations may look back on this as humanity’s greatest achievement.

  3. thanks for telling …
    thanks for telling me its been bugging me

  4. they had weights …
    they had weights inside that gave them enough momentum to go forward when they rolled

  5. 506 or 606 takes I …
    506 or 606 takes I believe

  6. ResentfulButtocks on September 30th, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    Just look up rube …
    Just look up rube goldberg commercial!

  7. its ‘ upshot’
    its ‘ upshot’

  8. i guess they were …
    i guess they were weighted on one side

  9. all i can say is 1: …
    all i can say is 1:16

    and also those uphill tires

  10. whats the ad thats …
    whats the ad thats kinda like this 1……. its filmed in one continuous shot with a guy walking around his appartment doing a sequence of incredible little tricks. the ad is a few years old and it took hundreds of takes to get it all right in one go

    ARGH…. its driving me mad that i cant remember it!

  11. igenther99 – read …
    igenther99 – read the comments and you will see. There is also a “making of” DVD.

  12. how did they get …
    how did they get the tires to roll up an incline like that ?

  13. Over 4 months you …
    Over 4 months you mean?

  14. This ad and Rube …
    This ad and Rube Goldberg machines FTW. To quote Bill Nye, “Science rules!” ;)

  15. fucking rocks this …
    rocks this does yes it does so it does u see

  16. watched a show on …
    watched a show on the making of this ad took something like 3 months and over 600 attempts to make it work

  17. awesome
    :P
    awesome
    :P

  18. I hate Hondas but …
    I hate Hondas but this ad impresses me.

  19. Nice =)
    Nice =)

  20. It was great but …
    It was great but didn’t take peoples breath away because everyone thought it was CGI. LOL

  21. 4 days of the …
    4 days of the trying the final setup to get that to work. They spent months figuring out a path that would look cool and work though, yes.

  22. deejaylivinsoulja on September 30th, 2009 at 10:06 pm

    it was actually …
    it was actually weeks and it cost milions

  23. 606 tries over 4 …
    606 tries over 4 days apparently. Just heard a story about this yesterday.

  24. rube goldberg …
    rube goldberg devices

  25. RE: tires rolling …
    RE: tires rolling up

    You can see that they are weighted down on one side. Once they rolled about 1/2 revolution, they stay in that spot.

    This must have taken superhuman patience.

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