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<td><font size="2" face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA">Perhaps it's a coincidence,
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messages to creative's across the planet., perhaps ideas belong to God and
suddenly the whole world is ready for it. See the ads and decide for yourself,
and do say what you think about it in the news section, just add your comments
under the subject Badland comments. Make sure you state what ad/ads you
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<td width="169" valign="top" height="15"><font size="2" face="Verdana, sans-serif, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica"><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=30">Poster
Art and Pimples</a><br>
Gender friendly, one for girls and one for boys!</font></td>
<td width="199" valign="top" height="15"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica" size="2"><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=2">Airport
inspiration!</a></font><br>
<font face="Verdana, sans-serif, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica" size="2">Same
visual idea, made in entirely different countries.</font><br>
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<td width="169" valign="top" height="15"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=25">Nazi
Meat?</a><br>
An illustrator traces another?</font></font><font size="2"><b></b></font></td>
<td width="199" valign="top" height="15"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=4">Dont
jump buses</a><br>
Brilliant idea, but who started it?<br>
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<td width="223" valign="top" height="15"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=7">Dogs
and their owners</a><br>
One of the oldest gags in history shows up in two campaigns at the same
time. <br>
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<td width="169" valign="top" height="15"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=19">Greenpeace
vs Designstudents.</a><br>
A pea in the pod, two identical Tomato-logos!</font></font><font size="2"><b></b></font></td>
<td width="199" valign="top" height="15"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=5">Twin
Car ads</a><br>
A Blazer and a Volkswagen aren't the same thing.. Are they?</font></font></td>
<td width="223" valign="top" height="15"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=6">Paint
by Numbers!</a><br>
The Economist and VolksWagen have the same visual!</font></font></td>
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<td width="169" valign="top" height="55"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=23">Twin
Benches</a><br>
Same type of client and same type of media.It's basically the same ad.</font></font></td>
<td width="199" valign="top" height="55"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=21">Milk
and mobile phones</a><br>
Selfreferential advertising breaks new ground.</font></font></td>
<td width="223" valign="top" height="55"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=20">Marlboro
country</a><br>
The best anti-smoking ads I've seen in a while, shame I have to see it twice.</font></font></td>
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<td width="169" valign="top" height="37"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=14">HBO
vs FANTA!</a><br>
Haircut Deja vu!! </font></font></td>
<td width="199" valign="top" height="37"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=9">Rolling
Stone</a><br>
A case of A and B advertising</font></font></td>
<td width="223" valign="top" height="37"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=34">Wine
and computers</a><br>
The mouse-visuals must stop!!!</font></font></td>
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<td width="169" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=8">Evian
and other waters</a><br>
The old "fish and mineralwater"-trick. </font></font></td>
<td width="199" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=10">Play
with your food!</a><br>
But only when the client pays for it, the most overused "idea" since the
fifties...</font></font></td>
<td width="223" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=11">Play
with your FOOD part two.</a><br>
The smiling vegtables strike again!</font></font></td>
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<td width="169" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=28">Elephants
and cellphones</a><br>
Dutch coincidence, Ben&copy; from KesselsKramer and Hi from PMSY&R have
similar commercials aired at the same time.</font></font></td>
<td width="199" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=26">Recycle
yourself!</a><br>
The oldest trick in the book is when creatives steal their <b>own</b> ideas.</font></font></td>
<td width="223" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=18">LEE
vs Playtex</a><br>
A ten year Old Lee ad recycled in this new playtex ad? And Oh, a Lea&Perrins
and a papermate ad as well! </font></font>
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<td width="169" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=12">'Preem
vs <br>
Good Guys Auto</a><br>
probably the most blatant rip-off I have ever seen. A case of translating
a commercial idea to the dot! Shame on them!</font></font></td>
<td width="199" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=3">Creative
jump start</a><br>
"Gee wiz, I need new stuff for my book..Hmm, what Awards book shall I steal
it from?" Needless to say, this guy still hasn't found a new job.</font></font></td>
<td width="223" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=16">Ikea
vs Miele</a> <br>
<font size=2>Another case of identical idea in a commercial, it's interesting
to see how different they were shot. it's even more interesting to hear
from the people who made the ads! Read about the mystery Ikea ads background
now!</font></font></font> </td>
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<td width="169" valign="top" height="60"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=13">Twin
shooting range ads</a><br>
Same idea, same visual, one a bit blunter...*youch*</font></font></td>
<td width="199" valign="top" height="60"><font face="Verdana,ARIAL,HELVETICA, geneva"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=29">Pinup
Girls Galore!</a><br>
Trixie fashion clothing and Lee womens jeans have the same proposition?</font></font><font size=2></font></font></td>
<td width="223" valign="top" height="60"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=31">To
be or not to be</a><br>
Reported in the tradepress, is this Volvo commercial a rip-off from Izusu?<br>
I don't think so.</font></font><font face="Verdana,ARIAL,HELVETICA, geneva"><font size=1>
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<td width="169" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=27">Same
but different</a></font><br>
<font size=2>An ad for the economist and for a computer game have the same
straaaange visual..... Are the ideas different? If so, what the hell is
the economist trying to say?</font></font></td>
<td width="199" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=35">WONDERBRA
vs Push-Up</a><br>
Oh yeah, here's an idea, lets rip off one of the most talked about ads ever.
Clever.</font></font></td>
<td width="223" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=17">Fashion
Statement</a><br>
finally two <i> good </i> fashion ads, shame one of them is ripped off.(which
one?)</font></font></td>
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<td width="169" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=15">Bilingual
Heineken</a><br>
A dutch and a Irish ad with exactly the same visual.......Yep, exactly..</font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica" size="2"></font></td>
<td width="199" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=1">Afri
Cola vs. AfterShock</a><br>
The first ads I put up in here are a case of three ads with the same headline..Jeez.</font></font></td>
<td width="223" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=33">I
think I can I think I can</a><br>
...rip- off another railway ad, hey they are all the same....</font></font></td>
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<td width="169" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=32">Spoof
Ads</a><br>
The sincerest form of flattery..</font></font></td>
<td width="199" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="sections.php3?op=viewarticle&amp;artid=22">More
Milk Spoofs!</a><br>
Darth Maul and Yoda drink milk you know.</font></font></td>
<td width="223" valign="top"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font face="VERDANA,ARIAL,GENEVA,HELVETICA"><font size=2><a href="mailto:images@ad-rag.com">Send
ads to me!!</a></font></font><font size=2><br>
Know of other ads seperated at birth that you think should be here? Check
the faq for the how-to send them to me via snailmail or email.</font></font></td>
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