Totally Badass Honda Commercial

[phunky.buddha]

Video:
http://www.honda.co.uk/newcars/accord300k.html

Info:
http://www.mill.co.uk/search_articles.php?id=1250

Go check it out. I used to be on the UT ASME Rube Goldberg team, and we actually built machines more complex than this- just not as pretty. This is really well done, and extremely impressive. If you know anything about Rube Goldberg, this commercial will impress you on two different fronts! Enjoy...

 

[asmallsol]

That was a kick ass comercial. Only thing that I dont think could of happen was having the wheels make it up the incline, it did not look like it had the momentum to bump into the next one.

That accord looks pretty pimp for a station wagon to.

 

[BigJ]

I would so love to roll that accord over my miscolored hatch anyday. Gosh, grocer getter mom's have it nice man.

 

[Tonyd0821]

i always hated physics and math and the like.....
not sure how much those play into the rube goldberg contraptions....

but when i was younger i used to spend hours lookin at his books
amazed at how the stuff works.

 

[BodyDroppedNikes]

thats a pretty damn cool commercial. that Accord wagon is sic as hell looking..

 

[phunky.buddha]

Rube Goldberg machines = all physics, if you make the thresholds like that one.

Wheels rolling up incline- they have weights at the top right which keep the wheels still on the slope, then when the wheels are bumped, the weights fall toward the ground while rolling the wheel up hill. Simple.

 

[Mlodsin]

That was so freaking awesome. Dominos for engineers.

 

[Tonyd0821]

Originally posted by Calesta@Apr 12 2003, 02:53 PM
Rube Goldberg machines = all physics, if you make the thresholds like that one.

Wheels rolling up incline- they have weights at the top right which keep the wheels still on the slope, then when the wheels are bumped, the weights fall toward the ground while rolling the wheel up hill. Simple.

a simplified version of why engineers get paid damn good money!!!!!

 

[sportlinecrx]

god that thing was so cool! must have taken forever to create.

 

[asmallsol]

the most amazing stuff was the exhaust that spun then hit the tiny bolts that rolled down the hood.

 

[lilthom]

That was a sweet commercial! B)

 

[kyleirwin]

holy shit! so all that was real? i thought it was CG.

 

[MaaseyRacer]

frikin dope... that was way cool... i like the station wagon...

 

[Rabinzero]

Agreed! Brilliant commercial! Thanks for posting that Calesta. Too bad the damn thing can't be saved

 

[tdehnel]

Originally posted by asmallsol@Apr 12 2003, 08:02 PM
the most amazing stuff was the exhaust that spun then hit the tiny bolts that rolled down the hood.

Yeah, those valves rolling down the hood were dope, and the exhaust was cool because it made a musical note while it spun. But I think the coolest part was the windsheild wipers moving along the floor.

 

[wildbillhatchbac]

Originally posted by tdehnel+Apr 13 2003, 01:30 AM-->

asmallsol

@Apr 12 2003, 08:02 PM
the most amazing stuff was the exhaust that spun then hit the tiny bolts that rolled down the hood.

Yeah, those valves rolling down the hood were dope, and the exhaust was cool because it made a musical note while it spun. But I think the coolest part was the windsheild wipers moving along the floor.

. . . [beavis] that was the coolest thing i have ever seen [/beavis] . . . i just stared in amazement, a few times

 

[phunky.buddha]

Originally posted by Rabinzero@Apr 13 2003, 12:24 AM
Agreed! Brilliant commercial! Thanks for posting that Calesta. Too bad the damn thing can't be saved

Yes it can.

 

[La_Pieuvre]

Originally posted by Calesta+Apr 13 2003, 08:13 PM-->

Rabinzero

@Apr 13 2003, 12:24 AM
Agreed! Brilliant commercial! Thanks for posting that Calesta. Too bad the damn thing can't be saved

Yes it can.

How? I couldn't find the file on my system... It's a shockwave flash file isn't it?

 

[phunky.buddha]

Originally posted by La_Pieuvre+Apr 13 2003, 08:30 PM-->

Originally posted by Calesta@Apr 13 2003, 08:13 PM
Rabinzero

@Apr 13 2003, 12:24 AM
Agreed!  Brilliant commercial!  Thanks for posting that Calesta.  Too bad the damn thing can't be saved

Yes it can.

How? I couldn't find the file on my system... It's a shockwave flash file isn't it?

Load the page, then look in your internet cache for a 4 MB .swf file. The .swf file the HTML calls for is just the loader for the second file, so you have to dig it out of your cache and not from the file name called out in the HTML code on the page.

 

[La_Pieuvre]

Originally posted by Calesta+Apr 13 2003, 08:31 PM-->

Originally posted by La_Pieuvre@Apr 13 2003, 08:30 PM

Originally posted by Calesta@Apr 13 2003, 08:13 PM
Rabinzero

@Apr 13 2003, 12:24 AM
Agreed!  Brilliant commercial!  Thanks for posting that Calesta.  Too bad the damn thing can't be saved

Yes it can.

How? I couldn't find the file on my system... It's a shockwave flash file isn't it?

Load the page, then look in your internet cache for a 4 MB .swf file. The .swf file the HTML calls for is just the loader for the second file, so you have to dig it out of your cache and not from the file name called out in the HTML code on the page.

sweet! I found it...thanks

Great find, btw!