A brand by any other name would still sell the goods. Well, no. That’s not true. Let’s pretend it’s 1929 or thereabouts – I definitley would have passed by these two products on the hardware store shelf if they were adorned with a panda, or a cartoon man made from inflated rubber, or even gamboling kittens. Slap a pyramid on it (regardless of how far in the background it is placed), use a name already associated with famous smokes, and NOW you have my attention. It wouldn’t even have mattered that my tube didn’t need patching, or that I have no clue what friction tape is. I’m a woman – we’re allowed to make impulse purchases.
That looks exactly like the Camel cigarettes camel. Even the font. Do you have an old pack of Camel cigs by chance?
I have some old ads, and a cigar label, from Camel. All they did was reverse direction and play with the pyramid size. Pretty sneaky.
They wouldn’t be able to get away with that now.
Cuz those camels have lots of blow outs, hence the tube patch? Wow what a stretch! Apparantly no copyright infringement in the ‘good old days’
Advertising = creative license to the 10th power!