FREE Maxell "Get Blown Away" Posters

[George Grand]

Maxell is giving away "Get Blown Away" posters. Older folks will remember this as the guy sitting in front of what looks like a pair of JBL Century 100's, with the speakers causing his hair, tie, and drink to get "blown away".

I've got three already. All you need to do is call them at their corporate headquarters here in Zoo Jersey (toll free number) and ask for marketing. I would post the number but I forgot it. www.maxell.com should get you to the homepage.

Okay, I just did it and it's 800 533-2836. Ask for marketing.

[HBombToo]

That poster was huge as I was moving into high school... very cool and the message was to the point.

BTW, How ya been George?

HBomb

[George Grand]

Henry,

Still listening to light classical, Sesame Street, and Disney. Thanks for asking.

Trying to get ready for the insane temps and humidity that are moving in our direction from your direction. It's not looking like a good week. You take care and as always I hope everything is good with you and the rest of The Nav's.

[BlueMDPicker]

Ah! The perfect touch for my weekly Maxell Moments, framed and hung between the SRS. Thanks George!

[DarqueKnight]

I like the classic ad, but I think they should have used a contemporary person for the new "Blown Away Guy" advertising campaign. Someone who has a good rapport with a wide range of demographics. (Bill Clinton comes to mind.) ;)

[BlueMDPicker]

LOL! As they say down your way "that was slicker than a coon dick toothpick!"

[George Grand]

I don't need a poster depicting Monica's head exploding, I'll stick with the old Maxell guy.

[DarqueKnight]

Suit yourself. Fortunately scanners and image processing software are affordable and widely available.

[read-alot]

LOL! As they say down your way "that was slicker than a coon dick toothpick!"

That brought up some memories. The Cup car owner that I worked for was a avid coon hunter and used those "toothpicks" as good luck charms. It's a thin bone about 1/8th inch in diameter and 2 to 3 inches long with a curl on one end.
I only ty-rapped them to the steering column, I didn't kill the little animals and I damn sure didn't remove the "toothpicks" so don't call Peta or whoever on me.

[Polkersince85]

I didn't kill the little animals

Don't need to, too many of them taking a highway nap around here.:D

[madmax]

I hate calling to ask for stuff. Do they give you any grief or are they aware that people will be calling?
madmax

[George Grand]

No grief whatsoever. The girl asked me how many I wanted.

Don't mention Clinton or raccoons and you ought to not stick out in their minds.

[sucks2beme]

I used to have this on a t-shirt. Had the speakers, too!
JBL-L100s weren't the last word in audio fidelity, but for
many GI's that wanted a "smaller" speaker that would crank
R&R, these fit the bill. Hard to believe they called them "bookshelf speakers".

[George Grand]

JBL Century 100's screeched as bad as any speaker I ever disliked. No idea how those things sold like they did, but they did. Absolutely magical at making a flute sound like an electric guitar.

When I was selling audio for a real company in the mid 70's, JBL was a big part of the store's line-up, and we had those things. We also had the JBL Sovereign's which were 5 times the size of the L100, and also sounded 5 times as bad.

When no customers were in the store it was Bozak, KLH, and ADC all the way.

[madmax]

Don't ask for marketing, they are screening their calls. Just ask for the poster... Geez I hate calling people.
madmax

[ledhed]

Well, just "ordered" mine, what an amazing sales person I talked to. She acted like it was her life dream to give me these posters. She was so happy, she suggested I get 2! A big change from the usual phone conversations where they act like they are doing you a huge favor just to help you.

[halo]

Just "requsested" mine and she was pleasant enough on the phone but sounded dissapointed that she wasn't going to sell me something . Guess that's to be expected. Oh, well :o

[George Grand]

Everybody including me gets the cheerful babe that can't help you enough. Max gets screened. Excuse me, I have to go laugh my nuts off.

Have a nice day Max!

[steveinaz]

Lol!!

[reeltrouble1]

I got two, no problem or screening. Max must of asked for something unusual with his...................

RT1

[george daniel]

got one,,thanks,,,,got screened,,no biggie though,, :D

[George Grand]

You didn't have to admit to the screen George. You just rained on my parade.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

[george daniel]

Man, I'm sorry,,Just call me dumb,or slow,,or both

[Skynut]

I can't get through?
They tell me to pick an extension without any options.

[ledhed]

They probably close at 5. And I found that they transfered me to Sales, not Marketing

[Skynut]

I didn't think of that, I'll try again tomorrow.

[madmax]

Everybody including me gets the cheerful babe that can't help you enough. Max gets screened. Excuse me, I have to go laugh my nuts off.

Have a nice day Max!


%^#%*&&#$^W$%^@!@# :eek:

[audiobliss]

Having not seen this poster before, what should I refer to this poster as? I don't wanna just say, "I want the free poster!"

:p

I'll call sometime tomorrow.

Oh, and that is 1 800 533 2836, right?

[halo]

I just asked about "the poster" and they tranferred me to sales where I proceeded to ask about "the poster" again. They took down my info and said it'd be on the way soon.

[audiobliss]

Awesome. Thanks. Oh, and is there a '1' before the 800? Yeah, I gues I'm stupid...

[Skynut]

Tried again and had to leave a message?

[unc2701]

Having not seen this poster before, what should I refer to this poster as? I don't wanna just say, "I want the free poster!"


http://img.engadget.com/common/images/3060000000058568.JPG

Trivia: ok, so he's not the man in the picture above, but who can name the guy in the TV spot?

[george daniel]

[QUOTE=audiobliss]Having not seen this poster before, what should I refer to this poster as? I don't wanna just say, "I want the free poster!"

I did,, and she was very helpful and pleasant :)

[billbillw]

http://img.engadget.com/common/images/3060000000058568.JPG

Trivia: ok, so he's not the man in the picture above, but who can name the guy in the TV spot?

I believe that was Mr. Peter Murphy

[Skynut]

She called me back and was nice about it.
I am getting two.

[unc2701]

I believe that was Mr. Peter Murphy

Right you are! The godfather of Goth.

[billbillw]

Right you are! The godfather of Goth.

Just saw Bauhaus with Nine Inch Nail in June. The Godfather can still put on a performance!

[halo]

Just saw Bauhaus with Nine Inch Nail in June. The Godfather can still put on a performance!Yup, saw Bauhaus with nine inch nails July 1st - Peter performed one song (Final Solution) with Trent. Awesome show!

[Toxis]

I just said "Yes, I'm calling in regards to the Maxell Poster." Put me through to some chick's voicemail. We'll see when/if I get a call back.

[crazy]

I called - asked for sales - said that I'd like to know if they were offering the free poster and they replied back saying "yes, please could I have your name and address" ... and that's it. Took me literally 2 minutes!!! Looking forward to the poster and THANKS for the info, George! This shall do on the wall of my music room - right next to my B&W / Rotel posters.

[Toxis]

took an hour or two but I got the call and have a couple posters being sent out today. Pretty awesome!

[audiobliss]

Yup, I called today and got transferred to a nice-enough girl in sales. Took her a few times to understand my city, but she was certainly kind enough.

Got two on the way! :D

[George Grand]

Everybody's quite welcome. The only thing better than free shit is Cheap Thrills.

What I understand from talking to the girl on the other end of the Graham Bell, it wasn't supposed to be a free dealie. But they were absolutely inundated with calls from AK looking for the "free poster", so they just decided to roll over. I just wanted to show that Club Polk can inundate with the best of them.

[george daniel]

Double "G"--thanks :)

[Toxis]

GG for pres... of hookups.

[George Grand]

"I will not seek, nor will I accept, my party's nomination for president."

Lyndon Baines Johnson


"Most of youse guys are really great and deserve whatever we can do for each other."

Grand '06

[RuSsMaN]

Thanks George.

I just paid $20 for an original the day before you posted. The upside is, you also reminded me about the 3 pairs of 4311's in the garage that need to be sold yesterday. I think I've had these strange headaches since they have been on the property.

[ledhed]

Thanks George.

I just paid $20 for an original the day before you posted.

Yea, I don't know how long I have had the link to the poster on art.com (http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--10030553/Blown_Away.htm?sOrig=SCH&ui=7E034520CB9B4563BACB313A0519FEDF#) which sells there for $25 I was gonna get it for my dorm for a b-day present or something. Now I don't have to :D thanks, GG

[Toxis]

Does anyone know where I can find a high resolution file of this? Something pretty close if not poster size?

[George Grand]

You shouldn't have too much trouble moving those JBL's at the other place Russ. Their rep over there coupled with your own charm should put wings on them.

My pleasure Ledhed.

[audiobliss]

Got two posters in today. They're great! I taped one up on my wall above all my tubes (and other equipment); it just looks perfect there! I like it so much I wanna call and get some more! lol

[ESAVINON]

Now were going to have a bunch of people with the same poster plastered in their living rooms. How unique:rolleyes: .

[ESAVINON]

I'll make the call on monday :D .

[Joey_V]

I'll call Monday... thanks GG.

[TroyD]

Got mine yesterday....they sent me 5.

Awesome!

BDT

[DarqueKnight]

I ordered mine on Wednesday (it took five minutes) and they arrived in today's (Saturday) mail.

[George Grand]

If anybody gets shorted it's cause Troy was a hog.

[DarqueKnight]

Me too. I got four.:)

[TroyD]

No, I only asked for a couple...as in two.

BDT

[madmax]

I got mine yesterday! I only ordered 2. Should have asked for more to give away but I figure if someone really wants it they can make the call. At least THEY probably wont get screened...
madmax

[george daniel]

Got mine today

[DaveMuell]

For anyone that missed this thread, the promotion is still active. I received my two posters last week. Call 1 800 533-2836 and ask for marketing.

[phuz]

Can anyone confirm if the posters have "Maxell" plastered on them? I had one back in the day, but it had "Maxell" all across the bottom. I want one, but just the print/image... not the marketing stuff.

[billbillw]

It has Maxell on it...Its an ad for their product(s), not pure artwork. If you want something like that, you'll have to get a high rez scan of the poster, photoshop out the text, and reprint it. Considering the posters are free, that's not much to do if you really want that image alone.

[Toka78]

Just called and got 2 sent to me...easy as pie and twice as nice.

[ledhed]

It has Maxell on it...Its an ad for their product(s), not pure artwork. If you want something like that, you'll have to get a high rez scan of the poster, photoshop out the text, and reprint it. Considering the posters are free, that's not much to do if you really want that image alone.

Or you can go here (http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--10030553/Blown_Away.htm?sOrig=SCH&ui=7E034520CB9B4563BACB313A0519FEDF#) (I had that bookmarked and was going to buy it a few days after I saw this thread :D) But, as opposed to $30, I'll take the Maxell logo that could easily be covered with a freame :)

[OpticalSerenity]

Thanks for the heads up...