The TV ad, created by TBWA, was voted one of the 100 greatest adverts ever by viewers of Channel 4.
The ad, which were taken off air in 1982, was recently re-aired with the launch of the latest James Bond film ‘Quantum of Solace'.
The ad, which were taken off air in 1982, was recently re-aired with the launch of the latest James Bond film ‘Quantum of Solace'.
The animated ad shows what you can make out of LEGO bricks by way of a battle between a mouse which, when threatened by a cat, turns into a dog. The cat turns into a dragon and so on to a submarine and a submarine-eating kipper. The submarine eventually morphs into an elephant, the mouse rebuilds and the elephant faints.
Not a bad ad for those days...
Small update; if you want to see a 1987 lego reproduction of the clock roundabout at Muscat airport as well as a fictional Sinbad’s home town from 1001 nights visit the OMAN....Travels into Oman Blog by our friend YNOTOMAN.
Lego are amazing . I used to be the agent for Lego in Oman – we gave them pictures of the fort at the (old) roundabout at the airport and they made up a scale model in Denmark and shipped it to us for an exhibition which included a mini Lego town from 1001 nights . The model is hopefully still gathering dust in a diwan office
ReplyDeleteWow, that's cool and interesting. It'd be nice to see it, do you happen to have a photo?
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Seeb Airport as it used to be