Biggest consumable flop

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you don't say...


I remember neogeo back in the day being all expensive to hell. Don't know if that's a flop, but only one of my friends had it, and I don't recall any good games for it.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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all you've made of yourself is being a guy aruging on a message board?



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I dont really dont read too much a OOT anymore, but when I did, I remember liking your posts, not so much for the content but for the tone.

As far as your post, you really think you should be throwing stones?

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Alright, alright, guys. Let's stop getting excited over varying definitions of "flop" and get back to New Coke.

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Gili.

oh yeah products only, i forgot.

[DonkeyKongSr]

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a few years back Jack in the Box tried a couple of concept restaurants called JBX. basically they just classed up a Jack in the Box with a similar menu, but fancier ingredients. like if you ordered a burger you'd get a full kaiser roll and nice thick beef patty. the decour of the places was pretty nice too - one had a fireplace. I really enjoyed my experience the one time I went. anyway, they're gone now.

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That was a test, not a real rollout of anything new. But, I'm guessing it's a test that failed since they haven't done anything with the idea.

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But I have to consider the Segway. I remember reading news articles on how we'd be re-designing cities and entire communities would pop up to support this new revolutionary new gadget/transportation mode. News on it was everywhere at the time. Personally, I think the invention was pretty ingenious and Dean Kamen is a genius of our age. But given all the hype, this thing was a huge flop.

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I think the Segway will become increasingly important/popular as time goes on.

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After we colonize the moon?

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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a few years back Jack in the Box tried a couple of concept restaurants called JBX. basically they just classed up a Jack in the Box with a similar menu, but fancier ingredients. like if you ordered a burger you'd get a full kaiser roll and nice thick beef patty. the decour of the places was pretty nice too - one had a fireplace. I really enjoyed my experience the one time I went. anyway, they're gone now.

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That was a test, not a real rollout of anything new. But, I'm guessing it's a test that failed since they haven't done anything with the idea.

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Is/was this supposed to be like some of the McDonald's restaurants that they've turned into almost more of an espresso shop with all kinds of semi-plush furniture and "fancy" decorations/furniture? Like the one off of Del Mar Heights Road, for those in San Diego.

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a few years back Jack in the Box tried a couple of concept restaurants called JBX. basically they just classed up a Jack in the Box with a similar menu, but fancier ingredients. like if you ordered a burger you'd get a full kaiser roll and nice thick beef patty. the decour of the places was pretty nice too - one had a fireplace. I really enjoyed my experience the one time I went. anyway, they're gone now.

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That was a test, not a real rollout of anything new. But, I'm guessing it's a test that failed since they haven't done anything with the idea.

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Is/was this supposed to be like some of the McDonald's restaurants that they've turned into almost more of an espresso shop with all kinds of semi-plush furniture and "fancy" decorations/furniture? Like the one off of Del Mar Heights Road, for those in San Diego.

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Yeah, that was the one I heard of. It may have been the only one. I never made my way down there, but I definitely heard about it when I was working on advertising for Taco Bell.

Actually, reading Wikipedia, they were called JBX Grill and there were 2 in San Diego, 1 in Bakersfield, and 2 in Idaho. They only lasted for 2 years before they gave up on the idea. Apparently the one in Hillcrest still has lots of the JBX Grill look. I'll have to check it out.

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I remember neogeo back in the day being all expensive to hell. Don't know if that's a flop, but only one of my friends had it, and I don't recall any good games for it.

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The Neo Geo home system could probably be seen as a flop. Just too expensive. However, they've had much success with the arcade versions. You will still find a Neo Geo arcade system at a lot of places.

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I'm really intrigued by all this talk of hot side/cold side

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Great McDLT commercial f/ Jason Alexander. What an enthusiastic young man.

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New Coke gets the win. But anyone ever heard of Time's
TV-Cable Week? I thought not....