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Bobble-Head Slavery?

| December 22, 2006 - 10:54 am

Tags: bobble-heads, Jeep, slavery

Let me begin by saying that I may be misreading this altogether. Perhaps I've become too sensitive. Maybe I've dipped into the egg nog a few times too many. But I swear, one of the Jeep bobble-head ads promotes human trafficking.

The ad portrays a bobble-head couple out for a day of shopping in their jeep. They stop at a music store and eye a Fender amplifier and one quick time jump later, the amplifier is in the back of the jeep. The woman then eyes an older black bobble-head man, decked out as a blues player, and one quick time jump later the old man and his bobble-head dog are in the back with the amplifier. Now, the ad doesn't explicitly show the white bobbleheads paying for the black bobblehead, but he does end up in the back with the amp and not on a seat where one would expect a passenger to go; the implication seems to be there. And take note of the fact that while they're showing the old man in the back, there's a note at the bottom stating "Please remember to secure all cargo." Come on!

Am I reading too much into this? Check over the fold to watch the ad and answer a poll weighing in on my sanity.

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I'm with you...

Submitted by on December 22, 2006 - 10:50am.

and I think you should slow down on the egg nog. It's a very odd commercial. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to buy a bobble-head or a car. I'm definitely not interested in putting a jazz muscician (forcefully or not) into any trunck of any car. Bobble or no bobble.

WHOA

Submitted by on December 22, 2006 - 11:19am.

This is a really wierd-and really wrong-ad. Those bobble heads are really scary, and why is the blues bobblehead so small? At the same time, I am starting to really want a jeep, it's just so "urban" and so "edgy" at the same time...

A little iffy...

Submitted by on January 2, 2007 - 5:09am.

I think the add might be a little iffy (if only because bobble-heads are creepy), but I don't think it's promoting slavery.

I could see how you would think that, but I think this might just be the egg nog talking:)

in response to bobbleheads are creepy

Submitted by on January 2, 2007 - 11:19pm.

I would have to say, I completely disagree....as the ones on the commercial are designed to appear this way. Bobble heads can be made of anyone, from the creepy to the most beautiful....Even pets too...

We don't sell Jeeps but.....

Submitted by on January 2, 2007 - 11:18pm.

Did you know that having custom bobble head dolls is just not for the Derek Jeters of the world. HD Design Center (www.hddesigncenter) specialized in custom made bobblehead dolls hand painted and hand sculpted from photographs sent to their company.

Bobble heads made to resemble you have become big business, a great holiday gift as through end of Nov and Dec, HD Design center provided over 2000 custom wobblers alone. Valentines day, February 14th means even more bobble heads.

Any one can bobble....how about you!

www.hddesigncenter.com