Toys R Us - Sale of the year.

It is true that automation is a necessary tool of modern business especially one as large as Toys R Us. One is left wondering however, if there is absolutely no factor of human judgment left at some point of the marketing process? After all, some employee actually had to go and physically put that sign up.

Home Theatres of the 50's

Who would have though?

Obviously the technique itself does not transcend time, space or any other dimension. But the positioning and the ambitions of this ad have not only survived but are alive and well this very day. I knew Motorola was an innovator when half the world bought a RAZR but this is just plain COOL!

55 years later and we are still hunting for that perfect home theatre solution, and all along it was always there for the taking. I wonder if some museum somewhere actually has one of these dusting around somewhere?

This is just another example of how companies drop and abandon product lines and how sometimes it's just about being in the right place at the right time.

If only Motorola started doing this 40 years later instead of 1952. I think they would have been a great competitor to Sony, Samsung and the other power houses.