Today's article is a review of Fisher-Price's Rocket, The Wonder Dog. If you'll recall, these things were all the rage a few years back. Now that the smoke has cleared, we can weigh their pros and cons with clearer minds. The end results aren't ultra pretty, as I found that their original retail price was roughly forty times greater than their actual value. If you've ever been curious about these mechanized beasts, click here to read about 'em.
If you missed it, the downloads section has been haphazardly updated with another batch of 80s commercials. I strongly recommend going straight to the Zelda commercial. It's odd beyond compare, even within the strange realm of video game advertising.
Oh, remember that Nike Transformers contest I kept linking? Well, the winners were finally named. I'm pretty sure e-mails were shipped off to the champs, but if you want to check it out, here's the list of winners. Dunno how many of them got to the contest through X-E, but we can at least put one feather in our cap:
Mike Sobczak writes: Longtime fan of X-E, first-time emailer. Won't waste your time listing all of the articles you've written that have successfully distracted me from work I should have been doing, just wanted to let you know that apparently I've been chosen as one of the winners of the Nike Max Q Transformer contest. I just read the email today so I guess I have a few days to wait before the whole process of shipping it to me gets underway, but I wanted to thank you now for giving me and everyone else the heads-up on the giveaway.
Very cool. I'm jealous. Still not sure what the next article is gonna be about, but there should be something up by late tonight or the morning. Later gators.
Posted by Matt on 01/28/2003. E-mail me!
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I think that this random, wildly off-topic thread is proof that we need to see the return of the X-E Forums.
I sure miss those.