We got the ‘Shop Contest back on the track last week thanks to Nintendo of America honcho Reggie Fils-Aime and a life-size Luigi bumble-bee kart. Cygnus_Mal chucked the spiny shell at 19 other contestants, so he finishes first! The usual gallery of lunacy awaits inside!
aardvarkattack (2)catches Reggie stuck in morning traffic on I-5. lemonmanlemonman (8)walks a fine line between tastelessness and hilarity, but stays on the right side with me. A gold star goes to kolibri (9) for giving Reggie some Hoff-tastic cheeks and jaw. And who wouldn’t give a thumbs up if they had co-workers like these? (clumsyninja, #5).
I was surprised there weren’t more monster-truck entries. Psykofaze (15) did the best job. Surprised there werent more Mad Max entries, either; SphessMahreen (16) turned in another inspired ‘Shop. thedrofevil (19) lived up to his name by getting that awful, awful song stuck in my head.
Pairings with Nintendo rivals were a strong theme; pan1da7 (14) and Stuart.C (18), with a call back to an earlier contest, get a nod for their efforts. LucerinRed (11) also called back, to Splash Mountain. That exploitable never gets old.
Overall winners? It really came down to two. chamoo232 (4) provided a shop with a simple but winning visual punchline. I think that’s the first time Reggie’s been in the same image with Borat and the Fonz, much less said in the same sentence. But Cygnus_Mal delivered the Best Shop … in the World! with Jeremy Clarkson gobbling up big air.
It was close, but as Richard Petty (and iconoclast24, No. 7) reminds us, “Give ’em a wreck at the end and they’ll bring a friend.” Thanks to all who entered. We’ll have a new contest tomorrow.
a. sievewright
aardvarkattack
BigMike McCarthy
chamoo232
clumsyninja
Cygnus_Mal
iconoclast24
Kobun
Kolibri
lemonmanlemonman
LucerinRed
Neol
Nypherus
pan1da7
psykofaze
SphessMahreen
Squirrelbot3000
Stuart.C
thedrofevil
tunel
