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Convention Events and Programming => Anime, Manga, and Japanese Media and Culture => Topic started by: TomtheFanboy on July 02, 2008, 12:57:43 am

Title: American Pretz!?
Post by: TomtheFanboy on July 02, 2008, 12:57:43 am
It's not called that, but it's the same thing.

Pringles Stix (http://www.pringles.com/pages/products/stix.shtml)
Note the X-treme X!

I just don't know what to think of this.

I certainly don't want some crappy American company making a Pocky knock off and taking away the spotlight from my favorite snack.
Title: Re: American Pretz!?
Post by: DancingTofu on July 02, 2008, 01:00:50 am
I must enter deep thought and contemplate this situation.

They are advertised as spreadable.

I want a Pringles stick sandwich before I quit Pocky.
Title: Re: American Pretz!?
Post by: BlackjackGabbiani on July 02, 2008, 01:01:41 am
Aren't there already enough Asian knockoffs of Pocky and Pretz? Shouldn't an American company doing it be more of a "what took you so long?" situation?
Title: Re: American Pretz!?
Post by: DancingTofu on July 02, 2008, 01:07:38 am
You know, that's what I thought when they made Guitar Hero 9 years after Guitar Freaks was made.
Title: Re: American Pretz!?
Post by: Sugarlat on July 02, 2008, 01:30:11 am
I hate that, I haven't tried it before but I think it'll be like eating a stick...
It's not the same as Pocky because Pocky exceeds in every single food stick product that any american can make XD
Title: Re: American Pretz!?
Post by: leashy on July 02, 2008, 08:46:45 am
Do you have a photo of it?  It doesn't have sweet stuff on it right?  It is just the stick?
Title: Re: American Pretz!?
Post by: MiriaRose on July 02, 2008, 03:39:54 pm
 :D Sweet, I love Pretz.

Plus, Japan took a lot of stuff from us. Cell phones, reliable postal service, ect.
Title: Re: American Pretz!?
Post by: superjaz on July 02, 2008, 05:04:06 pm
cheer up tom, i was watching the daily show yesterday and a guy had a bowl of every cookie thing possible and when going over what was in it, pocky was mentiond
Title: Re: American Pretz!?
Post by: TomtheFanboy on July 04, 2008, 12:05:31 pm
cheer up tom, i was watching the daily show yesterday and a guy had a bowl of every cookie thing possible and when going over what was in it, pocky was mentiond

Yeah, I saw that! Steven Colbert was talking to Jon at the very end!
He was talking about the stuff they gave the Cookie Monster the previous night and in the basket of cookies was "Dark Chocolate Pocky"

Stephen Colbert, One of Us