In 1985 Maxell built a bunch of life-size robots for its bad floppy ad (opens in new tab)

I vaguely remember these but I more clearly remember the Samsung ad which featured a similar looking robot in a dress turning letters on a gameshow, implying that Samsung would still be around even after Vanna White was replaced by a machine. Vanna White sued, claiming a breach of her publicity rights (despite her name, the name "Wheel of Fortune", or her actual likeness not being used) and actually prevailed in court, establishing a precedent in the United States that very broadly protects celebrities' rights to control whether and how they are represented.

I found a Maxwell robot video ad but I think it's just actors in robot outfits https://youtu.be/CKloQVH_72M

Honda was more impressive then with Asimo which was a real robot https://youtu.be/DerM1GNtg5A

Interesting to see this statement at the top of the article. Long live the web fighting back. Not sure I have seen many (any?) sites with this. Calls for some sort of acronym or logo that others can adopt without having a long sentence at the beginning of many pages:

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Why is it referred to as a 'bad' floppy ad. I thought it was cool.

I don't recall ever using a Maxell floppy, but their cassettes were the best.

> Except the glaring mistake of putting “3½” microdisk” in the copy when there are 5¼” floppies on the table.

The MF 2-DD box shown is 3.5, I think they just used the bigger disks on the table because they are much better props for the video.