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02-07-2012, 11:33 AM
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OT: Chevy advertisement in Super Bowl
I do not care about the truck, but some of the graphics were excellent for a TEOTWAWKI game setting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxFYYP8040A Enjoy My $0.02 Mike 
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02-07-2012, 12:06 PM
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Wow, they did a nice job with that production, very convincing looking settings and I loved the various winks and nods they made.
That said, not totally related, but I'm sure there'd be a least a few Chevy trucks jury-rigged as technicals/gun trucks in any apocalyptic/post apocalyptic setting. There's likely some floating around right now as such in some Third World area.
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02-07-2012, 05:27 PM
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I like the way the one guy had a box of Twinkies. In the movie Zombieland, one character spent the whole movie looking for a Twinkie, and here's the chevy guy with a whole box.
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02-07-2012, 05:41 PM
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I wonder if they do a post apoc accessory pack?
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02-07-2012, 06:31 PM
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02-08-2012, 09:42 AM
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Maybe a lot of the rebels/guerillas/insurgents/militia/warlords/etc. who did the conversions heard the Toyota catchprase "Oh what a feeling, Toyota!" one too many times. 
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02-08-2012, 01:05 PM
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02-08-2012, 04:35 PM
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If there are large numbers of Toyota utility vehicles available and individually they tend to keep going and going with little and/or poor maintenance, it would make sense that they end up being the dominant technical vehicle. They keep going and going and when they finally die they get cannabilised for parts for the remaining vehicles.
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02-08-2012, 05:23 PM
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"Nothing outlasts the Toyota Technical. It keeps going, and going, and going, and going, and going, and going, and going, and going...." 
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02-09-2012, 06:03 AM
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I was going to mention the Top Gear attempts to destroy a Hi Lux, but James beat me to it. Best advert for Toyota I have ever seen- especially as it was made by a team who were quite open about their initial dislike for the vehicle...
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02-09-2012, 10:14 AM
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Scroll down on this site, below the paragraphs, they have several pics of Toyotas in use by rebels in the recent (or is that possibly ongoing?) conflict in Libya.
http://www.fastmotoring.com/index.ph...lux-technical/ Notice in particular the one pic of the guy who's standing by the truck as it's firing off rockets (not sure what size or type, Katyusha or something similiar I think) from a jury-rigged launcher on the back. You can also see what I'm assuming is a cable leading to a firing switch. Notice the backblast of the rocket though. Even though that guy is standing off to the side, that still looks a little close for comfort.
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