so who would wear these? (Warning, lots of images)
Linky (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/world/asia/20japan.html)
Deftly, Ms. Tsukioka, a 29-year-old experimental fashion designer, lifted a flap on her skirt to reveal a large sheet of cloth printed in bright red with a soft drink logo partly visible. By holding the sheet open and stepping to the side of the road, she showed how a woman walking alone could elude pursuers — by disguising herself as a vending machine.
The wearer hides behind the sheet, printed with an actual-size photo of a vending machine. Ms. Tsukioka’s clothing is still in development, but she already has several versions, including one that unfolds from a kimono and a deluxe model with four sides for more complete camouflaging.
Does she honestly think that these things would help?
would you wear one outside of Halloween?
TRANSFORM!!!
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/10/22/coke-1.jpg
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/10/22/coke-2.jpg
and for the Kiddies...
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/10/22/fireboy-1.jpg
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/10/22/fireboy-3.jpg
and if you need to toss your purse onto the road...
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/10/22/manhole-purse.jpg
I know there was a woman here somewhere...
http://www.core77.com/blog/images/20japan.xlarge1.jpg
Kryozerkia
24-10-2007, 22:14
It's a great idea! :)
Call to power
24-10-2007, 22:17
holy shit that vending machine has feet!
Rubiconic Crossings
24-10-2007, 22:21
Brilliant! LOL
That is pretty damn strange indeed...but still...you gotta admit...disguising yourself as a vending machine or pillarbox...genius!
Turquoise Days
24-10-2007, 23:10
When they do an Acme 'black tunnel entrance thing', then I'll be interested.
Frisbeeteria
24-10-2007, 23:15
How Not To Be Seen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zekiZYSVdeQ) - old school style.
Pure Metal
24-10-2007, 23:16
weird..........
Nobel Hobos
24-10-2007, 23:24
It's a great idea until someone starts poking coins into your left tit and expecting you to deliver a can of drink.
South Lorenya
24-10-2007, 23:29
Those will be useful just as soon as the japanese government passes a law requiring that all vending machiens have fake feet. Which, for the japanese, may not be far off.
Tsingtow
24-10-2007, 23:35
Check out this link for a much more effective means of hiding in the urban enviroment. This was designed specifically for Urbex-ers.
http://weburbanist.com/2007/09/15/urbex-camouflage-disguising-or-hiding-during-urban-explorations/
It's a great idea until someone starts poking coins into your left tit and expecting you to deliver a can of drink.... well, the can I can't guarentee... but the drink... :p
I predict that these sell well to the criminals. Imagine running from police, then turning into a vending machine! Great idea!
Nobel Hobos
25-10-2007, 01:20
... well, the can I can't guarentee... but the drink... :p
Some customers might consider a machine which pees itself and then runs away well worth a buck. Particularly if it giggles. :D
I'd say it's damn silly... except that there really are too many damn vending machines around here and no one would actually notice one with feet (Given some of the machines you see in Japan).
I would use them to rob stores in Florida. While the cops are looking for the guy wearing a mask, I'll be very slowly getting away.
Upper Botswavia
25-10-2007, 05:20
I actually kind of like the man hole cover bag... I would carry that for fun!
I am not sure about using the disguise to get away from someone who is chasing you... that seems a bit silly.
I'd just wear it normally. Come in to work one day dressed up as a giant vending machine and just stay in that form the whole day. Either that, or use it to sneak out early.
I predict that these sell well to the criminals. Imagine running from police, then turning into a vending machine! Great idea!
Except that it's pretty obviously made of fabric. Even a cursory examination would reveal that it's a poorly thought out disguise.
Edwinasia
25-10-2007, 09:13
The Taliban minister of Religious affairs is outlawing this kind of burqa
I know there was a woman here somewhere...
http://www.core77.com/blog/images/20japan.xlarge1.jpg
Nobel Hobos
25-10-2007, 10:22
The Taliban minister of Religious affairs is outlawing this kind of burqa
That was a great joke. You just murdered it. :mad:
More generally, you talk too much. And more specifically, the joke needed a setup.
Nobel Hobos
25-10-2007, 10:36
Except that it's pretty obviously made of fabric. Even a cursory examination would reveal that it's a poorly thought out disguise.
A cursory examination is more than most vending machines get. But yeah, I'd pick that vending machine out of the lineup, it's all curvy.
The biggest fault is something not shown by still photographs: a vending machine is rigid. If it moves at all, it will attract attention even if its curvy outline didn't before. Trees move in the wind, blowing trash moves, people move even if they are feigning stillness. Steel boxes don't sway around.
Making Tsingtao's link (http://weburbanist.com/2007/09/15/urbex-camouflage-disguising-or-hiding-during-urban-explorations/) even more pertinent. Hiding inside a rigid structure (particularly one shorter than a person) is a very good disguise.
Risottia
25-10-2007, 10:56
Got money as people tried to buy sodas from me
and I also got punched as I had no sodas to give. :D
Nobel Hobos
25-10-2007, 11:35
Got money as people tried to buy sodas from me
and I also got punched as I had no sodas to give. :D
You'd be getting off easy there.
My local railway station had a coke machine for about a week before it was ripped off its foundation, dragged around out of sight of the road, all the money and cokes taken out, and the remains set on fire.
I laughed my guts up. I really did. I'd never do that myself, but the attitude was uplifting.
Apparently the average mugger in Japan is as intelligent as Wile E Coyote.
Acme disguise detectors: explode in your face fun
Cosmopoles
25-10-2007, 14:02
Apparently the average mugger in Japan is as intelligent as Wile E Coyote.
Linky (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/world/asia/20japan.html)
Does she honestly think that these things would help?
would you wear one outside of Halloween?
WANT.
I would totally wear that backpack all the time, 24/7.
I'd say it's damn silly... except that there really are too many damn vending machines around here and no one would actually notice one with feet (Given some of the machines you see in Japan).
The idea is that the person chasing you will be rushed and not notice those little, minor details. ;)
The Taliban minister of Religious affairs is outlawing this kind of burqa
well, some people find captialistic ideals uber sexy... :p
Enlightened Worlds
25-10-2007, 19:10
The vending machine one would make an excellent Halloween costume.
Gaeltach
25-10-2007, 19:31
Ok, I get the disguise concept here, but what I'm really curious about is how this would help someone being pursued. How quickly do these disguises deploy that it would save me if running from someone?
Resiyunia
25-10-2007, 21:22
Because, of course, the person chasing you wouldn't notice as you unfold a skirt and then hide behind it...
Ok, I get the disguise concept here, but what I'm really curious about is how this would help someone being pursued. How quickly do these disguises deploy that it would save me if running from someone?
If you can break line of sight of a pursuer why wouldn't you just duck behind something that's already there?
Intangelon
25-10-2007, 23:11
It's a great idea! :)
Right up until the pursuers get thirsty...ouch!