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Little Thor: Marvel’s Spoof on VW’s Little Darth Vader Commercial
When everybody starts making parodies of your commercial, you know you have a hit in your hands. Remember Volkswagen’s Little Darth Vader advert with the North American market Passat that aired during this year’s Super Bowl Sunday? After the Toyota Corolla parody, we have yet another spoof on VW’s successful creation, this time from Marvel Studios to promote its upcoming movie, Thor. The tongue-in-cheek video clip duplicates most of the scenes seen in VW’s original advertisement replacing Little Darth Vader with Little Thor and the Passat with a MG Rover ZT Estate (based on the BMW Group-era Rover 75) – though the interior of the car is from an Audi model. Take a look at both Marvel’s and VW’s original adverts after the jump and tell us what you think in the comments section below.
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The Force Is Strong With This One: Darth Vader Successfully Appeals Parking Ticket
In a not so far, far away land called New York City, a man impersonating Darth Vader with a heavy-breathing Brooklyn accent was captured on film last month quibbling with a traffic cop over a parking ticket that he had received while promoting interest...
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'darth Vader' Attacks Highway Police Trooper In Florida
If you’ve been following our offbeat section, you'll probably have come to the conclusion that we live in a crazy world where anything can happen – from highway robbers in Russia to a…Darth Vader attacking a Highway Patrol trooper...
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Video: What If Toyota Made A Cute Darth Vader Commercial?
Everyone seemed to love Volkswagen's Darth Vader Super Bowl commercial. In fact, some people out there liked it so much that they wanted to see what it would be like had Toyota made the ad. Well now we know (which is half the battle). Needless to...
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Video: Volkswagen's Ãœber Cool Super Bowl 2012 Beetle And Passat Tv Spots [full Edition]
We've already told you about Volkswagen's plans to air two new commercials during this Sunday's Super Bowl event and even shown you a teaser trailer of the 'Black Beetle' ad, but today, the German automaker released the full TV spots...
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Darth Vader's Car For Sale On Ebay - No, Really
It sure doesn't look like "the force is strong with this one" nowadays, but at some point, the 1983 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 pictured above was owned by none other than David Prowse, the man behind the mask and under the suit of Darth Vader...
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