Friday, November 11, 2005

von dutch energy drink

Energy drinks all have the exact same stuff, it’s just which age group is being targeted and how. The entertaining thing is seeing the cola guys scramble for a piece of the action. It doesn’t seem that complicated but their efforts so far (Coke’s KMX & Full Throttle; Pepsi’s Amp & new Mountain Dew MDX) have bombed. Coke’s latest tack is to outsource: It’s pairing up w/ the people behind the gross (tho moderately successful) Rockstar on Von Dutch Energy Drink, another Red Bull wannabe in a camo-colored can, hoping to lure in baby teens who know the brand cuzza its stupid trucker hats.

17 Comments:

At November 11, 2005 11:06 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Woo Hoo! First! A bit trendy for me though, TG. I mean, isn't it just designer Red Bull?

 
At November 11, 2005 11:14 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

i think RED BULL is designer red bull. this stuff is just crap

 
At November 11, 2005 11:17 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

plus check out the creeps who make it. the other thing i hate about this (& its evil twin cousin rockstar) is that they're "double" servings. so it's just a big gross shot of caffeine and junk. that's the "value" they added to the red bull formula - classic american TWICE AS MUCH. the elegant thing about red bull is its portion size.

 
At November 11, 2005 11:20 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

And its ability to blend to nicely with vodka, TG.

 
At November 11, 2005 11:28 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yeah, baby!

 
At November 11, 2005 12:50 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wouldn't wear the hat, won't drink the drink.

 
At November 11, 2005 1:14 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Amen sister!

 
At November 11, 2005 1:20 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

okay, brother then!

 
At November 11, 2005 1:29 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

the fact is, most of the commenters on NYCE are packing some pretty big cans

 
At November 11, 2005 3:50 PM, Blogger Scott Roche said...

I know I am!


I hate red bull and adding it to wodka is an insult to potatoes.

 
At November 11, 2005 3:50 PM, Blogger Scott Roche said...

Oh and last is the new first, so there! :-P

 
At November 11, 2005 5:14 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

tell me that last comment by the capt. is not brilliant

 
At November 11, 2005 8:47 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

real men don't need energy drinks

 
At November 12, 2005 1:08 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

He's still not last though.

 
At November 14, 2005 9:17 AM, Blogger Scott Roche said...

Am too.

 
At November 14, 2005 12:07 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Children, children, control yourselves. Besides, now neither of you are!

 
At December 30, 2005 9:34 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Everyone knows that rockstar kicks ass and red bull tastes like red bullshit.

Rockst*r All the way

 

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