iriver's KKClay Mplayer ads make even the toughest toddlers cry

Is it us or does iriver's new Mplayer advertising campaign send the wrong message? "Find Pluto and you have found my murderer!" Ceremonial aftermath pictured after the break.

Warning: The KKClay will get you too.

[paakofi Posted May 23rd 2008 7:38AM]

Is says the KKClay will get you

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 7:46AM]

thanks, post updated with that little gem.

Thomas

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 7:59AM]

the head of Mickey Mouse

[OneLove Posted May 23rd 2008 11:21AM]

The white clay oppressing the dark clay.

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 7:48AM]

Those little figurines are just creepy :-|

[CrackedButter Posted May 23rd 2008 7:49AM]

Morph lives though!

http://www.toonhound.com/morph.htm

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 8:00AM]

wonder how much roaylties they had to pay to use morph or are we going to see another copyright infringment!

[RichyS Posted May 23rd 2008 1:10PM]

And his arch-nemesis: Chas.

Brilliant.

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2008 10:12AM]

Thank god another Brit saw this. The second I opened this post I thought: "What happened to Morph's face?!"

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 7:58AM]

Cry me an iriver?

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 8:35AM]

Ring around the mickey mouse? O K. Disturbing.

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 8:44AM]

Is this for real?

KKClay sounds very similar to KKK and all (but one) of the figurines are white...

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 8:45AM]

doh, ignore me, KKClay is your name for them, right?

I'm tired.

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 8:53AM]

Ah the joys of stock photography:

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=3537496

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 9:20AM]

Good find.

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 9:43AM]

That is so ........ wierd?

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 9:46AM]

i saw a grown man hanging this thing on his neck once... not working..

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 9:50AM]

FLAAVAAAA FLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAV


...i'm sorry

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 8:30PM]

*LOL*

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 9:51AM]

i really hate when people throw out that everything is racism, but really, they name a product called KKClay that when pronounced is probably as close to KKK as humanly possible, and then add a picture with 5 white figures (one that looks to be cracking its nuckles) and one brownish figure. Who the f*** thought up this marketing campaign?

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 9:58AM]

I guess it's a good thing then that the product is called MPlayer and not KKClay? I think engadget was using "KKClay" as a joke.

[Luke Posted May 23rd 2008 9:58AM]

I don't even know where to begin addressing your comment. I can only pray that you're a troll.

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 10:19AM]

Apparently the cingular guy joined a gang after the switch to AT&T

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 10:38AM]

The figure second from the right in the top picture is totally grabbing some ass.

[Xepol Posted May 23rd 2008 10:57AM]

glad I am not the only one who noticed that.

Since it also has its arm around the figure to its left, doesn't that make the clay figure 2nd from the right the real player here?

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 6:20PM]

He's just "clay for pay."

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 11:33AM]

First, they gave us 'The Grudge' and I'm sure the japanese are behind this design as well.

Good job, Japan! You have succeeded in creeping out us Americans again.

Meowwwwwwwwwwww.

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 12:18PM]

This is crazy, did they have a $20 budget for this campaign?

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 12:28PM]

I love when a fairly large company's advertising firm ( or in-house designers ) use a $5 stock photo for their ad campaign: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/who/people_specific_attributes/age_groups/3537496_team.php?id=3537496

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 12:49PM]

nah, they were creative enough to change the color of the guy that's not part of the KKClay

[ZeroCorpse Posted May 23rd 2008 12:46PM]

Countdown to Disney suing them for using the easily-recognized famous mouse's head-shape they use on all their own electronics. . .

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2008 12:28AM]

Actually, I think this was designed to resemble the famed Mickey Mouse ears. When you click through, you see the Disney logo on the Mplayers in the ads. You can actually see it on the pictures in the Engadget post as well, but the click-through versions are larger, and thus, the logo is more apparent.

Wait, I just got it: Mplayer = Mickey(mouse)Player
or some strange variation thereof. It's official: these people are loopy...

[paakofi Posted May 23rd 2008 1:04PM]

what have i done?! some people now think the thing is actually called KKClay

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 1:14PM]

OHHHHNOOOOOO

HE'S GONNA BE MEAN TO MEEEEEE!

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 1:22PM]

Uhhh... United Colors of Benetton anyone? Who's working at this company, 15 year olds?

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 2:48PM]

Exactly what I thought. Something like this:

http://www.cas.buffalo.edu/classes/dms/berna/mrd/media/images/Benetton4.jpg

[Ray Posted May 23rd 2008 2:29PM]

do they think this shit is funny? fuckin white people

[(Unverified) Posted May 23rd 2008 3:26PM]

Oh I thought it was actually called the KKClay too. haha I'm stupid.

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2008 1:18AM]

I did too, it's a really poorly-worded title.

[(Unverified) Posted May 24th 2008 1:20AM]

I'm confused ... uh what is the KKClay ... and why does that thing look like a Mickey mouse ... and who do they expect to buy it?

[(Unverified) Posted May 25th 2008 6:17AM]

KKClay ?? WTF engadget?

It says the freaking united colours of MPLAYER.

Why even go there? Its not like the "non-white" character looks like he is in any danger or anything, or that the others have lynching ropes or anything.
Besides I hope in todays world toddlers wont know about the KKK

[(Unverified) Posted May 25th 2008 9:33PM]

http://www.iriverfans.com/imgpic/0805/mplayerpaper/7.jpg

Happyness Good. Bliss puny?