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Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.
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The 90s was "edgy." This ad would have run in a magazine like WIRED or MAXIM that were heavily weighted toward male viewers in a fairly tight age bracket, and full of bold wording, intense imagery and garish colors. I agree that this woudln't work today, but I can tell you that I saw the image and immediately knew it was for MK after all these years, so clearly something had clicked at the time.
Im an '87 kid so I def know what you mean. And bad does not mean ineffective to be sure lol point well made!