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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts) Fri Mar 7, 2014, 02:53 AM Mar 2014

HUVr Hoverboard Is Not Shipping In December (Or Ever, For That Matter)

HUVr Hoverboard Is Not Shipping In December (Or Ever, For That Matter)

That viral video of a "Back To The Future" style HUVr hoverboard making the rounds? Yeah, looks like it won't be shipping in December after all, but you already knew that... right?

The folks at Funny or Die came clean this week and admitted they created the fake product demo.

Still, it's fun to see Christopher Lloyd, Tony Hawk, Terrell Owens, Agnes Bruckner, Schoolboy Q and Moby trying to promote the product. It's even more amusing to watch Lloyd act outraged about it afterward, as if he was pranked too.

"We were hoodwinked, flim-flammed, hornswoggled, shanghaied, bamboozled, hoverduped, swindled and scammed," he says in an "apology" video posted online that's just as genuine as the HUVr itself.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/06/huvr-hoverboard_n_4916338.html

See - I told ya'll it was NOT real

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HUVr Hoverboard Is Not Shipping In December (Or Ever, For That Matter) (Original Post) Tx4obama Mar 2014 OP

People believed this? jberryhill Mar 2014 #1

Yes. And over at YouTube on the original video some folks seem a bit upset... Tx4obama Mar 2014 #2

I feel sorry for anyone who believed that jberryhill Mar 2014 #3

They did a very good job with the special effects, I must say! nt MADem Mar 2014 #5

People are very gullible... MADem Mar 2014 #4

Bad form Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #6

I remember that shortly after the movie came out there were concerned individuals who... A HERETIC I AM Mar 2014 #7

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

1. People believed this?

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Mar 7, 2014, 03:02 AM

Mar 2014

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)

2. Yes. And over at YouTube on the original video some folks seem a bit upset...

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 7, 2014, 03:05 AM

Mar 2014

... that the video wasn't marked as a joke - LOL

The original video...

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

3. I feel sorry for anyone who believed that

Reply to Tx4obama (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 7, 2014, 03:12 AM

Mar 2014

Part of me wants to know what they believed to be the levitation mechanism, but another part of me is just afraid to imagine.

MADem

(135,425 posts)

5. They did a very good job with the special effects, I must say! nt

Reply to Tx4obama (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 7, 2014, 04:38 AM

Mar 2014

MADem

(135,425 posts)

4. People are very gullible...

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 7, 2014, 04:33 AM

Mar 2014

Remember when the Segway was supposed to be something all dramatic, and all it turned out to be was a dorky little scooter thing with a gyro in it? The build up to launch on that was uber-hype; the reality such a disappointment!

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

6. Bad form

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Mar 7, 2014, 05:52 AM

Mar 2014

they shoulda waited until April 1st.

But, then, I'm a traditionalist.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,368 posts)

7. I remember that shortly after the movie came out there were concerned individuals who...

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Mar 7, 2014, 06:00 AM

Mar 2014

were convinced they were real and would be available for sale!

The old "THINK OF THE CHILDREN" type thing!

Yes, of course, we have mastered anti-gravity and the first use of it is a skateboard!

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