1.The Original: LEGOS
LEGOS were originally designed in the 1940s in Europe and have achieved an international appeal, with an extensive subculture that supports Lego games, video games, competitions, and four Lego themed amusement parks. They were made to inspire kids to be creative and constructive while still having fun.
5. The Original: Pillow Pets
So their stuffed animals? Oh no? So their better than stuffed animals? How? They can be a pillow? So their pillows? No again? Oh I understand now.
The Rip Off: Cozy Cuddlers
Their smaller, and their faces are different color those are the only two differences. Cozy Cuddlers are different than pillow pets like Donald Duck’s different than Daffy.
4. The Original: Nintendo Wii
The Wii was created by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As of March 2011, the Wii leads the generation over the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales, and in December 2009 broke the record for best-selling console in a single month in the United States. Nintendo made the Wii trying to emphasize family fun. The Wii was considered a revolution having motion controlled gaming, but as usual the Xbox and Playstation had to one up Nintendo.
The Rip Off: Playstation Move
Playstation move was revealed in 2009. Nintendo Wii was released in 2006. Lets put the situation this way people may say the Xbox 360 Kinect was a rip off as well, but they took motion gaming a step further. The Kinect actually watches your movement there’s no need for a controller. Playstation on the other hand did the same thing as Nintendo except they added a ridiculous looking ball that glows on the end. They probaly just stole E.T.’s finger.
3. The Original: Boeing B-29 superfortress
The Boeing B-29 was a bomber that was primarily used during WWII. The B-29’s an extremely well known air-craft for one reason, the Enola Gay was a B-29. For those people who are not history lovers the Enola Gay was the plane that dropped a nuke on Hiroshima which after another bombing led to the Japanese surrender ending WWII. For those people that don’t know about WWII go back to living under a rock.
The Tupolev Tu-4 was reverse-engineered copy of the Boeing B-29. America would not supply the Soviet Union B-29s through the lend lease act despite them repeatedly asking us.
So how did the Soviets get their hands on a B-29? On three different occasions after bombing raids on Japan B-29s sometimes made emergency landings in Soviet Russia. The Soviets captured the planes and slightly changed them to make the Tupolev Tu-4s. So not only did the Soviets steal the B-29s, but they admitted they stole them. Way to be inconspicuous.
2. The Original: Snuggie
The Snuggie is a backwards robe, that’s all.
The Rip Off: Cozy all over
The company who made this didn’t steal the snuggie idea because how can you steal something most kids make when their five, and think it’s funny to wear their clothes backwards? Life would be so much better if idiots didn’t try to invent things.
1. The Original: ZorbeezZorbeez was a semi popular towel that was pitched on T.V. by the late Billy Mays.
The Rip Off: Sham Wow
That’s right the Sham Wow’s a rip off. Now the Sham Wow’s a touchy subject seeing as how the pitchman has become comparable to Jack The Ripper, but this information must be read. The Sham Wow has become known as one of the most absorbent towels on the market. When put in a contest with Zorbeez though it proved to be more effective. In other words it was a well made rip off.
Alex • Apr 5, 2011 at 10:02 am
Good story. But I have to say, the Sham wow may work sometimes… But my father bought one, and every time we tried, it wouldn’t soak up a thing!
For more humor on the sham wow subject, go type Paper Towels into YouTube……
TJ • Apr 2, 2011 at 1:05 pm
wooo! admiral ackbar!