Pot Noodle employs fighting dwarves for live activity

by Daniel Farey-Jones, Brand Republic 05-Jun-08, 12:00

LONDON - Billington Cartmell's experiential marketing arm Closer has launched a live event campaign for Pot Noodle challenging people to 'Gladiators' style duels with 'super strong dwarves'.

Closer has created a fight ring in which competitors and dwarves balance on giant Pot Noodle containers and attempt to knock each other off with giant mushroom and tomato batons.

It is also filming the fights and emailing footage to competitors immediately after they happen.

The activity, which includes wet and dry Pot Noodle sampling, will run through the summer visiting events that target 16- to 25-year-olds -- including Street Life, Ultimate Street Car and Ripcurl Boardmasters.

Cheryl Calverley, marketing manager for Pot Noodle, said: "Pot Noodle may be a small product but it certainly packs a big taste hit. We're offering consumers a fun and interactive experience where they can either get involved or simply sit back and enjoy the product."

Comments

Andrew Nicholson - 05/06/2008

Genius!

Warren Paull - 10/06/2008

Don't like this stunt. Nuff said.

Des Short - 17/09/2008

As a dwarf stuntman who has actually been in one of these noodlesuits I'm quite insulted by the tone of Mr. Paull's comments. I have never felt exploited in my life and actually prefer to be in these's suits as it gives me a new "bigger" persona. Although i did prefer my old Ewok suit which I wore on Endor. It was very warm.