Current Events > Macy's Under Fire For Reusing Last Year's Pikachu Balloon in Parade

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https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/macys-under-fire-for-reusing-last-years-pikachu-balloon-in-2019-thanksgiving-day-parade

NEW YORK Macys is under intense scrutiny by eagle-eyed fans who discovered that the Pikachu balloon used in their 2019 Thanksgiving Day Parade is the exact same model from last years event.

Outrage began spreading among parade enthusiasts as soon as the giant Pokemon balloon made its way down 6th Avenue Thursday morning. Fans quickly pulled up images from 2018, realizing that the balloon was not in fact a newly designed version, but the same exact scarf-wearing Pikachu-with-a-snowman model that has appeared in the parade since 2014.

This is absolutely despicable, fumed 43 year-old Thomas Birkin, who was in attendance. As a life-long fan, I expect to see all-new versions of my favorite balloons every year. Its just disgusting to see Macys screw over the hardcore fans like me with this corner-cutting bullshit.

The balloon was widely ridiculed for its antiquated movements as well, with one viral gif spreading that showed Pikachu awkwardly rotating as it rounded Columbus Circle.

Fans analyzed the Pikachu floats wireframe model to determine that it was the same as used in previous years.

The Pikachu situation was only the start of Thursdays controversies. Many fans were also disgusted by Macys decision to cut several balloons from the parade lineup this year. Despite Macys explaining that the removals were due to wind conditions, fans lashed out on Reddit, calling the decision to keep balloons like Clifford the Big Red Dog out of rotation morally repulsive.

Im so furious right now, Im literally shaking, wrote Reddit user FloatsYrBoat. Youre telling me that Betty Boop isnt in the parade, but fucking OLAF is??? Macys has been catering to casuals for way too long, and Im just fucking DONE with them. We need to boycott this anti-consumer parade if we want anything to change.

Despite the negative backlash, the parade was incredibly well-attended this year. When asked about the regressive ramifications Macys decisions could potentially pose for future iterations of the parade, one child in attendance noted, I like Pikachu because he is orange.

It's a satire site.

*takes off opera glasses*

How utterly gauche.

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Crono99 posted...

Over a pikachu balloon?

terrible mod and poster

goku was the same too. and the announcer said the same lines.

something like

"with fists clenched and determined eyes...."

or something like that. I heard him say it today. and then looked up the old video on youtube

and it's the same thing he said last year

Esrac posted...

It's a satire site.

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