Masonite ad in 2.5D

There's something weirdly atemporal about this isometric Masonite ad, like a secret society of time-travelling Sims players.

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rogerwilco1

This is not an isometric projection. The size of the tiles in the back clearly differs from the tiles in the front, for example.
- http://disqus.com/Kimmoth/ Kimmo
  
  Yeah, I didn’t understand the 2.5D angle until I realised Cory missed the perspective.
Nogging

It’s not isometric. Nor to they look temporally our of place.
- http://disqus.com/Kimmoth/ Kimmo
  
  Well, if it was, they kinda would, I guess
SoItBegins

What if it rains?
- allium
  
  They were all driven into underground shelters after the Three Days War/Пламя потоп, so I’d be more worried about carbon monoxide poisoning from the barbecue. And also the C.H.U.D.s.
shanespeal

It needs a DANELECTRO guitar in the ad. The ultimate Masonite product!
- Navin_Johnson
  
  And a skate ramp.
- http://disqus.com/Kimmoth/ Kimmo
  
  Thanks for the most random factoid* of the day : )
  
  *my definition of the term is different – to me a factoid can’t be a non-fact, that seems like bad etymology. I say a factoid is a… um, trivium.
timquinn

Sorry, but is that Pete Campbell?
- Gekko_Gecko
  
  Who?
- http://twitter.com/writebastard Ian Wood
  
  No, just his hair. the rest of him is too short.
timquinn

Every dad in my neighborhood had pegboard in the garage. And little brackets under the cabinets that held baby food jars full of hardware. This ubiquitous organization fetish led to nothing of worth I could see, and I was waiting for results. Consequently, as an adult I have an allergy to order, it is anathema to my creative process, causes swelling in mental passages and acute boredom. I avoid it and it’s carriers, such as pegboard.

edit; this ad is from my childhood period. it looks sooo familiar, like sunset magazine or Paul Doty cartoons.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  We had my great-grandfather’s worktable with gigantic vise and his homemade, solid ash tool chest lined with paisley corduroy and filled with 19th century woodworking tools.
  - Steve Miller
    
    Do want.
http://twitter.com/writebastard Ian Wood

Plastic people!
Oh, baby, now you’re such a drag.
- nanner
  
  Yay! (best album ever!)
Robert Cruickshank

Not quite isometric, but at least to my eye there was some perspective control done with the camera back. Things you’d do now in Photoshop could actually be done in the camera by moving the lens and film back.
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=865070110 Travis James
  
  You are so right…
RJ

That fold-down table with the pegboard full of utensils is a pretty neat idea for those who don’t have a lot of room in back of the house. I don’t know if Masonite would really be appropriate for an outdoor application like that, but the general idea is a good one.
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=865070110 Travis James
  
  masonite (i can’t see the letters i’m typing) is great with all sorts of weather… whether or not you like it
  - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=865070110 Travis James
    
    it’s made from concrete… realy it sets better under water..
lostinutah

Masonite is great stuff… as long as it doesn’t get wet.
Eark_the_Bunny

Beware the Free Masonites for they are taking over the whole world or maybe it was the Free Mason Jars, I forget which.
- Sparg
  
  Well, the symbol guy is holding a level. Too bad the floor isn’t a checkerboard. ;)
Douglas Rushkoff

Love the little Buddha-like icon in the tag line at the top.
voiceinthedistance

Is it just me, or did someone swipe about 6 or 8 inches from that guy’s mid-section? There seems to be more than just a high waistline going on there.
- Sparg
  
  He’s got the old-man-pants syndrome.
pjcamp

Masonite outdoors? That led to a class action lawsuit.

http://www.propex.com/C_f_env_masonite.htm
- http://profile.yahoo.com/FRJD66AT6LQ6CZZ46XJO43A4FM Artor
  
  Yup. That “weather-defying” stuff disintegrates in the rain. I don’t know how much of that trash I’ve hauled to the dump.
eldueno

Pre zip-code era.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1161159469 Pat Sandy

The whole scene would make an awesome Shag painting…
sean

What the hell are you guys talking about? Aren’t isometrics exercises? Do I have to go to Wikipedia and look stuff up again? signed, disgruntled reader
Sparg

Love those old butterfly chairs.