Client vs Creative

I was sad to find out the other day that one of the best toy ads of all time (that I wrote about briefly a while ago) was only ever shown about 5 times in the UK.



Apparently the client didn't like it as there were no images of children actually playing with the toy...
Such a wonderful ad, showing the huge possibilities of the product in a witty and engaging way; and the client killed it.

Happily its such a good ad that it is still remembered even though it was hardly seen at the time.

Build Me Up...

Thanks to Rob Campbell for reminding me of this wonderful ad for Lego.
Even now it's still brilliant, still inventive and inspiring; the sort of thing you would expect W+K on their best form to produce.