OT - 10 Biggest Flops of All Time

Submitted by Butterfield on

The series of tubes that is the interwebs (contrary to popular belief, the internet is not a dump truck) is chock full of lists of the biggest product flops of all time.  Here is just one of many entirely subjective lists (http://www.investorplace.com/2012/06/10-biggest-product-flops-of-all-time/ )  

 

  1. New Coke
  2. McDonald’s Arch Deluxe
  3. Maxwell House Ready-to-Drink Coffee
  4. Ben-Gay Aspirin
  5. Harley-Davidson Perfume
  6. Bic Underwear
  7. Crystal Pepsi
  8. Colgate Kitchen Entrees
  9. Coors Rocky Mountain Spring Water:
  10.  Cocaine Energy Drink

So to relate this to MGoBlog, if Mr. Vociferous's latest post were a product, where would it fall into this list? Are there any other MGoMoments that would be as universally panned as this one?

dothepose

July 16th, 2012 at 12:00 PM ^

I'd give him the number 1 spot. Seems like an absolutely unnessary post about a topic we have had enough of. I almost want to call him out as a troll because nothing good comes from posting that topic again. Seems like someone wanting to smear the Michigan name would post that.

JeepinBen

July 16th, 2012 at 12:03 PM ^

was pretty well panned. If we go further back, there was KingOfBelch and his trolling/meltdowns. THE KNOWLEDGE (not THE_KNOWLEDGE)'s failings were also well documented. As was McFarlin.

One post does not a huge flop make... but collective trolling/posbanging/referencing your other account in your ghost posts (WolverineInABag) that's a flop.

So is this:

turd ferguson

July 16th, 2012 at 12:06 PM ^

Pepsi has been producing its "throwback" regular soda with cane sugar. Honestly, I think they'd do well if the tried the same thing with Crystal Pepsi. It'd be gimmicky as hell, but I'd pay an indefensible amount of money to have that taste once more in my life.

Wolverman

July 16th, 2012 at 12:08 PM ^

 For some reason I was thinking this would be about draft flops or recruiting flops. One of the biggest product flops would also have to be Hair in a can. I've atleast heard of that one

bronxblue

July 16th, 2012 at 12:21 PM ^

There were some epic flameouts during the RR/Hoke transition period.  Also, and this may not be here, but there was a post with the ND student's death that was about as tone-death as you can imagine.

That said, this is still the worst flop ever:

 

justingoblue

July 16th, 2012 at 12:29 PM ^

Those were beyond terrible. Jim Harbaugh wears his headset like a Michigan Man! Dick Rod sux lol!

The worst ND post I can remember from here was [redacted on second thought] posting a thread that basically explained in an excited tone that the girl who committed suicide last year was allegedly "sexually assaulted" by a ND football player instead of raped. It was about the most ridiculously heartless thing I've read on a sports site.

bronxblue

July 16th, 2012 at 2:15 PM ^

I faintly remember that as well.  I swear there was a post about how ND's "cover-up"/failures with the tragic death of the student trainer was analogous to the Catholic Church's issues with sexual assault of children by priests.  It didn't last long, and again might not have been here, but that was about as bad a post as I ever saw.

Luckily, the fact that I can't remember numerous examples is probably a good thing - go to RCMB and every other post is about politics or debating the merits of having sexual intercourse with large women.

LSAClassOf2000

July 16th, 2012 at 12:45 PM ^

I imagine this stuff could make a solid argument for being on such a list too:

 

As for threads, there was one about an interview that Charles Woodson gave to a certain paper which I believe hit close to 90 downvotes a copule months ago (much of it had to do with who started it and what they tried to infer from Woodson's words), so among recent ones, that might rank up there.

JHendo

July 16th, 2012 at 12:49 PM ^

Why is it my favorite fast food burgers have to end up flopping.  I absolutely loved the Arch deluxe and pretty much cried (yes, I am/was a fat kid) when they discontinued it.  There was only one other McDonalds product I loved more, which was also a flop (or atleast a limited time special release):

 

stephenrjking

July 16th, 2012 at 4:14 PM ^

+2. I absolutely loved the Arch Deluxe and have never had a go-to sandwich since they discontinued it. I would go there daily if they brought it back.



After they dropped it I started getting chicken chalupas, gorditas, and quesadillas at Taco Bell and never looked back.

phork

July 16th, 2012 at 12:55 PM ^

New Coke was awesome.  Pepsi Throwback is the best.  Real sugar makes a world of taste difference.

Add: MSUs monster collapse vs ND at home, cue Valenti rant.

Add: NDs monster collapse vs UM at the Big house, cue my tears

Add: Googles handling of pre-orders for the Nexus 7.

Moleskyn

July 16th, 2012 at 1:05 PM ^

Well, this was by far my most embarassing moment in my time here. I still think they look alike, especially if you look at the video that BeanTownBlue posted halfway down the thread. But yeah, I probably couldn't have found two pictures of the guys that looked any different. Especially looking at it now, they don't look anything alike in those pics.

WhoopinStick

July 16th, 2012 at 4:47 PM ^

I always thought that New Coke was introduced around the same time "classic" Coke switched from real sugar to corn syrup, so it was used as a way to make the change in ingredients without people noticing.  They introduced New Coke until all the real sugar Coke was gone from teh shelves.  Once it was gone they claimed there was a big rallying cry for the original Coke so the "brought it back" only this time using corn syrup.

Does anyone know for certain.  It seems that if that was the case, then New Coke was never really a flop as much as it was a marketing trick.

 

MaizeAndBlueWahoo

July 16th, 2012 at 5:18 PM ^

Yeah, that's a semi-popular conspiracy theory about New Coke, but it's not true.  I mean, one, they didn't "claim" there was a big rallying cry......there was one.  And that kind of thing just isn't predictable, for one, and for two, Coke was already being sweetened with corn syrup instead of sugar by the time the switch was made, and people didn't seem to notice.