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2006-12-02

Happy Mascots: the Hamrins!

Every time I go to either of the two supermarkets around here, I know there will always be a few characters there to bring a smile to my face. Among these are the Hamrins! -- Happy Mascots of Nippon Ham! In the meat section is a TV screen playing a video on a loop, all day, of these four singing and dancing meat-inspired characters. Fun for me, but presumably dreadful for the supermarket staff that have to work within earshot of the TV.
Sosegita has two sausages on his head like antennas, Hamyuu has two slices of ham on her head like Mickey Mouse ears, Bacoron wears a bouquet of asparagus-bacon rolls, and Yakibeta wears a pair of grilled pork headphones.

The Hamrins may not actually be from earth. They fly in a spaceship named the HAM 86 which is adorned with a giant fork and two knives. What, no chopsticks? Definitely alien.
Of course, they also have a giant robot at their disposal who happens to be called HAM 87. There's a fifth member of the group called Meacoron (from Meatball); I think she's part of the live band because she's not featured in the video.


The instructional video to learn their song's lyrics and their dance moves can be viewed here, among many other things on the Hamrins website.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nice exersice video. Funny!
Martine