PRODUCT ARCHIVE
Fizzle Bang Twats
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
A Family Firework Box with Added Fuckery
A reassuringly premium firework selection box combining traditional Bonfire Night excitement with an entirely unnecessary quantity of swearing.
Fizzle Bang Twats takes the conventions of brightly coloured family fireworks packaging and pushes them somewhere considerably more offensive.
PUBLIC RESPONSE
Customer Reviews
★★★★★
“An explosive little box of nonsense. The fireworks were good too.”
Barry Knackers, Leeds
★★★★☆
“Great colours, great laughs and exactly the sort of thing you shouldn’t take to a polite family gathering.”
Fanny Rockets, York
★★★★★
“A convincing fireworks product ruined by an outrageous label. Brilliant.”
Roger Twatson, Sheffield
BEHIND THE LABEL
Product Breakdown
ARCHIVE ENTRY
What
A box and 22 firework labels (2 Wheels, 4 Rockets, 5 Roman Candles, 11 Fountains.)
When
October 2012
Origin Notes
A typically basic box of family fireworks. The bright colours and silly names made it a good candidate for a complete Rude Pantry rebuild.
Original vs Rude Pantry Version
| Original Product | Rude Pantry Product | |
|---|---|---|
| Parent Company | American Promotional Events, Inc | Rude Pantry |
| Brand | TNT | Bog Standard Fireworks |
| Product Name | Merlin Selection Box | Fizzle Bang Twats |
| Variety | Merlin | Fizzle Bang Twats |
| Dominant Theme | Brightly coloured firework names. | General swearing and crudeness |
| Barcode Numbers Spell | Unknown | 11 14 1 3 11 5 18 19 = KNACKERS |
| Barcode Scans As | TNT Merlin Selection Box Merlin with Croutons 4 Fireworkss | Bollocks! |
Comparison
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Notes
This was the first product I took to a supermarket to photograph on the shelf. Taking it out of a bag was fine. Putting it back looked considerably more like shoplifting.