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[ARimmer]

That's clearly the Eiffel Tower.

But that's not where the Eiffel Tower is. This might be an Eiffel Tower replica -- in Japan!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Eiffel_Tower_and_Belvedere_in_Tobu_World_Square.jpg

Did someone already say this?

[bermudalife]

[ARimmer]

Okay, but the representations of the tower in the trailer are Paris. MEW's shirt says 'I love Paris' in French.

The fact that this is IG is suggested by two things - back-reference to the first page's beads; the left out beads spell MEGAN.

And the Eiffel Tower. Each clue is something discernable from content, not deduction or lateral thinking. All other depictions are the REAL tower, I think the gift may be related to what that is. It's staring us in the face, I bet.

[Pixiestix]

[IronJ146]

Hey folks. I was relatively active in the '07 game, so I'm excited to see some new stuff. Congrats on figuring out that the movie isn't about Voltron and that there actually is some sort've game in less than 100 pages in the thread.

So, question. I kinda just read this entire thread so this may be trout due to overload or a weird thing in how my iPad loaded, but did Goodman's haggard picture load up on both Howard and Annika's EOTM photo on the Feb EOTM page for anyone else?

EDIT: Pictures are different now. Must've been me.

[Melodyman]

[Nixeclips13]

Radioman

[gimlet]

I really think the looking for other Eiffel towers is not gonna pan out in this particular instance, although it's good to be aware of them. It really looks to me like just a small toy/model in the picture on FAPT, and the hills behind look really familiar to me - I think they are just the Hollywood Hills.

There is still a pretty easy connection to make to Japan if you want to stretch to it - the worlds most famous copy is in Tokyo, just like Taratugo's HQ. Tokyo tower.

And of course Paris is still important. A reference to the Eiffel Tower is always ultimately a reference to Paris, no matter if the version you're looking at is in Tokyo, Tennessee, Las Vegas or Orlando.

[AntaresMHD]

I stop looking at the forum for a few days and I come back to see 10 extra pages, wow! This thing exploded and in such a beautiful way! I've already read every post until this point and I think I am up to date. Still don't quite get how we got until the employee of the month thing, but now that we've arrived to what it seems to be an IG page, it's time to start cracking the password (the part that I enjoy the most).

[ARimmer]

My interest in the picture is that it's a fraudulent Eiffel Tower in Not-Paris.

Everywhere the Tower is depicted else in the trailer -- the Tower is the one in Paris, and is legit. This Tower is possibly a toy, a keepsake, an ornament, a music box, but looking online there are replicas sold at a Japanese grocery store Jakka that resemble this one closest.

Howard was in the Navy when his daughter was 13 -- he references Soviet things he 'witnessed' -- If he was in the Navy in an era of Soviet naval activity; we're talking the 90s and he was probably based in Hawaii or Japan I'd bet.

The gift, in my opinion -- has to be related to this photo somehow. Every photo in the set that isn't STOCK is something pointing to the trailer, or information we could get without hacking anything. It's a puzzle. With no pieces missing, it should be solvable.

I hope that the picture is something to do with it -- but I'm not easily persuaded that just because it's a picture of 'An' Eiffel Tower (it isn't, it's likely a toy or something smaller) -- it should be dismissed as circumstantial that it is both NOT in Paris (when all other indicators of the Tower ARE referring to the Paris Tower) -- and NOT an actual structure.

Bah. I don't have the time, or ability to muddle with the levels of the photo to look for hidden things. I just don't think this is a throwaway or hand-waved thing because it's 'wrong' while looking 'right'.

[AntaresMHD]

[ARimmer]

Also - the letter page has two blank links -- the word chat is supposed to link to some javascript -- that isn't there...and the words 'Keep checking this site'. Error out as a blank javascript function when clicked and the console is open.

Looks like this puzzle IS missing some pieces.

[Ecks51]

 Eiffel Tower

[kosmopol]

OK, people, letters do matter.
For example, missing letters on the right build the l name MEGAN.
The whole picture composition is indeed a key

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