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[GeraldBarnacle]

[pilferk]

[pilferk]

[GeraldBarnacle]

[djchristensen]

Walmart on 35th avr and Southernin Phoenix has about 6 or 7 3 packs of React 2 gum eith exp date feb 26 2012 with iceflys on them. Only em in phx so far with recent 3.packs

[lego606]

All the stores in Grand Central are already on exp. dates of Jan 2012... No iceflys even on the Cobalt LEs.

[Sarah B]

Just an update from the UK;

Went to Morrisons, couldn't find any 5gum at all. Not sure they even sell it.

Sainsbury's do; they have single packs and three-packs, with expiration dates no later than Jun 12 that I've found yet. All of the wrappers have black plastic that would obscure where the icefly would be (assuming it's in the same place as on the US ones) which means you have to buy the pack to find out if there's anything in it or not.

Having said that, I bought single and triple packs of every flavour I could find and none of them had anything special about them. I can tell you that they changed their packaging between the March 12 and Jun 12 batches sometime. But not in anyway that helps the ARG, sadly.

They only stocked four different flavours in Sainsbury's. That's nowhere near the nine or so they have in America.

I'll keep looking (hope my husband doesn't get sick of gum anytime soon) and let you know if I find anything.

But I'm thinking if you're not in the US, you're not going to be able to collect your own codes. Which is sad.

[OneEyedGod]

You can stop searching, it has been confirmed that this promotion is US only.

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=32691

[thebruce]

[Sarah B]

I just found that thread after I posted this. XD

But hey, since I made myself look very odd in front of the staff of Sainsbury's I'll leave up my account. After all, if there's no justification for it I'm just a loony who likes to check expiration dates on gum...

[lego606]

[cherrytree98765]

Well just came back from a succesful hunt. I know Racetrack has them. (They actually all had fresh packs, but only a few boxes were the one's that had them.)
So I bought about 6 packs. I wish I knew what the clerks were thinking.

Also if we have a not likely list I would put 7-11 on it. Let's just say I think all their gum on their shelf is past the best by date.

[Billhouse]

Just bought another 8 packs, enough to finish off my constellations and get an extra facility key. I found them at a rest stop on the PA Turnpike for $1.69 per pack. I will be waiting to find cheaper multi-packs in the future.

Just a few thoughts I'm going to tack on here.

I think it's really cool that this ARG is using QR codes as frequently as it is. It seems like a nod to the history of Wrigley, with Juicyfruit being the first product to have a barcode.


I've seen a handful of people express disappointment with the need to spend money to get codes, or spend money to play along in this game. I have no problem whatsoever with this.

This ARG, as it stands so far, is much different than a movie-based ARG. Think about Flynn Lives. We played a great game for free, got lots of great swag, and at the end of the game we all spent money on movie tickets and toys.

With this one, it's not like they can send a bunch of swag to everyone and at End Game everyone runs out and buys a pile of a newly released gum. It won't happen. I'm sure many will continue to buy 5gum afterwards and the exposure will be greater, but they need to get paid during this experience to make it work financially.

That said, if each participant is going to need to buy lots of gum to gain achievements, the burden will be on them to provide worthwhile entertainment and/or swag.

[sinz]

if you guys do live near a costco. get your gum there. its 9 bucks for ten packs and they have hundreds of them.

came back from costco with another 10 pack... codes are perfect unlike my last batch. 5 gum customer service still do not know what is up and won't give me codes for the botched ones...

[Adm_BlackCat]