Most obscure place you've seen something made. : Othor Games

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:45 am

I'm talking about the labels you find on various products the say: "Made In..." most often followed by "China"

Yesterday I was looking at a tub of cake icing and the label said "Made In Uruguay". Easily the strangest place I've seen something made.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:06 am

Well, I've a porcelain cup a friend gave me as a souvenir when he went to Puerto Rico. I looked at the bottom of the cup and it said Made in Brazil.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:44 am

A typewriter made in East Germany... the case was made of asbestos.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:36 am

A typewriter made in East Germany... the case was made of asbestos.

There was a time when it seemed like everything was made of the bloody stuff. I'm sure my school was entirely constructed of it, though it wasn't immediately obvious.

East Germany wasn't too obscure, though: I seem to recall a lot of cameras came from there.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:09 am

There was a time when it seemed like everything was made of the bloody stuff. I'm sure my school was entirely constructed of it, though it wasn't immediately obvious.

East Germany wasn't too obscure, though: I seem to recall a lot of cameras came from there.

Depends on the age of the person...

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:17 am

Family heirloom cup, Made im Texas

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:59 am

Depends on the age of the person...

In my case, old.

Old enough to remember when it still existed, anyway... and when people had outside toilets, tin baths etc.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:02 am

I saw love made once on top of a mountain, only it was odd because only 2 people were working on it, must be a family business or something.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:42 am

I recall seeing pasta with "Made in __some Gulf state state :hehe:

__" on the back of the packet (that was in Kenya).

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:47 am

A semi auto made by the Moon Star Arms Company in Darra Adam Khel.

..manufactured in less than an hour using hand tools only, and it worked perfectly :blink:

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:27 am

I have a piece of ceramic art that was made in some obscure village in Russia.

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:13 pm

I have a pocket watch that reads "MADE IN USSR".

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:16 pm

I have a pocket watch that reads "MADE IN USSR".

Well, you learn something new everyday.

I had no idea USSR ever even made any products let alone exporting them.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:40 am

I have a pocket watch that reads "MADE IN USSR".

I think my old Zenit camera says the same. It's actually quite well made... except for the fact that someone forgot to line the inside with non-reflective material, so it takes terrible photos. I suppose I could've painted the inside with matt black paint, but I've only just thought of it, about 25 years later.

Edit: I have however acquired an adaptor to use its 58mm lens on my Canon 5D. It's really pretty good.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:12 am

Well, I've seen love being made in my shed by two homeless people. Kinda scarred me as a kid.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:22 am

I had no idea USSR ever even made any products let alone exporting them.

What did you think they ate, drove around in, wore, or did in their spare time? :blink:

This particular watch was made in the USSR, and sold on the western markets by a British company that imported cheap soviet goods.

Well, I've seen love being made in my shed by two homeless people. Kinda scarred me as a kid.

I remember you telling us that! :tongue:

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:43 pm

I have a pocket watch that reads "MADE IN USSR".

Well, at least it runs on time. Not the decadent time of the Bourgeois, but time nonetheless. And I'm sure people (and tanks) stay down when you hit them with it :lol:

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Well, you learn something new everyday.

I had no idea USSR ever even made any products let alone exporting them.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:01 am

What did you think they ate, drove around in, wore, or did in their spare time? :blink:

They ate portraits of Nikita Krushcev, rode radioactive mutant donkies, wore animal skins and burnt effigies of Reagen afaik.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:11 am

@SubTonic

Haha, that story was part of my signature for a while.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:39 am

Family guy tought me that all Russians are bears on unicycles.

I suppose the most obscure things I own are coins made in countries that no longer exist, such as Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and the USSR.
If were not talking about where it is made, but just that its slightly odd, I own a model toy of the space shuttle Challenger, which my dad bought me before the tragic accident and a medieval oil lamp shaped like a satyr that was crudely de-heithened (or possibly sanctified) by carving (scratching really) 'DEVS ET LVMEN' in it.

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:38 pm

I have a shirt my aunt gave me when she went to Taiwan thathttp://www.taipei-101.com.tw/OBV_EN/Upload_Pics/Product_1_101_78564727_20091007.jpg. It has a tag on it that says "Made in USA".

Wha?

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:51 pm

Usually you see stuff like "made in china" "made in tawaiian" you know countries
when i was shopping around i found a gun, and on the case it said "Made in Texas", i thought it was funny

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:27 am

The jumper I'm wearing had a tag saying "made in Ireland". I was quite surprised at that, I don't see Ireland on clothes tags very often.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:22 am

I have seen "Made in Ukraine" before. Forgot what it was.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:27 am

Well, the place I work for has items manufactured in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and yea of course China. Now, what surprises me, is when I see something "Made in the USA"