For those curious why I posted this photo on the Snacking Otaku Facebook page is because of a subject I'm researching - cars.
Cars are a thing that has a massive fandom, to the point that if you want to research a particular model, there is at least one people out there with encyclopedic knowledge.
Because of such fantom anything to do with them (accessories, toys, ads, etc) is magpies and kept for prosperity.
Research is one aspect to the Snacking Otaku. The other is graphic design. In the case of cars, there is ample material to read through. But when it comes to designing the resulting nibbles, where do you go? The answer is simple - sales brochures.
If you ever visit a car dealership you'll find racks of brochures of their products, showing every aspect of the model advertised - their specs, profile images, trim levels, optional extras, etc.
I recently been on eBay finding such brochures on sale and found them selling at agreeable prices - £5 minimum to nearly £40 for rarer ones. This makes collecting brochures a good cheap supplement to collecting actual cars.
So, why am I researching cars? The same way I did nibbles on various video formats. I'm curious about human ingenuity that mostly comes in the form of technology. Be it audio-visual devices, ballpoint pens, and cars, I got an interest in it. I am one of those kids who liked taking things apart to see what goes on inside and wonders how things work.
As you can tell from the photo above of a Ford car range brochure from 1983 the first car I'm going to tackle is the Ford Sierra. I may also cover its predecessor, the Cortina, and its successor, the Mondeo in the future. I already acquired the brochures for research and graphic design ideas.
