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R2-D2 Gets Top Billing in Postal Service Promotion

Blue post boxes have been turned into R2-D2s’s from Star Wars in 200 cities, in move to promote the next stamp commemorating the movie’s 30th anniversary.

How futuristic!

~A

R2-D2 Gets Top Billing in Postal Service Promotion – WSJ.com
Will the force be with them?

In an unusual marketing alliance, the U.S. Postal Service has shrink-wrapped 400 mail-collection boxes in 200 cities with clones of R2-D2, the spirited robot in the “Star Wars” films.

The move is aimed at promoting a forthcoming stamp that commemorates the original movie’s 30th anniversary.

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