The Best of April Fool’s Marketing Pranks

Celebrating some of the most iconic Marketing Pranks.

Not every prank can be a hit, and quite frankly, some are down-right cringe. Here are a few hit pranks from over the years that weren’t a complete flop.

Lego: Find My Brick – Struggling to find that one missing piece in a tub ‘o bricks? Lego has your back (and bare feet) covered with the Find My Brick innovation.

Tinder: Height Verification – In a devastating blow to short dudes across the world, we’re thankful that this feature never became a reality. 
Nintendo: Square Kirby – This is just plain wrong. However, the latest release of Kirby does allow him to eat a car. So, there’s that.

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