CES 2008 booth gimmickry: Best of the worst

We've herein rounded up our picks for some of the best of the worst booth displays and decorations, and a good smattering of booth gimmicks we couldn't decide whether to file under "best" or "worst" -- we'll leave it to you to arbitrate the true winners in the comments. For our part, we don't care how fracking big Bumblebee was -- our personal favorite in this category has to be the bowl of pretzels.

Gallery: CES 2008 booth gimmickery: Best of the worst

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[Datacide @ Jan 11th 2008 1:30PM]

lol tbat Intel laptop pillar looks like something I'd put in my house

[Datacide @ Jan 11th 2008 1:30PM]

lol tbat Intel laptop pillar looks like something I'd put in my house

[Chris @ Jan 11th 2008 1:37PM]

wow that's a shiny mario....

[Dan Z @ Jan 11th 2008 1:44PM]

Gaint Mario = Best

[Dan Z @ Jan 11th 2008 1:44PM]

Gaint Mario = Best

[customjmn @ Jan 11th 2008 4:41PM]

Double Post = Worst

[Randy @ Jan 11th 2008 1:48PM]

Where are the pics of the Booth Babes? (And no more Veronica Belmont please?)

[VicD @ Jan 11th 2008 2:22PM]

Yup, any photo essay of best/worst of CES without Veronica is just not a credible one.

[ScareyJ @ Jan 11th 2008 1:51PM]

With all the new skins available, was that a leopard print couch or a really big router?

[Steve Jobs @ Jan 11th 2008 1:54PM]

The hot girl in the bikini from picture 7 has to be the winner.

[Green @ Jan 11th 2008 2:04PM]

She looks like this was all Norcent could afford.

[Steve Jobs @ Jan 11th 2008 2:13PM]

I kinda felt like she could have been hotter too, but I'd rather see her naked than mario.

[Jon @ Jan 11th 2008 2:01PM]

The first pic, with the robot and the two dudes. You're making fun of the dudes right, cause the robot is the least fugly thing in that picture.

[DocZ @ Jan 11th 2008 2:21PM]

Technically, that was only a dish of pretzels. Best was the helix tower of laptops.

[OneLove @ Jan 11th 2008 2:42PM]

stargate is all new tonight.

[StrangeBum @ Jan 11th 2008 3:21PM]

Poor HD-DVD I spotted 'The Bourne Supremacy' in their spiral pyramid thing twice. I wonder how many other movies were in there more than once.
The Norcent booth babe was alright.
I really liked Pioneer's metal look, very Fallout-ish in my opinion.
But the Intel setup and also the Sharp setups were very eye-catching and rather cool in their own ways.

But what exactly were those chem beakers for? I assume some sort of 'oxygen' bar thing. I don't know, but I want to breathe whatever was in them.

[barb dybwad @ Jan 12th 2008 4:38PM]

yep, you called it -- oxygen bar
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/ces-2008-most-random-booth-gimmick-award/

[JosephMohmed @ Jan 11th 2008 3:36PM]

Those pretzels look pretty badass.

[customjmn @ Jan 11th 2008 4:39PM]

JVC jetpacks FTW!

[golferal @ Jan 11th 2008 7:53PM]

OMG! An oxygen bar? WTF?????!!!?

[Phantom1219 @ Jan 11th 2008 8:47PM]

Mmmm... pretzels...

[Josh Leath @ Jan 11th 2008 10:09PM]

Ha... I saw a couple bowls of pretzels. They were all from Asian companies pawning some pretty cheesy toys.

[Nihal Thomas @ Jan 12th 2008 12:46AM]

Tacky display, but Eneloop's batteries are actually pretty good.

[duestown @ Jan 12th 2008 2:01AM]

Hahaha... "Retro gaming with DLP..."

You mean I can play Galaga on this? Well, I was gonna go with LCD but now... HOLY CRAP SCREW THAT AND SIGN ME UP FOR IT'S AMAZING IT'S THE MIRRORS!!!!1

[John @ Jan 15th 2008 7:49AM]

Ah, the Vegas oxygen bar. I guess the old tricks are the best tricks.