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THE ARK: A TRANSFORMERS THEMED RESTAURANT - Will It Stand or Will It Fall?
In April 2023, Transformers opened The Ark, an immersive Transformers restuarant. Hong Kong has a strong transformers fan following, it’s where I grew up and every home I visited growing up definitely had more than 3 transformers toys, whether it be in the bottom of a toy box, or proudly displayed on a shelf, they were prominent and are much more than a household name. So a transformers themed restaurant opening in Hong Kong seems like a good idea, right?
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I'm more surprised that Tokyo has a Russell street.
@HightailCreations
Ай бұрын
Come on…. I mentioned it’s Hong Kong multiple multiple times even in the first minute. Or in case you don’t know, Hong Kong is not Tokyo nor Japan
@doggedogge3293
Ай бұрын
Shame on this guy, everything Asian is Japan 😂
@piecheese1214
29 күн бұрын
The Pin of Shame! *SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAME!*
@GlaDos321
22 күн бұрын
Thinking that Hong Kong is Tokyo is like confusing Berlin with friggin Moscow.
@judicatorhurayth1927
14 күн бұрын
@@GlaDos321 how the in the green earth God gift people think Berlin is from russia?
I really like the idea of themed “amusement park style” restaurants in regular places outside of amusement parks. Whether they’re Transformer themed or other IP’s or even just their own things like a jungle themed restaurant or a pirate themed restaurant. I think they would add a lot of fun to an area and bring some happiness to a lot of people’s lives.
@lazer-ape
Ай бұрын
they used to be more common. it's sad how few are left now. seems like its just down to rainforrest cafe and hard rock these days.
Y'know, The Ark would probably make it big in places like New York or Las Vegas
@davidreeves4556
Ай бұрын
I would go 100%
@brianng8350
Ай бұрын
I think China would be a better option. The Michael Bay movies were a smash in China even as the later sequels lost audiences in US and everywhere else.
@THE_MAINFRAME1990
Ай бұрын
FOOLS, it should be at mt. saint helens
@beefueater4586
28 күн бұрын
Not in new york lol
@shotpack8374
27 күн бұрын
Hell yeah
I’m shocked universal studios Orlando does not have one
@TimothyHaire
26 күн бұрын
yeah me too
@_EWM_304
5 күн бұрын
If there was one in Orlando I would drive there everyday lol
This needs to be in America
@Toyandshownerd3740
Ай бұрын
It would be sick in new York!
@SlashTheWeasel
29 күн бұрын
Nay with New York! Have few of these around the country. Mall of America may do well with it.
@Chris_Thorndyke
28 күн бұрын
Bring one to Atlanta
@Spyanter2000
25 күн бұрын
100% need one at Universal locations. Blows my mind that Universal Studios in Florida still has a ride based off the second Bayverse film but nothing newer or better
@gairethnelson
15 күн бұрын
Exactly. Or japan at least. Like why tf china?😂
1:46 So the aliens are fattening us? ... Oh no... Oh no! Energon is people! ENERGON IS PEOPLE!!!
@glory2cybertron
10 күн бұрын
not regular e, but synthetic e yes 😅
4:06 Pretty sure that’s just Cybertron with a planetary ring. Note the lack of Unicron’s iconic horns.
@HightailCreations
Ай бұрын
Oh my god it is cybertron
@ZZtheDark
Ай бұрын
@@HightailCreations XD I love this.
OMG this is the coolest sh*t ive EVER seen. I hope this place continues to exist until I can fly there
I would absolutely love to go to this place, but sadly…i don’t live in Hong Kong. I live in the eastern part of the US, so…if the ark did come here, it should definitely be at universal, I’m sure it would be huge! I love themed restaurants like this, we need more of them.
@brianng8350
Ай бұрын
If Jolibee can be in Time Square, they can be in NY or FL. But it would be quite expensive.
Dunno why but I find it hilarious that Megatron shows up on his own despite having the Nemesis behind him and basically have a game of Tag with Optiumus! Why else did he let him wander around inside of the Ark?
I love the little Autobot buns.
i think it would be cool if they did a promotion where the decepticons successfully take over the base. it might break lore and character a bit but refreshing the story of the restaurant might help bring back previous and new visitors. (i’m not a marketer, i don’t know 💩)
@piecheese1214
29 күн бұрын
Maybe for Halloween or something. Disney does something similar where the villains take over the parks, right?
I remember seeing some review videos from around the time it opened, and even then I felt it didn't have the foot traffic to survive. It's too bad I don't live on that side of the world, or I might have paid it a visit, but no way I will plan a trip just to see a themed restaurant, no matter how much I am a fan of the franchise
"All the Nightshades in the world are gathered here in Hong Kong." Perfect! ^ ^
If they made two, then one shall stand, one shall fall.
@HightailCreations
Ай бұрын
The last 3 minutes of the video I do say they DID make 2. One stood and one fell
6:51 The Coke bit here was a very funny reference
11:42 I love it’s details, like the truck parts and the Matrix
10:50. No Kids' Meal Toys? 😱😭
@fegreninja7197
Ай бұрын
That would’ve sealed the deal for 6 year old me
@dubuyajay9964
Ай бұрын
@@fegreninja7197 ^
@vbetta8979
29 күн бұрын
NEEDS toys and a Transformer themed playground.
I need a beast wars café
Nah, that's not unicron, no horns, it's cybertron. Diners are safe 😊
@HightailCreations
Ай бұрын
Yeah I can’t believe I didn’t spot that. The rings just shouted unicron to me.
This was a clever idea i cant help but feel they would have had more success if they had teamed with hasbro for some exclusive figures
I love that the gift shop has such a wide variety of toys. Fans of all ages can go home with something to celebrate their fun lunch
3:55 The fact TFP theme is used only further adds to the existing point of how Iconic that theme and TF related is. It was supposedly inspired by the Bayverse’s fall to earth theme (Autobots arriving on earth).
We need a bar called Maccadams Old Oil House.
I wonder how optimus gets meat for his burgers....
Man I would die to come here. Wish I wasn’t on the other side of the world Sounds like heaven and a dream all in a spaceship shape package
Yesss
Poor Megatron just wanted a burger
We need this in America. For sure would be nice in big cities and malls. But would be AMAZING in a Universal park. For example Universal Studios still has a ride that’s based on the second Bayverse film which is insane. That ride either needs a new coat of paint for the modern Transformers Franchise or needs to be closed for the Ark to take it’s place
I'd love to go there! UK never has anything cool like this.
@RetroRanter
Ай бұрын
Yep, we live in THE most boring country 😂😢
@harryhandinata
29 күн бұрын
Yeah!!!
And the ark themed… Me: .0-0…You’re joking right? Cause that packaging looks suspiciously like a- …Disposable gloves. Me: Oh thank goodness. I love how he paused for a brief moment just to screw with us cause we damn well know what it looks like.
I live in Hong Kong and I've went there once. However, the meal choices are quite expensive for local citizens and not many of them visit the place,mainly relying on tourists
Should have one in Georgia the state of the 1986 movie. Home of Autobot city and Lookout Mountain
They shouldve made the food more themed. It would be nice to pick decepticon burgers, cybertron chicken sandwiches, or unicron onion rings. An option to play some OST tracks from a Jazz/blaster jukebox
I have no idea how this place is still standing lmao, like how is it still profitable? i havent seen a lot of people go
need one in NYC, seems to be made for Times square and Las Vegas loves these gimmick shops
Amazing!!! It’s needs Cullen and Welker…. But amazing!!!
The comedy is very satisfying part of the atmosphere. I wish I was there.
I think motorcycle jackets and dive suits would be good ideas for merchandise maybe even football gear brackets American style brackets.
"As a reward for helping us, we'll give you extra shiny McDonald's." And then the Deceptions can harvest our double stuffed meat sacks for more fuel.
A book marked it because I wanted to remember some combinations of food that was served over there, but also I think there’s a possibility of augmented reality being used in entertainment in the future successfully in a place like this.
You know… there was a cartoon that came out parodying this idea. Some of us can recall it was after the 1st live action movie came out.
Now that is SO COOL!🤩
THE BUNS :O I WANT TO GO THERE SO BAD
Neat idea wish the states would have one
America needs to do a nemesis themed restaurant
The Ark as a restaurant...more than meets the eye indeed.
I must go to this place now
I'd go, but i can't afford a round trip to Hong Kong.
Gotta love that in this franchise, even the burger buns get black redecos.
I wish they had this at Universal Orlando.
I need it. I NEEEEEEEEED IT!
Wish we could get the ark restaurant in the USA, in all states including Pennsylvania. Of course in all cities and towns in every state.
I want to go there. I live in America. I would take home the napkins, disposable gloves and anything else as sovernirs. Then I would go crazy with all the stuff I don't have in the gift shop like the tea pot! Hasbro needs to do this!
To bad I live in England because this is awesome
@RetroRanter
Ай бұрын
England needs to start embracing fun, I hate how boring our country is 😂😢
The coke ad got a hearty chuckle from me.
8:15 Decepticons attack!
I give them credit for having some videos playing in the background to make it feel interactive. Gridlock stopping by was cute. But that is expensive rent. Doesn’t seem like Hasbro’s style. It might be better as a toy store for ThreeZero and Hot Toys and has a small cafe on the side? But “A” for effort. But the beef patty doesn’t look too good.
I was just in HK this spring. If I knew they were closing down, I would have visited it. I didn't want American style burger place after coming from the US, so I skipped it for things more local or at least localized.
If it were close to me I would go all the time
6:10, oh maaaaaan~ *_* 8:51, it's got a great floorshow too. 8:57, I miss Windblade so much. 11:24, wait...is that Brave Maximus? DAMN! 11:57, wow!! I'd probably enjoy this in Singapore. C'mon, man. This would be an easy sell.
It’s a neat idea but I don’t picture it having much staying power, you go once just to say you went and that’s it.
I need this....!
I really hope it stays in HK I loved it there, and hopefully it will branch out to other places while staying in HK
I thought this was a McDonald's promo. Hope it's sitll around if I ever get a chance to visit there.
They should expand here I want to try it out
Dammit they had once chance to called it macadams
California needs this place 😂
I need it
I'd like to have an apartment that looked like that ngl
they've been doing discounts a lot lately... so very likely as soon as the rent contract ends, they will close... I've NEVER seen the place crowded or full... as for the toy shop, cheaper options every where in hk too.
Now we need the nemises themed restaurant
This NEEDS to be in texas
Transformer's fans (Me included) are going crazy rn
Gods I would love to eat there just once!
Should be stateside in Universal.❤❤❤
Put it in a theme park and they will make bank
That burger looked hard and dry lol
@HightailCreations
7 күн бұрын
It’s not though. Maybe because I took it home and it was 4 hrs after I bought it. But it was good.
I'm from the UK but even I think its stupidly weird how a Transformer themed restaurant opened in Hong Kong and not America and a Dragon Ball theme park is opening in Saudi Arabia and not Japan..🤷♂️💰
This would do much better in a place like Universal Studios…
we love to go to the ark transformers restaurant
Should go to Akihabara
The cybertronian energonic grilled chicken burger.
I tried going this past May but it seemed to have been closed after 8pm. 😢
i hope it doesn't go out of business....it is a double edge sword....you want tons of foot traffic you go where all the people are but they will jack up the rent.....i think this would work in the USA...just put in an accessible area, dont over charge, and people will come...
7:13 disposable “gloves”
@TempestGhost
Ай бұрын
Ehhhhhh ok.
@TheSandwhichman108
6 күн бұрын
Nah that ain’t gloves if you know what I mean.
Imagine a nemesis restaurant
Been there a few years ago, over priced Burger joint just themed. Located right across Times Square Causeway Bay
@HightailCreations
Ай бұрын
It opened barely a year ago…
Autobot, Sold out!
I bet they will make the Nemesis restaurant. Burgers and pizza hot dogs, comes add fries
@HightailCreations
Ай бұрын
With the Ark barely surviving, I doubt the Nemesis would be anywhere in the future
@ShaneSkaalerud-nk2jk
Ай бұрын
@@HightailCreations if you first don't succeed try try again. Maybe maybe not. Maybe the people just don't like Autobots. In fact they might like Decepticons.
@HightailCreations
Ай бұрын
@ShaneSkaalerud-nk2jk pretty sure the Autobots are more popular in HK and in general
Where did you get that Moon figure? I didn’t think they made figures for last bot standing
@HightailCreations
25 күн бұрын
They didn’t. Moon is originally from the Beast Wars II line.
@willsheahan2213
25 күн бұрын
@@HightailCreations good to know
How do I get the Ark fry holder??
Franchise me in the US!!!
One of those locations is closing down.
wow, you tried so many of their drinks. From a marketing perspective, it is never going to work when the rent is $1m hkd per month. Not to mention their target age group. Then again, "rumor" has it the parent company is only using this gig to move money from mainland to Hong Kong and then out of China completely.
Is that a 3d printed omega in the back?
@HightailCreations
26 күн бұрын
No it’s a KO Newage Omega
#doordash #transformers 🙏 bumblebee Honey 🍯 sauce #mcdonalds
Can I order a McAtron there?
I want abudabhi mall 😢 😢 haral
WHAT?! Damn it! I’m not interested. I would rather this brand focus on distribution, ….. …..I’m still sour about not getting a ss86 Grimlock