Finally I was able to get one. It’s like you need to have wasta to get your hands on one if you are not a kid opening a Zeina account. Would have preffered the original one from the 80s though, the dark green and gold one.
Update: Here is a brighter picture of the original golden camel [Picture]
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Hey Mark I think I have the dark green and gold. Only if my mother didnt throw it out. hahahaha
When I saw the picture I was thinking “I have that!!”
the camel got fatter :)
I’ve got the green and gold one! They stopped making them at the end of the 90′s/start of ’00s, right?
how did u gt it?
head to any nbk branch and ask for it, it will cost u 1.500kd
i have a water tank money box, saves more :D
I just posted a picture of mine on my blog a few weeks ago…:)
of course I have the original green one…I guess I had the wasta sooner than you :)
(Actually I remember getting it in the fahaheel branch like 10 years ago or something :)
q8sultana i know, if you check the link it will take you to your blog..
mansour i asked before and they told me i need to open a zeina account to get one… maybe they changed the rules now
i got hit on the head once with one of those (the vintage green ones) – i was 8 or 9..
things were never the same ever since
lol…good one moryarti !
duh (for me :)
I realized the link after I posted the comment… :)
I was surprised too cause the traffic has been abnormally large on my blog today and it’s because of your link. It took me some time to figure that out :)
Although comapred to your traffic its negligable still :)
Ive followed your blog for ages now and you mention wasta quite a lot, what is it? Sorry if this is a stupid question but ive never heard of it before!
wasta is an Arabic term which basically means that you need to know someone important to get something done.
i think its the first arabic word expats learn when they come to Kuwait lol
Ahh ok thanks, I should have asked my dad, he would’ve known that!
Mark, I just realized something… the green/gold camel I had had stylized writing on the side, in gold… not a normal font like the one on yours.
yeah i know so did mine. the picture i have is of q8sultana’s version. i think pre 90 there was one version and after the invasion another kind..
i have the old one :P
i got one when i was a kid and broke the camel’s neck. i would def appreciate one now though.
i like the gold one better… but i guess blue IS their color..
Mabrook:p
I think I’ll pass on having one. I’d rather have a real camel. flesh and blood:D
and it it too ha?