--- title: Pepsi Max Prank at Bus Shelter Features Robots, Aliens and Tigers description: Look out, Pepsi Max sent a comet after you! canonical: https://time.com/33423/pepsi-pranks-commuters-with-terrifyingly-real-display-featuring-aliens-tigers-and-killer-robots/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-21T15:16:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:01.054Z og:title: Pepsi Pranks Commuters With Terrifyingly Real Display Featuring Aliens, Tigers and Killer Robots og:description: Look out, Pepsi Max sent a comet after you! og:url: https://time.com/33423/pepsi-pranks-commuters-with-terrifyingly-real-display-featuring-aliens-tigers-and-killer-robots/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pepsi Pranks Commuters With Terrifyingly Real Display Featuring Aliens, Tigers and Killer Robots twitter:description: Look out, Pepsi Max sent a comet after you! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Pepsi Pranks Commuters With Terrifyingly Real Display Featuring Aliens, Tigers and Killer Robots > Sponsored content. 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Think: Alien invasion, fiery comets heading towards town, tigers on the loose and rampaging robots all realistically superimposed over New Oxford street station. The results are simultaneously funny and frightening and a good reminder to never ever look up from your phone during your commute. **MORE**: [Watch the Surprising TV Ad That Got Nissan Into Major Trouble](http://business.time.com/2014/01/24/ftc-faults-nissan-for-misleading-ads/ "undefined") **MORE**: [The Colorado State Government Made These Ads About Smoking and Driving — And They’re Funny Even If You Aren’t High](http://time.com/16346/the-colorado-state-government-made-these-ads-about-smoking-and-driving-and-theyre-funny-even-if-you-arent-high/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/33423/pepsi-pranks-commuters-with-terrifyingly-real-display-featuring-aliens-tigers-and-killer-robots/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/33423/pepsi-pranks-commuters-with-terrifyingly-real-display-featuring-aliens-tigers-and-killer-robots/"},"headline":"Pepsi Pranks Commuters With Terrifyingly Real Display Featuring Aliens, Tigers and Killer Robots","datePublished":"2014-03-21T15:16:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:01.054Z","description":"Look out, Pepsi Max sent a comet after you!","url":"https://time.com/33423/pepsi-pranks-commuters-with-terrifyingly-real-display-featuring-aliens-tigers-and-killer-robots/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Advertising","marketing"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/33423/pepsi-pranks-commuters-with-terrifyingly-real-display-featuring-aliens-tigers-and-killer-robots/","name":"Pepsi Pranks Commuters With Terrifyingly Real Display Featuring Aliens, Tigers and Killer Robots"}}]}] ```