Please tell us.
[This message was edited Tue Apr 1 12:16:46 PST 2003 by slm4m]
[This message was edited Tue Apr 1 12:17:24 PST 2003 by slm4m]

something to do with that James Woods flick 'Videodrome' i bet.

It is a site that I have set up to sell various products... these products will be related to serial murderers, crime and the media. The media makes killers into stars...

I am working on the designs as we speak.

Mickey and Mallory Rule!

Can I get a baby otter t-shirt?

ian said:

!

ian said:

If you can find an otter that was a serial killer, I will gladly immortalize him with his very own t-shirt, mug, jersey or whatever.

IceNine said:

Hmm I'll have to investigate that...

So when is your site going live Ice?

I was gonna support Teller and buy one of his bits of merchandise but it all looks a bit cheap and nasty (sorry Teller!)

ian said:

Goodness...by all means, I'm listening. What made it seem cheap and nasty?

teller said:

Oh I've no intelligent or well thought out criticism, it was just my impression (not of the site, but of the t-shirts and stuff). I might get a mug though! I think I was just peeved coz my favourite Skeleton cards weren't available on merchandise

ian said:

Wow...

Don't feel bad--my feelings aren't hurt. We're talking customer impressions here and I've obviously done somethign wrong because my sales suck. TELL ME MORE?

Someone suggested I lose the "Trading Cards!" frame and just go with the images for the products (like the cups do). ...?

teller said:

Damn! $15 for a mug!

Can you cut me a deal, tell? I want one of those Skele-X-Ray mugs! (Those are nice.)

Fiddy Cent!

2the9s said:

A blank white cup costs more to manufacture than fiddy cent!

teller said:

Hmmm... I still may get one.

Do you have any skele-coupons?

2the9s said:

Are you that broke?!

teller said:

I'll take that as a yes!

2the9s said:

teller said:

that might work on the shirts

MrBliss said:

Well, shit...

Maybe I should have done this long ago...I had the "Trading Cards" thing going on the cups for awhile but eventually went with just a larger version of the cartoon...maybe it must be so with shirts...maybe "Trading Cards!" is just a gimmick for the site...

teller said:

Okay seriously, let's see what we got here...



Hmmm... 11oz, that seems like a lot. But I love me some ceramic! "Large handle," eh? ..."for easy grasping" ... I don't know...I'm more of a grabber than a grasper, but I can adapt! Dishwasher and microwave safe! Excellent! I'm sold!

I am going to buy one of those! (No April Fools joke!)

teller said:

Hmm here's some ideas of the top of my head:

• I like the trading cards, if I could actually get trading cards! That'd be cool. Gotta catch em all, like Pokémon.
  
• Unfortunately the trading cards, when printed onto a T shirt or a mug, look a bit like one you could just do yourself with a laser printer. The rectangular frame doesn't help... I guess what I'd prefer is a Skelecosm t-shirt that was designed as a t-shirt, rather than a trading card printed on a t-shirt.
  
• Same goes for the mugs. Put something more muggy on the mugs, instead of a pic of a trading card. Maybe a skelly having a nice cup o cha.
  
• Give the skeletons more personality. Some of the jokes and stuff I really don't get, but if the skeleton was more of a "character" in his own right, it'd be more interesting to see him in all the situations you create for him in your trading cards. I'd have a skeleton on the front page introducing your site, like a TV presenter or something. I'd have skeleton adventures (flash animations, or comics, or just jokes) to give the skelly a bit of life (bad choice of words) and make the whole experience more inviting. Trading cards are collectibles, so when I think of them I think of some well cared for, prestigious collection... a nice book to put them in. You could use such themes as a basis for the design of the site. Your trading card pages could actually be like a sticker book.
  
• Rather than just putting skeletons in weird situations, it'd be interesting to play with the theme a bit... Cubist Skeleton, Atari VCS Skeleton etc
  

My favourite bit of merchandise is the beer mug. I could see myself filling that tea

I reckon Orgers should get a discount!

ian said:

Wow...ok, thank you for being honest!

I think I will get rid of the "Trading Cards" business on the products, and think about giving him more of a life on the site proper...

Hey no worries... if I can think of any more ideas I'll orgnote ya.

I hail this thread of Teller's as the most productive and funniest of the day. 2the9's U crack me up. Teller, Ian just gave you major word to your Venture. Print it out and you have a guaranteed recipe.

Thanks for the laughs guys.

correction: slm's thread.

Slm4m's IceNine thread got jacked by teller's merchandising questions...

June7 said:

:LOL: