Custom Celica Merchandise, Anyone interested, ideas welcome! Options

[Tweek]

We all know they don't make a lot of celica merchandise for a 6th gen. I do some graphic design, and personally want to have some things made, so I was wondering if ya'll would be interested in stuff like this. If so, I can make the stuff available to everyone and throw up some online links to buy it.

Since I can have things made custom, I thought that some clubs might want some things made up also. I can have some 6GC stuff made up if people were interested also, but I don't know who has the rights to that logo and would need permission to do that.

I saw some people were doing 6GC stickers, but I could have lots of things made to order if some people were interested and you would'nt have to group buy. You can just order one if you want. Things like license plate frames, t-shirts, sweatshirts, long sleeve shirts, polo shirts, coffee mugs, lunch boxes, journals, stickers, posters, boxers, thongs, or even a little teddy bear with a custom designed shirt!

If your interested in something like that for yourself or your club, say something and I'll make it so. I was thinking having license plate frames custom made with a www.6gc.net at the top and your login on the bottom would be kinda cool.

[Negative]

Cool idea with the liscense plates having the login on the bottom. It would help us meet and identify each other. I'm in if the price and colors are right.
Also publish a list of any girls who for the thong idea.

[Tweek]

What about a Jersey with something like this? Customized with your name and a number for $27.99 plus shipping?

[Defgeph]

thats cool
what other type of shirts do you have I want one

[amysmojo]

Keychains! Keychains!! I wonder how those would look?

[Andason]

id take a navy blue hoodie with "6gc" (no net - same style) on the front and "V8 Killa" "40" on the back

[Tweek]

Sorry, no key chains are available yet. If they do become available I'l let you know.

I have made a few more items. A white t-shirt with 6GC on the front (no .net) and your V-8 killa hoodie (only available in white though, sorry). Let me know what you think of the V-8 killa, maybe you want to put a picture of your celica on the back instead?

As far as quality of these, I have only seen a few things in person so far that I have had made. I have a hat, women's spegetti strap shirt (not a cross dresser, it was for my girlfriend), and coffee mug. The shirt I saw was an iron on type style, but with a fine art picture I tried it came out pretty good. I imagine with a text logo type of design that it would work better with that type of application. The mug and hat looks great!

Please, please if you order something let me know how it comes out! I can't buy everything, and in fact I'm using this to raise some bucks to buy more stuff on my Celica! Keep in mind though, there is a return policy if your not satisfied.

[Tweek]

umm.... the link would help huh? LOL.

Also, I've only started this earlier today so more stuff is to come as soon as I can put it up.

Click here for the stuff!

There is a link inside there for the custom ordered stuff, like the V8 Killa.

[Andason]

OMG THATS AWESOME!

[Andason]

Question: how is it printed into the shirt?

[Tweek]

Unfortunately it's not a silk screen dye or anything, its a kind of iron on type of thing. I'm not that schooled with fabric applications so that is my best guess. I have only seen the two shirts I got so far of a spegetti strap shirt for my girlfriend, but I assume the rest are like that also.

Of course, if it sucks and you don't like it, its got a money back return policy.

[Andason]

what material is used. i used to be into graphics at school and did stuff like this all the time. if you say what is used itll ring my graphics bell cuz i have a TRD shirt that has stayed that way forever.

[Tweek]

The detailed info about it is on the site if you click on the picture. (i put the v8-killa link below)
That is the best info about what it is that I can give.

http://www.cafeshops.com/6gc.11648717

[Tweek]

Hey Coomer,

I added a messenger bag for you. It only comes in yellow, and it made me think of your ride!

Yellow tote bag for Coomer link

[Tweek]

Would anyone be interested in a calendar with some pimped out celica pictures from the member's rides section?

Feel free to suggest your ride! I could download the pictures from your hi-res picture part of your profile with permission.

[Defgeph]

could you get any other shirt colors ?
and could you make be change the colors of the logo on the hat ?

looks cool.... but I cant stand white.

[Tweek]

I added a couple more t-shirt colors. The colors kinda suck, but those are all they have. I can change the logo color, but thats about it. Oh, there is pink too if your interested

I can put some other logo colors on the hat's logo. Anything in particular?

[Defgeph]

can i use paypal with ur site ?
Can i get defgeph stiched on the hat in the back ?

This post has been edited by defgeph: Jun 11, 2004 - 10:11 PM

[Tweek]

no, but it will take credit cards. There is all the info about credit card security on there when you go through checkout.

No stitching is available. There are a couple other hat designs I can do. Like a visor, a trucker hat or a white hat. And I can throw your name on the front somewhere if you want.

This post has been edited by Tweek: Jun 11, 2004 - 10:15 PM

[Tweek]

Hey Andason, I was'nt sure about the way the last one looked, so what cha think of this new V8 Killa?

Andason's new V8 killa hoodie

[Tweek]

I have a bunch of stuff on this site now. It just a 15 day temporary site to see if there is interest, and if not it will come down. I have a bunch of custom stuff and a few logo's up there that show most of the things we can have customized. If you want something custom for a club or with a pic of your celica or something, let me know while there is still time to put it up. There is a custom orders link in there that shows some of the things I've had done for a few people. (I know there is a couple mustang and non 6gc stuff, but that was for someone else)

Anyways, if there is some interest as in actual purchases I can keep it up. So let me know now if you want some thing made or what so there is still time to put it up.

www.cafeshops.com/6gc

[Drocay]

damn, tweek u weren't playing, u got all kinds of stuff there.

[Tweek]

What can I say, I get bored at work. Nothing to do all night cept play on the net. I already washed the car the night before, and there was'nt anything good on TV. Maybe if I had a job where I actually had to do work, I would'nt be on here so much.

[acenova]

Hey man, that merchandise is great. I almost wanna buy the mouse pad, but I don't have the $14. But hey, that 6gc thong man, you should put one on the triangle in the back to. That's the part that always sticks out when girls tend to low rid their pants. Just a though But awesome stuff man. Honestly, if you used different hats, possibly a flex fit (that's all I can wear) then i'd definitely buy one of those.

[Coomer]

I have to say that I'm a bit disappointed...all you did was take the logos I made(at least some of them) and send them to Cafepress and then mark up the prices.

I think that if you're going to use Cafepress, you should just offer them to us at cost, rather than at the marked up prices, at least for the 6gc stuff with the logo that I made. I mean, it doesn't cost anything to create a Cafepress account and automated site, and the logo was made by me. When I said that it would be fine to use the logo, I didn't know that all you were going to do was go through Cafepress.

[Tweek]

Thats true Coomer, I put the prices up a couple bucks so that the site will pay for itself. Its only a couple bucks so that we can have the premium site. They take the money that it costs to run the site right out of the account for things sold. Without the premium site you can only offer one logo or design per product which would not let everyone get what they want. I can put the cost down to a penny over cost if we buy 700 items a month.

Its also true that if you want to put something for yourself up and make your own things, there is a link right on the site to do that. Feel free, you won't hurt my feelings at all.

Also, when I bought something, they sent me a coupon for $5 off my next order which is more than the markup on any of the items.

If you still are dissapointed, I will take your logo off and you can put up a basic 6GC site and put the logo on all of those items at the minimum price.

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The mousepad is just a sample of my car that I put on there, which you can buy if you want. But if you want one of your car, we can put something together also.

I can throw the logo on the back of the thong as well, good thought.

[latinomasfino]

yo tweek wehre in MD u at?

[Tweek]

columbia

[latinomasfino]

[latinomasfino]

we should have like a pole or like something that diplays who is form each state

[shid]

I'm pretty disappointed too, Tweek, when you started this post you were talking about your how you had hookups where you work and stuff- but boosted and I have had a cafepress store up for 6gc for months now (back when we were kicking around the idea about a club 6gc.. which never took off The idea was the markup would go mostly to coomer and the club- I think? Maybe all to coomer lol

We don't need to have a premium site. Hell, if you want custom stuff- all you have to do is setup your own cafepress store with like: 6gc.net Andason V8 killa! Logo. and then Ace sets up his own shop for his stuff which says: 6gc.net, ACE EAT U MOFOS or whatever

I can this idea. Two thumbs down, if you wanted to have a cafepress for the site alright, but don't make it a premium site with all that markup stuff. I wish I would have actually paid attention to this thread earlier.

[Tweek]

I had no idea that one was up already. Well then, throw up that address so people can order from there. The one I made will expire in 10 days. I'll yank the 6GC stuff so nothing is taken away from your site.

[shid]

We never ran it, it's still blank- I'm just saying there are better ways than this, and the very way you described it seems a bit dishonest. It has coomer and others who know how cafepress operates a little on the defensive edge.

[Tweek]

Dishonest? Oh well, sorry, I never meant it to be like that. I just did'nt want to shell cash to keep it up. Like you said before, I can make my own stuff on a private site and then take it down without anyone ever seeing it but me. I just thought that a lot of people may not want to take the time or have the know how to do it all, so I made it available and threw up the link for ya'll.

So don't give it another thought. I'll yank the 6GC stuff, buy what I wanted in the first place for myself, and then the rest will be down in 10 more days. I never meant to mislead anyone, or infringe on something anyone else had already going thats why I emailed Coomer for his permission to use the logo. Sorry to dissapoint you guys. I'm not sure how you were expecting to have affordable shirts and stuff, one at a time without needing a group buy besides doing it like this. I'd love to hear your ideas though.

[shid]

Tweek, I didn't mean to offend you personally in any way; except when someone gets on the site (last month) and starts to offer a cafepress site with markup the rest of us who know what cafepress is are going to balk, and wonder why the hell we'd give profit to you and not the site.

[Tweek]

Well, I don't want to imply I'm trying to take ya'll to the cleaners over a t-shirt.
I pulled all the stuff to ease everyone's concerns. I appologise to everyone who feels I was trying to rob em, that was not my intentions.