Poll - WWIIOnline Merchandise

[praevus 8]

Hey all, 

Through my RL employment I've made some good contacts in printing and merch manufacturing/wholesale. Two of them have agreed to do me some free mock-ups for any merch ideas. I've spoken to XOOM and checked if he minded my polling this. 
Quite simply, the reason for this poll, is that I'd like to focus the efforts of my contacts, so that their time is not wasted on things no one has any interest in. 

Currently Merch is done via Cafepress, which isn't the best quality, nor the best margin for profit for CRS. Additionally the merch hasn't been updated in awhile, so maybe some updated designs might entice a bit of spending from us players to help the game along. If you have a moment, and wouldn't mind, please select the items from the options, or make a comment below with any good suggestions!

** TO CLARIFY ALSO: This is not a 'given' , CRS will have final approval on design or any changes, and final say dependant also on profit margins being reasonable for CRS too!

Edited Wednesday at 06:35 AM by praevus

[lipton 216]

Sapper/ATR point Poster IF it were up to date. But the only thing I would actually buy because I would ACTUALLY use it... would be a coffee mug. Sell those, and I'll buy one. 

Average age of the guys here is over 30. I don't were T-shirts with logos on them like a teen-age kid any more. but I do drink coffee every damn day. :-)

Edited April 16 by lipton

[gretnine 74]

Two things:

1. Minimal shirt designs (i.e no huge logos etc).

2. Good shipping options world wide. No one wants to pay the same price for the shipping as the item they are purchasing.

 

 

[Capco 445]

I'd buy a WWIIOL coffee mug.  

[praevus 8]

Awesome, I'll add the mug to the list of mock-ups! Thanks for the feedback guys.

@Gretnine Got you covered on the minimal designs. Looking at both in fact. Current thinking Tshirt wise is: 

1 x Minimal Design (likely logo), for embroidered polo and t-shirts. 
1 x Heavy Design (logo plus additional art/logo) for Tshirts/hoodies etc. 
+ any 'special edition' type prints for anniversaries or so on. 
+ side specific apparel (i.e axis or allied forces specific) 

This is all subject to change of course!  Just spitballing ideas around at present and really appreciate the feedback! 

 

[merlin51 637]

Beer Stein?

[sorella 798]

1 hour ago, merlin51 said:

Beer Stein?

Yes. And actual private label beer. 

[praevus 8]

Hi All - I will leave this poll up for next 24 hours. I'm gonna catch up with the design guys tomorrow afternoon. 

If you've not voted, please take a moment to do so. I'd appreciate your feedback. 

[praevus 8]

Also added in Coffee Mug and Stein options for voting.

[lipton 216]

I want my vote back! I vote Coffee Mug. :-)

[Capco 445]

2 hours ago, lipton said:

I want my vote back! I vote Coffee Mug. :-)

Ditto lol.

[dre21 135]

Both posters are kinda meh , only reason why I say that is Sap points change ( you are better off just printing them once they get updated) and the map well once CRD figures out to add new towns it's obsolete in a flash. Just my opinion.

My vote went for Hoodie, Short sleeve T , phone case and the coffee mug .

[vanapo 13]

21 minutes ago, dre21 said:

Both posters are kinda meh , only reason why I say that is Sap points change

Sure. But when I think of which image represents this game most for me it hast to be the sap/atr guide. I guess there is no other picture I spend more time looking at while being really really excited about what's about to come...

And now you can start making fun of what I just said!

[lipton 216]

28 minutes ago, dre21 said:

Both posters are kinda meh , only reason why I say that is Sap points change ( you are better off just printing them once they get updated) and the map well once CRD figures out to add new towns it's obsolete in a flash. Just my opinion.

My vote went for Hoodie, Short sleeve T , phone case and the coffee mug .

This is true, but... I STILL pull up Parasit's 2010 color version of the Sapper Guide and have it available on my 2nd monitor... every time I play. And the sapper locations still work... Usually. Unless the charge bleeds inside the tank or something. 

[praevus 8]

7 hours ago, dre21 said:

Both posters are kinda meh , only reason why I say that is Sap points change ( you are better off just printing them once they get updated) and the map well once CRD figures out to add new towns it's obsolete in a flash. Just my opinion.

My vote went for Hoodie, Short sleeve T , phone case and the coffee mug .

Thanks for the feedback Dre! 

[black5 2]

Thank you cafe express sucks... I had been thinking of getting Grunt Style to make me a shirt for WWII online, not sure if they would do cross from combat vets into keyboard jockeys tho. But now I will wait to see what you come up with. 

[dragoz 3]

I don’t what you Americans call it, but in Canada and Australia and UK it’s called a slouch hat.

or perhaps you get BGE cap badge?

Or perhaps a stainless water bottle for vehicle cup holder. I use 4 a day , so having a BGE one or 4 would be awesome.

[Quincannon 139]

I won one of the Allied versions of the T-Shirt we currently have. I have worn it like crazy, and surprisingly, for a cafe Press shirt, it has held up well for a couple of years. I would be interested in buying a new one, and potentially a map/sapper guide. But I'm one of the guys who actually wants a decent sized image on a Tee. To ME, a Polo shirt sized logo on a T-Shirt is basically  a waste.

Have a Tee with a decently sized logo, and I'm all for it. No coffee cup for me though. (ick) I MIGHT be interested in a stein for my tea though, depending on the design. (I don't drink tea out of a coffee cup. Tea takes so long to make that I prefer to make a LARGE cup  at a time, instead of wasting half my day brewing and steeping)