When is it ever cool to steal a design??? - Collecting Tiki

LL Limbo Lizard Tiki Socialite Aboard the 'Leaky Tiki', Dallas Joined: Aug 24, 2006 Posts: 788	LL Limbo Lizard Posted posted on Fri, Aug 10, 2007 3:07 PM On 2007-08-09 08:03, bb moondog wrote: ...with all the publicity & interest generated here, you guys should get together and mold & market that thing REGARDLESS of your feelings--you would probably sell a BUNCH and split the profits so BOTH parties would feel GROOVY about the whole mess... Though it's not what's been happening here (or, is it?), Moondog's on to what could be a brilliant marketing strategy. A couple of "temperamental artists" stage a carefully orchestrated atomic flame war over who owns a mug design, with accusations, recriminations, denial, sarcasm, taunts and threats, self-pity..., the works. They draw everyone into the horrible spectacle as a participant or spectator. When the thread reaches 20 or 30 pages, they pretend to "bury the hatchet", fall in love, agree to collaborate, and sell out in days a thousand-piece "limited edition" run of the now-legendary mug. [ Edited by: Limbo Lizard 2007-08-10 18:33 ]

On 2007-08-09 08:03, bb moondog wrote:
...with all the publicity & interest generated here, you guys should get together and mold & market that thing REGARDLESS of your feelings--you would probably sell a BUNCH and split the profits so BOTH parties would feel GROOVY about the whole mess...

Though it's not what's been happening here (or, is it?), Moondog's on to what could be a brilliant marketing strategy. A couple of "temperamental artists" stage a carefully orchestrated atomic flame war over who owns a mug design, with accusations, recriminations, denial, sarcasm, taunts and threats, self-pity..., the works. They draw everyone into the horrible spectacle as a participant or spectator. When the thread reaches 20 or 30 pages, they pretend to "bury the hatchet", fall in love, agree to collaborate, and sell out in days a thousand-piece "limited edition" run of the now-legendary mug.

[ Edited by: Limbo Lizard 2007-08-10 18:33 ]

Post #324747 by Limbo Lizard on Fri, Aug 10, 2007 3:07 PM