If we made T-Shirts would you Buy Them? [PLEASE VOTE]

[Gurman169]

If we made T-Shirts would you Buy Them?

[Ace]

You should make this forum more popular. Like 1500 members. Itll take some time but still. If ya pay the post bill then.

[Cloverfield]

But thats what the point in the t shirts would be...to get members. It's another advertising sceme.

[Gurman169]

So more people get it in the 5000 posts section we have some examples

[SaveMeJeebus]

Possibly yeah.

[Anonymous]

Sure, I'd buy a T-shirt if I could afford it

[Cloverfield]

Well wouldn't we all.

[Anonymous]

Some people wouldn't, the morons that is.

[Ace]

Id buy it. If ya pay the mail and taxes etc.

[SaveMeJeebus]

I can afford it...

Hopefully

[Ace]

Not suprised. Since you could afford a computer 8)

[SaveMeJeebus]

...

Yes I bought it, me...

[Cloverfield]

Lmao

[Ace]

What does that really mean. Everybody use it I dont.

[SaveMeJeebus]

What?

[Ace]

LMAO. What does it mean?

[SaveMeJeebus]

OH, it's my computer but I din't buy it.

[Cloverfield]

Laugh My Aass Off

[Ace]

Now Im a little viser.

[SaveMeJeebus]

Oh, thaaat. :roll:

"LOL"
"LMAO"

I find them annoying.

[Cloverfield]

I use 'lol' all the time.

[Ace]

It must hurt when you ass fells of because all of the laughing.

[SaveMeJeebus]

I used to use that ALOT when I was 13

[Ace]

I never use those.

[Cloverfield]

lol is the best way to express something that you found funny. Also helps other people to know if you are taking the piss or not.

[SaveMeJeebus]

Will you still be using it in5 years time?

[Cloverfield]

What's the alternative?

[SaveMeJeebus]

Anything, haha hehe hoho

Haha is fine for me. :lol:

[Cloverfield]

Nah, haha is s*it. lol will do just fine.

[Ace]

Id go with the hheeheehoohoheohaohahoeaheohaoh

[SaveMeJeebus]

:(

[Cloverfield]

BUMP

[ironik]

yes but only if you took pay pal

[Gazereths]

paypal would be an advantage...put zoidberg on 'em!!!!! or can you do that for copyright reasons? Or some funny qoute...surely they can't copyright every qoute in futurama? can they?

[Cloverfield]

We already have the t shirt designs.

[Gurman169]

Smokie we should find a site that makes them or something then get paypal on here

[Cloverfield]

In this thread http://bugnation.myfreeforum.org/sutra50385.php#50385 someone reckons we should be making money from this site

Myfreeforums supply you with a hosted version of phpBB. phpBB is a free open source forum script which you can download and use very easily (www.phpbb.com). Then you need a host, if you use a voucher (just search google for "dreamhost $97 voucher") you can get a years hosting with dreamhost for $25 (about 13quid). So, you've got your forum and you've got it hosted. Now you need to cash in on it You've got a nice niche so you've got a potential to make a fair bit of money, you've already got a visitor base (which you need to constantly work to increase) so you can put your adverts on there. How many you place will depend on how agressively you want to make money (I use them unobstrusively because I just want to cover my hosting costs but you'll be wanting money out of this). Sign up for google adsense and install your adverts. Then slowly but surely you'll start making money. You'll be able to customize phpbb and make it look nice and pwetty

I said it sounds complicated and he said

Depends on so so much so its really difficult for me to say. Your looking at one day of difficulty (setting up the host, forum and adsense) and the rest of it is just using the forum like you do now, only money goes in your pocket not theirs. I'm not going to say it'll be great ammount because it won't be until you get your member count up. But then again, if you don't don't do anything to the forum for a week you still make money, so you can take time off whenever

Could be very interesting Gurman. Think you help me sort this out sometime?

[SaveMeJeebus]

That's cool. hope you two make them.

[Cloverfield]

If we do this money making thing we will.

[SaveMeJeebus]

That's great.

[Cloverfield]

If we actually make a good profite, i'll try and get some money to go to my mods as well.

[Gurman169]

thats a pretty cool idea

[Cloverfield]

Turns out i can't do it for anoter 7 months.

[SaveMeJeebus]

...reason being..

[Cloverfield]

Have to be 18 to make a pay pal account.

[SaveMeJeebus]

No one else can do it for you?

[Cloverfield]

Dunno. I'll have to see.

[SaveMeJeebus]

Cool.

[Cloverfield]

Then i need to see if it's all a scam or not.

[SaveMeJeebus]

Probably isnt

[Cloverfield]

But it could be. Plus i have no idea where the monry comes from. If it comes from donations from members then we won't do it.

[SaveMeJeebus]

And if it doesn't..

[Cloverfield]

Then, probably yes. But i have to invest first and i don't wanna lose money.

[SaveMeJeebus]

Ok gotta go right now.

Might be on much later probably not.

Cya smokey. :)

[Cloverfield]

Okay, enjoy the film. See ya later.

[SaveMeJeebus]

It was good.

bump.

[Cloverfield]

Haha, i love the way you don't use a better word.

[ironik]

hey smokey FYI im under 18 and i have a pay pal account just fill in the blankes and put in your account number and say your over 18

[0]

i would if they looked cool

[Cloverfield]

We have pictures of them in the fan art section i think it is.

[beano2]

id buy them if they were a good price

[Cloverfield]

Cool.

[Pariah]

I would buy one for a good price. Good luck with the idea.

[beano2]

so will u do it mate

[Cloverfield]

????

[Gurman169]

Hey we can do this now hopefully because now we have the paypal thing

[Cloverfield]

Oh yeah, but we need to make them first.

[Gurman169]

Do we have any Companys or Ideas of Where to get these??

[Cloverfield]

Nope, we need a bit of help with this me thinks.

[Gazereths]

I think writbands would be a better idea..Like these

http://www.wristbands-4-less.com/images/debossed/debossed-main1.jpg

What d'ya think?

[Pazuzu]

that would be rather cool! =)

[Gazereths]

I thought so to!

[Cloverfield]

How exactly will people see the site URL if it is on a wristband?

[frys_red_jacket]

i agree the wristbands do look cool
im not sure how people would see the url though, maybe look very closely LOL

[Cloverfield]

LOL, then it's not worth investing in. T-shirts are the way to go.

[frys_red_jacket]

you know i think you're right :D

[Meatwad]

t-shirts are always cool. see if i can make a few with a program i have

[Cloverfield]

Cool, whats the program mate?

[Meatwad]

my bad i just got off lunch gotta run , i'll let you know when i get home -

[Meatwad]

ha i use a few programs but my favorite is photoshop. Had to go check which one I actually used lol.

[Meatwad]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/groselicain/reachingidea4copy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/groselicain/reachingshirtideacopy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/groselicain/reachingshirtidea2copy.jpg


those are some that I've done for a band that a friend of mine is in. I'll get on some for this, lets have some posts for ideas over the next couple days or something. And go from there.

[Meatwad]

check out spreadshirt.com that is a way to go. and there are local places that will create a shirt of your design all over the place,

I just read some of the thread above- so i'm going to see if i can find the ideas already there lol

[Pariah]

Well how is Operation: FFF T-Shirt going?

[Gazereths]

It's at a bit of a stand still TBH...We need to get more members on regularly before we think of spending more money.

[Pariah]

True. Atleast more posting members. Like me.

[Cloverfield]

Exactly, we need some of the old ones back!!

[Pariah]

Well I tried to get Oli back but I doubt he ever will or atleast thats what he said.

[Cloverfield]

We used to have a lot of regulars now. We need em back!

[Pariah]

Should go around updating all FFF advertisement. That might help.

[frys_red_jacket]

or email everyone and tell them to get their butts back here LOL

[Pariah]

I think the person with many names already did.

[frys_red_jacket]

the person with many names LOL!!!!

[Pariah]

=p Yup haha. Also Gaz is sending an mass e-mail soon with details on my Competition. Hopefully that will attract more members.

[frys_red_jacket]

hopefully yeah, will have to keep our fingers crossed

[Cloverfield]

Okay, so for half of you its the money problem. I'm sure we can work this out, but we need to make a good t-shirt WITHOUT breaking copyright which is going to be very tough.

[The Illusive Man]

Otherwise your ass is busted

[Cloverfield]

Pretty much. Any ideas?

[hoopymo]

got it put in the very bottom in small print something about fox and matt groening

[Cloverfield]

It's still copyright though isnt it?

[hoopymo]

i suppose but say you put a pic of fry on the shirt but i dont know changed his hair colour or something is that still the same

[Cloverfield]

I think so, but why would we want a pic of fry with different hair colour anyway? lollollol

[hoopymo]

to dodge copyrite issues duihe

[Cloverfield]

lol but nobody would buy the rubbish t shirt lol

[Pariah]

Like I've said. Lets do this when we got more members and the money to do so.

[Cloverfield]

Yeah, but its good to plan ahead.

[Pariah]

Of course it is.

[Cloverfield]

I'm not in any rush anyway.

[frys_red_jacket]

lol but nobody would buy the rubbish t shirt lol

i dunno, there's quite a few fake merchandise out there that people buy for some very strange un known reason lol

[Cloverfield]

But come on, fry with....blue hair? Who the hell would buy that lol

[frys_red_jacket]

good point :laugh:

[Cloverfield]

You don't post much anymore :(

[hoopymo]

i was actually thinkin fry styled in the parallell universe colours

[Cloverfield]

Hmm that would be cool, but how would the 'audience' know that?

[frys_red_jacket]

You don't post much anymore :(

i know ive realised that :(
dans on the pc a lot of the time playing games and stuff, so i don't get a lot of time on here, ill try and post as much as i can when im on though

[Cloverfield]

If only you came on 8ish to like 10ish or however long your allowed on. You always come on at a dead hour...like now.

[frys_red_jacket]

round about that time im usually watching something on tv or exercising

[FryWalker]

I may buy the shirt if it looks cool and i get the money. what do they look like, could you gimmie a link?

[Cloverfield]

We dont know yet mate.

[frys_red_jacket]

yeah still trying to figure that one out

[FryWalker]

ok thank you anyways. could i help design?

[Cloverfield]

It's not the fact we dont know what to put, its the fact we dont wanna break copyright.

[FryWalker]

ah i see. cant help on that part. i am just suggesting this but we could probably put a small copyright at the bottom.

[Cloverfield]

Copyright of Matt Groening? Can you do that?

[FryWalker]

i dont know. we could just make a small disclaimer saying that he owns the show but i dont know how far we could go on that. or we could just obtain his email and ask permission.

[hoopymo]

i like that last idea

[FryWalker]

me2 ill try and find it in the meantime

[Gurman]

What about the ones I designed http://futuramaff.com/showthread.php?t=1827

And we would put our site into it.

[FryWalker]

I like the seymor and professor ones. but they are a bit plain. you know the bender fry and leela logo like the one at http://www.doheth.co.uk/toons/wallpaper/futurama-logo-1024.png ? i think we could that logo near the futuramaff. com or so. its just a suggestion. anyways i am still searching for his e-mail. though i do like the slurm shirt the most i think id buy it if i get the money.

[TK-421]

Yeah, I like the Bender/Fry/Leela one. Gurman, the ones you designed - good work, but they are a bit plain. Also, downplaying the advertising wouldn't be a bad idea (I'm thinking about the Nixon one here). Just have it on the back, it looks better.

Sorry, it's not to bash you or anything, I appreciate the effort. I just doubt I'd be buying one. I'll see if I can't come up with something on my end to show you what I'd like to see on a T-Shirt.

[TK-421]

Okay, I finally finished the t-shirt I was working on - that stuff takes a lot of time! So much for my afternoon..

Front:

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f106/TK-41/DeathtoHumanst-shirt.jpg

(or click here (http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f106/TK-41/DeathtoHumanst-shirt.jpg))

Back:

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f106/TK-41/DeathtoHumanst-shirtback.jpg

(or here (http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f106/TK-41/DeathtoHumanst-shirtback.jpg))

That is how I'd like an FFF t-shirt to look, that one I'd buy. Of course, it doesn't look nearly as good as the ones Gurman did, but I hope you get the gist of it :wink:

Again, I'm not saying this is the way it should be done. It's just my opinion.

[1B-DI]

Haha, great design! I'd buy that.

[Cloverfield]

Thats awesome mate, looks good, except fan forum.com links no where lol

Would have to be FUTURAMAFF.com

Or

FUTURAMA
___FF.
__com

Something like that (minus the underscores lol)

[TK-421]

Yeah, I realise that - the idea was that it's FUTURAMA Fan Forum.COM, which, once abbreviated, would be FUTURAMAFF.COM! I suppose it's a bit unclear (and also, the .com appears to be lowercase).

I actually nicked the idea off the commentary for Fear of a Bot Planet. Apparently, the writers did t-shirts like this when the show was originally on. So, nothing new here, I just really liked the idea..

[FryWalker]

DEATH TO HUMANS! lol, i could see somebody wearing that. nice pic of bender

[TK-421]

Thanks! The picture is from 'Fear of a Bot Planet' - half, anyway. The original picture had down to about his shoulders, and the rest was just copy-paste hell with Paint. That's where my afternoon went!

[Cloverfield]

lmao, it looks good mate!

[TK-421]

Another idea (or two, the Hypno-Toad one could also be used as the front for another t-shirt).

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f106/TK-41/Fing-longert-shirtfront.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f106/TK-41/Fing-longert-shirtback.jpg

[Cloverfield]

I would buy the second if it didnt say fan forum and the url was way more obvious!! :)

[FryWalker]

Second one for me too

[TK-421]

It's a bit odd that you both prefer the second one, actually. It was really just an afterthought, I had intended it to be on the back of the first design, which I prefer. The obscure in-jokes that very few people find funny have always appealed to me..
Anyway, those designs are really just what I think should be on a t-shirt. I didn't mean to steal the idea from you, Gurman - I really like some of the designs you did. However, if I were to buy some, I'd like one in the same vein as the designs I did.

(I'd buy your Slurm t-shirt, though!)

[Cloverfield]

How much do you reckon the hypnotoad one would be to buy ?

[TK-421]

I've no idea. I've always wanted to get my own print on t-shirts (obscure quotes and whatnot) but I never looked into it. I imagine it'd be quite expensive, though. The picture of the Hypno-Toad is pretty big, and, of course, in colour. Naturally, if you got some more people to buy it you could get them cheaper.

[Cloverfield]

Yeah well I have no idea who would buy these t shirts. Won't be me for a while due to the vbulletin thing.

[TK-421]

Yeah well I have no idea who would buy these t shirts. Won't be me for a while due to the vbulletin thing.

Well, plenty of members voted they'd buy some t-shirts, depending on the design. I'd like a few. No worries there, I imagine people would still be willing to buy some! I think it'd be a good idea to wait a while though, and air some more designs.

[FryWalker]

i am not sure if matt greoning has an e-mail. i cannot find it anywhere on the internet!

[Cloverfield]

Yours hardly gonna find his email address on the internet lol

[TK-421]

Nah, famous people don't leave their addresses lying about.. unfortunately.

You could ask around the various fan forums for his address, though. According to the series' commentary, the creators regularly check out fan sites and stuff - could be he'll see it! Fat chance, but it's worth a try, right?

[Cloverfield]

I wonder if he has seen this site??

[1B-DI]

Maybe maybe...would be cool!

[Cloverfield]

Definately would be, been up a year now :)

[TK-421]

They probably have. There's plenty of talk on the DVD commentaries about the fans online, and I imagine they're still checking fan reaction, especially with BBS just out. I know I would!

[Cloverfield]

Cool, i guess we'll never know :(

[FryRulz]

yeh i would do just depends on how much they are:)

[B-Runner]

any word yet on if these will ever actually happen?

[1B-DI]

There are a couple things in our way before we can do it: we have to find a way to produce the shirts at low cost, and we have to be able to use the copyrighted images legally.

[B-Runner]

hmm customink.com is pretty chep as for the legal images I have no clue how to get around it

[1B-DI]

We'd have to get in touch with Fox or something. :P

[B-Runner]

i don't guess anyone on these boards is actually one of Fox's Lawyers by any chance?

[1B-DI]

That would make life easy lol

[B-Runner]

perhaps David Cohen or Matt Groeing is actually cloverfield despite what he says

[1B-DI]

Hehe, I'd seriously doubt that. But you never know....hehehe

[TK-421]

As I remember, Matt Groening holds the creative rights to the show while FOX has the right to produce new episodes/films and whatnot. So what we really need is to get in touch with him.

We could contact FOX, though. There was an address on the Bender's Big Score DVD - on the first page of the script. Someone could drop them a letter there and ask..

[Cloverfield]

Well my real name is Matt

[TK-421]

Wow. That's nice and suspicious!

[1B-DI]

Yeah, but the rest of it doesn't fit. Unless he's going by an alias....*suspicious*

[TK-421]

Let's poke him with sticks untill he tells us!

*starts looking for a fitting stick, preferably pointy*

[1B-DI]

Just use the Finglonger lol

[TK-421]

oh yeah! *starts prodding with the Fing-longer*

[FryWalker]

i am a lawyer for FOX! jk but i do beleive we could get in touch with matt... the one who made futurama.

[Cloverfield]

Hopefully

[FryRulz]

yeh its always worth a try to see if you can. it would be good if we could:)

[Cloverfield]

Also, apparently, i'm entitles to contact FOX, tell them about the site, give them statistics, and they may advertise on the forum.

[1B-DI]

Ooo, that sounds cool

[Cloverfield]

Yer, you never know :D

[hoopymo]

coolio

[FryWalker]

Has anyone tried bender@ilovebender.com from bbs? its worth a try

[Sawman3]

I know this is old but... I'd buy one! :D

[Cloverfield]

:D good to know :)