I have two questions for everyone.
- What shirt would you like us to make next? (Please upvote any that you'd be willing to buy on the spot.)
- Would you be interested in buying pint glasses with a maroon The Key Play logo on it?
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Pint glasses!?
the pint glasses, yes. all of my yes.
i feel like we need something in regards to our defense.
"give em the D" or maybe something in regards to the true DBU. I'm not really creative, i'm sure somebody's got something though.
#DBU shirts? weve used that a lot this year
This x 1,000
#DBU will more than likely be the next design.
Yes, this. I will buy a DBU shirt.
Probably don't even need to design anything. Maroon shirt, block orange letters. Let's do this.
For reference
I swear I had something for this.
Just sayin, I would love to share a beer with people from this site and do so drinking out of my pint glasses with a maroon The Key Play logo on it.
Yes to pint glasses.
I would buy a 'Fully Dipped' TKP shirt today.
As long as it had an appropriate graphic. the shirt, i mean
What about TKP tailgate flags?
Mmmm...maybe on the pint glass. I think Wild Turkey is the most Hokie drink there is, so a shot glass would get a bit more of my support, but still not a guaranteed purchase.
I posted an image in the TKP shirt thread, but it isn't a full shirt, just the back. I think it would be a good addition to any TKP shirt.
The thing I want, maybe even expect, more than anything is a TKP keychain that the community contributes the design for. A design that specifically makes it the loudest possible keychain to shake on 3rd and 4th downs. We're an engineering school, we can design that.
On a side note, I'd probably buy one TKP shirt per year. I didn't buy decade of dominance, and said I wouldn't buy balls of steel. TKP is a brand I'll rep, and HorseOnATreadmill, well...
HOLY SHIT! A KEYCHAIN!!! Why has this not been done yet!?! Genius! Perfect for the key play. Making a loud one would be excellent, but probably hard to find through a place that puts logos on things. I will offer a second complimentary suggestion: carabiners. I had one with a bunch of junk keys that I clipped on a belt loop. It was easy to get out and provided a nice handle for vigorous shaking and held lots of keys for noise maximization. I bequeathed it to my little brother in the fraternity when I graduated and have thought about getting another one. Also should be easy to have made with a TKP logo.
Thought more about this and there should be a ballsofsteel keychain that could be hollow balls with rattlers in them. Not like mini truck nuts, although some may prefer that, but like two cat collar sized balls with little balls bearings to rattle.
This^^^^^^
And it needs to be able to open beers
Actually, you know what the keychain should look like? Your avatar. Without the keys. It should be a fist with the thumb being the carabiner for your keys, and the space between the pinky and ring fingers being a bottle opener
Replace keychain links with balls of steel... Dimensions are just a guess in terms of the bottle opener.
um hell yeah that's pretty effin awesome
ill take 2!!! omg this is a thing of beauty!!!!!!!
You'll take two?
...I couldn't resist.
Very nice, mstrawther, love this.
My keylinks will probably be destroyed by opening bottles.
Trying to think of what other feats of engineering we can incorporate into this...we already have a lever, probably can't add a pulley, might be able to incorporate a wedge...
I saw the image you posted, and it's a good idea. However, it would significantly raise the cost of each shirt because it would require a separate second screen and an additional printing. Therefore, it won't happen.
As far as the key chain goes, if you find someone that makes custom key chains, I will carry them.
I could possibly be of help if a design is agreed upon that can be made from flat aluminum plate. I will email you some details.
A pint glass in the shape of a turkey leg!!!! Or just a screen-print of a bunch of them on the side:
Can never have enough pint glasses. My collection has grown with each beer festival.
Pint Glass...Actually let me make that Pint Glasses because I will for sure be buying multiple
I like the idea of a pint glass. And as I mentioned in a thread before, I like the idea of a TKP maroon vehicle sticker.
I like the T-Shirts, but I would be more likely to buy any of the following:
I like alcohols.
I like where this is going. A Gameday pack, pint glasses and kooziesfor the tailgate, ballsofsteel keychain and carabiner to take in the game!
i think a keychain that looked like a fist would be cool. the ring fits in the fist for shaking purposes
Brand it as TKP Party Pack
Joe, if you go in the koozie direction as well, I have a friend who got a great deal on koozies for sale/promotion of his own (unrelated) site. I can put you in touch.
Yes and double yes on the pint glasses!!
EDIT: apparently my phone was so excited about the pint glasses it posted my comment twice
the pint glass is such a good idea your phone was like "fuck yeah everyone must know abt the pint glass"
How about the stainless steel pint glasses?
I have so many regular pint glasses I don't know if I can justify to the wife buying another.
You'd be able to get them in smaller lots and the shipping is much less.
Like egbert, my wife would flip if I came home with another pint glass. She just doesn't understand.
Oh, don't get me wrong, my wife understands but, I think I've got a couple hundred.
I still have boxes of them not unpacked from our last move 4 years ago.
A TKP flag for tailgates and a loud key ring would be great.
This stainless steel glass sounds more like an official mixer for drinks only listed:
- Wild Turkey.
Key chain is a bit of a no brainer, right? And while I appreciate the functional alcoholism (alcoholic functionality?) of a bottle opener keychain, I can buy one of these at any gas station. TKP deserves something more distinctive. How about a keychain in the shape of TKP's logo? So it would look like a giant key. Also would make a great handle to shake on 3rd down.
Agreed!
http://www.thekeyplay.com/content/2014/june/18/ot-why-arent-there-tkp-ke...
#DBU shirts?
Use the same Gobbler that was used for #BeatBama and have him standing over Pie.
#TEAMPIE
*Cake
If you do pint glasses, try egrandstand.com. Could do bottle openers, like a speed opener.
What about TKP growlers? Can get those from the same above mentioned site.
I got 4 of these VT Tervis Tumblers
I really love the quality. Something slightly different from pints and more resilient. Would love to have 4 more with TKP logo inside. Not sure how hard that would be to do though
Stainless steel insulated growlers. Perfect for tailgating, weddings, and outlet shopping.
I would buy several of these, just to distribute them to people who have no idea what the hell it means.
I had a slightly more obvious one as well. here it is:
I added eye black so it "relates" to football and changed the clothes to the greatest color combo in the world.
Challenge accepted...
EDIT - I guess converting from AI to PS screwed up my colors.
+1
If only you could make this fully dipped in dork magic somehow...
OK, I am going to get the pint glasses up and running first. My hope is to keep them at or around $20 pair. Like the t-shirts, that price would include any applicable tax and shipping.
you are a good man joe
I bought like 96 from the site I mentioned previously. Made the price point at what you are looking for and allows for some profit funds for the site. If you get more, price per goes down. Easy to use and lots of options and colors.
One suggestion, do an imperial pint if you can. If not, make sure it's a true pint. 21.5 pub glasses are nice. Love the few I have. Anyway, the site has tons of glass options so you can find a more unique glass to help TKP stand out. Could even have a snifter or other alcohol related.
They also have stainless steel growlers and many others. So you can check that out. Lots of beer guys on this site.
Oh, and they make T shirts too. Lot of brewers use this site.
I'm going to roll with the 16 oz glasses. Stainless steel growlers might be something I do down the road depending on the level of interest.
A growler? Yeah, I would be in for that assuming the price point isn't too high. Can the growler have the Fighting Gobbler on it since VT has retired the logo?
Just wishing...
Can I go ahead and upgrade to the large?
were you referring to glass?
Will you make the Decade of Dominance shirts available again before we play uva this year?
Flask. Flask. Flask. Flask. Flask. TKP-branded flask.
6 oz minimum, 10 oz preferred.
Start a distillery, make TKP Bourbon. Start with a TKP 6-year, then get a Frank Beamer 10 year single-barrel and a Bud Foster cask strength. In 6-8 years, depending on how long you age it, you will make bank.
Wouldn't have to wait. There are contract distillers who have product ready to go, just gotta ink the labeling and distribution agreement.
Woodford has a program to custom blend from available barrels. Available on short notice.
Costco's label of bourbon is from Buffalo Trace. Pretty much all the big Kentucky distilleries will custom label blends on contract.
Seriously, why would you not do this?
Solo Cups? Would love to have some Maroon Key play cups at the tailgate for Beer Pong.
The walmart by me in Charlotte had oversized insulated solo-style cups for $1 last time I was there in a ton of colors including orange & maroon, how about a logo sticker sheet to slap on something like this.
I want...no I need a "Who's your Dadi?" shirt. I've given serious thought to just breaking out a Sharpie / undershirt and making this happen.
If we could use players' likenesses and/or names, it would be a distinct possibility, but alas...
pint glasses!!!
I would also buy TKP bumper stickers.
In addition, I know the guy who helps run Kustom Koozies out of Raleigh if you were interested in making some of those.
KOOZIES!! OMG WHY DON'T WE HAVE KOOZIES!!
does nobody have a job
It's midnight in my neck of the woods
Oh yeah, China, right?
yeah that's right
thekeyplay and vt football are much more important than jobs
I thought the "French on the Bench" would be more popular. I was pretty proud of that one. haha... oh well
I honestly didn't put two and two together until I saw this comment.
+2 (1 here, 1 on pic)
thanks! I was worried about that but it just looked so much cleaner without the words. plus I like the inside jokiness of it when people see it and be like "wtf?"
Can we have that being dipped in a container of dork magic?
As long as the dork is Bernadette on The Big Bang Theory.
I will buy whatever you decide to sell.
What about a design competition from the members for one of the 2014 shirts?
If someone knows their way around Adobe Illustrator and wants to help me out with a #DBU design, I'd be all for that. Once The Key Play logo shirts are sold out, that's what I'll focus on next.
Are we allowed to use existing images for shirts or are you going with creating graphics/images?
They'd have to be original creations and be in a vectorized AI format.
I sent you an email with a couple simple text designs
So TKP pint glasses are a great idea. The t-shirt is something I plan on buying once I get some financial bandwidth (wedding planning and saving suxxxx....).
My suggestions for further sales:
Regarding the pint glasses, it's like you know what I collect (and what the future Mrs. Slicktrip hates that I collect)
Next: Koozies?
Next Next: TKP Lawncare Equipment??
Next Next Next: TKP Power Tools???
Next Next Next Next: 1970's Ford Diesel Trucks w/ TKP logos????
"dale no power tools"
"its just my toothbrush"
OK. I have ordered 288 pint glasses. They will be sold in pairs of two, so I can fill 144 orders. The price point is going to be between $20-$25 (shipping 2 pounds of weight USPS first class is more expensive than I originally thought). That price will include shipping cost and any applicable tax.
And I thought my primary expense would be student loans.
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Excuse the poor quality; the idea struck me and I wanted to put this together quickly.
I would want some pint glasses...like half a dozen
and I like the idea of a #DBU shirt
TKP mudflaps?
I hope you mean the kind on trucks. Cause...the other kind...yikes!
TKP Logo car window stickers about the size of the Hokie Club window sticker.
http://www.thekeyplay.com/content/2014/april/16/had-photoshop-designed-s...