I'll throw in $5 to get Shag this hoodie. My only requirement is that he has to wear it at least a day at DragonCon.
--------------------------------------------- Todd Elliott <[email protected]> | Profile<http://www.google.com/profiles/thelliott> |Unique Geek <http://www.theuniquegeek.com/> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 8:42 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Where do I begin... > > 1) Luke is correct, a good blogosphere buddy of ours (Rob Kelly from THE > AQUAMAN SHRINE) spearheaded a movement that saved this hoodie from never > being produced. Shortly after being originally solicited, it was canceled > by the producing company. Rob got the Aquaman fans motivated and it was > eventually produced thanks to their efforts. Hats off to Rob and the > Aquaman fans for making this happen. Just goes to show what some motivated > fans that are willing to spend some money can get accomplished. I was truly > impressed. > > 2) Just my personal opinion... it is rather unattractive. It's not the > designers fault, it's simply the combination of Aquaman's orange and the > hoodie don't work for me. While I'm a huge Aquaman fan, I couldn't bring > myself to buy this. Again, just my opinion. For those people that have > purchased one and like it, more power to you. > > 3) As Ed uncovered on the Firestorm message board for DC, I commented that > I'd buy a Firestorm hoodie, but probably wouldn't wear it in public. While > I have very little shame or pride, that's a little too much for me. > > Y'all crack me up. > > > The Irredeemable Shag > http://firestormfan.com > http://onceuponageek.com > http://twitter.com/onceuponageek > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] Re: Shag, if i see you wearing this, i > won't intervene, as you will deserve the ridicule... > From: "Edward Crosby" <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, August 12, 2010 8:26 am > To: [email protected] > > This is hilarious. I found this while doing a Google search for Firestorm > hoodie, just to see if I could get a laugh. Extra, extra: I got a laugh. > > http://bit.ly/aizE3B > > -- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosby > http://www.edwardcrosby.com > ----- > "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." > Merlin Mann > > > Sorry, I'm not trying to offend anyone, just supplying an honest opinion. > > I'm a huge Firestorm fan but if I were to see a Firestorm hoodie with > > flames on top of the hood, I would have the same opinion. Gay. > > > > -- > > Have a Better One, > > Edward Crosby > > http://www.edwardcrosby.com > > ----- > > "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." > > Merlin Mann > > > >> Hate to say this guys, but you're a little off the ball here. There > >> was a whole saga to this hoodie which went around the DC comic book > >> blogosphere a few years back in order to get it produced.I know that > >> Rob Kelly at the Aquaman Shrine had a lot of posts about it and did a > >> good amount of leg work trying to make sure it saw the light of day. > >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
