Msg: 6938 *Conference*

02-27-97 09:21:17

From: RICHARD HANSON

To : RON WIESEN

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #6932 (CYBERLIFE)

This whole coffee mug discussion kind'a grew out on the listserv (see new
newsletter for signup details).  Most of the folks liked the idea and I do have
a file folder with those ideas printed.

I talked to Miles Bell, Bell Promotional Advertising, about mugs.  He's got
catalogs full of mug ideas, with prices ranging from reasonable to out-a-site.
Then I started thinking about not wanting to be like all the mug-toting
business and events; such as the car shows.  On the flip side, it would be a
whole lot easier to develop the mug... or an annual mug series.

One idea started "brewing" as Miles and I were talking based on a stein he can
get, i.e. I have a "stein-like" mug from the "30th and last Andy's Picnic," a
local car show put on by Andy Brizio, of Brizio's Street Rods (run by Andy's
son, Roy) in So. San Francisco and Andy's "T"s (run by Andy and Sue) in
Concord.  Anyway, it's a plastic stein with an inner and outer.  A full-color
wrap is placed between the two halfs and the bottom is glued in place, sealing
the wrap inside.  Being sealed away from the elements, the wrap stays in
prestine condition.

Now, the best thing about these stein-mugs is that they are, due to their inner
and outer halfs, insulated!  Cold beer stays cold and hot beer... ahhmmm... I
mean hot coffee stays hot.  In other words, it's a useful cup ... and it will
look good for years to come.

Okay... if we, us, etc., decide on this stein-mug, then we can move onto
designing the wrap.  We could break up the next few years into series of mugs
that eventually tell the whole story of the Model "T" series.  We could start
with pictures of Bill Gates, and his Japanes friend, a shot of the
manufacturing plant in Japan.  A shot of Tandy, with a picture of John Roach.
We could include pictures of the premier copies of Portable 100, PCM magazines,
the T-Notes section from 80Micro, a cover of Truly Portable, other pictures,
etc.  Each mug would come with a book, describing all the pictures and the
history, etc.... or however we see it.

On March 1st, 2003 we could announce the last in the series, marking the 20th
year anniversary of the Model 100 computer.

I might want to kick this off with a web page with pictures of proposals as
they come in and as we discuss them.

You know... this could really take off!