Coming Soon!

leviathan

so there is about to be a shop on AppleInsider...



exactly how soon is this going to be? <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />

soon as in tomorrow, next week or the soonthat really means years?!



and what is going to be in the AI shop? are AI making little charicature dolls of all of its members?



any news?



<img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />

eman

It's been "coming soon" for a long time.

pscates

Well, there will be framed and signed prints of my "Life of an AppleInsider Thread", available in English, Spanish and German.



Also, there will be groverat vs. ShawnPatrickJoyce action figures, featuring Argue-X-Treme pre-recorded phrases (snippets of the U.S. Constitution, statements made by a drunken George W. Bush 18 years ago, etc.) and Brain-O-Matic judo chopping action (batteries not included).



There is also a poster-sized "AppleInsider Family Tree" illustration, linking each member to the other, based on sexual orientation, political beliefs, beer preference, education level, etc. Great for quickly identifying the good ones from the bad ones.



<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />



Oh, and probably some AI coffee mugs and guitar picks too, last I heard.

thegelding

they should have mugs made of peoples iChat icons....having a mug with brad's or fellowship's scary iChat icon would be better at waking me up in the morning than the coffee inside it.... at second thought, just opening a cupboard and seeing that looking back at me could do permanent damage...could easily turn both my daughters gay (not that there is anything wrong with that )....nahhh, just stick with t-shirts that say: "I "heart" AI" , or "Troll" on the front and "And loving it" on the back, or "Apple Apologist" on the front with "Feel the RDF" on the back, or "It's not my fault" (on the front) and then "Fireside Chat made me Kill that Idiot" (on the back)....g

groverat

Actually, paul, I think it's groverat v. AI. I will be fitted with devil horns and a pitchfork and you will be able to purchase up to 50 different other action figures to do battle with me Rock'Em-Sock'Em-Robots style.

ghost_user_name

[quote]Originally posted by thegelding:

<strong>they should have mugs made of peoples iChat icons....having a mug with brad's [...] scary iChat icon would be better at waking me up in the morning than the coffee inside it.</strong><hr></blockquote>

nebagakid

***Confirmed T-shirts are a must <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />

thinkingdifferent

How about sending an autographed photo of FellowshipChurchiBook to everybody who makes a love donation..

thegelding

yes brad...that is the mug that would freak me out each morning jesus, please, no mas, no mas....get these freakin' visions out of my head!! :eek: g

leviathan

if everybody purchases a t-shirt, we could over expose the mb and face commercialisation!!!

whatever would happen then....

xionja

come on, t-shirts are lame. Who in there right mind would really wear a plain ol' t-shirt? maybe for sleeping in. We should get more creative, maybe a mouse pad that says like "Muscle Memory. . . Appleinsider.com" but t-shirts and mugs?



Edit: sPeleen



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leviathan

ok, how about a huge framed picture of every AI member?

or an AI mouse mat

ghost_user_name

Don't forget that there are limited numbers and kinds of products that a free Cafe Press store can make. Last I recall, that's just what Jon was setting up.



<a href="http://www.cafepress.com/appleinsider"; target="_blank">http://www.cafepress.com/appleinsider</a>;

spart

Cafepress is ugly...



Someone needs to code us a store of our own.

ghost_user_name

And who do you propose will MAKE the merchandise, Spart?



That doesn't exactly sound like a simple or cheap endeavor.