RC Groupie identification [Archive]

Prins Willem

Jun 09, 2009, 05:49 PM

Last year there was some talk about being able to identify forum members at events. I have an idea I'd like to toss out to the operators of RC groups in this regard. The company I work for does business with a company who makes hat pins and logos for application to other items. They do all the standard hat pins like flags and military pins, plus custom pins and embroidered patches. We have done business with them for a few decades and have always been satisfied with their work and prices. My thought is have a RC Groups hat pin done using the cartoon transmitter logo. We would all recognize it right away. You could sell them for profit, or to subsidize the website, or donate any profits to your favorite charity. I personally would have no problem with paying a reasonable price with the proceeds directed any of those ways.

The pin mfg company is Hoover Manufacturing of Peru Illinois. No, I don't work there and I have never even spoken to anybody who does. Just naming them as a company my boss would be comfortable recommending from our history with them. There are many source options so shopping around would be doing due diligence.

Aerominded

Jun 09, 2009, 05:54 PM

I'm surprized the owner of this site does not seem to have hats, shirts, pins, coffee cups, etc. with the RC Groups logo on it for sale... Perhaps they do?

CGAux26

Jun 09, 2009, 06:08 PM

Sounds good! I'm in for a T-shirt and a hat pin. :D

Tachikaze

Jun 09, 2009, 08:10 PM

Badges !
Won don't need no stinkin' Badges !

der kapitan

Jun 09, 2009, 08:13 PM

I'm surprized the owner of this site does not seem to have hats, shirts, pins, coffee cups, etc. with the RC Groups logo on it for sale... Perhaps they do?
You know, now that you mention it, I'm wondering how they have missed out on doing just that---. :o

Besides being an advertising boost, it would almost pay for itself---. ;)

Kmot

Jun 09, 2009, 10:06 PM

You don't seriously want a t-shirt with the transmitter cartoon? :p

ropanach

Jun 09, 2009, 10:40 PM

I would like to have a hat pin.

tigerbay

Jun 09, 2009, 10:56 PM

Baseball caps are useful.

Keeps the sun off you face and bald head.

They can also be seen at a distance, especially if the website logo is obvious.

Kmot

Jun 09, 2009, 11:13 PM

Here you go Prins:

fooman2008

Jun 09, 2009, 11:35 PM

thinking on it this is one of the few sites that doesn't, wonder why?
Foo

SilentHunter

Jun 10, 2009, 02:15 AM

I'm surprized the owner of this site does not seem to have hats, shirts, pins, coffee cups, etc. with the RC Groups logo on it for sale... Perhaps they do?

Nah, he has a real Yak, he is a millionaire, no need

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1059359

Maybe he flys in formation with the owner of Towehobbies, Bruce whatever, with his L-39 :confused:

Prins Willem

Jun 10, 2009, 06:57 AM

I'm heading up towards Arrowhead country over the weekend for a mini-vacation and am planning to stop at Edina's Parade of Boats on Sunday. It got me thinking about this topic as it seems to always come up around the Foss Cup & St. Louis. Forum members trying to connect at events. "Stinking badges" might be a quick and easy way.

der kapitan

Jun 10, 2009, 07:59 AM

Willem, the bunch had a little trouble connecting at last year's St. Louis event, but not all that much. Still, a small I.D. would've been nice---. :p

We seemed to gravitate toward each other by some invisible aura---. ;)

Of course, it didn't take much to spot Kmot---. :)

One big man with a HUGE camera bag---. :D

norgale

Jun 10, 2009, 08:59 AM

I don't think the "stinkin' badge" would cut it anyway. I wouldn't buy anything with that crosseyed Tx on it much less wear it. Take the Tx off and just have RCGroups and I'll buy one. Pedro

charlie eaton

Jun 10, 2009, 09:31 AM

Tom, that would look good on a baseball hat.

OK Pedro back in the closet :p :D :D :D :D :D :D

Prins Willem

Jun 10, 2009, 10:55 AM

I don't think the "stinkin' badge" would cut it anyway. I wouldn't buy anything with that crosseyed Tx on it much less wear it. Take the Tx off and just have RCGroups and I'll buy one. Pedro

Fashion pointers from Florida? Land of white loafers, day-glo colors, and flower prints. :D

Ron Olson

Jun 10, 2009, 11:37 AM

When RCG is at the Toledo show they have girls there handing out decals, I've got a few somewhere.

toesup

Jun 10, 2009, 11:41 AM

An RC Grouper... :o

norgale

Jun 10, 2009, 11:48 AM

Fashion pointers from Florida? Land of white loafers, day-glo colors, and flower prints. :D

That's not us'ens Prinz,that's you'uns when ya'll come down here to tell us'ens how ya do it up Nawth. Ha!

Toes is that a grouper or a groupee? Pete

Tachikaze

Jun 10, 2009, 12:00 PM

When RCG is at the Toledo show they have girls there handing out decals, I've got a few somewhere.

Decals or girls?

Ron Olson

Jun 10, 2009, 12:01 PM

Ain't tellin'! :D

Kmot

Jun 10, 2009, 12:09 PM

lol... :D

der kapitan

Jun 10, 2009, 12:22 PM

Decals or girls?
Uh, ohhh---, this thread is going downhill already---. :o

Shaun Hendricks

Jun 10, 2009, 12:45 PM

I say we all get hats with our RC Groups alias name embroidered on them... I know mine would get all kinds of snide/sarcastic comments... :D

mrbassman

Jun 10, 2009, 01:04 PM

You don't seriously want a t-shirt with the transmitter cartoon? :p

Not in California, we just voted on Prop 8

der kapitan

Jun 10, 2009, 01:29 PM

I think we should agree on some kind of RC Groups I.D., a logo , a tag or something like that. :p

It was kind of enjoyable last year at St. Louis, meeting all of those RC Group guys in the flesh, putting a face to a name---. ;)

Then still more of them showed up at my booth in Toledo this year---. :)

Nice to sort of belong, and hang out with a bunch of real artists---. :D

keith S

Jun 10, 2009, 02:53 PM

I thought a coffee pot in the wheelhouse was the way to identify the models at least! :p :D

der kapitan

Jun 10, 2009, 03:00 PM

I thought a coffee pot in the wheelhouse was the way to identify the models at least! :p :D
In my wheelhouse, it's the beer cooler---. :D

Shaun Hendricks

Jun 10, 2009, 03:53 PM

So your boats all go to the Hazelwood school of command and navigation? LOL! :D

craig_c

Jun 10, 2009, 03:57 PM

I really like the idea of a small badge with our handle on it... like what Knot put up in comment 9.

If the site does some decals, that'd probably be cool as well... sorta like AutoWorld back in the 60s.

Umi_Ryuzuki

Jun 10, 2009, 04:07 PM

I was keeping a sign up sheet by my boats last year...
It at least helped identify other RCgroup members. :o

norgale

Jun 10, 2009, 04:12 PM

I have a "Irregulars" hat. That's pretty identifiable but sort of irregular. Ahem!

der kapitan

Jun 10, 2009, 05:00 PM

So your boats all go to the Hazelwood school of command and navigation? LOL! :D
You mean ground it, cause an oil spill, and bail out? :o

The beer is for AFTER we dock---. :)

And Aerominded comes aboard to tie off the lines---. :D

Ghost 2501

Jun 10, 2009, 05:49 PM

the idea of user id's for offline meet ups has been done by modelboat mayhem, and they have caps, I think RCG may have them too. what I have done however is done a name plate for Nord Icelandia.

Aerominded

Jun 10, 2009, 05:51 PM

And Aerominded comes aboard to tie off the lines---. :D

"Will work for Beer" :p

Ghost 2501

Jun 10, 2009, 06:03 PM

is that propper beer or that buddlite?

Aerominded

Jun 10, 2009, 06:07 PM

Bud Light? that's beer??? :p

I've had carbonated mineral water with more flavor than Bud Light!!!

Prins Willem

Jun 10, 2009, 06:09 PM

is that propper beer or that buddlite?

Like Miller, said the guy from Milwaukee. We could have a secret handshake but we'd all have to carry Zap debonder to get our hands apart again. You can tell a model builder by the fingers being super glued together. :rolleyes:

Kmot

Jun 10, 2009, 06:38 PM

If you really want one, just copy the art and take it so a trophy/badge/nameplate type of shop. They will make you one.

A simple badge like this one does not cost very much at all.

tim slocum

Jun 10, 2009, 07:01 PM

I looked thru all my pics from last years regatta, trying to find a good pic of the RC Groups badge I had made. No luck, I always had my back turned or something. This is the best I could find, the badge is the small blue fuzzy looking thing on my left chest pocket. :( I had a trophy co. make it. It had a magnet for attaching so you dont have to poke a hole in your shirt.

norgale

Jun 10, 2009, 07:30 PM

Hey Tim at least there are a couple of nice looking boats in the picture. Can't see the name tag though. Pete

der kapitan

Jun 10, 2009, 08:21 PM

is that proper beer or that bud lite?
Ghost, in my fridge at the moment, we have Michelob Ultra, Corona, Dos Equis, Guinness, Harp, Smithwick's, Amber Bock and yes, Bud Lite. :)

So here you have a choice, though the Bud Lite goes better over your morning cornflakes than the others---. :D

Kmot

Jun 10, 2009, 08:30 PM

I had to blow it up 150% but here it is Tim:

der kapitan

Jun 10, 2009, 08:42 PM

Borrowing from Ghost's idea, I think I'd like to do an I.D. tag with that goofy little transmitter mascot on it. ;)

For sure, it wouldn't be mistaken for something else---. :)

Aerominded

Jun 10, 2009, 09:08 PM

in my fridge at the moment...Bud Lite. :)

Hee hee, Kap, how could you??? :eek: :rolleyes: :p

tigerbay

Jun 10, 2009, 09:37 PM

I have a "Irregulars" hat. That's pretty identifiable but sort of irregular. Ahem!

I would be affraid of somebody trying to sell me Metamucil if I went to the drug store.

der kapitan

Jun 11, 2009, 08:18 AM

I would be affraid of somebody trying to sell me Metamucil if I went to the drug store.
Yeah, I don't think that would be the right thing to wear---. :o

large mike

Jun 11, 2009, 11:16 AM

I would vote to use the RC Groups logo just like it is on a hat or shirt, be it a tee or golf shirt style. Maybe add a "RC Boat Modeler" underneath to signify which catagory I would be in.
If badges are made, then it would be easy to include our group user name along with our real name, that choice could be up to the purchaser.

"Let there be Shirts !!"

Large Mike

Kmot

Jun 11, 2009, 12:29 PM

I would be affraid of somebody trying to sell me Metamucil if I went to the drug store.
I wore mine all through China and everyone thought I was a rock star or something. They all wanted their pictures taken with me. :p

der kapitan

Jun 11, 2009, 02:12 PM

I wore mine all through China and everyone thought I was a rock star or something. They all wanted their pictures taken with me. :p
An "irregular' rock star---, now THERE'S something to picture in your mind---. :D

Swift16

Jun 11, 2009, 04:40 PM

I made an RC Groups name badge with my "Swift16 name on it and wandered about the Toledo show this year for four hours and basically no one, not even at the nautically oriented booths noticed. That, after the thread here about doing such a thing.

:(

norgale

Jun 11, 2009, 05:08 PM

Nobody noticed. Ya have to have something really bright and interesting and hit people right between the eyes with it. Ha!

der kapitan

Jun 11, 2009, 05:14 PM

Ghost 2501

Jun 11, 2009, 05:50 PM

Der kapitan, I also plan on doing a few others for celestia, Miranda and Gemini, maybe even Espirit D'Atlantique

Nobody noticed. Ya have to have something really bright and interesting and hit people right between the eyes with it. Ha!

Modelboatmayhem.co.uk did it by having badges with the mayhem logo on, and that worked, so if fellow RCG users want to spot eachother at an event, the best way would be to advertise using the terry the transmitter logo, as EVERYONE who uses rcgroups.com will be familiar with the logo, and as Jim T Graham uses it on his live shows where the site sponsors an event, such as SEFF fly in over in Atlanta or wherever its being held, the very fact that someone has a badge with the rcgroups logo + user name will make them stand out among the crowd, even if the badge is 2.5" x 1" or if you go he full hog and have it emblazened on your T-shirt.

GreenAmphibian

Jun 12, 2009, 08:16 PM

I have yet to make it to any show or club event due to family and/or work constrictions, but I would gladly wear a name badge with the "Terry the Transmitter" logo and my handle /name on it. If anyone is going to make some or have them made, please contact me also.

norgale

Jun 12, 2009, 08:25 PM

"Terry the Transmitter"?????? You got to be pulling my leg.

GreenAmphibian

Jun 12, 2009, 08:38 PM

I would never pull your leg!

der kapitan

Jun 12, 2009, 08:50 PM

:) I think I could go for Terry as well---. :)

It wouldn't be mistaken for something else---. ;)

Prins Willem

Jun 12, 2009, 11:07 PM

"Terry the Transmitter"?????? You got to be pulling my leg.

Make sure it's not a gator tugging your leg. :eek:

Ghost 2501

Jun 13, 2009, 07:18 AM

norgale, "terry the transmitter" is the official name of the RCG logo, it is after all a face, his eyes are the stick gimbals, he's giving left aileron and right rudder, looks like he's trying a side-slip.

have a word with Jim T Graham about the idea of RCG merchandise, they may already do i, if they di, he as i think, site owner, will be able to tell you where the online shop is