Results tagged “forsale” from Adama for President 2008
Although Battlestar Galactica has been off the air for a year, and the presidential election we were spoofing is long over, the Adama for President site will remain up until the end of 2010 as a legacy site where you can still buy a few items from the Zazzle store, if you're so inclined.
After fixing a bit of MT code that had gone astray after a change at the hosting, I figured I'd do a recap for anyone who accidentally found this site while doing a search for God Knows What. Anyway, here's a recap of the fakest campaign in the 12 Colonies in 2008, and some of the fun we had taking a joke at the bar 3 years ago and watching it go places we never expected:
-The first boost for the non-campaign was this mention in io9.com, where we were unaware the footage would go online and figured WTF, let's see how long the joke will last.
-Thanks to help from our friends at Galactica SitRep, we managed to send a care package to the BSG set in Vancouver, where they were filming the last episodes of the final season in 2008. That was rather funny.
-Enough people bought the shirts to pay for my way to Comic Con, where we gave out stickers and free posters to fans waiting for the BSG panel.
-Even more awesome, one of our readers climbed 13,000 feet to the summit of a mountain, and carried one of our shirts all the way to the top for this photo. Wow! Talk about dedication to the fake cause!
-The coolest moments were when "Admiral Adama" himself made a few mentions of the joke at cons, and was eventually spotted wearing one of the shirts. None of us ever got a chance to meet Eddie in person, but it was rather cool to see him wearing one of our little Zazzle shirts in public. I mean, really?
-And finally, I was floored when this showed up on the LA times blog. Someone emailed me that day and noted it (as I don't read most of the LAT to begin with) and again, I was floored. I mean, this whole thing was a domain name + a Zazzle store, plus a few care packages to the cast and writers and one mention at io9.com, and suddenly, people bought these things? Really?
The whole project was a lot of fun, and I made a little side money off of Zazzle (although not as much as you might think since their base cost is high, so the markup was very low.) Still, the total amount of money I spent was maybe $100 bucks total, and the entertainment value of seeing this thing go crazy was kind of fun.
That said, I have no idea what the next gag site might be. Caprica doesn't seem to be the mine of fandom that BSG was, and besides, politics is lame now, on all sides and no one is in the mood for satirical gags. If I could come up with some cool Jack Bauer site or whatever, that'd be cool.
After hassling with the Cylons at Zazzle over our poster print-on-demand BS, we decided at the campaign to ask, "What Would Bill Adama Do?"
In this case, we are now giving away the 11x17 poster file for free, so that you may download it, print it, and put it in your window.
Sometimes you have to roll a hard six, and sometimes you just have to get creative. Adama '08!
If we find a new provider that will allow you to buy print-on-demand posters (and thus save your ink cartridge) we'll let ya know!
Today we announce our new Adama for President bumper stickers, on sale at our zazzle.com store! We're finding the learning curve with Zazzle's less-than-optimum user interface is making this a bit more complex than it should, but for now, buy a bumper sticker and show your support for Bill Adama in 2008!
Welcome io9.com readers! Let's just say we're flattered (and a bit shocked , in a good way) at our appearance on that awesome blog. It was shot during the wait for the theatrical screening of Razor in San Francisco last fall!
Our new Zazzle Store is OPEN and we're going to have more products as we iron out the transition. Thanks again for your support!
Our T-Shirt provider, Goodstorm, was recently acquired by Zazzle.com and as such, means that our store will be closing this week. If you haven't already purchased an "Adama for President" shirt, you should do so right away, since there will be a delay as we rebuild our art files for the new system at Spreadshirt.com.
By moving to spreadshirt.com, not only will we be able to offer the shirt, but we'll be able to offer some other fun products too! Stay tuned!
Click here to purchase one today and be sure to check back for future updates on the grassroots Adama for President campaign!
