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Why No Parallax Hats?

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2015-02-12 11:46 in General Discussion
Ken & Lauren:

If Nuts & Volts has hats, shouldn't Parallax? I'd buy one & wear it proudly! I'm talking baseball caps with a Parallax logo, not a Propeller beanie (OK, that's a different SKU with a PWM-driven DC motor, a variable-pitch Propeller, etc...)

http://forum.nutsvolts.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=16609

Maybe not in time for Christmas, but sometime soon! Colorful, navy blue hat with a red Parallax logo on a white background, for instance... Nice premium, sell for $10 or free with every $75 order!

Heck, I just designed the product and marketing plan. That's GOTTA be worth a couple free hats!
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  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2012-11-19 16:54
    erco wrote: »
    Ken & Lauren:

    If Nuts & Volts has hats, shouldn't Parallax? I'd buy one & wear it proudly! I'm talking baseball caps with a Parallax logo, not a Propeller beanie (OK, that's a different SKU with a PWM-driven DC motor, a variable-pitch Propeller, etc...)

    http://forum.nutsvolts.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=16609

    Maybe not in time for Christmas, but sometime soon! Colorful, navy blue hat with a red Parallax logo on a white background, for instance... Nice premium, sell for $10 or free with every $75 order!

    Heck, I just designed the product and marketing plan. That's GOTTA be worth a couple free hats!


    Good old Vern!!!


    Good call erco +1

    What's with the red? You got flames, (flame thrower), on the brain? :)

    White logo on blue or black cap. Blue is the corporate color, ?

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  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2012-11-19 17:06
    Well, I say give em out to ALL forum users as an advertising campaign. Very easy to do, will generate new interests and potential customers and a write off to boot!!!
  • skylightskylight Posts: 1,915
    edited 2012-11-19 17:09
    Shouldn't the hat have an animated logo via an oled display and a propeller?
  • dmagnusdmagnus Posts: 271
    edited 2012-11-20 05:55
    Yes! Me too, I'll buy at least one. But not the cro-magnon "flat caps", we need the real "truck driver" or baseball caps with a (is it called a crown?) on it.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2012-11-20 08:44
    Good feedback! Yes, I like the curved brim baseball caps, not the Gangsta-style "pop a cap in yer raggedy Smile" flat brims. And I need two hats for starters. One to leave stock, and one to add a breadboard area for blinking LEDs and servos...

    I prefer a red logo for color break. You want a black or navy blue hat & brim that doesn't show dirt for obvious reasons. So the patch/logo is the only place to get a color break that pops. A dark blue logo on a dark blue/black hat? It's not "done"... Even if blue is the "corporate color", the Parallax logo would look fabulous in red. Anybody got a problem with red white & blue these days? :) BTW, the logo is white on blue on top of this page, so I think Parallax's graphic designer is flexible.

    Ken, I can get you 50 cheap China Ebay hats for a dollar. Oops, I forgot, MadeUSA!
  • dmagnusdmagnus Posts: 271
    edited 2012-11-20 09:05
    Right, I'd like to see quality MadeInUSA hats - I'll pay the extra to not have to wear the cheesy China stuff. How about a grey hat with dark blue logo?

    The call the flat ones "unstructured" or "relaxed", the good ones are "structured" 5 or six panel crown.
    Just found a picture:

    5001GOLF
    Deluxe Golf Cap Leather Strap


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    Pricing, Colors and Details

    As low as $5.36


    65% Polyester/35% cotton supreme twill fabric. 5-panel golf style with fused buckram front panel. Terry cloth sweatband,matching color deluxe braid, leather adjustable strap. One size

  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2012-11-20 09:19
    dmagnus wrote: »
    How about a grey hat with dark blue logo?

    Better than black/blue with blue, but... :)
  • Jen J.Jen J. Posts: 649
    edited 2012-11-20 10:26
    I will certainly add a hat to the list of ideas.
    But I don't think there will be a hat in time for Christmas.

    In the meantime, if anyone needs me to supply them with a logo...
    http://www.zazzle.com/zazzle+hats

    Cheers, Jen J.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2012-11-20 11:08
    OK Jen! Great start. If you can stand some creative input:

    For a first effort, I'd suggest against those particular zazzle hats; they are high profile and generally printed. As you have read, dmagnus and I (and likely others) are pretty particular about our headwear. I favor the sleeker low profile embroidered logo caps. I'll look around and see what I can find.

    First find: http://www.logosportswear.com/custom-made/caps/category.php
  • dmagnusdmagnus Posts: 271
    edited 2012-11-20 12:14
    That link in my post is a good start. The prices look pretty good and they have a tremendous selection. Of course, you need embroidering. I agree - we don't really want screen printed foam hats - not classy enough for Parallax.
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2012-11-20 13:01
    Prop 2, not hats.. Glad to see Jen is unloading this onto the hat company and even providing a logo graphic. Class act as always! :):)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2012-11-20 14:31
    I'm pretty sure some of my favorite low-profile, form-fitting baseball caps are technically women's hats.

    @dmagnus: The link in your post is bad, it's just http://forums.parallax.com/page_335_226/deluxe_golf__cap_leather_strap.html
  • Jen J.Jen J. Posts: 649
    edited 2012-11-20 15:05
    We usually go with Land's End for this type of thing.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2012-11-20 15:29
    Good basic cap. $5...

    http://www.landsend.com/pp/school-uniform-basic-baseball-cap~211719_-1.html
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2012-11-20 15:41
    Nice cap! I need to create or hire an artist to do a better logo for Propellerpowered. These would also make great hats!

    erco wrote: »
    Good basic cap. $5...

    http://www.landsend.com/pp/school-uniform-basic-baseball-cap~211719_-1.html
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2012-11-20 17:21
    I bogarted the logo from the desktop wallpaper, white on blue, then inverted the colors, which conveniently yielded a khaki background. Something to work with. :)
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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2012-11-20 18:15
    You should probably wait for Jen to provide the logo, because it has changed. The A and R are no longer conjoined; they have been separated, thanks to the latest advances in typographic surgery.

    -Phil
  • WurlitzerWurlitzer Posts: 237
    edited 2012-11-22 12:12
    Have I been missing something or has Parallax dropped their advertising in Nuts & Volts for the past 3 months (I think)?
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2012-11-23 01:37
    Have I been missing something or has Parallax dropped their advertising in Nuts & Volts

    I noticed this also. Circuit Specialists has also been missing. They normally appeared on the last two pages followed by Parallax on the back cover.
  • JordanCClarkJordanCClark Posts: 198
    edited 2013-02-21 02:27
    erco wrote: »
    Ken & Lauren:

    If Nuts & Volts has hats, shouldn't Parallax? I'd buy one & wear it proudly! I'm talking baseball caps with a Parallax logo, not a Propeller beanie (OK, that's a different SKU with a PWM-driven DC motor, a variable-pitch Propeller, etc...)

    http://forum.nutsvolts.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=16609

    Maybe not in time for Christmas, but sometime soon! Colorful, navy blue hat with a red Parallax logo on a white background, for instance... Nice premium, sell for $10 or free with every $75 order!

    Heck, I just designed the product and marketing plan. That's GOTTA be worth a couple free hats!

    Dang! All Programmable Planet (Xilinx) is doing the propeller-topped hat... on a wireless mesh network, no less...

    http://www.programmableplanet.com/author.asp?section_id=1925&doc_id=258222
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2013-02-21 05:59
    The dude on that website wrote:
    ...The idea is that each of the propeller beanies in CapNet is equipped with a teeny-tiny, ultra-low-power, embedded wireless module. ....Now, when two or more APP members move into close proximity... the propellers on their beanies will start to spin, LEDs will begin to flash, and all sorts of other things will start to happen....

    I'm speechless.
  • lardomlardom Posts: 1,659
    edited 2013-02-21 09:56
    I like the 'beanie logo'. It's sort of like "Apple" didn't go with "General Computer". I could feature the 'beanie' in my YouTube videos.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2014-09-01 18:32
    I still want a Parallax hat. BUMP!
  • idbruceidbruce Posts: 6,197
    edited 2014-09-01 18:36
    I still want a Parallax hat. BUMP!

    Me too!!!!
  • rjo__rjo__ Posts: 2,114
    edited 2014-09-01 19:11
    Hold on here.

    We don't want Ken going out and making the wrong Parallax hats... do we?

    I want an adjustable, velcro strap.... or the Chinese equivalent. I want with a 40 Pin Dip Propeller with a 64K EEPROM... Lithium Ion battery, with recharge from solar power.... with a POV programmable message on the props.
    And I don't want to spend more than $50 ...because I'm never going to use it.

    Ok... make that $75 dollars, and I will find a way to use it.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2014-09-01 19:53
    We should all be wearing Parallax hats & T-shirts when surfing the forum.

    "Proper etiquette and attire required."
  • rjo__rjo__ Posts: 2,114
    edited 2014-09-02 06:31
    OK...

    $100 and let's make it out of carbon fiber...

    I don't know who designed it, but I don't think it will fly very well... there is no tail rotor.
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2014-09-02 06:47
    rjo__ wrote: »
    OK...

    $100 and let's make it out of carbon fiber...

    I don't know who designed it, but I don't think it will fly very well... there is no tail rotor.

    Counter rotating Props. That's 16 COG's !
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2014-09-02 18:38
    I agree that we need some Parallax Swag and I would but a hat for sure!
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2014-09-02 19:14
    Whit wrote: »
    I agree that we need some Parallax Swag and I would but a hat for sure!

    But Sir Whit: a hat would cover up your solar panel completely! :)
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