Firefly Lunch Box?

POSTED BY: nuclearday
UPDATED: Saturday, March 25, 2006 17:56
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NUCLEARDAY

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 1:28 PM

Got this gorramn idea in my head a few weeks ago, and it just won't go away. Figure if I'm going to be a fan of a "cult" TV show, I need a lunchbox to go with my geekdom status, right?

I wouldn't have the resources atm myself to put anything like that into production, but I'd definately be willing to shell out some money for one... I figure I could fairly easily work up some stuff on the computer and run it down to Kinko's and print out some stickers, cover up an old lunchbox, but... wouldn't be the same...

Anyone know how hard it would be find someplace that would do some custom tin-work, though? Do they even make metal lunchboxes anymore? (Back when I was a kid they made pretty handy clubs, too, maybe in today's PC age they're deemed unsafe or something...)

Anyways, just a thought...

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REYNOLDSSTYLE

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 1:56 PM

Go to Cafepress.com and set up an account. You can have whatever you want printed on metal lunch boxes there.

GRIZWALD

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 1:58 PM

That'd be a really fun thing to have.

http://www.wadayaneed.com/silverretrolunchboxescustomimprintedpromotio
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I don't actually have a thousand bucks to get started, but if you do, go for it.

GRIZWALD

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 2:02 PM

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Originally posted by ReynoldsStyle:
Go to Cafepress.com and set up an account. You can have whatever you want printed on metal lunch boxes there.

Oh... duh! CafePress! I shoulda thought of them first.

BTW, I just noticed that "firefly" is #4 on their "most popular searches" list right now!

GRIZWALD

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 2:15 PM

Okay, somebody help me out here: I cannot find metal lunch boxes on cafepress.

REYNOLDSSTYLE

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 2:30 PM

did you create an account? when you upload your artwork and select items you want to sell it should be there. i hope they didn't stop offering it.

GRIZWALD

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 3:09 PM

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Originally posted by ReynoldsStyle:
did you create an account? when you upload your artwork and select items you want to sell it should be there. i hope they didn't stop offering it.

I already have a store. When I couldn't find lunch boxes on a product search, I tried adding the product to my store and still couldn't find it. Then I went to a store that I recall as having them a year or so (at least) ago and he's not carrying them anymore. I'm guessing the schoolyard weaponry factor kicked in and they had to stop carrying them.

NUCLEARDAY

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 7:31 PM

Yeah, I setup an account over there and

1)That's a really a great idea they have over there. (Don't have much in the way of capital myself, but boy is my little brain full of ideas now. )

2)Yeah, I'm not seeing the lunchboxes either. Tried running through all their categories at once and didn't see it.

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MISSTRESSAHARA

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 2:56 AM

Lot's of people here would love lunch boxes, hell any merchandise. It amazes me Universal hasn't taken advantage of all the fans and churned out more merchandise and products. They're slowly starting to, but damn it's annoying how slow Uni's been to jump on this. Fux was the same way, which is why the fans had to rely on each other to make Firefly goods, (some a hell of a lot better than commercial goods. *cough*DVDcover*cough*)

As for being PC and not letting metal boxes being allowed in school, hard plastic is just as bad to be hit with as metal, worse imo because it won't bend as easy as metal, ahhhh the system needs an overhaul.

I suggest going to a nearby Advertising store, the same as Cafepress, but in your own area it should be less the cost, and you can buy your own box. they'll use lazerprinting, perhaps etching, and make it durable. Just a thought. Show us a picture if you get one.

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NUCLEARDAY

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 6:18 AM

Yeah, after a bit of looking around on the 'net, seems like trying to find something local may be the way to go, see if I can find a place that'll do just one at a time. (Getting a blank box shouldn't be too hard if I can locate someplace that'll etch it, etc for me.)

Found a couple places online with custom lunchboxes, and they'll do all the fancy stuff like embossing and the like, but they tend to have minimum orders of 100+. I'd almost take a jump and try to sell something like that if I had the capital, any business sense, and a feeling that the product would move.

So looks like I'll try to get off my lazy keester and look around town here. Getting the art together won't be hard, I've already got a pretty clear idea of what I want (kind of a hand-drawn retro thing, I've got a couple old boxes to use as reference...) and might prove to be kind of fun, too.

Yeah, if I ever get this done, Fireflyfans.net will be the first to know about it. (Then the only challenge will be to try and get Joss and all the BDH's to autograph it of course... :)

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