Kaylee postcards for Dragon*Con!

POSTED BY: 11thHour
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11THHOUR

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 7:20 AM

Most folks already know, but for those who haven't heard the news...

Jewel Staite will be a special guest at Dragon*Con next month! That's right, our winsome, vivacious, lovely Kaylee will be appearing at the largest Science Fiction, Fantasy, Pop Culture convention in North America.

This will be an exciting event and a great way for present, and soon-to-be, fans of Firefly to meet Jewel. Plus, getting the word out there about the completion of the filming of Serenity!

So.... with such a great opportunity, a group of fans will be hosting a Browncoats Fan table at the convention. There will be posters, flyers, other goodies, and Browncoats on hand to talk up Firefly and Serenity. Rich "Sendmeawave" has been organizing this endeavor and coming up with all kinds of ideas.

One of the "goodies" planned is to give to folks visiting the table the "with Love, Kaylee" postcard. This will be a nice full color, large format (8.5" x 5.5") postcard with the Kaylee artwork on the front and a nifty blurb about the Firefly DVD and the upcoming "Serenity" movie on the back. A good quality printer has been found that will print 1,000 of these postcards for only $169!

Here's the front of the Kaylee postcard:

This will be a FANTASTIC opportunity to help build the buzz for Serenity and the DVDs! Jewel's personal appearance and the special Kaylee postcards are a great combo!

So if you'd like to be a part of making this happen, please pony up some bucks! We are gathering contributions right now and you can toss in some bucks using PayPal to the following e-mail address:

pixelcat969 at sbcglobal.net

(I substituted the normal "@" sign to avoid those web spambot thingies grabbing this e-mail addy. Just use the normal @ sign when using PayPal.)

Just go to the website: www.paypal.com

Then click on: "Send Money". There will be no charge for sending money - it's FREE to use the service!

The charge of $169 for 1,000 postcards is a great price, and I think we can gather this amount pretty fast. It would only take 17 motivated people $10 each to do this! Or, 34 slightly less motivated people paying $5 each. Or, 68 really cheap people paying $2.50 each. Or one super generous fan paying the whole $169. Or, one really generous fan paying $100, and one extra nice fan paying $40, and one just slightly less extra nice fan paying $27, with the rest taken up by some cheap-o who contributes an amount that wouldn't even buy a Starbuck's latte...

But I digress...

Actually, there has to be a small allowance made for PayPal's fees: 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. So, for example a $10 gross contribution would be $9.41 net. So this means that we'll need to collect a little over $169 to allow for the fees. But be assured that all funds received will be put 100% toward the printing and mailing costs for the postcards.

So let's make this happen! Let's reach out to current and new fans at a MAJOR Sci-Fi/Fantasy convention! Especially one that our lovely Jewel will be attending. And won't she get a kick out of signing a nice Kaylee postcard supplied by the fans?

I'm thinkin' that's probably a yes. ;-)

Thanks!

11thHour

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"Doing the impossible makes us mighty... happy."

NICOLACLARKE

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 12:35 PM

That's such a nifty idea. Have been a slightly less motivated person.

Any chance of making the postcards more widely available (say, to UK fans who can't quite make DragonCon... will pay postage!) if the Paypal thing generates a surplus?

/ pure intentions, juxtaposed /

BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 12:35 PM

This is such a shiny idea 11th! I have chatted w/ Rich about it a bit via email and am making my donation to PayPal tonight.

These postcards are a great opportunity for us Browncoats to get the word out to people about the DVD set and the BDM. Our numbers are growing online, but each of us has seen people come on the board proclaiming they either just recently discovered the show, or watched it when it aired on Fox & were unaware of the DVD set & the upcoming BDM. Many simply walked away when the show got cancelled by go se Fox. Many may not have the means or time to go online to see what happened to or is now happening w/ Firefly.

That being said, I think those of us that can should donate to this cause. I know that we can all appreciate the fact that the more we do to promote the show, especially at Dragon Con which gets 30,000 plus Sci Fi fans, the better our chances of the BDM being a wild hit and getting the mentioned triology of movies out of it. From there.....who knows what may happen.

Go to the link 11th provided and give whatever you can. Anything will be greatly appreciated and it is all for our beloved show and BDM.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

GWYNETHH

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 12:41 PM

Do you have link to a large printable copy? I will post 3$ tonight to help you in any case.

Are You Asking me to Dance?

11THHOUR

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 9:48 PM

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Originally posted by NicolaClarke:
That's such a nifty idea. Have been a slightly less motivated person.

Any chance of making the postcards more widely available (say, to UK fans who can't quite make DragonCon... will pay postage!) if the Paypal thing generates a surplus?

You're in luck! I have a high-res, online file of the Kaylee postcard. Feel free to download it and print to your heart's content...

ZZZhttp://home.att.net/~the11thhour/Kaylee-postcard4x6.jpg

Just remove the "ZZZ" from the url to use it. I had to put those in or this site would have automatically loaded the card onto this message... and the image is way BIG.

I will eventually also put the reverse side of the card online. That side will have info on the Firefly DVD and Serenity movie, plus nifty official and fan websites.

Including, of course, this oh so shiny site!

11thHour

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"Doing the impossible makes us mighty... happy."

11THHOUR

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 9:57 PM

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
This is such a shiny idea 11th! I have chatted w/ Rich about it a bit via email and am making my donation to PayPal tonight.

Thank you! We're doing pretty well on donations so far, but still have a ways to go. So every bit helps.

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These postcards are a great opportunity for us Browncoats to get the word out to people about the DVD set and the BDM. Our numbers are growing online, but each of us has seen people come on the board proclaiming they either just recently discovered the show, or watched it when it aired on Fox & were unaware of the DVD set & the upcoming BDM. Many simply walked away when the show got cancelled by go se Fox. Many may not have the means or time to go online to see what happened to or is now happening w/ Firefly.

You are so right! We still have a lot to do in helping to get the word out there. It seems that there are so many similar "newbie" stories about either discovering, or rediscovering Firefly, and falling truly, madly, deeply in love.

But there's so many more folks who still don't know what they've been missing!

Quote:
That being said, I think those of us that can should donate to this cause. I know that we can all appreciate the fact that the more we do to promote the show, especially at Dragon Con which gets 30,000 plus Sci Fi fans, the better our chances of the BDM being a wild hit and getting the mentioned triology of movies out of it. From there.....who knows what may happen.

You're so right, again. Dragon*Con is a HUGE show and a tremendous opportunity to connect with soon-to-be madly obsessed Firefly fans... like us.

New poster idea:

Firefly: Better than Crack.

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Go to the link 11th provided and give whatever you can. Anything will be greatly appreciated and it is all for our beloved show and BDM.

Yeah. What he said.

11thHour

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"Doing the impossible makes us mighty... happy."

11THHOUR

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 10:00 PM

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Originally posted by gwynethh:
Do you have link to a large printable copy? I will post 3$ tonight to help you in any case.

Why, yes I do have a link to a large printable copy! Here it be:

ZZZZhttp://home.att.net/~the11thhour/Kaylee-postcard4x6.jpg

(Just remove the "ZZZ" part... had to do that to keep the card from loading right the hell here!)

And a BIG Thank You for your donation. We're getting to our goal bit by bit!

11thHour

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"Doing the impossible makes us mighty... happy."

FIREFLYGAL

Thursday, August 19, 2004 12:21 AM

Count m ein to help the cause, small donation coming your way shortly

HANDMAIDENANDE

Thursday, August 19, 2004 3:35 AM

Let me add to the compliments on the postcard. It's wonderful, as is all of 11th's work! Dibs on any extras! ;)

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These postcards are a great opportunity for us Browncoats to get the word out to people about the DVD set and the BDM. Our numbers are growing online, but each of us has seen people come on the board proclaiming they either just recently discovered the show, or watched it when it aired on Fox & were unaware of the DVD set & the upcoming BDM.

This would be me! I was loaned the DVD set the week Serenity started filming. Yes, I've been a Firefly addict for two whole months! Since then, I've bought one DVD set for me and one DVD set to loan out. Converted three Browncoats so far. Like our dear Preacher, I'm spreading the word to those who need it. :)

Quote:
New poster idea:
Firefly: Better than Crack.

I love it!

Andé

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I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful.

DEADLYFOE

Thursday, August 19, 2004 5:52 PM

Great work on the postcard image, a wonderfull showcase for Kaylee. I just sent in a small donation(I hope it comes through ok, it was my first time using paypal), thanks for your efforts to spread the word about Firefly and Serenity.

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