LS merch!

[gilesgoat]

So .. just saying .. from what I've been seeing ..

"I think I understand a bit better now why some people go to GREAT extents about brand name protection, laws and lawsuits" and shit like that

I suppose it could be very safe to say "we never made any serious money out of merchandise" ( well at least not 'directly' by the sale of merchandise as that, I don't know if the merchandise had any 'measurable impact' on other sales/recognition but let's suppose so ).

It probably could be safe to say "we did not make any money at all" but at least probably I SUPPOSE again we could say "we did not loose any either".

I am really AMAZED about how much COUNTERFEIT / NOT LS official merchandise is around, I've seen literally "all sort of shit" happening especially with the Polybius stuff including NIN stuff

But thing is "we don't have any means to protect that", it's really far beyond the capabilities of LS to do that.

However, I understand better now why some people, that can, are SO FEROCIUS about brands, lawsuits, (C), (R) and all that shit ( that costs fuckload of money and resources to implement and yet will NEVER guarantee you a 100% protection ) ...

I think it's a lost battle, still worth doing "for the fun" but certainly NOT "for any serious money"

Too many things around the world you can not have any control on them

[Markie]

I even found a listing on ebay a few years ago selling Retrovision T-shirts with my head on ... Nothing to do with me! Oddly the listing disappeared when I emailed the people :-)

[Chunk]

Stick me down for a vote for some stickers like the Polybius one (but not actually the Polybius one). Got a new laptop that needs some stickers, so would definitely buy some.

[gilesgoat]

Just for the "fun" of it I THINK I've seen recently some communication from RedBubble about the money we made in merchandise .. .. ..

.. NO KIDDING .. I think it was something like $6.50 or such ..

I should dig out that email ...

[skip]

Winter is coming up in Australia...I better order one of those hoodies like I planned on doing about two years back (oops!).

So make that $6.95

[PVB]

Just for the "fun" of it I THINK I've seen recently some communication from RedBubble about the money we made in merchandise .. .. ..

.. NO KIDDING .. I think it was something like $6.50 or such ..

I should dig out that email ...

One reason is that the merch isn’t that great or comprehensive (lots of designs to choose from).

Was looking for a new hoodie as my current Redbubble Polybius one has lost nearly all of its print.
Ordered a new one from Redbubble, but hope the print lasts longer this time.

https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/23257710

[Foozwah]

Just for the "fun" of it I THINK I've seen recently some communication from RedBubble about the money we made in merchandise .. .. ..

.. NO KIDDING .. I think it was something like $6.50 or such ..

I should dig out that email ...

One reason is that the merch isn’t that great or comprehensive (lots of designs to choose from).

Yeah, a few shirts based on classic C64 game art, or even better, a replacement for my long-gone old white on black Llamasoft logo shirt from that era, would be excellent and an insta-buy.

[gilesgoat]

Just for the "fun" of it I THINK I've seen recently some communication from RedBubble about the money we made in merchandise .. .. ..

.. NO KIDDING .. I think it was something like $6.50 or such ..

I should dig out that email ...

One reason is that the merch isn’t that great or comprehensive (lots of designs to choose from).

Yeah, a few shirts based on classic C64 game art, or even better, a replacement for my long-gone old white on black Llamasoft logo shirt from that era, would be excellent and an insta-buy.

They could be done, given time, but fundamentally "all merchandise done/sold that way is for as an almost totally ZERO profit".

The main problem is "unless you'd have fuckton of money to spend" you can NOT protect the design nor enforce any sort of protection on, so you upload a thing, "immediately" N someone else grabs your design put a different price/thing and sells it as his/her ...

So it's nice to see/have the merchandise, it's someway nice to do it ( time permitting ) but in the end of the day "does not make any penny", it's really "only for fun", I mean yes we may get the occasional "someone bought something you get 10 quids" or such but it's not really "something you can make a true market" simply because "one steals a PNG/JPG and does the same"

[Foozwah]

Ah no worries Giles, totally understand. And also wouldn't want to take you away from the actual creating of games.

[Little stoned kiwi]

What about as advertising? If you have a URL embedded in the design it doesn't matter who distributes it.