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CLFranchise
07-09-2003, 11:23 PM
This past Sunday July 6, on MTV and Magic Johnson's new show Who's Got Game, Nick was wearing a t-shirt with the logo on it, and with his last name Wells and the number 3 on the back. I didnt catch the episode until tonight, because they're re-running it.
I was wondering how he got the t-shirt? How did the Rockets organization give it to him? If anyone would be wearing it, I thought it would be Wendell from Houston, but it was Nick.
*This show was taped back in April-May, so how did he get the logo shirt?
Maybe someone could get a video capture of it.
rocketfan83
07-09-2003, 11:29 PM
Flipping through the chanels. I saw a Black hat with an R and on the Back it said Rucker. Is that what your referring to?
I caught the end of it and Nick was wearing a jacket so I couldn't see his shirt.
CLFranchise
07-09-2003, 11:31 PM
Originally posted by rocketfan83
Flipping through the chanels. I saw a Black hat with an R and on the Back it said Rucker. Is that what your referring to?
Did you bother reading my post? Nick was wearing a gray t-shirt with the red "R". There was no hat, it was a t-shirt.
CLFranchise
07-09-2003, 11:32 PM
Originally posted by Faos
I caught the end of it and Nick was wearing a jacket so I couldn't see his shirt.
The next time they re-run it (which will be probably tomorrow), I'll snap a picture of it.
CLFranchise
07-09-2003, 11:40 PM
So now that I know I'm not crazy and someone else saw the logo too....how did he get the t-shirt back in April???
Heh ... I did say we were leaking it out there to gauge early reaction.
The logo was a big hit on that circuit, even though nobody knew what it stood for. :D
Tim
CLFranchise
07-09-2003, 11:45 PM
Originally posted by Tim
Heh ... I did say we were leaking it out there to gauge early reaction.
The logo was a big hit on that circuit, even though nobody knew what it stood for. :D
Tim
So how exactly did you get Nick the t-shirt? Did you know they were going to air it before the logo actually was out? This actually first aired two days before the Chronicle showed the pics
Originally posted by CLFranchise
So how exactly did you get Nick the t-shirt? Did you know they were going to air it before the logo actually was out? This actually first aired two days before the Chronicle showed the pics
We were planning for it to "leak" through wearables and then follow up with the billboards. We didn't know exactly when people would pick up on the logo, but our best guess WAS that today would be the day. (We were off by one.)
We had staff delivering hats to folks all day long. Billboards go up next week.
Personally, I was also curious on whether anybody on this board would pick up on the logo on MTV when it originally aired.
Tim
CLFranchise
07-09-2003, 11:56 PM
Originally posted by Tim
We were planning for it to "leak" through wearables and then follow up with the billboards. We didn't know exactly when people would pick up on the logo, but our best guess WAS that today would be the day. (We were off by one.)
We had staff delivering hats to folks all day long. Billboards go up next week.
Personally, I was also curious on whether anybody on this board would pick up on the logo on MTV when it originally aired.
Tim
I didn't get a chance to watch the show last Sunday, but I really doubt I would have known it was the new logo. But how did you get Nick the shirt all the way back in April? I mean, he couldnt buy the shirt in NY, so you guys had to give it to him somehow.
Originally posted by CLFranchise
I didn't get a chance to watch the show last Sunday, but I really doubt I would have known it was the new logo. But how did you get Nick the shirt all the way back in April? I mean, he couldnt buy the shirt in NY, so you guys had to give it to him somehow.
Exactly. ;)
Who in the heck is "Nick" anyway and why was he chosen to get a shirt?
Tim,
Did you guys leak any to China? :)
ima_drummer2k
07-10-2003, 12:09 AM
Originally posted by Tim
We had staff delivering hats to folks all day long.
Tim, I work in the AIG building on Imperial Valley in case you want to drop some more off tomorrow. :cool:
BTW, I saw the logo on MTV as well. I could have sworn I saw it tattoo'd on one of the Surfgirls asses. :D
That's awesome!!!
Cool marketing techniques... :)
I didn't notice it...I'm not sure which one is Nick.
All I know is there are 2 women streetballers, a white guy with mad handles named White Chocolate, and a guy from Houston nicknamed Houston.
Originally posted by ima_drummer2k
Tim, I work in the AIG building on Imperial Valley in case you want to drop some more off tomorrow. :cool:
BTW, I saw the logo on MTV as well. I could have sworn I saw it tattoo'd on one of the Surfgirls asses. :D
We dropped off some at the AIG building. If you're the guy that makes decisions about buying suites, it would've gone to you. :p
I must've missed that tattoo. ;)
Tim
FishBulb913
07-10-2003, 12:16 AM
Tim when can the public start buyin the stuff?
fabianrubio
07-10-2003, 12:20 AM
Did Nick's shirt say francis or wells on the back? I've heard two different stories. Either way I wanna know when I can buy one.
ima_drummer2k
07-10-2003, 12:24 AM
Originally posted by Tim
We dropped off some at the AIG building.
Allen Parkway or Greenspoint?
I'm just a peon there so I'll probably never even see the suite. :mad:
Vengeance
07-10-2003, 02:17 AM
Tim -- So when they got this T-shirt, you were kind of secretly testing the logo . . . Did you secretly test with more potential logos than this one, or had you already chosen this one as THE logo, then leaked it around to gauge reaction. Basically what I'm asking is were other potential logos leaked out there to get some reaction, just as this one was?
munco
07-10-2003, 02:24 AM
Damn. I remember seeing a Red "R" on the show and it never crossed my mind that it could be our logo. It was pretty noticable but I didn't realize it was our logo til this board. Good stuff. The logo caught my eye.
mingonly
07-10-2003, 03:57 AM
looking at the tvguide website,it appears that the next showing is this friday at 6 pm,and then again sunday early morning at 2:30 am,then again on sunday at 5:30pm.Look for a grey tshirt with red logo R.
Originally posted by Vengeance
Tim -- So when they got this T-shirt, you were kind of secretly testing the logo . . . Did you secretly test with more potential logos than this one, or had you already chosen this one as THE logo, then leaked it around to gauge reaction. Basically what I'm asking is were other potential logos leaked out there to get some reaction, just as this one was?
Just this one.
We did have lot of different color combinations out there (red R on gray, red on black, black on white, red on white) that will all be used for merchandise. And we did use it in different formats -- big R on the front of a t-shirt, small R over the left breast, etc. Long sleeve t-shirts, sleeveless ... you get the picture.
Tim
CLFranchise
07-12-2003, 12:44 AM
They showed all the episodes of "Who's Got Game" today, and I noticed that at the end of first episode, they showed someone wearing a black t-shirt with a white "R" on the front. I then took these during the third episode:
http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL139/1273026/2417783/29287923.jpg
http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL139/1273026/2417783/29287929.jpg
Kick_Azz
07-12-2003, 01:00 AM
It seems that the popular sources always gets the good stuff first. Probably why mtv gotz it. Well i personally think the logo is cool. Ive never seen such a gothic looking sports symbol it really give a mean look to the team. Good going rox organzation now you save yourself from the stupid rockets smile dildo's. The team had to have a good come back!
seeing the logo on a basketball shirt completely took away any doubts i had. i liked it to begin with but seeing it on some "gear" really makes it stand out. good job.
JayZ750
07-12-2003, 01:24 AM
Yep...the logo looks sweet on a athletic shirt. THe second I saw it I knew I liked it because of how it would look on merchandise. I haven't paid money for a single piece of Rockets merchandise since they changed way back. I can't wait to get a new hat, though.
Originally posted by JayZ750
Yep...the logo looks sweet on a athletic shirt. THe second I saw it I knew I liked it because of how it would look on merchandise. I haven't paid money for a single piece of Rockets merchandise since they changed way back. I can't wait to get a new hat, though.
lol same here! I did buy a Charles Barkley jersey and a Rockets t-shirt. But the new stuff looks nice! I'm definitely going to buy some!
Heh. That's the way we actually HOPED it would leak out -- that you'd see it on merchandise FIRST, before the flat art got picked up by the media. We knew some people would like it off the bat, but some would have to see it in context (like we did) to really be convinced.
It got launched a little backwards because someone leaked the flat art out early, but now all the in-context stuff is catching up.
Tim
finalsbound
07-12-2003, 06:33 PM
http://tsa.imageg.net/@v=0248@/graphics/product_images/p720518reg.jpg http://www.nba.com/media/rockets/logo_photo2.jpg
Doesn't the logo look kind of like Francis' ATR Reebok line symbol? When I saw the shirt on that guy, I automatically thought of the Reebok basketball gear.
FishBulb913
07-12-2003, 08:21 PM
Originally posted by Tim
Heh. That's the way we actually HOPED it would leak out -- that you'd see it on merchandise FIRST, before the flat art got picked up by the media. We knew some people would like it off the bat, but some would have to see it in context (like we did) to really be convinced.
It got launched a little backwards because someone leaked the flat art out early, but now all the in-context stuff is catching up.
Tim
Tim
the only thing ive seen that isnt flat is the screen saver on rockets.com btw i do like the logo
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