Coffee Mugs: Revisited, looking for motivated idea-people Options

[Rusty]

Hi! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

Recently, the idea of 914world.com coffee mugs came up. The idea generated a lot of interest. We think that this would be a good thing for the Club, provided quality is high and cost is reasonable.

So, we're inviting anyone who is interested in putting a group buy of 914world.com mugs together to post to this thread. When you post, please mention an approximate cost (including shipping to U.S. members) and if possible, post a picture of what kind of mug you'd like to offer.

I also invite anyone who is interested in a mug to post what they'd like to see in a product. We are leaning towards a ceramic product rather than stainless. Price is not the driving factor as much as quality and innovative product.

I don't want to influence the process much... but here's what we DON'T want:

1. Iron-on / thermal transfer designs... no matter how nice they might look.
2. Mug shapes that look like they were liberated from Denny's or a school cafeteria. You know the boring type.

So... please post your ideas and desires about mugs here!

-Rusty (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smoke.gif)

[ArtechnikA]

QUOTE (Lawrence @ Mar 20 2006, 12:24 PM)

I arranged the production/group buy on the Rennlist mugs. The enamel failure was my fault...

t'wasn't a whine, LB. you didn't (IIRC) represent them as being dishwasher safe. i was concerned about how well the grsphics would 'stick' but i didn't communicate this concern to the person loading the dishwasher that day. my fault.

so it was more along the lines of a suggestion that something intrinsically eashable - like a sandblasted graphic - or laser etching - would be a cool thing to investigate.

i like the pyramid no-spill shape too even tho there's no place for such a mug on the dash of my current daily commuter car.

so - if it's not gonna be a stainless cupholder-friendly design, it at least should be microwave safe (which none of my current beverage-conveyance vessels is...)