Simpsons themed chips?
 

Anyone ever done this? I don't have much experience with design programs, but if anyone is interested it could be a worthwhile project.

It'd have to include Duffman.......

If there's interest I could either learn one of the illustrator programs or enlist someone else...

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Skittlebrau?

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Anyone ever done this?

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I ain't sayin' nothin'.

Johnny Tightlips

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It'd have to include Duffman.......

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Oh yea!

http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/gallery/town/Duffman.gif

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"Duffman says alot of things!!!! OH YEAH!!"

Seriously though would people be interested in these if I got the ball rolling? What chips would people want? Would it be feasible to do Paulsons? I don't know about their customization options...

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How about a Big Lebowski themed set?

The Dude could be the $1, and the "Big Lebowski" could be the $5k.

Heh. The Dude abides.

Copyrights will shoot you down [nm]
 

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http://207.236.175.179/images/temp/duff1.jpg

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How about a Big Lebowski themed set?

The Dude could be the $1, and the "Big Lebowski" could be the $5k.

Heh. The Dude abides.

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8 year olds dude

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What does "nm" mean?

I like the Lebowski theme idea too...

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Well here are your playing cards. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I thought I had seen a poker set but was thinking of the South Park Set.

Funny to think about but just not that big a fan to go thru the trouble... cooler designs/themes to be done IMHO.

Fun for mock ups though so post some [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

- Fins

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What does "nm" mean?

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nm = no message... e.g. someone uses the subject line instead of the body, or responds to a post they say the say thing, or to bump a thread

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For those that have successfully designed chips sets.......how would this work? do i have to make a bulk order?

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First step would be to get a lawyer and get the neccesary licensing clearance from whomever owns the Simpsons brand.. possibly Fox, otherwise you are just opening yourself up to a huge legal mess with copyright infringement and illegal use of intellectual property.

having worked with several companies that manufactured several licensed brands, including Simpsons, I can tell you that they do not take these things very lightly.

Just a word of warning.

On the other sie, a Simpsons set could bevery cool.

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otherwise you are just opening yourself up to a huge legal mess with copyright infringement and illegal use of intellectual property.

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That's absurd. You might have a problem convincing the chip company to print them, but if you can then you'll be fine. You think Fox is gonna care if a self-designed chipset is out in the world?

When I was in middleschool, I used to doodle pictures of Bart Simpson. I never had to do hard time.
-Sam

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Not as absurd as you might think. My sister worked for USAir a few years back. She designed some sweatshirts with their logo on it for the softball team, using a local craft shop to make them. The craft shop got fined for copyright infringement, my sister got fired... YMMV

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Yea, the problem comes when Company X (say chip company) makes money off of a copyrighted logo etc (selling chips), same as the USair example.

Fox had (still does) a huge problem with websites where you can download simpsons shows. They've shut several down in the past.

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Not as absurd as you might think. My sister worked for USAir a few years back. She designed some sweatshirts with their logo on it for the softball team, using a local craft shop to make them. The craft shop got fined for copyright infringement, my sister got fired... YMMV

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That is either made up or you are leaving something out.

"fined" for copyright infringment? By who? And USAir is now firing employees for making sweatshirts for a softball team?

Something doesn't smell right, there.

Having said that, I would think you would probably have a hard time getting a chip company to make those chips. Your best bet is to get some Nexgens and find a good label maker (there are some good ones here) who will print these for you. I don't think they would have a problem with the copyright.

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This could work! I say the characters should be:
The OJ chip, the Nicole chip, the Jessica chip and the Ashlee chip....