AtariAge 2600 Magnets

[Albert]

As many of you are aware, we produced a series of AtariAge 2600 magnets in time for our holiday sale last year. The magnets were created by Nathan Strum, and each of the seven designs features a different Atari 2600 console (Heavy Sixer, Sears Heavy Sixer, Light Sixer, Sears Light Sixer, Atari Foru Switch, Sears Four Switch, and Vader). Each is a distinctive color, and in each we are privy to what that system is thinking at the moment, "Real games only need one button" for instance).

 

Here is a picture of all seven magnets:

 

 

I still have quite a few of these magnets available and I'm looking for ideas on how to get them into everyone's hands. I do include a random magnet with orders in the store, but the magnets have not been available to purchase separately. I will likely add them to the store, and I'm curious what people would pay for them (either individually or as a set). I'm also looking for creative ideas on how to give them to people, such as via a contest of sorts.

 

Thanks,

 

..Al

[littleman jack]

Al,

 

I'd be happy to get one with a homebrew,

 

or pay up to $5.00 for one by itself.

 

I currently enjoy the one that came randomly with a holiday order several years ago, although my wife thinks it's geeky.

[Deteacher]

For those that are interested in collecting the set, maybe you could set something up like: 1 magnet with every $25 purchase. You could also allow the buyer to select which magnet(s) they would like to receive with their order.

 

I love the magnet that came with my TT order. I love the phrase "Real games only need 1 button." That's so true!

Edited May 3, 2008 by Deteacher

[shadow460]

Perhaps the magnet could be used as an incentive for those who want to help fill the rarity guide's holes. There's the Activision and Parker Brothers game descriptions to fill up, and a lot of folks have game manuals and boxes they could scan.

 

Some of our moderaors sell their own products if I'm not mistaken. I've bought Missing in Action from Mitch, and CPUWIZ has the Atariservice products. Perhaps you could send them a some magnets to distribute with their orders If they're willing to. Hey, free advertisement for AtariAge!

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

I would like to buy a set if they will not cost more than 20-25$

[CPUWIZ]

I want a friggin Atari Jr. magnet.

[Albert]

I want a friggin Atari Jr. magnet.

That'll be in the next series, along with the Coleco Gemini, the 5200 VCS Adapter, and Intellivision System Changer.

 

..Al

[gambler172]

Hi Al

And what is with my favourite 7800 system?Or could you let make some for me?

 

greetings Walter

[Albert]

Hi Al

And what is with my favourite 7800 system?Or could you let make some for me?

 

greetings Walter

That could come with another series of magnets down the road.. The 5200 is also missing.

 

..Al

[+Nathan Strum]

I want a friggin Atari Jr. magnet.

That'll be in the next series, along with the Coleco Gemini, the 5200 VCS Adapter, and Intellivision System Changer.

Yeah, like you really want stacks of even more magnets to have to unload.

[Rick Weis]

I want a friggin Atari Jr. magnet.

That'll be in the next series, along with the Coleco Gemini, the 5200 VCS Adapter, and Intellivision System Changer.

 

..Al

 

SWEET!! when you adding more games to the store?

 

Rick

[+Nathan Strum]

Well, the next Holiday Sale should be coming up in January or so.

[CPUWIZ]

Well, the next Holiday Sale should be coming up in January or so.

 

And they'll be shipped around April 2009.

 

 

J/K

[Mirage]

It would be cool if one were included free with each homebrew. Letting the buyer choose the ones they need (subject to availability). This would be further encouragement to buy more homebrews

 

If you have tons left, I guess you could just sell them as sets or individually.

[Albert]

Well, the next Holiday Sale should be coming up in January or so.

 

And they'll be shipped around April 2009.

Man, you guys are ball breakers..

 

..Al

[Mayhem]

Heh... though the idea of including them one per $X of purchase is what I was going to suggest...

[Albert]

Heh... though the idea of including them one per $X of purchase is what I was going to suggest...

Well, that's what I did during the holiday sale, so I was hoping to do something a bit different. That could be a fallback position, though, and I probably would make them available separately and/or as a bundle as well. Not for $25 a set, though--that's way too much.

 

..Al

[cvga]

How about giving away a magnet to people who write reviews for carts available through the store?

[Albert]

How about giving away a magnet to people who write reviews for carts available through the store?

I'm afraid that might add a bias to the reviews.

 

..Al

[toymailman]

I want a friggin Atari Jr. magnet.

That'll be in the next series, along with the Coleco Gemini, the 5200 VCS Adapter, and Intellivision System Changer.

 

..Al

Of course, there will be both large and small rainbow JR's? We can't forget about the Coleco Expansion module either.

[cosmosiss]

My first thought was giving them away to the weekly winners of the 2600 HSC.

[mimo]

Send them to the people that did not receive them when they spent $140 in the store in the Xmas sale

 

(ie me )

[Deteacher]

What about giving 1 magnet away for every X number of carts people send you for homebrews? Maybe an added incentive for those folks holding onto their 100 copies of Pac-Man.

[gambler172]

Well, the next Holiday Sale should be coming up in January or so.

 

And they'll be shipped around April 2009.

Man, you guys are ball breakers..

 

..Al

Hi Al

Do not care about.We all know,that you are very busy,but also very thrustable.There are other guys(you know him),where you can wait more than 6 months and nothing happens.This are guys,i am really angry about.

greetings Walter

[ls650]

I don't know about Christmas time, but in April I placed two orders with the AA store, and both items were shipped within a day or two of the order submission...