very cool Michael- i made up some samplesand thought what a great dorr
greeter to say the movie room...like you could have ethel and theres no
biz like show biziness , Or welcome to Jurasssic park...etc,,,,and i
like your clever one with the wife..I am sure even Pets would like the
prank...LOl
I am a firm believer in samples and letting people test the items..
in 1989 i did my most advantageous product my "Movie award Bank"...i
spent 30K in molds and tooling to have blow molds made,legal fees to
geta copyright on the art and a 4 color box that was 80 cents a price
alone and had varnish and a window and was gold plated with vacuum
metalized gold..
well i did a intial run of 5000 and i had OHIO ART Toy run my arst they
are inBryan Ohio and made the etch a sketch and also are a metal
litography company..they said i was the 1st to follow thru and even said
design toys for us..but it was 1989 andi was like 30 something ..so i
thought what do i know about toys..
So the bank was met with mixed reviews..asit was so light empty..all
along i pictured it filled with cins andthoughpeople could save money
and then go see a film and the coins would add weight...well so one day
I se Jel Siegal the movie reviewer on God morning amareica,, he gave one
of my banks to a actress amdshe takesot ad says wow its so light
andlikefloted it abover her head, i wa in shock....
so I sold 3000 of teh 5 to Paramount as when my moldmaker madethe sculpt
he allow a space incase i wanted to mint a clock where the reel the gy
is holding was located..well we put the paramount logo on it and they
looked very col i also filled the base with liquid plaster soit created
the ballast and weight we needed ...I got 10,oo each so i recouped my
30k off that order alone..
theni sold the other 2000 for 5.00 each..soanother 10K.. so didnt make a
million but it was fun..i still have the cast bronze mold that will runa
million parts but need a new molder andi trew out the boxes..like 6k
worth when i moved..sad...// lesson was i should have test marketed them
better ,however its hard with a item that needs special mold and
tooling,,,,and graphic/packaging..the cool part is it hold exactly 15 oz
of calgon bath oil beads...so i thought perhaps a few hollywood hotels
would love it as a give away to clients,,or it could be used as a
freebee at oscar partys,premires.. etc...the idea was to make
somethingthat gave kids and adults alike that feel of old hollywood..I
would love to offer them again maybein a theme park or something i did
them in 1989 so what almost 30years ago...
wheni made my directors megaphone..i was told the will never sell as
also my movie real clock...well i sold 1000s andwhenthey bootleg you you
knw its good..i would say..take my megaphone and put it on yoursdesk,se
how long it take befoore the peopelcomein pick it up and say quite on
thest.or action!!
it never failed and is how i sold 1000s as it sold itself..
I suck as a salesmena..really but wheni have passion and love what iam
doing its addictive as others love the same stuff and thats whn i get a
winner..in my mind all it is is dealing with the child in us...tats why
i relate as i loved the same stuff you all do ,get the same ush and
loveto entertain and make people happy...sometimes it works sometimes i
flop sa bad i dont even believe it..but he key is getting back inthe
saddle again..evenn if they haveto hoist you into it..
why i keep going isin testimont andsupport ofall those you altold me
about..like parents,kids, grandparents,,all he actrs andindustry peple
that suffered for the art..andhe creators...
I really have never known what the hell im even doing...I hold no
degree,,s i cant spell and im a wiredo ,,but i love wierdos..if you are
one you will be a great friend...asmy fave peple have been considerd
nutballs... and i love them as they are honest nutballs.
and most of the famous ones ive met tell emthey are just as sirprised
they made it..but the cmmon connection is they loveto help others as the
suffering taught them howt Love and respect and share with others..
thats what ive learned and what I also want to pay forward and share
with peple ..I amat the tail end or maybethe start of life..i dont even
know as ive been up and down so many times i fotgot which way iam
going,,
but colsanders didnt even start KFC till he was 65 and raycrioc was liek
55-60..ill be 61..somaybei can helpa few people before i leave tis pop
stand...that would be fun..i hel sales eps alotabout customer
service..because i lve serving eple and making eple hapy more
themprofitmargin..hat expains why i invested into people rather then
stuff....i have a few fave line...one is from its a wonderful life
whenat the end it says mark twains book _"no man is a failure who has
friends" snd its only becaue of friend ive been allowed to still be in
business and i thank you all.. and famil and God..
so I hope you will all keep buying my stuff as i have alot andim trying
to not leave a big mess for my son and others whenits time to check out
..at same time..as walt said.Its kind of fun doig the impossible" so im
jst as in shock as anyone..you should have seen me yesterday lifting
boxes of 200 roled one sheets at ups ,,wvenheloader said they are heavy
!!!!im not in my 30s anymore but i did it ..my foot was like what the
hell man...what are you thinking...:) ..you can live dieing and worrying
and stressed or you can live living with all you can and giving it all
until the plug gets pulled..
I am thankful for the adversity as it teaches us so much..have a good
day and ill have many things for sale on ebay...posetrs books
etc...projectors..films..stils..from the 1900s-on up to like 90s...wow
90 years of motion picture history andi was able to be in 40 of them so
far..how lucky is that??
On 2017-07-26 11:43, Michael Danese wrote:
Hi everyone - I finally had time to play with the "talking poster"
sound device that I got from Tom at Hollywood Dream Factory.
It is so cool! Sure, you can record movie related things, but you can
also record other messages too! I recorded myself saying, "How ya
doin" baby!" and left it in the kitchen. When my wife walked by it
talked and she died laughing.
I can't wait to try it on the kids!
I encourage you to reach out to Tom and buy one!
Thanks!
Michael Danese
Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com
___________________________________________________________________
How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List
Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu
In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L
The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
----
Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com
___________________________________________________________________
How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List
Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu
In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L
The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
