redlegs420 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 New unis to be unvailed At Reds fest Dec. 1 and 2Reds.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 man, i hope they get rid of the black hat, the black sleeves and incorperate and "old-time" mr red. that would be sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edensker Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I am very nervous about this. I love the Reds and their uniforms mean a lot to me. I will definitely be mourning the passing of the vest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 There is some news in Wikipedia!!! You can see the "new" mascot's design: a retro version of Mr. Red.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._RedThe modern version of "Mr. Red", a/k/a "The Running Man" from 1999-2006.The "retro" version of the 1955 "Mr. Red", unveiled in 2007.I'm thinking... that if the '99-'06 Mr. Red was wearing white with red pinstripes and some black details... and the new design of Mr. Red shows us its white and red clothes... so the new unis would not use anymore black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-kj Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Is it wrong if I like the "running man" version a ton better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Is it wrong if I like the "running man" version a ton better?No it sure as hell isn't....I'm in the same boat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronChefShark Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Is it wrong if I like the "running man" version a ton better?No it sure as hell isn't....I'm in the same boat...count me in as well. the "running man" is by far the superior logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColeJ Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 i'm mostly a fan of the mustache...i need a mustache like that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 The new logo has several differences from the retro one posted above. I think it's an improvement over the previous running man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutyfree Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I think they both have their charms. It's a case, a rare one, where you can't go wrong with either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Jim Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 man, i hope they get rid of the black hat, the black sleeves and incorperate and "old-time" mr red. that would be sweet!The black caps are gone, as are the black sleeves. Vests and pinstripes are gone, too, I think.Friday, December 1 at 5:00pm is the day and time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 i'm mostly a fan of the mustache...i need a mustache like that one.Ask one for free from Rollie Fingers.man, i hope they get rid of the black hat, the black sleeves and incorperate and "old-time" mr red. that would be sweet!The black caps are gone, as are the black sleeves. Vests and pinstripes are gone, too, I think.Friday, December 1 at 5:00pm is the day and time.As I said when I put those running men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edensker Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I think they both have their charms. It's a case, a rare one, where you can't go wrong with either.I tend to agree. Let me throw this into the mix, however. Of the modern running men, I prefer the one from the '70s and '80s that wore no. 27, whose uniform lacked pinstripes and who was running the other direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallWonk Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 The "retro" version of the 1955 "Mr. Red", unveiled in 2007.As someone said, you can't go wrong with either Mr. Red. As a vintage base ball player, though, I love how the alleged new Mr. Red is dressed very much like a member of the 1869 Red Stockings, famously the first (openly) all-proffessional baseball team. To make it a real throwback, though, they need to ditch the "Red Stockings" script and put an old-English "C" on his chest, like this:Still, for me there's just something a little more fun about the purported new Mr. Red than the running man, whose uniformity of line thickness and perfectly rendered logos just seem a bit too "corporate" for my taste. He's a good logo, but he lacks a sense of spontaneity. He looks like a logo drawn by a very efficient committee. And he has too much black.Were the new, retro Mr. Red to be presented as a concept here, I would have to point out how poorly rendered is his left leg, especially where his stocking meets his knickers. Looks like something I would do in my first draft in Illustrator. Too much foreshortening, for one thing, and the two bits of leg don't line up along the same line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 I think the new retro-inspired "Mr. Red" looks a little different than the figure shown above. On the one I saw, the cap is more boxy than rounded, and there is a red "C" on the chest instead of "Red Stockings" (the same style C from the cap). The legs are more anatomically correct. Oh, and the figure has a black drop shadow which was very apparent, but it may not be on the final version.I have not seen the actual unis, but I have seen other stuff. From what little I've seen, they also have a new script on the road unis. IMO, it's a very classy retro style script that just looks like baseball. The homes will have the "C REDS" logo. It's very nice and only uses black for the drop shadow. Mr. Red will be on the sleeve of the homes and alts and the C REDS will be on the roadies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 But there shouldn't be ANY black drop shadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the beloved 1 Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 And oh yeah, I forgot the Reds to add to the miscues.2006 will certainly go down as "The Year of Bad Logo and Uniform Design.-Buffalo Sabres-Anaheim Ducks-Arizona Diamondbacks-Milwaukee Bucks-Minnesota VikingsNot sure if budgets have been sliced or if the process (timelines) are bing condensed to thebreaking point but something is amiss and hoepfully 2007 will be a much better asthetic year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJ Sands Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 And oh yeah, I forgot the Reds to add to the miscues.2006 will certainly go down as "The Year of Bad Logo and Uniform Design.-Buffalo Sabres-Anaheim Ducks-Arizona Diamondbacks-Milwaukee Bucks-Minnesota VikingsNot sure if budgets have been sliced or if the process (timelines) are bing condensed to thebreaking point but something is amiss and hoepfully 2007 will be a much better asthetic year.I'll agree with all of those teams except the Bucks, although I haven't seen enough of the DBacks to judge either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seattlefan68 Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I disagree with the DBacks and Bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 And oh yeah, I forgot the Reds to add to the miscues.2006 will certainly go down as "The Year of Bad Logo and Uniform Design.-Buffalo Sabres-Anaheim Ducks-Arizona Diamondbacks-Milwaukee Bucks-Minnesota VikingsNot sure if budgets have been sliced or if the process (timelines) are bing condensed to thebreaking point but something is amiss and hoepfully 2007 will be a much better asthetic year.How's business Tom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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