Mac the Knife Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Paul Lukas ArticleInteresting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFB Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I must have over 100 of those things back home......An amazing article, BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshawaggie Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Quite impressive, i'm very jealous. @josh_j12 CFA- Fargo Bobcats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discrim Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 ah, gumballs...i aint collected any in a while, admittedly...while I like the more realistic appearance of the new model, I wish they came blank with decals like the old ones did. I don't care for the painted on logos/striping at all, to be honest. A strong mind gets high off success, a weak mind gets high off bull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallWonk Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Makes me wonder ... it might take a fair bit of detective work (meaning time), but I can't imagine that it would cost too much to acquire some original dies or molds. And it certainly wouldn't be difficult to make new ones based on existing finished products. And with the right dies, it really isn't very expensive to make little plastic thingies in quantities of several hundred to a thousand. So the real test of commitment to the hobby would be whether a person is willing to throw $5,000 at the problem of reviving craft-scale manufacture of the original helmets to ensure a renewable supply of white blanks. Anyway, that video was one of the best things Paul has done. They ought to expand it and play it on 60 Minutes or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezus_Ghoti Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 It's really cool to see Lukas treat this guy with some respect. If this report was on something like 60 Minutes, they would probably do it with a semi-mocking tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Falcon Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I used to have a bunch of them too. Currently I have a bunch of the Riddell Pocket Pros, which are better in quality than the old gumballs but have the logos painted on. The only problem is Riddell never finished making all the throwbacks ('74 Eagles and '74 Chargers were never made, nor the '72 Oilers), and now they just make the Revolution design which I don't really like. Another company made the '83 USFL set but didn't make any more after that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Did anyone else take away from that that Paul Lukas is a bigger nerd than you otherwise thought? He dresses like a five-year-old. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben5 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 No, he is exactly as big of a nerd as I thought he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I had every team and serveral different editions of each team. Every time my mom went to the grocery store I would get to have two. But because they were in a gumball machine you didn't get to pick so I had like 5 duplicates of alot of the teams. They are now in a box in my basement somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick 1733 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Makes me wonder ... it might take a fair bit of detective work (meaning time), but I can't imagine that it would cost too much to acquire some original dies or molds. And it certainly wouldn't be difficult to make new ones based on existing finished products. And with the right dies, it really isn't very expensive to make little plastic thingies in quantities of several hundred to a thousand. So the real test of commitment to the hobby would be whether a person is willing to throw $5,000 at the problem of reviving craft-scale manufacture of the original helmets to ensure a renewable supply of white blanks. Anyway, that video was one of the best things Paul has done. They ought to expand it and play it on 60 Minutes or something.I've looked into creating a mold to make the helmet shells myself, but never got very far due to being busy with other things. The one thing I had a hard time even coming close to figuring out how to make was a small custom die-cutter for the decals. MLB, NBA, NFL & NHL Font Packs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lich0037 Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I used to make my own custom gumball helmets back in the day too. At the time, my goal was create all the helmets of D-1 college teams. I remember struggling to cut out that crescent shape decal to fit on the helmet. That was a pain. I then got caught up collecting the ice cream sundae baseball helmets, which is all I collect now. I actually have a website set up showing my helmet collections. Unfortunetly it's been a work in progress for the last 6 months so a lot of the helmets aren't posted. If you check back later I'll probably have the gumball baseball and football helmets added. Check it out here. I welcome any feedback. Did anyone catch if Bill Jones the gumball helmet guy had a website or email? I saw his flickr page, but didn't see a contact or website. Sports Branding and Design | The Minnesota High School Helmet Project | Eric's Helmet Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Did anyone else take away from that that Paul Lukas is a bigger nerd than you otherwise thought? He dresses like a five-year-old.He is no more a nerd than anyone spending a lot of time on an internet message board specializing in sports logos and uniforms. Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajmccall Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Did anyone else take away from that that Paul Lukas is a bigger nerd than you otherwise thought? He dresses like a five-year-old.He is no more a nerd than anyone spending a lot of time on an internet message board specializing in sports logos and uniforms.jim, as always you are the harbinger of light in a cave of ignorance based stalagmites. Store 1 Store 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Did anyone else take away from that that Paul Lukas is a bigger nerd than you otherwise thought? He dresses like a five-year-old.He is no more a nerd than anyone spending a lot of time on an internet message board specializing in sports logos and uniforms.Well, yes, that's the easy response. However, I don't were green t-shirts tucked into my big boy jeans when I know I'm going to be broadcast in front of thousands of people. The other guy spend hundreds of hours making little football helmets but still managed to outclass Lukas. That's all I'm saying. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Did you eat a bowl of angryflakes or something today?He went to interview a guy who makes gumball football helmets. He's not presenting a case to the House Subcommittee on Fiscal Overspending.Paul knows his audience. It's not like what we wore was distracting anyone's attention (but yours) away from the subject. He writes a blog about sports logos and uniforms. I think he can get by dressing like a fanboy, or at least a little more casual than the average interviewer.Lately, it seems like you are intentionally finding fault with what people enjoy here. Why put a bigger target on yourself to be flamed? Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl007 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 No, he is exactly as big of a nerd as I thought he was....and you let him off the hook! If you want to crown his ass, then crown his ass! I not only modify pocket pro helmets, I surf these boards. Nerds rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid_17 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 it wasnt the point of the article, but why werent sport card companies not allowed to show the logos on the cards back in the day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 it wasnt the point of the article, but why werent sport card companies not allowed to show the logos on the cards back in the day?Licensing fees. Stating the name was ok, but Topps (and others) had to pay extra to show the logos.I know it wasn't until the early 80's that you would see an NFL team's logo on its helmets.I don't think it was an issue with baseball, unless you count the Kellogg's/Drakes/Hostess cards in the late 70's/early 80's. Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid_17 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 it wasnt the point of the article, but why werent sport card companies not allowed to show the logos on the cards back in the day?Licensing fees. Stating the name was ok, but Topps (and others) had to pay extra to show the logos.I know it wasn't until the early 80's that you would see an NFL team's logo on its helmets.I don't think it was an issue with baseball, unless you count the Kellogg's/Drakes/Hostess cards in the late 70's/early 80's.ah i see, thanks for that, i do remember that the cereal cards never had the logos, up until the 90's and probably to this day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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