My new pillow!

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:26 am

Did some after-Christmas shopping at the down-town version of the BGSU bookstore on Monday and picked up the following item:

Me likey my new Falcon-head pillow!!

Lord_Byron · Post by **Lord_Byron** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:29 am

I thought it was Space-Ghost.

kdog27 · Post by **kdog27** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:33 am

What's all that BG stuff doing on the endtable? Are you pretending to be a Falcon fan or something?

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:36 am

Lord_Byron wrote:I thought it was Space-Ghost.

The whole Space Ghost comparison thing is kind of lame IMO.

Yes, triangular eyes... ooooooooh, ok. Wow, maybe our logo IS Space Ghost. I'm surprised we haven't been sued yet!

I think the "new" logo is completey unique in the world of sports and marketing. It's totally recognizable and a great mark. It's not going away anytime soon either.

Dayons_Den · Post by **Dayons_Den** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:44 am

I would say the space ghost references are more on par than the ones that claim Miami RedHawks- ours is nearly completely an abstract logo while the Hawk is a more realistic look:

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:45 am

Dayons_Den wrote:I would say the space ghost references are more on par than the ones that claim Miami RedHawks- ours is nearly completely an abstract logo while the Hawk is a more realistic look:

I don't think it looks like anything but us...

Dayons_Den · Post by **Dayons_Den** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:56 am

Its interesting that these pillows with the retail mark are available here in BG. My sister, who attends Baldwin-Wallace in Berea, was at a mall in the greater Cleveland area, and saw the same pillow but with the traditional Falcon head. It was at one of those kiosks they set up in the middle of the malls. Odd they aren't available around here or online or ebay. . .

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:59 am

Retail logo is too generic.

Keep The Old One.

Metz · Post by **Metz** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:28 pm

1987alum wrote:Retail logo is too generic.

Keep The Old One.

It's almost like seeing Freddie and Frieda go cartoonish on us. Over time I'm sure I will learn to like the logo, but like I mentioned to Grant earlier, the retail one just looks ticked off and ready to kill. I'm just not too fond of it yet but I think I might pick up one of these pillows anyways. If I sleep on it, maybe it will "grow" on me overnight

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:32 pm

McMetz:

Funny you should mention Freddy & Freida ... as usual, I was wearing my "old school" button at the GMAC bowl ("I'm a Member ... Freddy's Friends") and a former Freida saw it. She commented how much more she liked the old costumes and expressed regret that there wasn't more input about the change.

Guess I'm just an old fuddy-duddy ... I like the old Falcon logo (with the white in the middle) and the old Freddy costume.

Rightupinthere · Post by **Rightupinthere** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 12:36 pm

Where did you get the busby?

I'm still trying to get my DM uni from the band dept. I'm afraid they may be all gone.

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:43 pm

1987alum wrote:Retail logo is too generic.

Keep The Old One.

GENERIC?!?!?! *sigh* Where the heck do you people live where there are multi-colored abstract falcon heads on every corner? Is Philadelphia that wacked out Karl?? Come on...GENERIC?!

You can not like the logo, but you can NOT convince me it's generic.

Post by **ZiggyZoomba** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:45 pm

Rightupinthere wrote:Where did you get the busby?

I got it at a shop in Grand Rapids, OH... they had a room full of old unis. I have a snazzy orange band blazer as well!

I may be wearing it to the Alumni A-band games if I can work up the nerve!!

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:49 pm

ZiggyZoomba wrote:
1987alum wrote:Retail logo is too generic.

Keep The Old One.
GENERIC?!?!?! *sigh* Where the heck do you people live where there are multi-colored abstract falcon heads on every corner? Is Philadelphia that wacked out Karl?? Come on...GENERIC?!

You can not like the logo, but you can NOT convince me it's generic.

Nor will I try to. The logo thing is like politics - people have staked out their positions and are unlikely to be moved. I think the "retail" Falcon looks like a lot of stylized logos. The logo (and the one on the helmets now) is much more distinctive, though less stylized.

But that's why Baskin Robbins makes 31 flavors...

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:05 pm

I just got back to the office after hitting the dtown store and SBX (we had mini-AZZ tailgate at SBX as we ran into Dayon and Marta). I almost bought that pillow. I ultimately voted "nay" on the question because my head is waaay bigger than that

The old logo/new logo split reminds me of the Judean People's front/People's front of Judea row in Monty Python's Life of Brian

Who's getting crucified?