Why did Vale ditch the sword helmet?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Goatboy @ Mar 19 2007, 09:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I hate to rain on your parade of cynicism, actually I don't at all, but none of those designs are ever marketed.
We won't see Excalibur t-shirts, keyrings etc etc It just doesn't happen.
A 2 minute google search.......................
link

That sort of pisses on your fire!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Goatboy @ Mar 19 2007, 10:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I hate to rain on your parade of cynicism, actually I don't at all, but none of those designs are ever marketed. It's really only the 46 & The Doctor that are, there was never an official Che Spettacolo t shirt or anything like that. We won't see Excalibur t-shirts, keyrings etc etc It just doesn't happen.

That might be so, it's no less important and it take care of the most important item, the marketing of Valentino Rossi as a brand name. Not every thing has to end up as sellable merchandise, the symbols can be just as important for a never ending hunt for renewal. High focus media-persons like Rossi are allways in the danger of over-exposure. Renewal is one key factor to fight that.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Burky @ Mar 19 2007, 11:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>A 2 minute google search.......................
link

That sort of pisses on your fire!
Not really, it's one helmet, not the uber barrage of merchandise you were alleging. There ain't no evil genius James Bond villain master mindage in releasing...one lid. Not when they could go so much further & don't.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Goatboy @ Mar 19 2007, 06:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Not really, it's one helmet, not the uber barrage of merchandise you were alleging. There ain't no evil genius James Bond villain master mindage in releasing...one lid. Not when they could go so much further & don't.
But somebody is making money!

Did I say I was being cynical, I don't recall. If I did, then I could have worded it better. Realistic is more like it.

Moto GP is a business. If I sound as if I think it's all false, then you get me wrong. What I think is that with Valentino, they have a very marketable product. I applaud them for their marketing genius.

Nope, I just checked. You said cynicism. It's not cynical, it's the real world. Valentino has become a very wealthy man. I wonder who paid for the seven dwarfs' expenses?

As for my quick google, it really was just that. One hit, one find. There must be other offshoots, but I'm not bothered to go looking, and nor should you to prove me wrong. From just this one find, AGV attract attention, and they have many other helmets. The product doesn't have to be massed produced, it has to be desirable. And if you can't get / afford the one you want, you tend to settle for the next best thing.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Burky @ Mar 19 2007, 06:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Nope, I just checked. You said cynicism. It's not cynical, it's the real world. Valentino has become a very wealthy man. I wonder who paid for the seven dwarfs' expenses?
Well it wasn't t-shirts.

he didn't "ditch" the sword...he shoved it up Perdobots arse during breaking at Losail.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Yamahamer-AL @ Mar 19 2007, 07:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>he didn't "ditch" the sword...he shoved it up Perdobots arse during breaking at Losail.


good one al

Why you ask?

Because deep down inside Vale knows that in King Haydens court he nothing more than a mere jester?










SS

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Yamahamer-AL @ Mar 19 2007, 01:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>he didn't "ditch" the sword...he shoved it up Perdobots arse during breaking at Losail.



Don´t forget Q for a Beemer at IRTA!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (VHMP01 @ Mar 19 2007, 03:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Don´t forget Q for a Beemer at IRTA!


oh thats right...he left the sheath in him there.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Burky @ Mar 19 2007, 11:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>A 2 minute google search.......................
link

That sort of pisses on your fire!
i agree motogp is a money making bussiness for all involved,that aside. what a ....... coooool lid. i want one.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Burky @ Mar 19 2007, 11:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>A 2 minute google search.......................
link

That sort of pisses on your fire!
AGV have released previous test helmet designs too.

fancy releasing 'one-off' replica lids eh

there was me thinking helmet manufacturers sponsored the riders out of love for the sport

rossi is such a greedy little .... bag isn't he ?

oh hang on.........



they're all at it

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (baldylocks @ Mar 20 2007, 12:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>fancy releasing 'one-off' replica lids eh

there was me thinking helmet manufacturers sponsored the riders out of love for the sport

rossi is such a greedy little .... bag isn't he ?

oh hang on.........



they're all at it
Of course they are!

cos its shocking!!!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hrcjunior @ Mar 20 2007, 06:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>cos its shocking!!!!
Yep, shockingly good.

Excalibur is now yours to own for around £400. I like it, again colour matched air vents would have been much better, but I can't buy another helmet. (I really like the new Shoei XR-1000 Diabolic Zero LE too.)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mjpartyboy @ May 4 2007, 11:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Excalibur is now yours to own for around £400. I like it, again colour matched air vents would have been much better, but I can't buy another helmet. (I really like the new Shoei XR-1000 Diabolic Zero LE too.)


that is very cool

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (baldylocks @ Mar 20 2007, 10:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>rossi is such a greedy little .... bag isn't he ?

.... yeah! and i say wahts wrong with thatt? that fuckers probly got a warehouse full of trphies, and a fan base biggar than the US army. I say, milk it, u curly hair ....... hes ...... earned it, fast ....... and his fans rae willin to pay for it. Good on him. Valentino Rossi dont got nuffin he dont deserve. Better than givin the fookin money to some F1 dipshit.

never liked the sword anyway, it was on total black paint so i felt it was only a testing design.

If he had kept it i'm sure Kera Koll would have been happy lol