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Originally Posted by thirdraildesignlab
That's not a Motoring File badge, right?
What gives?
I've seen the mascot on the MINI site, but...
Yep, http://www.motoringbadges.com/Badges9.html
 
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Originally Posted by thirdraildesignlab
That's not a Motoring File badge, right?
What gives?
I've seen the mascot on the MINI site, but...
Although MINI uses the bulldog as an icon for their brand, I don't think they have exclusive ownership of the silhouette. But I'm not completely sure.
 
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Originally Posted by dickdavid
Although MINI uses the bulldog as an icon for their brand, I don't think they have exclusive ownership of the silhouette. But I'm not completely sure.
They don't have exclusive rights to the vector artwork I created. It was modeled after the bulldog on the site but of course subtly different.
 
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There needs to be a girly badge of some sort. Something with pink. Is that specific enough? Oh and for the R56's... Got Boost?
 
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I have a got boost design!: (insert shameless plug here)

http://www.cafepress.com/buddha_belly/2775500
 
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that's a cool design!
I wish Cafe Press gave you some control over sizing of the magnets... get them just the right badge size, spray some UV on there, snd you'd be golden...
 
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Originally Posted by thirdraildesignlab
that's a cool design!
I wish Cafe Press gave you some control over sizing of the magnets... get them just the right badge size, spray some UV on there, snd you'd be golden...
TY!! I am not thrilled with their magnets. Other stuff is cool, but the magnets are cheezy.

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Here's my small collection so far. Trinity, I'd also like to get a girl-oriented badge of some sort. I thought about modifying my Jolly Roger one with a little pink bow or something . We'll see...
 
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Here's my small collection so far. Trinity, I'd also like to get a girl-oriented badge of some sort. I thought about modifying my Jolly Roger one with a little pink bow or something . We'll see...
Okay... I'l do what I can do. It may be tough, but I've designed for women before in my professional life with some success
 

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I woudn't mind seeing a more graphic version of the NAM badge. Maybe just the logo icon circled by the name. A MotoringUnderground version would be cool too.
 
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Originally Posted by doodlez
Here's my small collection so far. Trinity, I'd also like to get a girl-oriented badge of some sort. I thought about modifying my Jolly Roger one with a little pink bow or something . We'll see...
Nice collection! Hopefully mine will arrive this week. I think a pink bow would look good

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Okay... I'l do what I can do. It may be tough, but I've designed for women before in my professional life with some success
Thanks Gabe! Maybe pink & black checkers, pink skull & crossbones
 

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I woudn't mind seeing a more graphic version of the NAM badge. Maybe just the logo icon circled by the name. A MotoringUnderground version would be cool too.
I've still got the original NAM logo files somewhere from when I designed it all those years ago. I'll ask Mark what he thinks.
 
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Originally Posted by Gabe
I've still got the original NAM logo files somewhere from when I designed it all those years ago. I'll ask Mark what he thinks.
AWESOME! Don't get me wrong. I like the badges NAM has now (in fact I own one), but I prefer the simpler, more graphic badges to make my statements.
 
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Originally Posted by dickdavid
AWESOME! Don't get me wrong. I like the badges NAM has now (in fact I own one), but I prefer the simpler, more graphic badges to make my statements.
Between you and me.. I couldn't agree more
 
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HEY! Thanks for the shout out on WRR woofcast 158. Very cool!
 
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Bump. I know there are more of you out there.
 
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Well, here are a couple I "wore" on the Dragon Parade this year. I have more (Though not as many as you ) and plan on getting a pic of them all together soon

 

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Okay... I'l do what I can do. It may be tough, but I've designed for women before in my professional life with some success
Gabe, if you can incorporate lingerie into a grille badge, I will buy one for the pure novelty of it!

Originally Posted by Trinity07
Nice collection! Hopefully mine will arrive this week. I think a pink bow would look good
Thanks Gabe! Maybe pink & black checkers, pink skull & crossbones
Thanks! Can't wait to see your collection when it arrives. I agree that hot pink and black variations of some of the existing designs would be great!

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...but I prefer the simpler, more graphic badges to make my statements.
I have to agree with you here. The fronts of our MINI's have a lot going on visually, so the simpler and bolder the badge is, the more it stands out rather than getting lost. I love the ones that I have so far, and can't wait to get some more!

I wonder what the overall most popular badge is? My knee-jerk guess would be the UJ, but I could very easily be wrong...
 
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Doodlez is right.

Something in a thong.

Send me two.

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How about:

"Man enough to wear a Thong"

or something like that.

Sure to be a conversation starter.

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Originally Posted by doodlez
Gabe, if you can incorporate lingerie into a grille badge, I will buy one for the pure novelty of it! ...
Originally Posted by jsouz
Something in a thong.

Send me two.

JPS


Funny, but I don't think I'm man enough to wear that badge.

It's too bad there are so many copyright issues with brand logos. I wouldn't mind having (me being a Mac person) an Apple or Adobe logo badge (yes I'm a brand *****).

And, I guess if I'm going down this road, my fantasy wish list would have some stuff from Shepard Fairey (OBEY Giant) or House Industries.
 
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Here are mine so far...I would love to have one that just says Turbocharged...don't even think about it! For those ricer boys out there that always want to race me!
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Here are mine so far...I would love to have one that just says Turbocharged...don't even think about it! For those ricer boys out there that always want to race me!
Attachment 21259 Attachment 21260 Attachment 21261
It's nice to see the R56s with badges as well.
 
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Finally!

Here's my collection. My favorites are the Welsh Dragon and Shamrock. Im going to have to start working on some of my own, I have lots of ideas for new ones. If only I could make them of the quality of toddsmods! BTW - Does it matter which side the badge is on?

 
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Originally Posted by Trinity07
Here's my collection. My favorites are the Welsh Dragon and Shamrock. Im going to have to start working on some of my own, I have lots of ideas for new ones. If only I could make them of the quality of toddsmods! BTW - Does it matter which side the badge is on?

Nice collection. I don't think it matters. For some reason, I was drawn to put mine on the driver's side.
 


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