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Ninjak oversized chromium card

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I just put my Ninjak oversized chromium card on eBay, so have at it! :D

Here's the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 2253057265

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Any Idea where these cards came from? How and for what reason were they produced? I also have one but been trying to figure this stuff out. :?

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There's a thread in the General section entitled "Ninjak Avatar" where we're trying to figure out where this card came from. I really don't know a whole lot about it myself.

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That's a big *SQUEE* card!!! :o

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Post by comxfan »

This might shed some light on it. Thought I had one, and the letter that came with it. (from my retailer days).
Looked in my card album, and found something similar. Only instead of a card, it is the chromium Window decal. (measures 4.75 x 7.75). The letter reminded me that this came with that month's bundle of Valiant Voice. It instructed us to hang it prominently (which I didn't, shame on me!). When Ninjak #1 shipped to the store, if we took a picture holding the book and standing by the decal, they would reward us with a Gold Ninjak #1!

They went all out with the marketing campaign on this book, so I'm wondering if Brother J's card wasn't something that they may have sent to fans for doing something similar, since the gold logo book was for the retailers. They were always offering cool swag in return for in-store pics of Valiant displays, etc.

Just an idea, may be wrong. Won't be the first time. :lol:

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Post by DJSpecter »

Yeah you're wrong. The Gold Logo program was designed for everyone. Dealers often bought in. Were dealers given books arbitrarily or just for being good dealers? I don't know. Do you?

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Post by comxfan »

Not wrong about the Gold book being a retailer incentive in this case (and have the letter from them stating so). It wasn't an exclusive to retailers either, didn't mean to insinuate that. What I am probably wrong on is my guess on the origin of the oversized card.......

We were sent gold books from time to time by Valiant to use for in-store promotions. I believe I probably got about 10 different ones, and even got 10 copies of Ninjak #1 gold one day in the mail from them. Their marketing rep at the time was very store friendly (Paul Fairchild I believe), and we got sent many different premium books. Couldn't be a reward, cause we were buying about 2 of each title overall (1 for me, 1 for one of my customers).

We did try to push Valiant stuff, and I periodically would pick a title and order some extra copies to try and get new readers. I contacted them directly about my plans several times, so maybe they were just rewarding me for my efforts.

Guess that's why I really liked the company from a retailer standpoint. They worked with us in trying to promote their stuff, instead of just giving us the "privilege" to sell it to others.....
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Post by Brother J »

Hey, this one's ending in less than a day, as well. It's sitting at the opening bid. I think this one ends tomorrow morning. Not sure why because I normally don't list items in the morning. :?


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