Just Odd

[Halfbaked]

I went to buy a gift for someone at Freo Oval today and to watch training. When I found this. My old bag was on its last legs and it was $200 cheaper. Being a Shark fan I could not help my self, BUT WTF BLUE AND WHITE FREO MERCHANDISE.

I like odd things.

 

[jusjoshin]

Quality control issue?

 

[estibador]

Maybe the club are sourcing their merch from Bali these days?

 

[Halfbaked]

Quality control issue?

Yes, they had a few problems.

 

[UFO Tatsu]

I went to buy a gift for someone at Freo Oval today and to watch training. When I found this. My old bag was on its last legs and it was $200 cheaper. Being a Shark fan I could not help my self, BUT WTF BLUE AND WHITE FREO MERCHANDISE.
I like odd things.

wow the traditionalist will not be happy

 

[Halfbaked]

wow the traditionalist will not be happy

While it appealed to me, I like different things, one would have thought tossing them may have been smarter.

 

[Righteo]

wow the traditionalist will not be happy

Eh, they already consider our current purple to be navy blue anyway but yes this is more ammunition for those types.

 

[UFO Tatsu]

Eh, they already consider our current purple to be navy blue anyway but yes this is more ammunition for those types.

what would add more fuel is that if you change the logo to a norf one, it actually looks rather legit

 

[Freo Shark]

Inspired thinking to have blue n white, associate yourself with a successful culture. Not as if you would gain anything from a red n white one.

 

[beetz]

I thought this thread was going to be about Craig Moller.

 

[serial_thrilla]

My guess would be that it's so a couple can both have a Dockers golf bag, and still be able to tell them apart out on the course. Kind of like a "his and hers" thing.

 

[Gekko71]

I worked at an IP Licensing and Merchandising for several years... that's a balls-up no two ways about it - however given the cost of producing said blue bag (even as a one-off prototype) would be considerable, I can forgive them wanting to sell it.

Might be a good idea going you snapping it up, there won't be many more like it made and its apparent rarity *might* conceivably make it valuable in a few years. Very hard to get your hands on prototypes / misprints like that if you're a genuine collector (assuming there are a lot of FFC merchandise collectors out there that is).

I suppose it's possible it was a deliberate decision to make it all blue, but given the FFC's brand equity / corporate livery is so heavily tied up with purple (and the colour is so well-liked by the fans) most likely it's a mistake / one-off

 

[Silent Alarm]

Reginald Perrin

 

[Halfbaked]

I worked at an IP Licensing and Merchandising for several years... that's a balls-up no two ways about it - however given the cost of producing said blue bag (even as a one-off prototype) would be considerable, I can forgive them wanting to sell it.

Might be a good idea going you snapping it up, there won't be many more like it made and its apparent rarity *might* conceivably make it valuable in a few years. Very hard to get your hands on prototypes / misprints like that if you're a genuine collector (assuming there are a lot of FFC merchandise collectors out there that is).

I suppose it's possible it was a deliberate decision to make it all blue, but given the FFC's brand equity / corporate livery is so heavily tied up with purple (and the colour is so well-liked by the fans) most likely it's a mistake / one-off

These are a standard Afl line. Each team has the same bag in their colours. I would have thought one phone call would have got them a refund and probably did. It was a stuff up, that's why the big discount. They still have eight to sell.

 

[surfsup]

Dockerland will implode!!

 

[Kram]

Oh the humanity.

 

[Reginald Perrin]

Reginald Perrin

Surprised the word Fremantle is still on it tbh.

 

[Arcassius]

I went to buy a gift for someone at Freo Oval today and to watch training. When I found this. My old bag was on its last legs and it was $200 cheaper. Being a Shark fan I could not help my self, BUT WTF BLUE AND WHITE FREO MERCHANDISE.
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I like odd things.

Looks purple to me

 

[jedi mind tricks]

Inspired thinking to have blue n white, associate yourself with a successful culture. Not as if you would gain anything from a red n white one.

Your oval looks like a tip and your club rooms a tin shed.

 

[estibador]

My guess would be that it's so a couple can both have a Dockers golf bag, and still be able to tell them apart out on the course. Kind of like a "his and hers" thing.

Well if it's anything like ex's I've played golf with hers is the one that only moves 3 metres at a time.

On a related note, playing golf together is a good way to quicken the transition from gf to ex.

 

[Halfbaked]

Just got back from golf, surprisingly the colour of the bag did not improve my game. I'm still crap.

 

[Halfbaked]

Your oval looks like a tip and your club rooms a tin shed.

But we LOVE every bit of it.

 

[AAACockburn]

Your oval looks like a tip and your club rooms a tin shed.

Don't forget back in the day it used to reak of piss and had no shade.

 

[Halfbaked]

Don't forget back in the day it used to reak of piss and had no shade.

You are right it did reak of piss. The funny thing is that it only smelled like that when a derby was being played.

 

[Kram]

Golf is almost as boring as fishing for a hobby.