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1. 144 represents the TOTAL amount produced. (A dozen dozens.)
2. I don't believe that's feasible. The product is ordered in bulk, New Era doesn't offer the ability to customize every single hat. We'd have to add that ourselves after the fact and we don't have the equipment to do so.
3. I don't think New Era will make hoodies for us, so their embroidery isn't an option for other products.
Our efforts this year were focused on the caps. We might do another shirt one day if there's overwhelming demand. For now, we do have a full size run of the NT Alpha design available on store.niketalk.com in case anyone would like one to go with the caps.
ecapcity.com does offer international shipping options. Refer to their website for details: http://www.ecapcity.com/customer-service
Yes, interested buy/sell guides should contact me - but must observe our 1 per person limit on staff orders. As I mentioned earlier, even Nelson C and I are only getting one cap each to leave as many as possible for others.
You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't on that. If you just put the NT logo on the front and nothing else, people will get on you for being completely unimaginative.
With anything, you can't please 100% of people because often people's tastes and interests are in conflict. When you try to please everyone, you come out with something that's middling and unambitious. We'd rather have a strong vision in mind and stay true to that. I think Rajah did a great job with the design and it seems like a lot of our fellow members agree with that.
It's free to say you want something. We're interested in seeing what the actual level of demand is for a product like this, so we started small to minimize our exposure. Investing in a warehouse full of unsold products = less money for charity. Traditionally, users have dramatically overstated their level of interest in apparel products. Given that, micro-releases make more sense for us. If this one goes well, perhaps we'll do another. If not, at least we won't lose money on the gamble.
Sales will cover the production costs, so no one will be stuck with the bill on this. The profit generated will go to charity, so everyone wins.
I take it you're not a big sneaker fan and/or you were born in the 90's.
We considered doing a "quickstrike" release, but the goal was to give everyone a fair chance. This is something people have been asking us for literally for years now. It's a bit harsh to have it sell out one random night and tell people, "Oh, you weren't here at 2 am on a Wednesday? Sorry about that. I guess you missed out." Even if everyone who wants one can't get one, at least everyone interested has a chance.
If demand far exceeds what we were able to produce, we'll see what we can do to undercut the aftermarket gouging, but I wouldn't take a second series for granted. We'll wait and see how these do.
That's standard retail. If you want a genuine New Era cap, that's what it costs.
Sometimes you guys sound like Agnes Skinner at the grocery store: "I want everything in one bag! And I don't want the bag to be heavy!" "Uh, I don't think that's possible...." "What are you, the possible police? JUST DO IT!"
