pic: FIRST Proposed Medallion and Pin

[Akash Rastogi]

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[JaneYoung]

Just a question...

How many people have seen these Lunacy pins?

I saw one at the Championship and loved it. A few weeks ago, I received one in the mail, was very surprised, delighted, and will treat it as a treasure.

Having seen the pin, I was very happy to think about replacing the medals with pins, esp. thinking that each year, the pin would represent the season's game challenge. But, I do like the medals.

[ATannahill]

According to Bill's Blog they are given to the judges, I would like one.

[Chris is me]

I must admit that would look cool on my uniform next to the FTC pins.

[Pjohn1959]

These were given out to the judges only this year. I saw them during the 1st week competition at Oklahoma City and at Lone Star. After pleading and begging with the head judge all weekend to get one, he told me that they were only for the judges and that something 'special' was in store for them in the future. I guess we now know what that meant.

[EricLeifermann]

I like the pins more than the medals, but i think they could come up with a better design than that one. It would have been cooler for the pin to be a moon rock or a trailer, something that really signified the game not just the logo.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by EricLeifermann

I like the pins more than the medals, but i think they could come up with a better design than that one. It would have been cooler for the pin to be a moon rock or a trailer, something that really signified the game not just the logo.

I liked it precisely for that reason, because it was the logo.

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by EricLeifermann

I like the pins more than the medals, but i think they could come up with a better design than that one. It would have been cooler for the pin to be a moon rock or a trailer, something that really signified the game not just the logo.

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I liked it precisely for that reason, because it was the logo.

I'm more with Eric on this one. Incorporating the logo is fine, but I'd be a lot more jazzed about the idea with a more imaginative design than just the logo on white. It might be something FIRST can accomplish by tapping their current graphic designers (those game logos don't create themselves) or farm out to teams with the design chops if the lead times permit it. Regardless of the source, I'm of the belief that a more distinctive pin would better accomplish the visibility objective that Bill laid out in the first blog post.

I also note that the particular type of pin pictured seems to attract scratches. More durable pins would still come in significantly under the cost of a current medal (my rough calculations used cloisonne pins, generally the priciest among the online vendors) while yielding a pin that we wouldn't have to be paranoid about.

Just my 0.0003333333333% of the entry fee.

[Molten]

I'm siding with Jane on this one. I prefer it being just the logo. Much more just makes it look cluttered. I prefer things simple.

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Billfred

I also note that the particular type of pin pictured seems to attract scratches.

I dunno Billfred, this pin looks pretty sturdy. I'm not going to try to intentionally mar or scratch it to see, but I'm not going to be worried about that, there's like a coating on it. By the way, it measures 1" x 2" and it has 2 pin backings.

Regarding background color, I may have this wrong but for this logo, I think the background color is white. They don't always have white backgrounds, do they?

[Mr. Pockets]

I must say, most of my arguments were in favor of the medals, but the pin shown looks pretty sweet.

Originally Posted by EricLeifermann

I like the pins more than the medals, but i think they could come up with a better design than that one. It would have been cooler for the pin to be a moon rock or a trailer, something that really signified the game not just the logo.

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I liked it precisely for that reason, because it was the logo.

In destination imagination (previously known as "Oddessy of the Mind") teams from each of the states can purchase pins unique to their states to trade at globals. Michigan teams had roughly 12 different pins unique to Michigan teams that they could trade. I'm not saying that FIRST necessarily come out with 240 different participation pins ( ), but it might be cool for there to be three or four different pins randomly distributed to participants. This would allow there to not only be variety and possibly creativity amongst the awards, but also allow for award recipients to collect or trade the participation pins amongst themselves. (Shrugs) Just an idea.

[smurfgirl]

I really like the pins. I would be happy to see those implemented.

[EricLeifermann]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

I dunno Billfred, this pin looks pretty sturdy. I'm not going to try to intentionally mar or scratch it to see, but I'm not going to be worried about that, there's like a coating on it. By the way, it measures 1" x 2" and it has 2 pin backings.

Regarding background color, I may have this wrong but for this logo, I think the background color is white. They don't always have white backgrounds, do they?

Looking back at the logos from past years, you could easily have very unique pins that incorporated something with the game. Ex, 2007 the pin could have been a ringer that had the rack n roll 2007 around the ringer like it does on the pamphlet.

The lunacy pin shown just doesn't show any thing about the game really.(yes i know there are game pieces in the logo) but it still isn't eye as eye catching as it could be.

I do like that the pin is rather large, for a pin, though. It will make it much easier to see.

[Jared Russell]

I would be fine with that pin.

[Stormnnormn]

That pin is actually bigger than I was expecting, not that it is a bad thing.