Patches!
🕑 Added 2019-03-19 05:00:08 +0000 UTCI'll be honest: Project Lightening did not meet projections in terms of direct sales / advertising dollars. It also had no effect on Patreon funding yet. We did not take a loss, but the pay per hour is about $1.50 as things stand.
So if and when we do this again we'll have to include some merchandising options or other means to cover the mix of effort and liability. To that end we are testing a limited run of patches. Everyone seems to have loved the logos we designed for the project, so now you can own them while showing your support for these over-the-top productions.
Patrons, you get a big discount: over 30%
Just use the code: Thunder10
Comments
C&Rsenal
Thanks for the support!
Alden Skinner
Just got my patches today! Mr Green & Miss Orange fit nicely on my Maxpedition Fatboy. Mr Blue will just have to find someplace else to live...
C&Rsenal
We will start to fill in neutrals as we get gaps in belligerent WWI guns
C&Rsenal
Has it been that long?
C&Rsenal
Thank
Greg Merrill
Ordered, plus a nice print for myself that I forgot I wanted to buy. One quibble, actually two. your link to 'print shop' should change to just 'shop" and when will you do the swiss guns? Neutral party firearms perhaps?
Ron Johnson
Got my patches. (Took six -- EDIT: two -- weeks, so don't panic if they don't instantly arrive.)
Matt
Ordered and paid full price to give ya'll a bit more support. Hope this helps a bit!
C&Rsenal
I suspect that there is no direct funnel to getting viewership up thanks to our longer format and back catalog. Slow and steady
C&Rsenal
Always best to remember who really pays for the show!
Kevin R
Ordered Patches. Lighting series was great!!
praack
agree with Erik, more of a hat and t-shirt guy, bought the vid immediately too. but that's so weird in that no uptick on viewership or patron numbers..
Michael Schumacher
Same here.
Erik
Not much of a patch guy, but went and did the deed anyway. Righteous content, and you guys went the long way to Tipperary on that one. Probably going to be signing on with Ian shortly. . .so he can hopefully get to lick his very own Lewis gun.
Patches and Project Lightning ordered. I tell ya, I'd go for a tshirt that had your patented plastic pokie on it.
Kyle Gilmar
You need to stop with the discounts. We just ignore them.
Ordered the patches and upped my Patreon support. I admire your work!
Chairman
Ordered, discount ignored (thanks anyway).
C&Rsenal
Thank you for the support
C&Rsenal
rofl, noted!
C&Rsenal
I'm thinking the feather would do better on a shirt for sure.
C&Rsenal
The hope is that we've expanded the audience base. The #1 vector for C&Rsenal has been Patrons. Yeah we have a lot of subscribers, but only about 24,000 regular viewers, people who watch every Primer episode. Of that number roughly 30% is translated into a dollar a month. Which is an insane ratio compared to most of YouTube. Thankfully so, because our spending is also insane to keep up with this show!
C&Rsenal
"limited" by our unwillingness to leave any unsold!
C&Rsenal
4 real.
C&Rsenal
Yeah, our printer has been fighting for a better way and it's getting worse. Apparently there is a government-related issue there.
C&Rsenal
You already contribute!
Chris Crowther
*yoink*
VintagePhone
ordered (and became a patron - i'm a cross-over from ForgottenWeapons). Great job, guys - absolutely enjoyed the series - thanks for all the hard work
DaveJD
I hoped you do a set of these -- bravo! Got mine on order.
David Burnham
Ordered! THANKYOU!
Erik
How about the "Patented, Plastic, Pokey" banner on the front of a T-shirt, and on the back, a roundel made of a Gew 98, an SMLE (volley sights up please), a Lebel, a M.N. 1891, a Springfield, and a M1917 with "and then. . .WAR WERE DECLARED". Possibly also a different version with the major machineguns, but otherwise same? I would claw myself over a mountain of dead puppies for those. Maybe also one dedicated to the pressed-into-service outdated rifles (Martini, 71/84, Gras, etc...) - perhaps with the caption "Old Fart's Reservist Corps - 1914-1918".
Patches ordered. Thank you for all you guys do.
David Grunt
I'd love to see some lightning feather logo patches or t-shirt
Wayne Dygert
So... $1.50/hrX20hr/day=$30.00/day. Good wages... for 1950. Ordered patches and a rifles of WWII poster. Thank you for all your good work.
David Gummo
Uhhh limited edition patches? Here just take my money.....no discount needed.
David Gummo
I don't want a t-shirt with "War Were Declared" i want that as a notification on my phone every time i get a message.
David Clark
I just finished ordering a set of patches. Now, if you were ever to make a "War Were Declared" t-shirt, I'll bet my toes that thing would sale out in a day
Michael Quinn
This is where the real money gets made. <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oNZove4OTtI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oNZove4OTtI</a>
Bryan Sportel
It's both. If my guess is right they used the feather to signify light weight because they are supposed to be light machine guns, while the lightning bolt stands for for the striking power that they were supposed to have. Just my guess.
Bought them. You all put so much blood sweat and tears into this show. You all deserve TV spot lights on history shows, especially about WW1. Hell, even a sponsorship by Mauser, Savage, or Colt would be nice. I’ll be a Patreon for as long as I can, but god I hope amazing things come to you all and you won’t need us anymore!
Keith Hickson
Ordered, it is a shame you didn't do the four to include the project lightning logo as well. was there any reason it was shaped like a white feather? I know it is a lightening bolt but it does resemble a feather in my mind.
James G. Jones
Ordered a set. Sorry used discount, but planning on buying a 98K poster on payday anyways.
J.Walton
You guys gotta do the Hi Guys and Patented Pokey Thing T-shirts.
Agent Akin
Ordered! No discount... sorry it hasn’t worked out as planned. I bought the videos too
Harold Snyder
Ordered the patches, and a cool poster! (1911)
Harold Snyder
What? Discount? LOL
Michael Schumacher
Just ordered, no discount. Gotta support my favorite channels - even though postage to Europe is hefty...
Afflickted
Those icons are so cute, Im not gonna lie. I need em
Clovis Chitwood
Yes, bling for my hat.
Ron Johnson
Got mine, no discount.
Same here, got them full price because y'all are worth it.
Craig Justus
Paying full price. You guys deserve it.
Matt Bakken
I just ordered mine at full price. Keep up the good work.
Paul Kerns
Thanks for the discount but I'll pay full price. It's well worth it.