Bill McElroy
Well-Known Member
As I mentioned a while back,..I had a HUGE announcement to make in the near future,..well....I can tell you this much now!....Affective May 1st...I signed a 5 year world-wide licensing agreement with Action-Performance out of Pheonix, AZ. to create and market Scales and Tales artwork, gift items, collectables, and a multitude of other merchandise all over the world. This is an opportunity of a lifetime for a cartoonist and it's our intention to make S&T a household name over the next couple of years. Products will be made available in WalMart, Target, BPS, NASCAR collectable stores and a multitude of other retailers all over the country and in foreign countries as well!! Other items we plan to bring to the table include bedroom sets for kids, including, towels, sheets, comforters, wall paper borders, lamps, throw rugs, picture frames etc..etc...there is no limit as to what we plan on doing. I will be doing a LOT with Ranger and we will be crossing over and establishing products and advertising with the NASCAR market as well......plans are still in the works and evolving every day, so I won't say any more until things are finalized, but my contract with them is the same as the ones they have with Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Hank Parker, and 2 other VERY WELL KNOWN Fishermen who shall remain nameless until their deals are signed as well....but Action-Performance is the company that handles all the licensing and product development for NASCAR,...they make and sell the die-cast collectable Nascar replicas as well as the die-cast bassboat's in 1/24th, 1/32, and 1/64th scale models. Obviously, this is going to be a break for me like no other, but it will require more work on my end and ultimatly lead to what I want most out of life,.....to be able to make a living cartooning and have the opportunity to fish where ever I want,..when I want,..for as long as I want!!..LOL (yeah,..riiight!) Anyway,..A-P is a very aggressive company and they have ideas that blow my mind,...and I throw ideas by them that get them equally as fired up, so this is going to be an incredible relationship! I will keep everyone posted as things develope but they want some initial items in some stores as soon as this Xmas! The real aggresive marketing campaign will start in Jan.'04,...because we will be developing the various items all summer and fall and of course it will take time to get everything made, and then sent to distributors for marketing and distribution. I will have total final approval authority on every single item that is developed bearing my name or the Scales and Tales logo, and even the copy and photo's for any ad's will be approved by me BEFORE it ever hits the media or goes into mass production. It's an awesome contract and extremely fair, both financially and legally...A-P is the sponsorship of ALL sponsorships for anybody involved in motorsports, professional fishing and now Cartooning!!..LOL.....they recognized what I had to offer,..they came to me with several proposals and we made it happen!! It all started at Beaver Lk and was finalized before I left for KY. I will tell you more later, but I can't thank you guys and gals enough for all of your support and well wishes. Look for some really cool fishing related stuff in the very near future and we'll have stuff designed for people of ALL ages....we'll be the PEANUTS of the fishing World!!LOL
Ranger asked me to develope a custom Tshirt for them for the BMC, and I'll be there signing those shirts at a table with Forrest Wood, so make sure you stop by the Ranger booth at the Classic if you're going to be in 'Nawlin's this July......stop by and say Hi!! I'll be splitting my time between BPS and Ranger, so look for me at either place! More to come later,....but that's what's happening so far this year,..who'da thought a tournament as tough as that Beaver Lk one was,..would've produced a deal like this?? Mini,....YOU are the MAN, and you have now been promoted to Towel-Man Emeritus
http://www.Action-Performance.com
Ranger asked me to develope a custom Tshirt for them for the BMC, and I'll be there signing those shirts at a table with Forrest Wood, so make sure you stop by the Ranger booth at the Classic if you're going to be in 'Nawlin's this July......stop by and say Hi!! I'll be splitting my time between BPS and Ranger, so look for me at either place! More to come later,....but that's what's happening so far this year,..who'da thought a tournament as tough as that Beaver Lk one was,..would've produced a deal like this?? Mini,....YOU are the MAN, and you have now been promoted to Towel-Man Emeritus
http://www.Action-Performance.com
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