So I’ve got a homemade backyard forge going now. Been doing things for personal amusement like knives, throwing stars and similar stuff.
Basically just using stucco clam shell molds and producing castings. Figured out it would be easy to make just about anything, especially if using aluminum from coke cans.
So I need some product ideas. What is your typical (preferably left leaning socialist) ebay idiot going to spend $10-20 on?
I’ve got some promotion ideas figured out. Hand crafted by native American artisans (technically true) and will benefit some kind of Freedom Foundation (technically also true, profits will go directly to my ammo supply).
Thinking of themes like “Nationwide Pride”, “All Lives Matter” and the like. I figure if China can sell cast aluminum crap, so can I. I also have basic “testor model paint” skills if needed. Just need actual product ideas.
How about a little bust of Obama on a little wooden base. 2008 - 2016 and paint it like a rainbow. … btw, if you make it to home shopping network with this you owe me a box of ammo.
Rainbowbama, destined to replace the dashboard Jesus.
Might work, just not sure if I will get enough detail for a bust that would actually look good enough to sell. Some of the ones being offered on sale right now look like crap.
Who the hell said it would need to be detailed. Go full on cartoon with it, big ears, big lips, and a big nose. Bonus if the ears are big enough that you can glide the mofo. Put hope and change on the front, and despair in tiny letters on the bottom, or something like that. Make it a total satirical product.
Something that actually LOOKS like Obama would sell. Something making fun of Obama probably wouldn’t sell. People like us might laugh at it, but nobody is going to “BUY IT NOW” for $25.00
You could always make a casting for an Obama Lawn Jockey, instead of a lantern you can have him holding a bag with a $ and “YOUR MONEY” printed on it.
I think it would sell almost anywhere in Texas, well, maybe not some parts of Austin.
I thought about something like that, but I could never make money competing against $8 “Made in China” TAPCO crap, and I want to do simple castings, not get involved in drilling and tapping for screws, etc. More importantly, the gun crowd is a tad “frugal” when it comes to spending money.
Just say it is banned, going to be banned, or zombie and they’ll pay through the nose and out their right testicle. At least that is the way it seems. No one wants 855 until someone says the ATF are banning it, and even after that shit I still have people try to sell me 20 loose rounds for $30.
