is this a legitimate promotional item?

[mikermon]

it looks sort of dodgy and homemade. hopefully someone who attended the event can answer.

no disrespect to whoever had them made if its real, i am just used to seeing better quality pokemon items.

link below

http://cgi.ebay.com/ADV-Pokemon-Promo-National-Championships-Players-Bag_W0QQitemZ190129554337QQihZ009QQcategoryZ2608QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Poliwag92]

no i never saw anything like it at nats

[SD PokeMom]

note it's from mexico's nationals, not US nationals...ives could probably tell us about it.

'mom

[Pablo]

these were given out to all participats at Mexico Nationals indeed, I have one myself.

[Burninating_Torchic]

these were given out to all participats at Mexico Nationals indeed, I have one myself.

ALL participants?
Wow, that's crazy.

[Dom]

Looks horrible =[

[Van78]

Looks horrible =[

is not ,actually its very cool...:thumb:

[rhodesia123]

so hundreds of these are swarming mexico??

[Pablo]

260 or so

[Poliwag92]

I want a Poke Purse!

[IvesRountree]

This Particular otem has a curious story, it was slated to be used last year, but we had trouble with the import, so last year we ended up giving slinger red and black bags, I will try to find a post on it, the specifics of this model showcased is that the nationals logo is embroidered, fully embroidered, and yes, it does look awesome, as a matter of fact I saw some people trading for them at nationals, and even more asking for extras. Every registered player got one, so I am not sure why it says that not all attendants got one, as a matter of fact I still have some left; there is even a staff version on beige, unfortunately, I was dumb enough to just have 15 made of those, and I had a bigger staff than 15... so not even I have one of the staff ones.

You cant say we dont spoil our players in Mexico now, can we?

On a side note, I find it somewhat sad that these are starting to find its way into ebay, moral of the story is that next year I'll better advertise 5 usd for anyone attending instead of giving away a 15 dollars item to every attendant.

[PokePop]

See you in Hawaii Ives! :wink:

[PokePockets]

Those are pretty cool, i would have gone to Mexico Nats just for one of those =)

[Dom]

The logo's way too big, I wouldnt wanna be seen w/ it.

[IvesRountree]

The logo's way too big, I wouldnt wanna be seen w/ it.

Why wouldnt you? if it makes you ashamed, then you can simply turn and have the pokemon logo stuck to your side instead of outside, and noone would notice it, but I guess everyone has a different opinion.

[Dom]

Not ashamed as such, but its just a bit too showy.

[IvesRountree]

Not ashamed as such, but its just a bit too showy.

Well, that is a VERY valid point, I usually wear not so fancy stuff myself, its just that the idea of a promotional item is to have people noticing it, so the bigger the promotional logo the better, unless it makes people not want to use it, which might happen on this case.

[Flygonian Gardy]

Not ashamed as such, but its just a bit too showy.

i could care less 'bout how "showy" it looks. i'd sport it the same way i do my Charizard book-bag!!!

[Dom]

Exactly!

Just saying its not to my taste, I'm sure many people would love to have these.

[bulbasnore]

Outstanding. I'll take Dom's!

Actually its a pretty cool bag and much improved from the "no pokemon logo" style a few years ago, eh?!

[Regis_Neo]

I personally think that's a pretty neat bag. I wish they could make some for local events also.

[Dom]

Outstanding. I'll take Dom's!If only I were Mexican :wink:

[The Gorn]

I want a Poke Purse!

I wish we got purses for our event in the US.

Maybe PUI can give us hairbrushes or something.

[moza]

^how about HAIRSPRAY?

[PokePop]

^how about HAIRSPRAY?

Oh, I can just hear the cries of "My eyes! My eyes!" now.

[mumsascrappa]

I think it looks pretty cool. What is the size of it? Will it hold a deck box and damage counters?

[Dragoncius]

I have one too. It is great for carrying your decks and even any folder in which you carry your cards. I carry in it my 3 deck boxes, my dice and counters in a little bag with zipper it has inside and my little (4-pocket pages) card album. I like it a lot.

Thanks Ives! :D

[afirule]

Well we got a visit from Dave Schwimmer!!! Beat that! :cool:

Interesting item- i thought someone had got an iron on transfer at first though!!

[ilikegengar]

U.S. Players at Nats got a nice t-shirt. Did you get a t-shirt in Mexico or just the bag?

[IvesRountree]

Just the bag this year, though on previous years PUI did send shirts, customs was a nightmare, so we dropped the shirts, and had this made.

[Lawman]

I think it was a nice item Ives! WTG...you go the extra mile for the players in MX.

Keith