Yes, I know what you were expecting. Everything about the post card from "wantEDdataeast", to it being hand penned and the Uranus stamp was intentional. You see I had no idea if you had actually given me your address or the address of your local McDonalds. I assumed (correctly) that you would find posting the postcard as is irresistible, which of course you did. This was only about confirming your address, which you have done. It is hard to proceed forth in any type of legal manner without a known good address. So basically you made this process a lot easier.

When you commission one of the world’s most renown fantasy artist you need to be prepared to protect your investment; I feel forced to protect the image in this situation for several reasons. You have seemed to have pressed this unnecessarily from the beginning by.. using the image AFTER I had said on the forum it had a copyright on it, not stopping its use when I told you to stop (that was your C&D) and the even the contents of your pinside messages .

I have given permission with compensation of the Survivor image on several occasions. Approved second rights to the use of the image are reasonable but not inexpensive.

This has become a very unfortunate unnecessary situation of your own making.

Very good post.

BTW Larry Elmore is the Artist that did the illustration for the back glass of the Dungeons & Dragons pinball machine.

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I am glad to hear several people like the Survivor image.

I have an offer. I will give a signed and numbered Survivor lithograph to anyone who makes a $35 donation to the Project Pinball folks, shipping would be $5 domestically...so $40 (I would like only to be reimbursed for the shipping costs). The Lithographs are signed by the one and only Larry Elmore. Limited Edition of 1,947. 35" x 23" inches in size.

I have not talked to the Project Pinball people, I am sure someone here knows them and can help arrange this?

A lot folks with spare time to make some incredible gifs... anyone have time to try to make this happen?

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Better proposal…I will challenge Pinside to the following:

A Kickstarter project to place a Project Pinball machine at the Shriners Children's Hospital in Lexington KY.

The Kickstarter would have a goal of $3299.

donation of:
$10 gets a postcard
$15 gets a postcard with Roswell soil attached
$35 gets a Signed & Numbered Lithograph
…etc
Maybe someone can donate some custom translites or something of that nature.

AND IF the $3299 goal it met… at that point I will do stretch goal of putting the now infamous Baywatch machine up at my original asking price of $3299.

And give ALL proceeds to Project Pinball. So basically donating the Baywatch machine (and my entire investment in it), all Lithographs and postcards to the Project Pinball charity.

I can NOT set this up. Someone would need to coordinate with the Project Pinball folks to make it happen. And if the $3299 is not met... no stretch goal Baywatch machine. (Of course any funds raised via any Kickstarter would be Project Pinballs.)

If it can not be set up I will still do the donations of the Lithographs.

Awesome. I will check the PM.

I think each would need as unique as possible. And signed "Immaculately yours, Wantdataeast"

I am sorry all... I have time to check posts on this site... maybe once / twice a day.

Sounds like we have an offer for some Tote bags to be donated BTW.

Clearly. At least in check form.

Look all, I have done nothing here BUT I am will to do all I said. But I can NOT set anything up with a Kickstarter. I do not have time. I think a Kickstarter is the only way it would work because it would be way too much labor to do this and that via PM. But I can work with those who have the time to set whatever up. I would just need 100% conformation that the Project Pinball folks are directly set up to get any / all funds.

Sorry for the delay I sent you the PM

Sorry for the delay all.... just catching up on posts now

Yes.
- The side art alone makes a Baywatch inappropriate for a children hospital.
1 - correct
2 - NO. the goal at $3299. If only $500 is raised that is fine. Who cares how much is raised? The more the better, it is a great charity organization. Everyone that donates at what ever level gets what they are promised.
3 - The "funded" part would be more for just throwing the actually pin out there as the stretch goal... at that point some could buy it or not. If someone wanted the pin at $3299 I would not be the one seeing that money from it, in fact i lose my initial investment in the machine (... "lose" is not really an appropriate word my initial investment become essentially donated.)
4 - correct

your follow up 1 & 2
1 - That is not gonna happen.
2 - I am not sure how the typically Kickstarters work but I would prefer to just ship weekly as donations were made. So everyone would see them being shipped. And clearly the bigger concern here would be that some random person, not me nor Project Pinball, would be getting the money. So it would have to be set up so only Project Pinball had access to the funds.

...again sorry for the slow response, very busy weekend.

I pretty much did not bother to delete it, but I will not re-up any such ad until I can see if there is any pinside interest on what I have proposed.

I just rejected to what seemed to be a serious request about the Baywatch from a semi-local person with a "Sorry man she is not available any longer". I am not going to make pitch for a charity then immediately sell it, unless of course the concept of a Kickstarter "has no legs". I can not do a Kickstarter on my own... no time. If there is no one to help on this, sadly it's not going to happen. And I will just be donating signed and numbered Survivor Lithographs per any $35 donation to Project Pinball (and a $5 via paypal to me for the shipping cost).

Yes correct. How much and why people raise money for a charity is not the point. It is raising it. I could not care less why someone would donate to a project like this. If there was limited edition of some tote bag, mug, T-shirt or whatever who cares if it moves any charity project forward.

Agreed. What he said.
PM me and we can contact the Project Pinball folks and make it happen.

Until then $35 donation to Project Pinball and $5 to me for shipping gets you a Signed and Numbered Larry Elmore Survivor Print! ... and I will throw in a FREE Post card with tiny Roswell soil sample.

enjoy... friend.

Quite often passing a collection plate will clear a church revival tent... So I guess we will see.

PM me your address. You are getting a free Post card for the pic in that post.

... it was the "leg day" reference and pic... priceless!

Shipping Survivor prints now. I had to order these square mailers special for any Pinside donation orders, and they just arrived today. Honestly I do not like them but they result in much cheaper shipping than my regular round capped tubes. Packed with a lithograph, postcard and Roswell soil sample, they still only weight 11 oz, so they will ship first class. I guessed I was going to lose on the shipping cost but it looks like the cost of the mailer and shipping it works out right at $5.

So they are ready to go and will be shipping out ASAP from now on after donation is made to the Project Pinball folks and $5 sent to me for shipping.

I will do my best to put a unique comment on each postcard and hopefully they will be shared here.

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It is packed and ships out tomorrow. Thanks

go to http://projectpinball.org/donate/
donate $35, PM me a screenshot of showing me you made a payment...just so I know it happened.
and I will send you my paypal address for the $5 shipping.