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Originally Posted by steve B
Ah, now things come together! I didn't know the contest was that small. There's probably too many beer awards these days.
The fine print on the label says Michigan Brewing Co, so private label but using Helmars recepie. They're currently doing a vanity brand for Kid Rock, so it looks like that's part of their business. (Fad beers like Billy beer, JR beer, M.A.S.H beer were all brewed by various brewers, so it's nothing new)
I guess the question is how big a business has to be to be "real"? If you have actual product -even a vanity brand with extremely limited distribution and a home office to run it from is that not a real business?
Even making leeway for card sets done while the players were current leaves a ton of collectors sets in the Gimick grab for cash category. And sets with a deliberately short printed card? Pretty much the same thing to me.
so 33 goudey, George C Miller, US Caramel.....Gimicks?
Helmar gets denounced for using R319 , but Topps gets a pass on allen and ginter and T206, Tristar gets a pass on Obak, UD? gets a pass on Goudey or diamond stars or whatever name they used....
Is a gimick ok from a big company but not a tiny one?
Steve B
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I don't like Topps 206 or any of the other companies using existing names..mainly because it's made ebay much harder to search for vintage cards...But I bet all of those companies are paying licensing fees to use the images of former players...I'd sure like to know if Helmar is doing so.
Until this thread I seriously though Helmar was some big brand name only because of these cards, and I think that's what Helmar wants us to think.