The Great Christmas Mince Pie and Plasticine Experiment
We had an idea.
Only we had it a bit late, but it was so good we thought rather than waste our Sunday with sleep, food and alcohol we’d whip the plasticine out and see what you all thought about it.
What was the idea?
Well, if you were to buy someone a gift from RedBubble and have it shipped straight to them, we’d give you a link to a video that you could then email to the recipient telling them a surprise was on it’s way. The best time would be just after you’d received the shipping confirmation.
Possibly with some future tech wizardry we could even get your name and the recipients name into it, and automate the process.
Anyway, here’s the video page you’d link them to, let us know what you think, don’t get too hung up on specific details, as this is just a test, But hopefully some of you may still find it useful, so please go ahead and link away. For the rest of you, just sit back and enjoy some good old fashioned stop-motion mayhem.
Alistair Wilson
haha very cool!
John Conway
hey, that’s quite neat!
Janis Zroback
Wonderful idea….
Bob Fox
Delightful concept!
H M Bascom
You are just too clever!!!! :-)
Laura McDonald
hehe i think its a great idea, very funny.
eon .
Brilliant Vid. I HEARD SANTA WAS ALMOST READY TO CANCEL CHRISSY
Stephen Mitchell
Interesting idea.
Michele Markley
LOL, love the claymation. Awesome.
navybrat
cool!
Agnes McGuinness
I love it. Really cool and cute.
quigonjim
Great idea : )
Karin Taylor
it’s so gorgeous…clever people!
i love the concept! all my pressies are here with me though…and i’m handing them out because the red bubble postman has already been to my house with the early bird…...... but i still think it’s a gorgeous idea…. i would def use it ;)
robpixaday
applause that’s supercool!~
jerry alcantara
very xmas…merry x mas
Irene Burdell
Fantastic, I love it .
Kelly J
Wow.. That is fantastic!!!! Is it useable?? I.e how do we change the shipping address?? Or is that what you mean by not getting hung up on the details ? Sorry, may be experiencing a blonde day !! Wonderfully creative and a great idea!!
RedBubble replied
It’s useable in the sense that if you have already had some RB products sent to a friend or family, you can now email them and give them the link. But the functionality is not entirely built. As for ‘changing the shipping address’ if you’ve already ordered it’s too late for that.
Clive
Fantastic idea, love the concept
Christopher E...
that is totally cool guys, and a great idea!!
rightasrain
What a great idea! Hope it works out on RB! Loved the movie! Actually that’d be fun to even try that individually – not a bad idea at all for someone’s birthday when we send them a pressie in the mail….
Stuart Thorpe
HoHoHo I like it, and you are wizards with plasticine as well!
Cathie Tranent
Very very clever!
lostboy13
put a shirt on Stuart.
Globalphotos
LOL Merry Xmas…toooooo cute
Freelancer
Love it!!! So cute:)
square
wicked rad.
Heavenandus777
What a Wonderful Idea, I Love this Place so much Going On.
God Bless
ANNA
ericseyes
Wow, very cool!
Anne van Alkemade
That’s so cute! Way to go guys.
Although I’d have to say waiting until shipping advice would be too late for me. Lately, postie has arrived a couple of days before the shipping advice!
RedBubble replied
Ah tricky, still, that’s a good problem to have!
Nicholas Averre
Very cool..!!!! well done guys.
jujubean
very clever! and cute!
Tom Gomez
Wonderful idea, but why just for Christmas!
You need a range (not too many), for Birthdays, Anniversaries, Weddings, etc. When you specify the shipping address, you should be able to specify which Video you want and have the ability to enter the recipients e-mail address. The process should then send out the video automatically when the shipping confirmation is generated.
Tom
RedBubble replied
Now that’s a great idea, and a fantastic excuse to get my plasticine out again. Must tell the Sarge.
Jan Stead JEMp...
What a brilliant idea!!!!! I love it…Well done.You think of everything!!
: )
Joanne Bradley
Brillaint concept and execution! Cool!
Anne van Alkemade
Absolutely!!!!
LOL.
Kelly J
Yes Me too Anne!! I got advice that my order was shipped and an hour later it arrived!! Now thats service!! LOL.. Thanks for the reply RB .. So I know that If i want to order before cut off date no… I can alter the shipping details then… great..
Karirose
Very cute!
4Flexiway
Very good!!!
Simone Riley
its great !
Stefan Trenker
very nice idea!
pene
fabulous! just sent it to a friend – i just hope it beats the postman! LOL
RedBubble replied
Oh, congratulations on being the FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLD to ever use this surprise video concept.
TimChuma
YAY! The bar staff gave me free drinks tonight! YAY!
Jules Campbell
Good stuff I plan to buy some calendars to send to friends and fam for chrissy, this will be a noice/weird touch for them. Cool !
Chris Clark
fantastic idea and just love it
syd baker
I suppose the links could include different media, such as 3D animation, flash, could be an old fashioned photo slide show fade between, could be a talking character in any media, could also change with the seasons. I work for a place that makes the Best e-cards (starts with an H, ends with allmark) Check out the e-cards at http://hallmark.com to see some of the animation variations to consider!
RedBubble replied
Hey Syd, they have some good things happening there, we’d certainly have a think about different styles, but we’d make sure it definitely had a RedBubble flavour!
Amanda White
I love it!
clarkey
Wow, that’s so cool. Great idea, and it would be so wonderful to be able to use if sending gifts for birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Very clever.
Sherry Sagle
I loved it. This is great.
pene
woohoo !!! :)
Jan Landers
way cool!!! what a great idea!!!! :-)
Shelley Heath
Great idea
cougarfan
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Excellent work:))))))))))))))))))) Great idea:)
solareclips~Ju...
Such a great idea!!! You all are so very clever!!!
Anne Staub
Love the idea!
raindancerwoman
cute :)
Sandy Woolard
Cool Idea!!!!
Schytso Designs
Why would you do that to Santa…WHY!?
RedBubble replied
Disclaimer: No Santa’s were harmed in the making of this animation.
Leanna Lomanski
The creative genius never ends with you guys….......brilliant!
Kimberly Palmer
hahaha funny and very cute. A neat idea.
Sophie Watson
Love it!
Pip Gerard
can only imagine how long that took to make!!
Brilliant work!!
edgeplus
Awesome ;D
Jeff Stroud
What fun! How cute is that!
C J Hummel - ...
Awesome!!!! do I like it? Yeah Yeah Yeah. I am loving it
CjbPhotography
Good idea!
Lucindawind
this is adorable!!
C J Hummel - ...
Quickie suggestion.
The text next to it, does not give a link to say my bubblesite, that would be cool to insert as well as that of the general site.
How can we change that, as the Search facility on the front page, is not very good and they never find my bubble site, or anything else for that matter, without having to run through thousands of other images first, and then success is not obvious.
Did you know the average attention span on the internet is just 30 to 45 seconds. so after page two (if they get there) they give up.
RedBubble replied
Hosting it in your own Bubblesite is a great idea. And yes, we’re still working on search, there will be future improvements.
I’m not surprised at the average attention span, but I reckon we hold them on RB longer than most!
Anthony Hedger
Wow you guys have far too much time on your hands, LOL It’s wonderful though well done
dawndavies
terrific idea, dawnx
Schytso Designs
Haha, that disclaimer should be in the video!!
sunchaser
You guys are awesome!
scoob29
not bad
Assef Al-Jundi
keep the inspired ideas coming ; )
Cherubtree
Incredible idea! Love it! Such a cute video!!!
Carole Russell
Excellent! You lot are wasted on here – oh no you’re not!
jennyfnf
Wallace and Grommit can look out, we have Santa on RB. Very clever you two. I love it. Great idea too.
jessica paskaruk
that is so funny i love it
Debbie Sanders...
love it, way cool.
C J Lewis
Great little video…love it :)
Fern Design
hey this is awesome love it…
Jean Hildebrant
Very cute and so well done! Kudo’s!
Daphne Johnson
Very neat. lol creative and well executed.
Teo Zirinis
Merry Christmas redbubble!! wooo
joan warburton
OMG! You guys are brilliant! That is so cool!
Mark Tisdale
way cool and creative!
Lee Eyre
Well done, that was brilliant, Merry Xmas to you too
PhotogeniquE IPA
X-L-ENT
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Donna Adamski
Really cool :)
cdwork
Fantastic Idea- Saves double postage and what a wonderful vid. When’s this happening? Great for calendars for New Year gifts
tkrosevear
Now that’s just COOL ;)
blueclover
That’s so cute!!! A brilliant video!
designerpix
Great idea guys! Merry Christmas
Susan King
Great well done you guys but it’s to late for me this year hope you have it next year
Dcraze
great, outstanding idea!!
Bev Woodman
This should be a hit …. next Christmas
Samantha Thompson
Love it, Great idea…I was waiting for the bubble to pop or something at the end!
Cathryn Swanson
Another winner idea. Well done guys.
gypsygirl
Brilliant!! Love it!!!!
jemimalovesbigted
hehehe so cool. your attention to detail is brilliant! nice work guys
Roz McQuillan
Great idea, I love it!!!
Jane Keats
Ah Haha!! What a great little giggle for the morning. That’s a brilliant idea, well done!
florene welebny
that’s really cool ! cute idea
Miri
Excellent!! Everyone’s getting RB vouchers from me so gonna send this off to them on Xmas Day so they can see what a wonderful community they are supporting :)
deb cole
That is so cute!
Stephen Colquitt
Clever peeps.
georgieboy98
What’s known as an innovation! And a great one, too. So now I suppose everyone has to order something in order to have the pleasure of sending this to a friend!! LOL You sure have covered all the angles!!! Excellent work guys. Peter
Paul Vanzella
so bloody well done.. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Dawn Palmerley
That was awesome!!
Adam de la Mare
FAB!!
Michelle Scott
WHAT A GREAT IDEA :)
Ozcloggie
I’m smiling, at the screen.
sweetscent62
Freakin awesome!! : ) Love the pasticine Santa : ) !! I’d use it…very cool! Wen xxx
p.s. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU!! Wen aka sweetscent62 xox
Dreamcoat
Stop motion is cool.
Keith Reesor
Fantastic idea!!
Emma Wertheim
That’s cool! :)
owlspook
fantastic idea! and it great to see that RB is still evolving (big smile) thanks ya all (big smile)
Julie Langford
love love love it
Cheryl DeLong
That’s an awesome idea. But what about all the other holidays like Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day and Father’s Day well you get the picture.
For Valentine’s how about a walking heart or cupid shooting an arrow with a red bubble on the end?
RedBubble replied
I agree, well the feedback has been pretty good, so maybe we’ll do this!
Love the walking heart idea!
Liv Stockley
Brilliant And Merry X-Mas to you all :-)))))
Paul Finnegan
excellent stuff. yer brains do produce the best ideas ever. how do ye do it? keep them coming
ozlat
funny
Allen Davies
yep…thats a nice surprise and very quirky animation
Allen
Jacqueline Mu...
Really great idea and work – looking forward to seeing the more of them :)
shiro
LOL, thats brilliant! XD
Good job you guys!
And Merry Xmas to you all! ^^
Lazarita Betan...
Excellent, beautiful, and to the point, thank you
graphicdoodles
Very cute! Love Santa’s shocked expression as he slides off the roof!!!
Greenbaby
That is way cool!!! A great way to announce an upcoming gift.
Lyn Fabian
I love it! Almost worth being late giving a present.
georgiegirl
Claymation rules!!! Well done guys :D It needs a bit of a tidyup but otherwise it’s fantastic! Great idea sending a ‘surprise arriving soon’ email … get their curiosity going and of course on a practical wavelength, lets them know to look out for the Postie!
Doctor Insanovic
No longer does one man hold a monopoly over the christmas-present delivery industry! Santa’s iron grip has been broken! Huzzah!
cooljusher
BRILLIANT!!
Michelle Barlo...
BRAVO
emmasm02
Wallace and Grommit better Watch out!
anaisnais
Marvellous idea and rather wacky; think it will catch on – well done the genius!! Kindest seasonal greetings to all!!
Barry Thomas
A great idea. Love the animation.
Keith Richardson
Great idea guys ! Video is way to go, so cool!
wekesa
Fantastic,and Merry Xmas to you all!
Susan Brown
That’s wonderful! WHY didn’t you do it earlier! Please do it again next year, it’s a great idea.
lacitrouille
What a great idea!
izzybeth
wonderful marvelous stupendous
mstrace
thats tooooo coolio, me likes it.
Monica Engeler
Great show. Very cool. Merry Christmas all and a Happy New Year.
J. D. Adsit
Very nice idea that might expand well beyong Christmas…
lisamax
Great job!
van049
What a fantastic idea!!! Great work!!!!!!!!!!
Terri Chandler
LOL! I love that “clay-mation” kind of stuff. Really cool idea and just adorable.
DarkArt
OK cool
mylittlenative
thats cute and its a great idea too :)
Gasper
Great New Year Red
John Lambert
Amusing, but try to use proper grammar.You say “someone”, which is singular, then you change it to “them”, which is plural.Then you say “recipient” (singular) but again change it to plural. Moreover, never use the word “hopefully”. It has two meanings in the sentence. ( I liked the music though.)
shellography
I love it !!! That’s great !!
David Smith
*_Love the concept glad and, glad to know no Santas were harmed. *MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!
poetryman69
cute video.
Artberry
Nice Video :)
Roisin Markham
Thats great did you follow it through?