“Beyond tacky” or not, there must be a decent market for them. Tacky is in the eye of the beholder.
Besides which, I give a lot of leeway to the things one may put in a kid’s room. I know some parents who are concerned about their kids’ bedrooms demonstrating good taste, but far more of whom are willing to let the decor reflect the whims and interest of the kid (within reason).
I can readily see their appeal to an adolescent. I also know adults who have a room in their home dedicated (at least as far as decor) to “their” team. Seems like this kind of thing would fit right in.
They don’t seem to be marketed toward the kid/adolescent crowd, though. They seem to be marketed to adults, and the commercials seem to show them in, say, what appears to be the living room
Ah, the Diamondbacks. Also known as the Taliban Snakes. I’ll never forgive them for stealing the 2001 series from New York after they endured 9/11! Even though they did win fair and square, I’ll still hate them forever.
Have you ever watched any of those shows on HGTV or TLC and seen how some people decorate their homes? Trust me when I say one of these Fatheads (which I too had never heard of until this thread) would make some of those rooms look better.
I suppose if you had a pre-teen who was a sports fanatic…
Now, if they come out with a nude version of Brad Pitt, that might make a nice addition to my den.
Lord knows there are very few things I care less about than sports, but I have no idea why this wouldn’t be appropriate in an informal den, where sports would be watched and whimsical, near-tacky decor appreciated.
In the midwest, as well as the Northeast I’m asuming, most houses have basements. And if the house has a guy sports fan, that basement is usually turned into his sports shrine / bar. Where else do you thing all that sports memoribilia is stored along with neon beer signs, big screen TVs, and pool tables?
I’ve seen some impressive shrines around here Packers, Bears, Vikings.
That way, even if you have to get out of your goddamn freakin’ amazing chair to get yourself another frosty beverage while watching your favorite sports franchise, you can still hear the game on your way to the fridge.
It is in one of those rooms that a Fathead would go, and anyone who says differently is either a communist or doesn’t support our troops, or isn’t thinking of the children, or some combination of the three.
My boss brought it up with me because her son wanted one (of his favorite baseball player) and she couldn’t remember the name. She was rather shocked by the price. I think they’re cool.
Wow, how cool! I wish they’d had these things when my boys were young. Our oldest son had a shrine to John Elway in the corner of his Broncos-themed bedroom. A life-size picture of The Duke would have been so much better than those awful orange and blue stripes we painted. We tried to replicate a Bronco logo on one wall – took three coats of paint to cover it when it didn’t come out right.
Um … do they really have life-size replicatons of the Dallas Cheerleaders? 'Cuz I have this “friend” who has a shop …
My only question on these – how in the hell is Chad Pennington the top-selling NFL Fathead? I mean…Chad Pennington? How about a player who has actually managed to do something in the league? Hell, how about a player whose name isn’t synonymous with “season-ending shoulder surgery”?
I’d never heard of these things, but I have no doubt that there are plenty of diehard football fans with excess cash and no sense of taste who’ll buy 'em. God Bless America, says I.
Easy, there. It’s not commie red, but Sedona red – much difference.
The day before opening day the local afternoon radio guy had the Diamondbacks’ VP of operations on and asked him outright howcome they changed the colors. Refreshingly candid, the guy answered sales. The D-backs were 29th of 30 in team apparel sales – he guessed folks just didn’t like purple – and they were hoping red would sell better. To ease the sting a bit, you can get a tee-shirt for $8 and a cap for $10.
