A couple of weeks ago I celebrated the printing of my 100th custom card, and gave all you kind readers and collectors a chance to enter a duck race for a prize. The first six finishers of the race would win a copy of that 100th custom, featuring good ol' George Costanza.
I was happy to see that 12 people entered the giveaway within the entry period. That's a good flock of ducks!
Here's a list of the competitors, and a link to their blogs or other trading card–related social media sites if they have any:
Jay Wigley
Mark (The Chronicles of Fuji)
Greg (Night Owl Cards)
Mr. Nachos (Nachos Grande)
Mr. Crocodile (Crocodile Sports Cards)
Gavin (Baseball Card Breakdown)
Rod (Padrographs)
RJ Sahl (TCDB: rjsahl)
Matt (Cards Over Coffee)
Derek (TCDB: CollectorTBNL)
Golf Coach
POISON75 (S.R. '75 Cards)
Twelve competitors. Six prizes. That means you have a 50% chance of winning one of them!
If you haven't seen the duck race in action, or don't remember it from last time, here's how it works:
Each entrant is represented by an animated rubber duck that is sitting at the starting line on an animated river. The starting gun fires, and all the ducks begin floating randomly along the river as the screen scrolls horizontally. Eventually the finish line appears, and the first duck to cross the line wins.
Yesterday I ran the script and recorded the action. Want to see how it all turned out?
Wow! Gavin, what kind of motor did you have in that duck? Crocodile, RJ Sahl, and Padrographs all had nice bursts of speed at the end there, too.
Anyhow, as shown at the very end of the video, here are the top 6 ducks:
(1) Baseball Card Breakdown
(2) Crocodile Sports Cards
(3) CollectorTBNL
(4) RJ Sahl
(5) Padrographs
(6) Golf Coach
Congratulations! All six of you will receive a copy of the George Costanza card. If you've never sent me your mailing address, or if it's changed recently, please do send it to me. You can find my contact information on the blog here, or you can message me through TCDB here.
Thanks again to all of you for participating. Hope you enjoyed the race!
Gonna need to try using this duck race with my students. Congratulations to the winners... and thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI think your students would enjoy the duck race, Fuji! (PS: You were in the running for a top-6 spot until the very end, there.)
DeleteLove that duck race! Thanks for the giveaway, if it arrives before Christmas I have a recipient in mind. Comment a reflection of the current labour stoppage at Canada Post, as opposed to me questioning your ability to get things sent in a timely.manner
ReplyDeleteBronze medal for you, Derek! Thanks for the info about Canada Post. I'm hopeful the card will arrive well before Christmas. I should be able to mail it out within the next couple of days.
DeleteOh nice! So proud of my duck. :)
ReplyDeleteHe was quite the competitor there, Gavin! Hang on to that guy for the next one ;-)
DeleteThanks for the fun. The video was excellent.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it, RJ! Always good to see you over here.
DeleteReminiscent of the great subway race they've been doing at Yankee Stadium for many years. Fun stuff.
ReplyDeleteGood observation, Bo! It'd be fun if I could customize the ducks to the specific participants. (e.g., Night Owl's duck could look like an owl.)
DeleteMy ducky was robbed Fujis duck trip him
ReplyDeleteHmm. Maybe we should ask the officials to look into this. I wonder if Fuji has anything to say about it ;-)
DeleteCongrats winners!
ReplyDeleteMy duck reminded me of me, it goes fast at the beginning, then slows down as time goes on. that's how every day is for me
DeleteYou've got to coach that duck into the winner's circle, Matt ;-)
DeleteAwesome! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome, Crocodile! Nice racing from your duck.
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