Hi,
Today, thinking about Weirdwolf interview on sports blog, I had a new idea
You probably know that I'm trying to create interest in miniature football in France. I post and discuss about it on several major websites (american football websites, miniatures games websites, etc...).
But I believe we should go deeper. I'm thinking especially about 2 countries : Germany and Japan.
These 2 countries have a solid modelling experience (germany railroad modelling is world known, and japan is a inovator in miniature world too, perhaps due to the lack of space in their country). The other major reason is the solid football knowledge here.
Germany had 7 or the 8 franchises in former NFL europa spring league, and Japan has played football during the last 70 years. Today, the national leagues in these countries are strong and really competitive (search for GFL and X league on youtube, it's impressive for non american countries).
You also find italian leagues, and even a new portugese league
The idea is to keep in touch with major football and miniatures wargames blogs, forums or websites of these countries. So we need people speaking foreign languages : german, italian, or even japanese.
If people want to participate to that idea, post here.
PS : I know that some guys probably don't give a *** about foreign miniature interest. But think of it in an other way : more miniature football players = more audience = more customers for bases, figures and stuff. More customers, more pro business around MF, keeping the game alive. More audience, means more internet visilibity, wich will have an incidence on your local MF events/work/whatever too.
See the table hockey example : stiga (european) did everything to be present in a lot of countries : eastern europe, russia, north america (usa and canada), northen europe. All hockey nations. That company sells millions of games and accessories.
Do the same for miniature football. Touch the miniature addicts around the world. ALso the strong non-american football countries. On the business pro side, try to adapt and indicate on your websites that you accept foreign orders, with fair shipping prices. ANd we'll see what will happen.