Preparing to Go Back Into a world of...

[Taylor]

how's the team building coming?

[Reginald Rutledge]

I've got several customer orders that I need to knock out before I can take care of myself. Once I get these teams and 308s done, then I will focus in on doing my pro and college leagues.

Holidays and Sundays are the only days I can get to work for myself so I will do some things tomorrow.

I am right now looking at thousands of pictures to determine the poses I want to create.

[Steel Town Tough]

Reg,IMO you got the best figs out there.I like them because when done right they just pop out at you.Each one becomes it's own identity.They are easy to work with and to me more realistic in the end.your stock poses are cool on their own,but can be customized to do whatever you want.you can tell how passionate you are by the products you put out.Keep it fun--thanks STT

[mklingbeil]

Reginald,
I understand what you are talking about. Bill and I made thousands of ITZ figures, always hoping to make a few teams (if not our entire league), but never had the time to make a single team. Honestly, that is the reason we stopped making and selling them, so we could have time to actually play EF!

I am in the process of making Marky the entire NFL from 1966-1970, with about 50 some players in both jerseys. It is a big project, but should be fun.

Good luck,
Mark

[JerryM]

Reg,

Welcome to the peace and serenity of the solitaire league! This year will be my third solitaire season! I've got 10 teams in my solitaire league that will be competing in 2009:

1. Super Bowl XXX Dallas Cowboys, painter (J. McGhee)
2. Super Bowl XLI Indianapolis Colts, painter (M. Francis)
3. Super Bowl XXXV Baltimore Ravens, painter (J. McGhee)
4. Suber Bowl XIV Pittsburgh Steelers, painter (M. Guttman)
5. Super Bowl XX Chicago Bears, painter (J. McGhee)
6. All-Time Washington Redskins, painter (B. Nutt)
7. All-Time New York Giants, painter (B. Nutt)
8. All-Time Cleveland Browns, painter (J. McGhee)
9. 2003 St Louis Rams, painter (J. McGhee)
10. 2004 Buffalo Bills, painter (J. McGhee)

In 2011 I will be adding the final two teams:
All-Time San Francisco 49ers, painter (M. Francis)
Super Bowl VII Miami Dolphins, painter (J. McGhee)

I keep stats and update bases with new talent in the off-year as I run the solitaire seasons every other year. It's a lot of work, but it's a labor of love. If I was to do it every year nothing else in my life would get done.

I also have my tournament team, the 1980 San Diego Chargers, which I take to a few tournaments a year.

This year will be my 3rd solitaire season. You can check out the action at www.vaefl.com

Good Luck!

Jerry

[Reginald Rutledge]

play all alone and leave the public eye if I could! I love the thought of just going into one of my MF rooms and turning on the lights and hearing the roaring crowd over Neyland Stadium or Ericsson Stadium with the lights on and choosing from 64 NFL teams and 180 college teams just to play out the rest of my life.

I love the serenity of thought, playing alone, and not arguing over whether a man was hit or not. Such quiet moments are what I dream for and hope to someday go back to.

Reg

Please tell me the 1972 Dolphins and 2008 Patriots will get a shot at each other. That is one game I'm looking forward to.

[Reginald Rutledge]

Any Tom Brady-led Patriots Super Bowl winner comes to mind but definitely, the 1972 Miami Dolphins will be the team form Miami's history. I've got 40 custom poses created just for this team from photos I've taken of the Dolphins great team of yore.

The PATS on the other hand, I plan to put them in their throwback uniforms but definitely one of the Super Bowl winning teams will be used. I am debating whether to bring out my FF.COM bases for these teams and mix with other bases or just keep it all FF.COM bases that I have had from the past.

I love Paul Warfield and Mercury Morris and I've been looking at a way to bring these great players back to life (on a miniature level).

This will be fun (and a lot of work)!

[The Rookie]

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[Taylor]

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