‘Trade Brett!’ ad is a big hit with vandals
Cheeseheads don’t just grumble when you insult Brett Favre. They throw red paint. A “Trade Brett” billboard that went up in Wisconsin this month has been defaced by unknown vandals, ruining what was probably a teaser ad from Topps, the trading card company. (Earlier this spring, a “Trade Barry” ad went up in San Francisco that turned out to be a teaser for Barry Bonds trading cards. This is probably the same deal here.) “We’re pretty upset about it,” a rep at the outdoor ad company says about the vandalism. “That is our property that they’re defacing, and the property of the client.” (What did they expect, though, really?) The rep confirmed that a new message will grace the board in the next few days. “Once they see it, people are going to be like, ‘Aww.’ People need to relax.”
—Posted by Tim Nudd
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May 16, 2006 in Topps, Trading cards | Permalink
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FOUL!!!
Jerry Gentile and Rob Feakins did this outdoor board for Upper Deck cards years ago. Their headline: Trade Jordan.
Posted by: rich siegel | May 16, 2006 1:16:55 PM
Trade agencies!
Posted by: Drentell the Wonderhorse | May 16, 2006 2:56:42 PM
They overproduced it. It was way better when it was just "trade barry" without the card crap.
Posted by: Yuri Kane | May 17, 2006 5:56:29 PM
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