[Groop] sergio's garage

[Greg Craill]

SD 2000, Sergio sold the last of it, I got a cap and a blue Rufferto polo.

If I was 3 sizes smaller I'da got some more too .....

GV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Grossmann" <grossfamm at comcast.net>
To: "promethea" <promethea at kc.rr.com>; "'Shawn Moore'" 
<uslgrad at hotmail.com>; <groop at groo.com>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Groop] sergio's garage


> Hi (again) Folks!
>
> OK, here's the full story on the Groo line of clothes.  Sergio never had a
> garage full of them.  The guys who had them made were an aspiring comic
> artist, his wife, and a friend all of whom lived in Ojai and who worked at 
> a
> clothing company that had clothes with a lot of embroidery done
> manufacturered overseas.  So he arranged with Sergio to get this little 
> line
> of clothing manufactured.  It consisted of
>
> knit hats of several colors with  little embroidered Rufferto
> Baseball caps of several colors with the Groo Logo
> Shirts of either blue or maroon with a Rufferto on the pocket
> Shirts of either blue or maroon with the Groo logo on the pocket
> Hooded sweatshirt with the "Groo Thinking" panel on it
> Jackets of two styles and several colors with the Groo logo on the front 
> and
> Groo standing in front of the Groo Dragon (from the Epic #2 Cover) on the
> back
>
> The entire inventory was in this young man's garage.  (Not Sergio's.) 
> They
> sold some mail order and they sold some at a San Diego Con. 1998, I think.
> (or maybe 1999.  I'm too lazy to check.)  Part of the deal with Sergio was
> that after the con they would turn all the unsold inventory over the 
> Sergio.
> There was not much left, and Sergio sold it at the next couple of Cons he
> went to.  I believe the last of it was sold at San Diego the following 
> year.
>
> That was it until...
>
> A few years back one of the guys who had been involved with the 
> manufacture
> unearthed a very small stash of unsold hats and I believe one jacket, 
> which
> he promptly sold on ebay.  I believe Dennis White and a couple other
> Groopies picked up a few of the hats.
>
> And that really was it.  No more clothes, no plans for more, and no 
> garages.
>
> Sorry, but thems the breaks.  Take care -Gary G.
> (Oooo.  Giving out more Groo historical information that only the truly
> crazed know or care about!  Boy did that feel good!!)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "promethea" <promethea at kc.rr.com>
> To: "'Shawn Moore'" <uslgrad at hotmail.com>; <groop at groo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 8:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Groop] sergio's garage
>
>
>> I understood that was the case at the time, years ago, and that SA had
> been
>> carting the stuff around to cons for years, finally disposing the last a
> few
>> years ago - conveniently about the time I was thinking the same thing
>> [whoo-hoo! A garage full of Groo! - the kinda "problem" I'd like to
> have...]
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: groop-bounces at groo.com [mailto:groop-bounces at groo.com] On Behalf Of
>> Shawn Moore
>> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 9:36 PM
>> To: groop at groo.com
>> Subject: [Groop] sergio's garage
>>
>>
>> ME, if this is true and sergio would like to get rid of the clutter,
> perhaps
>>
>> we can arrange something.  Depending on how much inventory, I may be able
> to
>>
>> take all of it off his hands and work something out.  Anything to renew 
>> my
>> wardrobe.
>>
>>
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