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THE RIMPIRE STRIKES BACK - Wear the logo, support Research In Motion!

by Kevin Michaluk on 9 Jul 2011 03:22 PM
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THE RIMPIRE STRIKES BACK!

Ok, so *arguably* it may be more fitting for us to try and play off a Rebel Alliance theme over The Empire as we fight for BlackBerry in the mobile wars, but I've always been wayyy more of a Darth Vader fan than Luke Skywalker and seriously, THE RIMPIRE STRIKES BACK is just frak'n awesome (plus in real life Darth would crush Luke).

I fly out to Waterloo tomorrow, hometown of Research In Motion and birthplace of BlackBerry, so figured the best way I can show my support for RIM at their Annual General Meeting of Shareholders Tuesday night would be to literally wear it on a t-shirt. Looks pretty hawt, right?? 

The new logo is up on megaupload for all to enjoy, so if you want to make your own RIMPIRE STRIKES BACK t-shirts, stickers, wallpapers, etc. you can download the .eps file at the link below. Huge props to CrackBerry member 4speed for tossing out the new slogan on our The Way I See It CrackBerry Nation, We've Only Just Begun post earlier this week.

Download THE RIMPIRE STRIKES BACK .eps file from Megaupload

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Posted by rroyy Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Lets see what we got.

Why you choosed only blocked site in Turkey "megaupload" :S

 
 
Posted by Kevin Michaluk Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

here's a dropbox link.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/656459/rimpire-strikes-back.eps

 
 
Posted by Jake Storm Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

How about selling these in the CrackBerry store for those of us who don't want to make our own?

 
 
Posted by therapyreject174 Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

I second this motion.

 
 
Posted by tuffy100 Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

agreed

 
 
Posted by ugahairydawgs Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Pretty sure it would take George Lucas about 20 minutes to get his lawyers to draw up the cease and desist if they tried to sell that.

 
 
Posted by rapsball4 Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Carried. My girlfriend would never let me wear it but I would probably buy it anyway.

 
 
Posted by Emu the Foo Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

+1

 
 
Posted by nashstruck Sunday, Jul 10, 2011 319 days ago

U need a neW gf

 
 
Posted by captainbdsc Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Kevin,

Maybe CrackBerry.com could create some sort of contest where BlackBerry fans could pull off a publicity stunt in their local metropolis. The CrackBerry council (ABCJ and yourself) could then decide which stunt was the best. To honor the winner, they would receive a t-shirt with the CrackBerry logo and "#2 BlackBerry Fanboy(girl)" signed (in permanent marker) by you, the leader of the BlackBerry Nation. There could be some other prize included as well sponsered by the ShopCrackBerry.com store. Like a Bold 9900/9930 and a PlayBook. Maybe throw in a trip to receive their prizes at a banquet hosted by yourself and the CrackBerry Council. Well, maybe I am getting a little crazy here... Haha!

Thanks for keep the BlackBerry fire burning!

CaptainBDSC

P.S. BlackBerry pie is better than Apple and any Dessert that Google can come up with!

 
 
Posted by Kevin Michaluk Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

I like the cut of your jib!! Already have a concept in the works.. keep it locked to the blogs this week for more details :)

 
 
Posted by captainbdsc Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

The Leader of the BlackBerry Nation replied to my comment! I sincerely feel honored! :)

 
 
Posted by Emu the Foo Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Never happened to me but I can only imagine how to feel

 
 
Posted by bbpandy Sunday, Jul 10, 2011 320 days ago

Not only that but he likes "the cut of your Jib" lol

 
 
Posted by livejam Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

You gotta blast the Darth Vader theme on your PlayBook when you walk around with that shirt too Kevin!

Go knock some sense into them at the shareholders meeting for me!

 
 
Posted by 00stryder Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

+1. Don't forget the mandatory deep methodical breathing sound effect as well! (May creep some people out if you decide breathe like Darth yourself...)

 
 
Posted by eKafara Sunday, Jul 10, 2011 320 days ago

Imperial March - Metallica : )

 
 
Posted by jfs101 Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Kevin, it looks great, you should change the color theme of the site to Dark Force colors for a week!

 
 
Posted by katlanta Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Feeling amped (insert warrior scream). I may just pull out my 9700. Waiting for the 9900. Cannot get here fast enough.

My current device is the iPhone 4 (and yes I am an Apple fanboy but I will never admit Apple is perfect), but my FIRST smartphone was a Blackberry Pearl (cannot count the T-Mobile Dash I had prior to the Pearl).

Always have and always will cheer for RIM - as long as they don't get bought by "That Damn Google."

 
 
Posted by talex05 Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

the force is strong in this one

 
 
Posted by jfs101 Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

BTW, dusted off the old Imperial March ringtone!

 
 
Posted by JerseyDriver Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Didn't have to dust it off, that's what I use for my boss.

 
 
Posted by PsyCorps Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

I use it for my wife and answer her calls with "Yes, master..." :)

 
 
Posted by mwdavid Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

That's a good one. +1

 
 
Posted by belfastdispatcher Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Nice one Kevin!!!!!!!

 
 
Posted by dweese Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Great idea, but, did no one see how the Star Wars movies ended? Let's hope the Rimpire doesn't have the same ending ;)

 
 
Posted by Kevin Michaluk Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

I addressed this in the blog post... remember.. that was  MOVIE. Darth Vader would have wasted Luke in real life :)

The BlackBerry Alliance just doesn't have the same ring to it.  

Though who knows.. just watch... i bet RIM will announce they're changing their corporate name to BlackBerry, and the RIMPIRE angle will go away. haha

 
 
Posted by eKafara Sunday, Jul 10, 2011 320 days ago

So since it's not like the movies we can expect a message from RIM sent to your Playbook saying: "help us Kevin Michaluk, you're our only hope"

:D

 
 
Posted by PsyCorps Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Made it into wallpapers and placed it on playbook, torch, notebook, desktop and mediacenter :) thanks!

 
 
Posted by Fadown Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

link to them?

 
 
Posted by jjvolkan Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

What a great idea, but won't you get into trouble with LucasArts? Copyright issues? Hope not! And I do hope that Rim bounces back. I think people will get tired of Apple's tight fisted censorship crap and Android's scammers and hackers ( would you trust an OS from Team Douche?) . RIM and Blackberry is ready to catch the falling masses as they jump ship from the Apple stinking sinking barge and the fraud ridden Android app markets. RIM has superior products in the past as well as in the near future and I look forward to seeing a Rim Revival!

 
 
Posted by jwn66 Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

lul

 
 
Posted by jacknewp Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Man, I gotta get one of those shirts!! GO RIM & BB!!!!

 
 
Posted by jinxednuance Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Salutations to our warrior. Make us proud and tell them that our unconditional love is here to stay!

 
 
Posted by u4rhea Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Looks cool, but I don't think Lucasfilm will be happy.

 
 
Posted by linkkoriri Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

I dont think LucasFilm will have a huge issue as Kevin is not SELLING it and making a profit. But I would suggest making sure George doesnt have an issue. Hell he let Family Guy do his movies, I am sure he's a nice guy about it.

But Kev, AWESOME SHIRT!!! I'll be having that as all my wallpapers, including ones not on Blackberry Products (Laptop, Android Tablet (Waiting on 3G Playbook))

L8R DAYZ

 
 
Posted by Jimcmf Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

lol.
You will be a hit wearing that to the meeting.
Hopefully, I will see you there, and grab a picture of it on my BB.

 
 
Posted by MOE BEATs Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

I'm not all the familiar with .eps files but I would like to have it as a jpg for wallpaper for my 9700

 
 
Posted by katiepea Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

so balckberry is the force of bad?

 
 
Posted by xolanir Sunday, Jul 10, 2011 320 days ago

I guess you don't have a sense of humor or a keen sense of camaraderie.

 
 
Posted by westtwelve Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

This is so pathetic and so are you 'rimpire strikes back'. get a life, your doing all of this to show your support for a company that thinks it can just give up handsets that look the same as previous models with a outdated OS. what has RIM done for their consumers in the changing market? They've done F all!!

The t-shirt looks shite and so will you wearing it in Waterloo

 
 
Posted by Jimcmf Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

The iPhone looks the same from model to model.

 
 
Posted by 00stryder Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

So............ How's your day been today?

 
 
Posted by eKafara Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Haha. That's exactly what I was thinking.

 
 
Posted by UnknownError507 Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

NO! are you serious ??

EDIT: 2011.07.09
Ahahaha :))

 
 
Posted by xolanir Sunday, Jul 10, 2011 320 days ago

So I guess when iPhone, Droid 1, 2 & 3 , Droid X and any other HTC handheld gets refreshed, they look different to you. Are you on drugs or are the robots and Steve Jobs magical innovation holding your mind hostage.

 
 
Posted by cyberadje Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Hi Guys,

I have downloaded the .eps file, but it is in black. Is it possible to upload the file you guys have used to print it on a black shirt? Or are you gonna sell them in your shop?

Thx

 
 
Posted by spencer1076 Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Am I the only one that thinks "The RIMpire Strikes Back" sounds like a Star Wars spoof porno? Don't get me wrong...I'm a die hard BB user. I'm just saying...

 
 
Posted by bbpandy Sunday, Jul 10, 2011 320 days ago

lol now you've kinda gone & ruined it for me

 
 
Posted by adel1986 Wednesday, Jul 13, 2011 316 days ago

Same feelings bout the porn connotations in the name. Just think what some chick would be thinking if you wore it out. Better have a big thick book of rebuttals with you. Anyway - love the post/debating shirt

 
 
Posted by lnichols Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Glad you will be there Kevin. Please convey that we in the Crackberry Nation have been very loyal, and patient, and expect something great from them, and soon. We want something that will just blow everyone out of the water. Patience and loyalty are running thin here. We need hope.

 
 
Posted by QuiteSimple Saturday, Jul 09, 2011 320 days ago

Nice logo indeed :) I will extend it a bit:

Join the CRACK SITE. young padawan!

 
 
Posted by psiclne Sunday, Jul 10, 2011 320 days ago

Does this mean the Torch is our Light Saber?

 
 
Posted by kailashr Sunday, Jul 10, 2011 320 days ago

RIM - RIP (1984 - 201x)

 
 
Posted by zensen Sunday, Jul 10, 2011 320 days ago

so Kevin how's the review unit of the 9900 or new torch (whichever came first) like ;)

 
 
Posted by pelegri Sunday, Jul 10, 2011 319 days ago

The Romans did many good things for civilization... :)

Also, CafePress is handy (albeit a bit expensive) for T-Shirts and goodies like this.

 
 
Posted by periwinklemoon Sunday, Jul 10, 2011 319 days ago

Nice shirt ! I like it :)

 
 
Posted by dubious1 Sunday, Jul 10, 2011 319 days ago

TiPB should make a "RETURN OF THE JEDi" shirt, and Android Central can make a "A NEW ASOP" shirt. Put those together with the "RIMPIRE" shirt, and you have one mighty fine box set!

 
 
Posted by adel1986 Wednesday, Jul 13, 2011 316 days ago

Has anyone made wallpapers/BB backgrounds yet? Share! Gf gets mad bc I probably love my Bold more than her. Well at least today I do. TIP: reading blogs while getting bitched at does not make things better. FML

 
 
Posted by freedomx20a Friday, Jul 22, 2011 307 days ago

I want one. sell in crackberry store please

 
 
Posted by greeneink Tuesday, Aug 30, 2011 268 days ago

I'll turn the .eps into a .jpg or .gif for anyone that wants it. If you want color specific, just let me know.
As for myself, I'll be making one of those shirts with a BBLogo center of the back between the shoulder blades.

Here is a link to the .jpg zip folder containing Red, Blue, and black Rimpire logo
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=79FJQD0I