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Calling all designers and toy enthusiasts!!

Calling all designers and toy enthusiasts!! Have you ever wanted to see some of your toy designs made into actual products and sold for profit? Are you sitting on a goldmine of ideas that are screaming for some attention? If so, it’s time you come over to www.patchtogether and enter our toy design contest. Winning designs will receive $500 instantly along with 5% commission on all sales of final toy products manufactured by www.patchtogether.com.

You should seriously include an About Us statement on your website.

There also seems to be no company member name(s) / email address apparent there which is wrong when expecting the public to submit designs online Mr. Miller :wink:

From:
http://www.plasticandplush.com/plasticandplush/2008/01/hmm.html
You’ll REALLY want to check out the Terms of Submission!

By submitting your design, you also agree that PatchTogether may use your design for future advertising or promotion on and off the internet.

Upon submission, you may not use, submit or sell the same Design or derivatives of the Design in any forms for commercial use for a period of ninety (90) days. If you intend to use it before ninety (90) days, you have to notify PatchTogether for an early withdraw. Once the ninety (90) days have passed, if your Design is not selected as a winner, you are free to use the Design for any purpose. In order to do so, you have to notify PatchTogether to remove the design for future competition consideration.

If your design wins the competition, you will be notified by email. The reward will be stated on the relevant competition section. Reward may vary in PatchTogether’s discretion. Payment will be sent within ninety (90) days after PatchTogether receives hi-resolution artwork suitable for manufacturing.

If you design wins the competition, then you automatically assign PatchTogether all exclusive rights to the design. You shall not sell or use the design or the derivate of the design for any commerical purpose without the expressed written consent of PatchTogether. You are also acknowlege that you waive all “moral” rights that you may have in and to your Design. PatchTogether might use or alter your design in any manner.

Put all of the typos and grammatical errors aside (we all can make them, right?). So…if you win, they own the design and can create toys, t-shirts, coasters, video games, etc. and you’ll receive $500 plus “5% of the commissions made off of the sale of your toys”. And what does that mean? I’m guessing a 5% commission…but if they are a middle-man and will be receiving 95% of the commissions while you get 5%, that would definitely change things. Either way…always read the fine print!

Cheers!