New Bird look

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Haven't seen it yet but waiting on the web site to come up with the New
Bird. I fell for these Coaches when I was 16 back in '64 and find myself
actually anxious over the unveiling of this one.

Good luck to all, Macy and may the roads be kind.

Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
84FC35 "Ruff Diamond"
Duncan, Oklahoma

[Jon]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
wrote:
>
> Haven't seen it yet but waiting on the web site to come up with the
New
> Bird. I fell for these Coaches when I was 16 back in '64 and find
myself
> actually anxious over the unveiling of this one.
>
> Good luck to all, Macy and may the roads be kind.
>
> Safe travels,
>
> Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> 84FC35 "Ruff Diamond"
> Duncan, Oklahoma
>


I would hope that they kind of lay oft some of the small interior
light and maybe some of those mirrors in the ceiling. I myself like
a more simpler interior that doesn't remind me of "What else can we
do to sell this rig?" The Wanderlodges are a great machine but I do
think that the engineers went out of there way to jaze up the
interior with all those small light here there and everywhere. And
as for mirrors a few are ok but just to install them everywhere is a
bit much. Well that's my two cents worth and beside I don't think I
will ever own one as probably they will run out at haft a million or
so.

Jon
Rebel Bird

[mbulriss]

Well, here we sit. Three hours after the official unveiling and
nothing new on any of the web sites.

Ho-hum. Need some marketing lessons from Apple on unveiling new products.

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
wrote:
>
> Haven't seen it yet but waiting on the web site to come up with the New
> Bird. I fell for these Coaches when I was 16 back in '64 and find
myself
> actually anxious over the unveiling of this one.
>
> Good luck to all, Macy and may the roads be kind.
>
> Safe travels,
>
> Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> 84FC35 "Ruff Diamond"
> Duncan, Oklahoma
>

[William]

Mike,

I was thinking the same thing. I waited and watched the clock time out expecting
a Web
unveiling. Nothing but fade to black. One would think after making the effort
to build
the timer and create anticipation, something other than fade to black would
have occurred. Perhaps the Webmaster messed it up?


-- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mbulriss" <mbulriss@...> wrote:
>
> Well, here we sit. Three hours after the official unveiling and
> nothing new on any of the web sites.
>
> Ho-hum. Need some marketing lessons from Apple on unveiling new products.
>
> Mike Bulriss
> 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> San Antonio, TX
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
> wrote:
> >
> > Haven't seen it yet but waiting on the web site to come up with the New
> > Bird. I fell for these Coaches when I was 16 back in '64 and find
> myself
> > actually anxious over the unveiling of this one.
> >
> > Good luck to all, Macy and may the roads be kind.
> >
> > Safe travels,
> >
> > Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
> > 84FC35 "Ruff Diamond"
> > Duncan, Oklahoma
> >
>

[Gregory OConnor]

Macy, you need JohnF to run your website. I bet it would cost you
less to move him around the country in the 09 with an aircard loaded
laptop then the template pushing web development company you now use.
It would be cool to see him rewarded for his now exploited volunteere
effort

I can only imagine the audiance you attracted for the unvailing with
the expensive yahoo, google, ask, firstpage placement was 500 times
larger then the folks that were at the show.

the entire thing was more reflective than the chrome bumpers I had
hoped to see.

GoodLuck with the sale
GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCa

[Pete Masterson]

Amen! I spend yesterday at MacWorld-SF... Apple sure knows how to put on a great presentation.

Pete Masterson

'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42

El Sobrante CA

"aeonix1@mac.com"

On Jan 16, 2008, at 3:59 PM, mbulriss wrote:

Well, here we sit.  Three hours after the official unveiling and

nothing new on any of the web sites.

Ho-hum.  Need some marketing lessons from Apple on unveiling new products.

Mike Bulriss

1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"

San Antonio, TX

--- In "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com", "Ralph L. Fullenwider"

wrote:

Haven't seen it yet but waiting on the web site to come up with the New 

Bird. I fell for these Coaches when I was 16 back in '64 and find

myself 

actually anxious over the unveiling of this one.

[mbulriss]

Yes, it would seem like in 24 hours after introduction that there
could at least be some pictures on an "official" company website,
rather than just a dead countdown timer.

A webcast of the unveiling would also have been nice, since as Greg
pointed out there were *many* multiples of interested parties checking
online than there were at the Florida show.

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX

[Gregory OConnor]

I like the lighter colors of the interior and the curved cabinetry.
It is an art putting color and texture together. I respect the
designers that can make the elements work as they did in the bus.
the one thing that is disturbing is the fit of the fabric on the
sofa. the curved corner section , all the cusion ends and back of
drivers seat seemed un fitted. It may be easier to critique fit in
a 2d pic unvisited. that is why I point it out. Vessel sinks are
cool, dont like the rock vessel but love the glass. confused why the
cabinet under one sink had door tops exposed? I think the
workmanship of the cabinets must be breathtaking in person.

The exterior may show up better in person and on the road. LeroyE
needs to do some engine compartment detail and dressing to make it
appealing to owner operators. CCW customers are fleet buyers who
hardly lift the hood. Lift the hood of a proud Peterbuilt owner
operator and take note.

The BBQ in Johns factory photo is way cool. Ekard stainless magic
would also do wonders with a outside kitchen fit and finish.

The slide corners are a big disapointment. A coach with the razor
corner slides is one of the distinctions of coach and camper.

The logo is cool but too big, might work for DonB 's petstore but
not a private coach. Raised, the logo has dimension but looks cheap
( may just be the 2d effect). I like it to say wonderlodge someplace
near the door and off the back. reminds your guests to keep their
feet off the furniture and answers the questions to the CountryCoach
drivers you passed going up a grade. blue light is over done on sat
dish adversising and no way would I glow one on the road in
California.

The prevo partybus conversions are in the onemill area so I think
it is in line, I would hope the Wonderlodge was not much less than a
comparable Prevo conversion. Why should it be?

I hardly ever get thanked for my opinion. Strang how folks ask me
what I think ??????

GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCa
--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
wrote:
>
> Amen! I spend yesterday at MacWorld-SF... Apple sure knows how to
put
> on a great presentation.
>
> Pete Masterson
> '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
> El Sobrante CA
> aeonix1@...
>
>
>
> On Jan 16, 2008, at 3:59 PM, mbulriss wrote:
>
> > Well, here we sit. Three hours after the official unveiling and
> > nothing new on any of the web sites.
> >
> > Ho-hum. Need some marketing lessons from Apple on unveiling
new
> > products.
> >
> > Mike Bulriss
> > 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> > San Antonio, TX
> >
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ralph L. Fullenwider"
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Haven't seen it yet but waiting on the web site to come up
with
> >> the New
> >> Bird. I fell for these Coaches when I was 16 back in '64 and
find
> > myself
> >> actually anxious over the unveiling of this one.
> >>
>

[Macy Neshati]

John,
do you feel exploited in anyway? If you do my friend I sincerely apologize. There
was no intend or desire to do so. We worked until 2:00 AM Monday morning to get
the coach finished detailed and into the show. Therefore, we ran out of time to
get finished pictures to have ready to post to the website.

This
was a huge momentous event for us, the new Blue Bird brings back the quality,
workmanship, and attention to detail that made the Wanderlodge the legend that
it is. This was a huge day for us and many hundreds of our friends turned out to
see the unit and congratulate us and wish us well.

I
am somewhat taken aback that some have elected to attack us over the lack of
pictures and updates on the website at precisely 4:00 PM on the 16^th
without knowing all the facts or even asking what the facts were before
unleashing.

I
am overwhelmed by pride and gratitude for the hardworking craftsmen,
technicians, engineers, and designers who labored against all odds, many times
for 26 or even 36 hours at a time without sleep to bring our new Wanderlodge to
life and make it available for the show. They have my undying gratitude,
respect and admiration.

I
am sorry that through all of these extraordinary efforts and against all odds
and in the midst of getting this spectacular coach to the show, we ran out of
time to take photos and that therefore our success didn’t include the
timely update of our website.

Macy

Macy Neshati

www. completecoach.com http://www.thelegacyreturns.com
http://www.bluebirdcoachworks.com

email: macy@...

Cell: 951 836 6525 Office: 951 684 9585 Fax: 951 684 2023

1863 Service Court

Riverside, CA 92507

[Rob Robinson]

Macy I believe the naysayers are an extremely small minority. To take overa struggling companyand then produce a newcoach as quickly as you have is nothing short of amazing. You and the people of CCW havetruly accomplishedsomething that I would have though impossible in the short time given.Bravo Zulu

On 18/01/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Macy Neshati[/b] <"macy@completecoach.com"> wrote:

John, do you feel exploited in anyway? If you do my friend I sincerely apologize. There was no intend or desire to do so. We worked until 2:00 AM Monday morning to get the coach finished detailed and into the show. Therefore, we ran out of time to get finished pictures to have ready to post to the website.

This was a huge momentous event for us, the new Blue Bird brings back the quality, workmanship, and attention to detail that made the Wanderlodge the legend that it is. This was a huge day for us and many hundreds of our friends turned out to see the unit and congratulate us and wish us well.

I am somewhat taken aback that some have elected to attack us over the lack of pictures and updates on the website at precisely 4:00 PM on the 16^th without knowing all the facts or even asking what the facts were before unleashing.

I am overwhelmed by pride and gratitude for the hardworking craftsmen, technicians, engineers, and designers who labored against all odds, many times for 26 or even 36 hours at a time without sleep to bring our new Wanderlodge to life and make it available for the show. They have my undying gratitude, respect and admiration.

I am sorry that through all of these extraordinary efforts and against all odds and in the midst of getting this spectacular coach to the show, we ran out of time to take photos and that therefore our success didn't include the timely update of our website.

Macy

Macy Neshati

www. completecoach.com
http://www.thelegacyreturns.com www.bluebirdcoachworks.com

email: "macy@completecoach.com"

Cell: 951 836 6525 Office: 951 684 9585 Fax: 951 684 2023

1863 Service Court

Riverside, CA 92507

--
Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson

94 WLWB