juliaL719 wrote:You forgot to ban all pop culture.
j5 wrote:But that wouldn't maximize sales, would it?
JadenKale wrote:Sometimes, you just have to say "no" to the predictable. There ARE people in the world who want to wear something without a crutch character on it.
If allowing pop culture resulted in Derbies in which all top places were Pop Culture, I'd say you had a point. But let's go back and look at the last 5 shall we?
257: On the Beach
- Top 10 - 4 Pop[3 SW], 1 Kawaii, 1 Turbunguin, 3 Artistic
- Top 25 - 11 Pop[6 SW, 2 Mario]*, 1 Kawaii, 2 Turbunguin, 1 Bacon, 1 Robot, 7 Artistic
* 12 if you count Cthulhu as pop
- Total Pop: 29 in 131 [10 SW, 4 Mario, 1 TMNT]
256: Lost in a Good Book
- Top 3 - 1 Artistic, 1 Cat
- Top 10 - 3 Artistic, 2 Cats, 2 Pop[1 Mario]
- Top 25 - 7 Artistic, 2 Cats, 1 Turbunguin, 1 Kawaii, 7 Pop[2 Mario]*
* 8 if you count Cthulhu as pop
Total Pop: 15 in 88 (11 are LITERARY pop culture)
255: Double Take Derby 17
- Top 3 - 1 Pop, 2 Cats
- Top 10 - 3 Pop[1 SW], 2 Artistic, 2 Cats
- Top 25 - 7 Pop[2 Sw], 5 Artistic, 2 Kawaii, 5 Cats, 1 Turbunguin
Total Pop: 8 in 126
224: Trompe-l'œil
- Top 3 - 1 Pop, 2 Artistic
- Top 10 - 3 Pop[1 SW], 4 Artistic, 1 Cat, 1 Robot
- Top 25 - 8 Pop[1 Sw]*, 5 Artistic, 2 Kawaii, 2 Cats, 1 Robot
* 9 if you count Cthulhu as pop
Total Pop: 7 in 100
223: Insects, Bugs, & Arachnids (But Not Worms, Because Gross)*
- Top 3 - 2 Artistic
- Top 10 - 5 Artistic, 1 Kawaii
- Top 25 - 11 Artistc, 4 Kawaii
Total Pop: 0 for 146
* No Pop Culture Allowed
CONCLUSION: Pop is no more common that Artistic. Even when the Derby is an ART FORM this is True. Even when POP CULTURE IS EXCLUDED we see only a MARGINAL rise is Artistic Designs.
And personally I think that's more attributable to the stained glass effect of Butterflies and DragonFlies than the Pop restriction.
