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T-99 Update & Other Questions Answered by Blair

In case you missed the discussion here last night, Blair gave us some interesting information in regards to the T-99 status for Zest Fest. Below is the meat of the conversation but if your curious you can see it in it’s entirety on the Collector’s ZF Thread.

Part 1:
OK”¦.So here is the Deal”¦.All the T-99 are Finsihed”¦4 Different looking bottles”¦..25 Gold Topped, 25 Blue Topped, 25 Platinum Topped and 24 White topped. All have a 24k Gold Skull and a Hand engraved Brass number plate”¦.Plus each label has Two coded messages that can only be complete with the TrilogySet. -Texas-halloween-Holiday””That is Part one

Part 2:

These Bottles are Massive 3 1/2 times the Size of a 2am Etc. I have great concern about shipping 99 Bottles to Texas (Breaking) Hours and Hours have gone into these bottles””Also With the added Airport issues my Chilipals would not be able to carryon these bottles”¦After lots of thinking I have decided not to send to Texas

Part 3:
So here is the Deal””They will still only be available for purchase at the Texas Show. You will receive a voucher with your purchase after you fill out shipping info”¦Then Within 5 days after the show Every bottle will be packaged and shipped with the proper protection at no additional charge. I will have one of each style at the show for Display. I hope this plan makes everyone happy. I feel it is really in the very interest of my Chilipals. I would hate more than anything for you to purchase one of these very special bottles only to have it wrecked in your bags”¦.Please let me know your thoughts

I of course wanted everyone to be able to take their bottle home with them and believe me it would be easier than shipping 99 bottles around the country for free. But it would suck to get a call from a Chilipal after they got home from the show that their bottle broke from an Airline. So I am certain this is the best way.

This was my call”¦I will not charge anyone for shipping their bottle”¦.Problem For us is”¦.The Displays had been sent on the pallet.So Now We have to figure that situation out”¦These are Custom Jumbo Displays”¦.Sent weeks ago..I made the call to not ship the bottles VIA UPS AIR on Firday”¦.

On another note
We had planned our new site to launch Yesterday”¦..But still tweaking it”¦I cannot wait for everyone to see what has been going on”¦I have brought some wonderful new people to Blairs and have the best crew working with I could have ever hoped for. The site will have Bio’s on all 14 of my inner core crew that make what I do so much fun”¦.Plus Our Entire new Company -Blair Labs Inc. Opening November 2006

Blair, whats the scoville on the T-99?
The T-99 has many layers”¦Rnaging from 480k on the base””then 1.6 mill””then 6.4 mill”¦.Then 10 mill..Then I Sprinkled a Few Micro Grams of 16 Million Crystals on top. (Just for the Karma of it)

Also, I got a card in the mail today saying the wing sauce is available, I havnt seen it on the web site yet”¦is it ready?

My Wing Sauce Was finished bottled and done”¦.I have to say everyone thought it was great I thought I could do better. We Trashed 200 cases of Wing Sauce. Not the First time I have done that”¦
The 200 cases was a Test Batch”¦..Like I said it happens”¦..I am remaking it .Should be out soon”¦..

Anything else on the radar for new products?

YES”¦.1st Wing Sauce ( As you can see)”¦.A mini 4 pack of the Heat Sauces in Early October. New Chip Flavor sometime in October. New SuperHot Before 2007. And the opening of Blair Labs. Something that has been in the works for almost 4 years

So “¦No better group to ask than HSB. How Should I decide on who to offer the 4 bottles of T-99 that will be at the show. give me some ideas Please!

Nick Lindauer

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133 responses to “T-99 Update & Other Questions Answered by Blair”

  1. Bret Avatar
    Bret

    SEll it to a local Chilipal on the last day. They most have proof they are a chilihead. HSB ID , HOT SAUCE ID, And local DL.LOL

  2. Mrs.Ryan Avatar
    Mrs.Ryan

    a contest, we love contests. 😀 HSB BINGO

  3. Aaron Avatar
    Aaron

    Wow! Sounds like I missed a good one. But I was at the Auburn Washington State game and I would never have missed that! I love college football!

    I can’t wait for ZF though. I get more excited every day. I do think that Blair is doing the best thing as far as shipping the T-99 goes. Less moving it around decreases the possiblity for damage.

  4. thebigshow Avatar
    thebigshow

    [Comment ID #55106 Quote]

    I’m sure the game was good, but yeah it was great having Blair on for a while. Definately the best way to go, Jim is going to be shipping one of his too.

  5. Arizona Jack Avatar
    Arizona Jack

    How about at least 1 bottle finding it’s way into the po ker tou rney championship event? I have ordered trophy’s, but this will be above and beyond anything I could add !!!!

  6. Scott (Dragon835) Avatar
    Scott (Dragon835)

    I was wondering about the wing sauce too. It’s a shame 200 cases had to be trashed!! Can’t wat for it to come out!

  7. Ryan@angrypepper Avatar

    Surpise surprise. Only 99 bottles, 4 different wax jobs and such. 99/4=24.75 of each wax job. So are the fractioned bottles going to be worth more? Wait, that’s not possible. And last I heard, its only 2 per person. This just means yet again, there are going to be a select few that receive some “soecial” bottles that of course are going to be worth more on the secondary market than the others. So once again, people will be paying for the same thing, but not receiving the same thing. If each and every one of us had a business and were purchasing these for retail purposes, unless we were divided into different classes, this would be considered anti-trust. Now a lot of these will be purchased for resale, we all know it. So are the people with actual retail establishments going to get different bottles than the people that are just collecting and/or selling on ebay?

    Anyone that is planning on purchasing collectible bottles at ZF should have already planned on having their purchases shipped home via UPS or other carrier. So to be able to purchase at the show shouuld be no problem, because I honestly don’t believe that anyone is going down there strictly to get the T-99. People could just ship it back with the rest of their stuff.

    As a consumer, if I went to a car dealership and decided to purchase the same car as another person – with all the same bells and whistles – I would expect that if we paid the same amount of money, we would both get the same car. That is not the case with Blair anymore. If Blair were an auto dealer, we would all pay the same amount of money, but some would be gettting the base model, while others were getting all the upgrades, which on the secondary auto market, guess who’s would be worth more after driving it 10,000 miles? Same thing with jewelery. If me and the guy behind me pay the same amount of money for a diamond, but I get a 1/4 ct SI1 clarity D color round cut and the next guy gets the same quality in 1ct…there’s a bit of a problem there. Its called poor business practice. I know the BBB would have something to say about it as well.

    I’m not trying to sway anyone from buying one of these, I’m just saying that its not right to sell 4 different items under the same name, at the same price, that have different values. That’s bad karma in my book, but that’s just me.

  8. the truth Avatar
    the truth

    Ryan i hate to say i could not have said it better..nothin personal to those who collect Blairs stuff but i just dont understand paying all that money for something that im not going to open just seems to me that those bottles come out way to often

  9. DK Avatar

    Ryan, no fighting at the front of the bus man! I’m gonna have to send you to the back! 😉

  10. Tracy C Avatar
    Tracy C

    [Comment ID #55134 Quote]

    Fighting? Man this is history in the making! Ryan and truth have found common ground. This is a good reason to celebrate! CHEERS!
    Now if I just had some jerky to go with my beer… 😛

  11. DK Avatar

    [Comment ID #55136 Quote]

    I saw that, I meant between Ryan and Blair! Look at the bus pic in the forums!

    Now if i just had some beer to go with that jerky! 🙂

  12. Ryan Bell Avatar

    Can’t wait to see the bottles! 🙂

    — Ryan

  13. Arizona Jack Avatar
    Arizona Jack

    Tracy and Ryan and DK will ALL have jerky for their beer next week, starting your batches tonight friends !!!!
    No comment on the OTHER topic…..

  14. Lisa Avatar

    [Comment ID #55132 Quote]

    Ryan if you can see me now, you would see me standing up and applauding you 🙂

    Oh and its nice to see you and my other half finally found a common ground..

    Cant wait to see you guys in Texas

  15. Bret Avatar
    Bret

    [Comment ID #55139 Quote]

    Leroy loves Jerky.

  16. Bret Avatar
    Bret

    [Comment ID #55140 Quote]

    Ok I’m gone for little bit and everybody starts picking on the little retail guy. LOL

  17. Bret Avatar
    Bret

    Oh good news everybody i’m going to Fest. Right now in about 10 min. One big Ass party on the river in Cincinnati about 500.000 poeple, one big Ass beer fest. Peace

  18. THE TRUTH Avatar
    THE TRUTH

    Jack cant wait to try some of that jerky myself save some for me i also started makeing some of our for you guys

  19. Bret Avatar
    Bret

    [Comment ID #55142 Quote]

    Back to the retail thing and Blair. Naw can’t do it. Just keep hammering If you are going to hammer on someone let it be me. Cause I love you guys give some nore beer Ok wife said no bloging been drinking to much and I’m gong to drink more bye bye

  20. Arizona Jack Avatar
    Arizona Jack

    Right on Truth, I’ll be sure you get some. Starting the last of my eb ay batches today. ZF batch starts Wednesday so I will have the freshest avail product.

  21. Arizona Jack Avatar
    Arizona Jack

    [Comment ID #55141 Quote]

    Bret, let me get over the ZF hump, and I’ll get you a box of stuff to JJ’s

  22. MrFreeze Avatar
    MrFreeze

    All I know is that I am a true chillihead and the fact that I am not going to ZF and have to mis out on the T-99 s**ks, oh well guess e-bay will be my only chance of picking one up…………..

  23. Lisa Avatar

    Bret, I would NEVER pick on you … and keep drinking… its a Holiday weekend 🙂

  24. Tracy C Avatar
    Tracy C

    [Comment ID #55149 Quote]

    Somebody step up and get Mrfreeze a t-99!

  25. Tracy C Avatar
    Tracy C

    [Comment ID #55144 Quote]

    What about the rest of us?

  26. the truth Avatar
    the truth

    Tracy you going to the show?

  27. MrFreeze Avatar
    MrFreeze

    [Comment ID #55153 Quote]

    Thanks for the help………..

  28. MrFreeze Avatar
    MrFreeze

    (So …No better group to ask than HSB. How Should I decide on who to offer the 4 bottles of T-99 that will be at the show. give me some ideas Please!)

    Hey Blair you should offer it to someone not going to the show…………………..

  29. Tracy C Avatar
    Tracy C

    [Comment ID #55157 Quote]

    No Sir..

  30. Tracy C Avatar
    Tracy C

    [Comment ID #55159 Quote]

    Now that would truly be good Karma!!

  31. the truth Avatar
    the truth

    [Comment ID #55161 Quote]

    Now if he was a great guy he would make sure you got one!!!!

    Tracy…I was going to have a booth at zest but since we are a young company i had to go throught aloy of @#$% from the USDA cause we are including floosy picks in the bags and they never heard of this and had to have a meeting which delayed everything the Jerky is made and will be in 3 days after zest (MY LUCK) but is going to be on ebay and my web site jerseyboyzjerky.com so send me an email and i will send you alittle something….

  32. generallee Avatar
    generallee

    [Comment ID #55159 Quote]

    sounds like a good idea to me. but also make it equally fair to everyone in that catagory too. maybe like a pick a number between 1 and 1,000 or have Blair put so many skulls in a jar, take a picture of it and have those people email him and guess the number. i just believe that it should be equal. and also about the mailing thing, i support Blair’s decision 110%.
    adios from generallee and thanks again Blair for giving me a search to acquire yet another one of your awesome bottles.

  33. E.Z. Earl Avatar

    Ryan – I only get in here once in a while, but I’ve caught enough of your posts that I am really looking forward to meeting you in person at the Aurora BBQ on the 16th. Hope Mrs. Ryan comes too. Keep it up. I love it!! Enjoy the ZF.

  34. parker394 Avatar
    parker394

    [Comment ID #55161 Quote]

    I can’t make it to the show, but I do have some Jerkey coming my way Via Jack! Thanks my friend……I’ll be eating it and gazing at pics you guys send back for all of us who unfortunatly cannot make it to ZF….I hope I can speak for all when I say…..I mean Cry “Have a Great time”!

    Ya know there are people in California who like Hot stuff…..Why no Cali hot sauces?

    Do I need to start something here?

  35. Tracy C Avatar
    Tracy C

    [Comment ID #55166 Quote]

    Hi Parker! Nice to see you again…I think Pam from Long Branch Trading Co will be at ZF. They’re from Cali.

  36. thebigshow Avatar
    thebigshow

    [Comment ID #55143 Quote]

    Bret hope you have a good time man, ttyk

    [Comment ID #55149 Quote]

    hey MrFreeze, how’s it going? maybe noone will buy any, and they wil lgo on his site….lol..yeah right…

  37. Vic Avatar

    Hey all………..Whatz Happening!

    Yo Ho Capt, how’s it going…….

  38. thebigshow Avatar
    thebigshow

    [Comment ID #55175 Quote]

    Hey Vic, how goes it? was just heading to the off-topic thread to see who is on

  39. Tracy C Avatar
    Tracy C

    [Comment ID #55175 Quote]

    Howdy Vic, just drivin around with a bunch of tards! Hope all is well with you guys!

  40. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55176 Quote]

    [Comment ID #55177 Quote]

    That’s too funny, DK it rocks brother! Capt just keep your eyes on the road and TBS keep your hands where I can see them!!

  41. HenryK Avatar
    HenryK

    I might be dumb but bottles that are alike except that they are
    in different colors, how does one color cause it to be more valuable
    than the other. With all else the same. It is not the same as with
    the Firecrackers where there was a BIG DIFFERENCE.
    Someone tell me the secret of values.

  42. Arizona Jack Avatar
    Arizona Jack

    [Comment ID #55139 Quote]

    [Comment ID #55156 Quote]

    I would never forget about the rest of the HSB’rs that can’t atend, Tracy, your #99 is all set buddy, will ship with jerky this week.

  43. thebigshow Avatar
    thebigshow

    [Comment ID #55178 Quote]

    Vic, I’m the BB/SB WL Monitor, making sure you’re not concealing any weapons.

  44. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55182 Quote]

    I can not consider it a weapon, maybe a minor threat at best. 😐

  45. thebigshow Avatar
    thebigshow

    [Comment ID #55183 Quote]

    In that case, I’ll let you slide, no need to embarass ya with the ladies…

    Need a sock?

  46. generallee Avatar
    generallee

    [Comment ID #55179 Quote]

    i understand 100%. now you know what is going to happen…
    everyone is going to want one of each color and the next thing that will happen is they will be selling for $500 plus on ebay and us poor collectors will never be able to have the complete set of every Blair bottle that was released. i cant wait til the holiday and halloween bottles come out then hopefully they will all be the same and the only fighting will be for the low numbers. me personally, i would just like to be a lucky one with all the bottle whatever the number is.

  47. Arizona Jack Avatar
    Arizona Jack

    Hey Vic, whats up brutha?

  48. thebigshow Avatar
    thebigshow

    [Comment ID #55189 Quote]

    general, i think they will prob sell for $500+ period as there is only 99, and you have to be at ZF to get one.

  49. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55191 Quote]

    Not much man, tough weekend at work- looking forward to some R&R and some well deserved drinking!!

  50. thebigshow Avatar
    thebigshow

    [Comment ID #55195 Quote]

    plenty of that in texas….cajohn is tryin to scare me….lol.. JK John

  51. CaJohn Avatar

    You want to be scared, talk to the Cash Crew!

  52. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55197 Quote]

    That’s what I hear, looking forward to seeing some of these guys get wild- Hey Hot Sauce Blog Goes Wild! Good idea for a video, I’ll wear my speedo!

  53. Nick Lindauer Avatar

    [Comment ID #55205 Quote]

    Oh god no – bad mental pictures already

  54. CaJohn Avatar

    The makers have been wild for years, we even have pics to prove it! MSK knows, Chili knows, ABQ is nothin’ like Ft Worth when it comes to a party! Pepperman will be shooting beers, just be glad Dude won’t be there! Vic, lose the speedo man, them cowboys can’t handle that, somethin’ about steers and queers, don’t quite remember the rest…

  55. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55213 Quote]

    LOL, I hear you- actually lost it already, I had it on and when I sat down it disappeared up in there somewhere. 😯

  56. generallee Avatar
    generallee

    [Comment ID #55194 Quote]

    i know i know. i am so envious of the lucky ones like you going to zestfest. i am saving my money and counting the days til fiery foods 2007. also, looking forward to our meeting in az in 2 weeks. will reserve some hot a$$ scottsdale honeys and blackjack tables on the reservation.

  57. thebigshow Avatar

    [Comment ID #55221 Quote]

    ohhh blackjack, not very good to me….

    hey you got mail (friends popping up everywhere)

  58. thebigshow Avatar

    [Comment ID #55203 Quote]

    i’m ready for it all…..no plans, just run with it…if you scare me, i just wont go back next year…lol….

  59. MrFreeze Avatar
    MrFreeze

    [Comment ID #55249 Quote]

    Hey thebigshow whta’s up ???

  60. thebigshow Avatar

    [Comment ID #55254 Quote]

    Hey Freeze, how’s it goin man? you’ve been busy lately. how’s the salsa?

  61. Arizona Jack Avatar
    Arizona Jack

    [Comment ID #55221 Quote]

    It sounds like Los Dos Molinos is gonna be fun !!!

  62. thebigshow Avatar

    [Comment ID #55259 Quote]

    sure is getting interesting…general, forgot to tell ya, AJ’s gonna join us too. maybe you can talk him into saving you a special ZF 06 bottle and bring it with him. (i think he said only $5 too)

  63. Arizona Jack Avatar
    Arizona Jack

    [Comment ID #55266 Quote]

    Yes sir , General I’ll bring some along, $5 to HSB’rs !!!

  64. CaJohn Avatar

    [Comment ID #55249 Quote]

    If you don’t come back, everyone will say you can’t hang…

  65. thebigshow Avatar

    [Comment ID #55272 Quote]

    And the Gauntlet is down!!!!

    Don’t make me open this can!!

  66. MrFreeze Avatar
    MrFreeze

    [Comment ID #55256 Quote]

    Salsa is awesome, you should be getting yours this week. Just picked another 15 lbs. of habbys. That is 30 lbs this year so far. Turned my 45 lbs of jalapenos into mash and did that with my first 15 lbs. of habbys. Pretty sure that is what I will do with 15 lbs.I just picked. Going to be busy tomorrow canning.

  67. thebigshow Avatar

    [Comment ID #55277 Quote]

    mmm can’t wait man. need some $$ at least for the shipping, shoot me a paypal invoice. i appreciate what you do.

    if you ever dry any of those habs, i know someone who buy some from you.

  68. CaJohn Avatar

    [Comment ID #55275 Quote]

    Just remember, it’s an endurance run, the Cash Creww treats it like a 1/4 miler, but they CAN hang! just hang back and let them burn themselves out (I’ve never seen them do it, heard stories about Danny and the porcelain altar) it really will be a great time. Just don’t say I didn’t warn you!

  69. generallee Avatar
    generallee

    [Comment ID #55269 Quote]

    hopefully it has a #12 and a gold skull on it 🙂

  70. generallee Avatar
    generallee

    [Comment ID #55266 Quote]

    by the way, i forgot to tell you, the last guy that i heard order the hottest Los dos Molinos could make it (my favorite order) it turned his tongue black. dont know the medical term for that but it sounds like you cant take a shot of jack daniels and rub some dirt on it and it’l be gone the next morn.

  71. Arizona Jack Avatar
    Arizona Jack

    [Comment ID #55285 Quote]

    Dried habs? Me have some big a$$ dryers, hmmmmmmm
    [Comment ID #55304 Quote]
    Skull? Umm no, thats someone elses thingy, just the DITD is pushin it Im told, we dont wanna piss off anybody, #12, I can do, consider itdone

  72. thebigshow Avatar

    [Comment ID #55295 Quote]

    trust me, if i fall all the way of the wagon, i will have to take my time. i’m sure i lost my immunity and endurance…. but i’ll make sure i hang..

    we’ll have to play with DC boys, find out what they cant handle and do a shot challenge or something.

  73. thebigshow Avatar

    [Comment ID #55306 Quote]

    hmmm, sounds interesting and a challenge. may have to sample it. i’ve been warned, talked to the bro earlier today. he’s been there, said very hott…and no A/C to boot! if he’s free, and may come too.

  74. thebigshow Avatar

    [Comment ID #55312 Quote]

    nahhh.. DITD is good. Like the desert isnt hot enough to kill ya, gotta add hot sauce too.

  75. BLANE Avatar
    BLANE

    Hello everyone

  76. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55322 Quote]

    Hey BLANE- Nice Hat! 🙂

  77. Arizona Jack Avatar
    Arizona Jack

    Ok Gang, off to the HSRA again for a while, behave kids, dont make me……..

    Back later

  78. thebigshow Avatar

    [Comment ID #55326 Quote]

    Make you what????

    Can’t wait to see who wins the bragging rights.

  79. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55326 Quote]

    See ya bud, what you don’t see won’t get us in trouble!!!

  80. generallee Avatar
    generallee

    [Comment ID #55317 Quote]

    the more the marrier. i will bring my camers. should be an eventful evening.

  81. generallee Avatar
    generallee

    [Comment ID #55318 Quote]

    DITD? i need a translation.

  82. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55347 Quote]

    Death In The Desert

    Habanero Hot Sauce

  83. thebigshow Avatar

    [Comment ID #55347 Quote]

    Death In The Desert, that’s one of his sauces. You got e-mail too

  84. Mrs.Ryan Avatar
    Mrs.Ryan

    [Comment ID #55165 Quote]

    LOL E.Z I am not sure if any of ya’ll can handle the 2 of us in person 😀 looking forward to meeting you also!!

  85. Mrs.Ryan Avatar
    Mrs.Ryan

    [Comment ID #55213 Quote]

    I have it on good authority (from my gay cousin) that Texans are not gay friendly….. Vic, whatever you do please do not wear the speedo.

  86. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55375 Quote]

    Ok 🙁 I guess I can go a couple of days without it! Gonna be tough though 😈

  87. Vic Avatar

    How the heck are you!?! I have not seen you on in awhile…do you miss me!!!

  88. Mrs.Ryan Avatar
    Mrs.Ryan

    just throw ona frilly pink thong, under your jeans…..you’ll be fine 😉

  89. Mrs.Ryan Avatar
    Mrs.Ryan

    Hell yes I miss you……the question is do you miss me? LOL I have been one busy girl getting ready for this trip, and staffing my store 😀

  90. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55378 Quote]

    Yeah but I have issues with lacey-frilly and…well you know…butt hair!!! Oh don’t get me started!! The knotts are pure hell!! 😉

  91. generallee Avatar
    generallee

    [Comment ID #55350 Quote]

    email not in my email box. will wait… (jeopardy theme song)

  92. Mrs.Ryan Avatar
    Mrs.Ryan

    LMFAO @ Ryan and truth agreeing on something, I think hell just froze over!!!!!!!!!!!

  93. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55382 Quote]

    SHAA!!! Absolutely, I cry every night!!!

  94. Mrs.Ryan Avatar
    Mrs.Ryan

    [Comment ID #55383 Quote]

    LMAO@knotty butt hair (omfg what a visual) 😐

  95. Mrs.Ryan Avatar
    Mrs.Ryan

    [Comment ID #55388 Quote]

    ahhhhh how sweet your such a good liar 😛 😛 did you get your package?

  96. Mrs.Ryan Avatar
    Mrs.Ryan

    [Comment ID #55385 Quote]

    if that song gets tsuck in my head you are in big trouble mister 😐

  97. Mrs.Ryan Avatar
    Mrs.Ryan

    [Comment ID #55391 Quote]

    that would be stuck not tsuck 😐 thank you

  98. thebigshow Avatar

    [Comment ID #55385 Quote]

    lol, i got jeopardy theme on my cell…hmmm..sent you a new e-mail, dont knwo what happened to the first one.

    Leroy you got mail too.

  99. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55390 Quote]

    Yes, it’s awesome. I told Ryan, I think it looks better in person then the label on his site. I think the colorings of the sauce and the label go well and it is a good presentation. I am off tomorrow and had intentions of updating and adding some pics to our site, yours is one of them. 🙂

  100. Mrs.Ryan Avatar
    Mrs.Ryan

    [Comment ID #55394 Quote]

    awesome Thanks so much, I have had great reviews all the way around, so i am excited to see what happens at ZF.

  101. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55396 Quote]

    Oh shoot yeah! It should be good for you. You know all this talk about it and it still hasn’t really sunk in that it’s just a few days away. It seems like it got here so fast, I can’t wait.

  102. Arizona Jack Avatar
    Arizona Jack

    [Comment ID #55375 Quote]

    Mrs Ryan, perhaps I need to speed up my new label with Mr Ryan, a jpeg would work, this sounds interesting !!!!

  103. Arizona Jack Avatar
    Arizona Jack

    brew, bottle, fill, sign, label…..drink a few……brew, bottle, fill, sign, drink a few……. ZF has me workin my A$$ off lately, but well worth it Im sure !!!!!!

  104. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55403 Quote]

    Tuff night for you, mine is a little simpler= type, drink a few, pee!

  105. Mrs.Ryan Avatar
    Mrs.Ryan

    [Comment ID #55400 Quote]

    We leave on thursday morning and I can’t believe it is almost time….seems like we have been counting down forever.

    [Comment ID #55401 Quote]

    Jack, the label we are speaking of is on ryans site…you can’t miss it….

  106. Mrs.Ryan Avatar
    Mrs.Ryan

    alright all I am outtie for now See you in a few days 😀

  107. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55407 Quote]

    That’s cool, We are driving. I had planned on leaving Thursday morning but Wendy wants to take off Wednesday after work- take our time and site see a little on the way.

  108. Vic Avatar

    [Comment ID #55412 Quote]

    Good night, see you guys soon! Have a good one…..

  109. Ryan@angrypepper Avatar

    [Comment ID #55179 Quote]

    Well Henry, its like this. With the firecracker, there were 3 variations on the bottle (nevermind the gold skull ones, misprints, etc…) Red, White, and Blue. The fact that there was an equal number of Red and Blue, but a very small number of White is what made all the difference. The fact that there were less of the White makes it more difficult to obtain on the secondary market, so the demand is up, thus the white is worth more to the collector than the Red or the Blue.

    Now in the case of the T-99, there are FOUR different wax jobs. 99 is not evenly divided by 4. So there is going to be less of at least one color that will be worth more to the collectors on the secondary market. Blair has now taken away the purchasers ability to choose what color they get so he can choose for us…like the firecracker.

    A buddy of mine brought up a good point today. There’s only 99 of the T-99, 299 of the Halloween 06, and 299 Holiday 06. There’s a 3 part message that can only be put together if you have all 3 of these…but here’s the catch. If each person that buys a T-99 only buys 1, only those 99 people have the opportunity to have the complete message because there is 200 more of the other two. Potentially 200 people will not be able to have the whole “trilogy” (we all know that people will buy more than 1 of each, so that’s even less).

    So you see, Henry, the value bit is directly associated with rarity, in conjunction with a manufacturer’s popularity and built up hype. Blair will select who gets what, as always, and has made it impossible for more than 99 complete sets. And if you REALLY want to get technical, he’s made it impossible to have more than 2 complete sets due to the Firecracker fiasco. How many people are going to disapointed this time around because they didn’t get what they wanted? I know there were a lot of people hoping to get the white firecracker and were disapointed when they got a regular red or blue. I know there were a lot of people disapointed when Blair chose who got the 05 holiday based on how much money people had or had not spent on him in the past.

    I’m tired, hopped up on vicodin, and just ranting now, but you get the point. At least we have other manufacturers that are willing to give people the opportunity to get the same thing for the same price…even limited editions like the Caveat Emptor. There’s not going to be different bottles at ZF, and you can actually get your hands on it at the show.

  110. generallee Avatar
    generallee

    so i am so happy this morning. i finally found out some truth about who gets some bottles. as it stated in the first to the last paragrapgh, last sentence… “I know there were a lot of people disapointed when Blair chose who got the 05 holiday based on how much money people had or had not spent on him in the past.” by Ryan. i have always wondered how the big collectors in the industry have acquired all the reserves. now the second and last question of life is which came first, the egg or the chicken. anybody have an answer?

  111. pmac Avatar
    pmac

    I won’t quote the whole thing from Ryan, but I have to Completely disagreen with one point.
    “I know there were a lot of people disapointed when Blair chose who got the 05 holiday based on how much money people had or had not spent on him in the past.”
    This has to be a complete fabrication, or speculated opinion, but I guarantee it is not true.
    I received 2 bottles mailed one to me one to a friend. The one to me was my second bottle ever (first was Holloween ’05 and I ordered only one bottle), and the second one My friend ordered was the first bottle they ever ordered.

  112. Ryan@angrypepper Avatar

    “now the second and last question of life is which came first, the egg or the chicken. anybody have an answer? ”

    The egg

  113. Ryan@angrypepper Avatar

    [Comment ID #55476 Quote]

    Blair said himself that the people receiving the 05 holiday would be chosen based on previous sales. I just paraphrased.

  114. Bret Avatar
    Bret

    [Comment ID #55472 Quote]

    Darn I miss out on the 05 I did not even get 1. Oh well there is always 06

  115. Bret Avatar
    Bret

    [Comment ID #55482 Quote]

    Oops sorry this is about chiliheads not about retailers. Go on with it.

  116. Ryan Bell Avatar

    [Comment ID #55481 Quote]

    Well, how come pmac got a bottle and it was his second bottle EVER to buy from Blair? …and it was his friend’s first ever.

    What gives?

  117. Ryan@angrypepper Avatar

    [Comment ID #55521 Quote]

    Ask Blair, I don’t read the man’s mind, I just went off of what he said himself. Its posted here on the blog under the 05 Holiday Reserve thread. He said the the people he chooses to receive the 05 holiday would be based on past purchases. For crying out loud, Blair is not the second coming, he’s a hot sauce manufacturer. He’s not perfect. He makes mistakes. He said it, I paraphrased it.

  118. the truth Avatar
    the truth

    [Comment ID #55537 Quote]

    Dam the way people act over this product you think he was..Well Ryan again for the second time i agree with you maybe you can explain the whole blair thing to me at zf

  119. Arizona Jack Avatar
    Arizona Jack

    Truth, bummer about your delays bro, I wish you the best of luck. I also will see you Ryan at ZF, how’s the secret label coming along?

  120. Ryan@angrypepper Avatar

    Well its nw its less of a secret! Got some ideas, still need to put them together. Been running all over getting stuff done for ZF, but I will start soon. Got a couple things ahead of yours, but it will be done.

    Truth, Jack, looking forward to meeting both of you in person.

  121. Ryan Bell Avatar

    No need to get defensive about it. haha. I just asked a question. 😉

    — Ryan

  122. Ryan@angrypepper Avatar

    [Comment ID #55781 Quote]

    Wasn’t defensive, I had nothing to defend there. Just the facts ma’am

  123. MattUK Avatar
    MattUK

    I wish I could get to ZF!! I would love to get my hands on a shipping coupon and then a bottle!! I will make a space in my cabinet and just hope (I’m running out of space already in it!!)

  124. MattUK Avatar
    MattUK

    ooo and just a question – when did it go upto 99 from 59? I haven’t been around in a while and didn’t realise it had changed

  125. Bret Avatar
    Bret

    [Comment ID #55962 Quote]

    The same day 9-3

  126. Sporto Avatar
    Sporto

    “How Should I decide on who to offer the 4 bottles of T-99 that will be at the show.” How about something like, “where your blair’s has been” contest….you know, best pic of where your reserve has been…that would be mint, and there would be some nice pics too

  127. Arizona Jack Avatar
    Arizona Jack

    [Comment ID #55569 Quote]

    More Hype, lol

  128. CaJohn Avatar

    Dave from Hot Shots told me he has quite a few Blair’s older collectables for sale here at ZF. Look him up if you are interested. He has a end cap booth!

  129. generallee Avatar
    generallee

    [Comment ID #56111 Quote]

    is there a way us HSB folks can contact him and see what he has available? i am stuck here in AZ and no funds to get to the Mecca of Zestfest.

  130. Patriathlon Avatar
    Patriathlon

    Wife and I just arrived in Fort Worth, 22hrs drive from The OC, can’t wait to meet everyone!

  131. Ryan Bell Avatar

    My girlfriend got a call from Crystal at Blair’s, and she said that they are starting to ship the T-99s this week!

  132. Vic Avatar

    We got our’s today! 9/20/2006 We received a Blue on White Wax #38 of 99. You can see pics of it @ http://vwendy.photosite.com/Album1/
    It arrived in perfect condition and with lots of little goodies!!! WhooHoo!!!

  133. Cheffy Avatar
    Cheffy

    Got mine today, gold on platinum #47, very happy about that by the way.