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1997 Pin Rejects
 
It's a new year, and it's time for a whole new crop of Pin Rejects. Yes, all of these designs were presented to the New Jersey OM Board, and all were flatly rejected! It's up to you now. Will anyone contribute some money to turn these great designs into reality? If you want to use any of my designs for your state, let me know.
Woulda been a great pin This design was to be titled 'New Jersey OMers Use Their Heads!', but it wasn't made because of 'copyright restrictions' on the Lego designs. It is a 3D raytracing produced on my PC. I modeled the figure myself by hand, using a real Lego minifigure and a digital ruler.
Not tradable for a Belle New Jersey has this thing for tomatoes. They've made tomato pins every year. So I gave them what they wanted. This pin was put in a square frame because cutouts were too expensive. A form of this pin with a boring, plain white background, is New Jersey's state pin this year. It looks much better this way, though.
Never got to Zanca's This was to be the New Jersey Tomato Girl. She's got a structure in her hand (not up to this year's specifications, though). She's not being made, either. I think I'll concentrate my artistic efforts in other areas from now on.
Too Satanistic for the board This is the New Jersey Devil, based on local legends, and namesake of the hockey team. The last devil we had looked something like a seahorse, so I thought I'd make one that looked a tiny bit scarier. 'What is this, promoting Devil-worship?' I can hear them saying.
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