Tim Holtz and Tonic

Just a note. I tried my precision press with both rubber and acrylic stamps and it works just fine. And cleaned up great with a baby wipe. 

Yeah, I know what you mean! I just bought the HA one too because my Misti is ready to crack into pieces any day. I haven't used it yet, and turns out I still have the receipt so I'm returning it this weekend. But if I couldn't return it I wouldn't have been too upset... price is good and it's smaller so I'd probably still use it for making cards.

What was with the whole patent pending with the misti? Was she not able to or you can't patent scrapbook products?

Was it a weird coincidence that Jennifer McGuire (a staunch supporter of the Misti) just uploaded a video on ways to use the Misti? I thought she was also a fan/friend of Tim Holtz? Or am I looking into it too much?

I get that she wants to support the Misti maker, that's her prerogative. But to be snarky about it, and to Tim Holtz of all people, kinda lowers my respect for her. She keeps saying that what she does is her "job". Well she needs not let her emotions get in the way of her business, imo.

I can understand and appreciate Jennifer McGuire's loyalty to someone who is obviously a friend. But the Misti owner conducted herself badly IMO, and has no right to attack others for creating a similar product. I'm sure she was disappointed, but she would have had a much more loyal following if she had focused on her own business instead of everyone else's.

Her attack on one of our own Peas, who created a little press for his own use, in his garage, was beyond ridiculous. I knew nothing about her product until that, and she certainly lost this potential customer right off the bat.

I think it's time for Jennifer to let it go. That Tonic press looks really awesome, and it makes no sense for her to alienate other manufacturers and designers over this.

That's what I was wondering as well.

I didn't even think of that when I saw the video. However, the tips she gives can be used with almost any of the current (and future) hinged stamp positioners on the market.

I didn't take it as her being snarky. She just started using that bar magnet in her videos and being Jennifer McGuire, I'm sure she gets SO many questions about any little thing she changes, so she did a quick video to help cut down on emails. In the past she's said she doesn't do product reviews because if she loves something, she'll support it but if she's not a fan she doesn't publicize it. I can appreciate that she only wants to put the positive stuff out there. I also don't think her not reviewing the other ones means that they're bad, it just means this is the one she's happy with. I have a Misti myself and while I don't love how the owner has behaved, I am very happy with the product itself. Just another perspective to throw out there.

Yes I agree and understand that. I just think her timing was very unfortunate if she truly doesn't mean any snark.

Thank you mimi3566 after reading that I might have to agree with you. I guess I was a little sensitive about her doing it 2 days after Tim released his product. (Plus I'm super stressed out atm and it's making me a bit grouchy/bitchy. ) I really love and admire JM so to see her video timing made me question her motives. I know she is a great person.

It's very unfortunate timing or the Misti owner asked of Jennifer to do it now because of the upcoming loss of business due to TH's stamping platform. This wouldn't surprise me as it's a common business tactic: lock in a few more orders before FOMO for a competitor's product takes over. TH's won't be shipping until April, now is the time to give people the impression this tool is really a game changer and you can have it in your hands straight away. Psychologically, customers tend to brush off most logical and rational reasons to delay a purchase (the improvements TH did on the other versions of the concept floating around) if you cater to their instant gratification needs.

What wasn't very smart on Jennifer's behalf was the epilogue. She should have scripted the final bit of her video better. It felt contrived, hesitant (she literally uh-ed while reaching for words), more like a warning than an explanation. It was very clear that she (at this time) will only endorse the Misti and thus not mention any other stamping platforms out there. But it could have been expressed better and in a friendlier tone. "This is my go-to stamping platform. I've absolutely fallen in love with it and that's why it's the one - and only one - I'm offering review of on my channel." Over and out.

Ironically, TH isn't one to take concepts and make his own version of it just to grab some money. I appreciate his cool jazz cat attitude in the SB industry. And I trust his products even more because of it. He only reworks existing concepts if he feels they're not meeting his needs and can be improved upon. Case in point with this platform.

omg, i actually thought i might make it through 2017 without needing another tool! this stamp platform is so interesting that i may have own it. i have so many unmounted stamps and this may reignite my interest in stamping.

My eyebrows hit the ceiling when Jennifer McGuire said that at the end of her Misti video. Still love her, still gonna watch her, and at this point, when she owns like 20 of the damn things, I get that she's wholly invested in them and doesn't really need more from other brands, but still it stuck me super oddly when she basically said she wasn't even going to try anything else. That's really unlike her. She tries and compares freakin' everything. It made her look incredibly biased in favor of a particular vendor, when usually she's all about the best tool for the task, no matter the maker.

I'm buying from Tim. Even if I didn't want to support him because he's TIM, the rubber stamp functionality is mandatory for me. And it's not pink!