+bushwackin' schmo Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Huh? Give me one, please. Link to comment
+KC0GRN Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 whoohoo! New icon! When they're released anyways, alls I care about logging is one, and getting it outta my possesion asap. Link to comment
+M&DofKJE Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 I have one. Agent K has one. Any team that was at GW3 has one (at least). We release them on June 6th.... after we tell our stories and get our pictures. Link to comment
+bushwackin' schmo Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 how do I get one? I am a loyal Jeep owner! Link to comment
+Team Silver Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 TeamSnook has one...it is the same icon...different color... Link to comment
SCP-173 Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 TeamSnook has one...it is the same icon...different color... The icons are not the same, there are many differences. Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 TeamSnook has one...it is the same icon...different color... The icons are not the same, there are many differences. That's right The yellow one has a rearview mirror, a differential, leaf springs, and a split windshield. The white one has a blue windshield. The yellow also looks narrower, like an older model Jeep. Link to comment
+bushwackin' schmo Posted June 2, 2005 Author Share Posted June 2, 2005 They look like tomb raider left overs! Link to comment
+StarshipTrooper Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 - But....how do you GET one? Link to comment
+Eartha Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 (edited) edit: double posted Edited June 2, 2005 by Eartha Link to comment
+Eartha Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 - But....how do you GET one? Same as any other travel bug: Search caches in your area, look for the white jeep icon, and run don't walk to find it before someone else does. Attend an event where there might be some, and run don't walk, to find it before someone else does. It's just like any other travel bug, it's goal is to move around, to be placed in caches, found, moved to another cache and so on. The object is not to get them and keep them. They are travel bugs, meant to travel. You can probably find the answer searching in any of the old yellow jeep TB threads too. I think a very small percentage of the Yellow jeeps are travelling still. Poeple seem to want to keep them for some reason. Cachers should take a picture, make some memories, enter the contest, and place it in another cache. Link to comment
WH Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 If the yellow jeeps are any indication, these will quickly disappear into peoples collections. Link to comment
+lpyankeefan Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Although adding my two cents here it does look like about half of the original YJTBs were never even activated. Were they indeed sent out but never activated by those who were supposed to distribute them, or did Jeep drop the ball on distribution? Since I started actively caching in March of this year I'm just asking. Link to comment
+Team Silver Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 i bet these dont last half as long as the YJTBs. Link to comment
Jake - Team A.I. Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 I found one at my local walmart for $1.98... minus the travelbug tag. Link to comment
WH Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 (edited) How's this for an idea to help keep better track of them. Allow individual cachers to adopt the White Jeep TB's. This way, we can all help keep track of them as they circulate and send emails to those who grab em and wont't let go. I understand that this won't stop them from disappearing but it may help slow it down a bit. Edited June 3, 2005 by WH Link to comment
+KC0GRN Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 There was such a stink about the jeeps last year, I'm not sure my local caching organization is even interested in dispersing a group this year. Sad honestly, but what can ya do. Is there a list going for individuals to get some this year to disperse? I know of a couple other cachers around here that'd love a chance to log one. Link to comment
Jake - Team A.I. Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 My little collection, not from the contest, so I don't have tags for these. they are less than $2 at Walmart.... for those of you who want to collect. Link to comment
+9Key Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Why did people keep the yellow jeeps anyway? They're just toy cars. Link to comment
+StarshipTrooper Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 - But....how do you GET one? Same as any other travel bug: Search caches in your area, look for the white jeep icon, and run don't walk to find it before someone else does. Attend an event where there might be some, and run don't walk, to find it before someone else does. It's just like any other travel bug, it's goal is to move around, to be placed in caches, found, moved to another cache and so on. The object is not to get them and keep them. They are travel bugs, meant to travel. You can probably find the answer searching in any of the old yellow jeep TB threads too. I think a very small percentage of the Yellow jeeps are travelling still. Poeple seem to want to keep them for some reason. Cachers should take a picture, make some memories, enter the contest, and place it in another cache. Perhaps I didn't make myself clear... I *know* how to *find* a travel bug. Clearly, there are some goecachers or someone else chosen to distribute the jeep bugs initially. I have and know of some good locations to drop some off - far more fitting than many of the caches which recieved the initial yellow tb deposits last year - and I want to know if it's possible that I coould actually *start* a few on their way... Link to comment
WH Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Perhaps I didn't make myself clear... I *know* how to *find* a travel bug. Clearly, there are some goecachers or someone else chosen to distribute the jeep bugs initially. I have and know of some good locations to drop some off - far more fitting than many of the caches which recieved the initial yellow tb deposits last year - and I want to know if it's possible that I coould actually *start* a few on their way... Contact your local approver to offer your assistance. It is they who have the task of dispersing jeeps to the various areas they approve caches for. Link to comment
+9Key Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Contact your local approver to offer your assistance. It is they who have the task of dispersing jeeps to the various areas they approve caches for. Seems like that responsibility would fall to local geocaching groups rather than the cache reviewers. Link to comment
+fly46 Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Yes, but the reviewers get them for their areas and then dispurse them to groups. Link to comment
+KC0GRN Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Hmm.. I don't think anyone has been contacted at my state's organization about distributing these yet, though the people that did the distributing last year had a very bad experience with them, and I doubt those people are going to want to deal with more this year. I was going to be happy to step in and give a had so I can get some jeeps out in my area, but alas I'm stuck in the middle of not knowing much of the whole process. Shoot I just want the fancy icon.... Did I mention it's my birthday on Saturday? Link to comment
+geekster Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 i was wondering the same thing, I did email our area approver a number of days ago to ask and I've heard zippo back. I thought today was the big launch day ?, I live in the SF Bay area and as of midday today there are a total of 3 of these within a 45 mile radius, yet there are literally 100s of caches in the same area, doesn't seem like much of a launch Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 i was wondering the same thing, I did email our area approver a number of days ago to ask and I've heard zippo back. I thought today was the big launch day ?, I live in the SF Bay area and as of midday today there are a total of 3 of these within a 45 mile radius, yet there are literally 100s of caches in the same area, doesn't seem like much of a launch The SF Bay area Jeeps are being delivered to Hemlock, who is in contact with the GBA (Geocachers of the Bay Area) for re-distribution. You can get updates on these via the GBA website at www.theGBA.net. In addition, 36 WJTB's were distributed in San Jose over the weekend to attendees of the "Little Shop of Horrors" event. Nearly 80 cachers from all around the Bay Area attended, and the TBs were raffled off to assure fair distribution. All members present commited to moving the TBs from cache to cache and will be watching them to see that they keep moving. Link to comment
Keystone Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Distribution arrangements similar to what workerofwood describes are now in the works all across the country. Many of the designated local recipients of WJTB's just received their boxes today, or are expecting them in the near future. You then need to remain patient while the Jeeps are prepared for distribution (adding the tags to the Jeeps, etc.). Please don't worry if your local volunteer cache reviewer hasn't responded directly to your e-mail. I have received so many inquiries that I've found it impossible to reply to them all! Link to comment
+pghlooking Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Everyone is anxious for these Jeeps. We only have one in our area right now. Our local reviewer thought it would funny to tease us prior to the big release with one, and turns out it is Gay. Link to comment
+Aim High! Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 (edited) Happy to report we're moving the White Jeeps throughout UT and into WY and many were placed today and are on the move. They are very nice!! So, what's up with the notification of a White Jeep being placed within 50 miles of the specified zip code? Definitely isn't working at this point. AH! Edited June 9, 2005 by Aim High! Link to comment
+spyder8 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 I went to the Jeep site http://jeep.geocaching.com but didn't see any way to signup and get notified when a White Jeep TB appears within my zipcode range as was available last year - Link to comment
+Speedy38 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 White jeeps will be arriving in Massachusetts tomorrow and plans are already in the works for the Western part of the state. I have not finalized plans for Eastern MA .....but will distribute them to people and areas that will move them along accordingly and give everyone a chance to complete each months task and enter the contest !! WJTB party is happening soon!!! Link to comment
+Orange Hippo Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 We had several (10 I think) that went out from the GBES Navigational Rally banquet May 21st. LilDevil worked it out with Jeep that the GBES Rally was the initial launch point of the first Jeeps... Next year maybe you could join us at the 2006 Rally and see what we have ;-) Link to comment
Fudd Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Anyone know if anyone is going to launch these in VA or any of the surrounding states? Link to comment
+Aim High! Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 I went to the Jeep site http://jeep.geocaching.combut didn't see any way to signup and get notified when a White Jeep TB appears within my zipcode range as was available last year - One of our cachers found the following link Jeep Promo at which many of us have registered to receive these notifications but doesn't appear to be functioning. Groundspeak: What's the status on fixing this problem or have they just eliminated this feature? AH! Link to comment
+EleriandBlade Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 turns out it is Gay. Oh wow... I'll remember not to start reading logs while drinking, I kittened water all over my monitor. Link to comment
WH Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 I wonder who could possibly have some? Link to comment
+beopots Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 are the white jeep icons working in the cache pages? i haven't seen any yet. i know the email notification isnt working yet, but if the icons would show up, i could sift through caches easier. instead of sitting on the jeep tb latest movement page all day. you know what i mean? well, do you? Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Yes, if a WJTB is placed in a cache, the white jeep icon appears just like a travel bug icon in the search results list. I know because I've placed one. Link to comment
WH Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 are the white jeep icons working in the cache pages? i haven't seen any yet. i know the email notification isnt working yet, but if the icons would show up, i could sift through caches easier. instead of sitting on the jeep tb latest movement page all day. you know what i mean? well, do you? Check out the event at the top of this list for Massachusetts. Link to comment
+AuntieWeasel Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Huh. I just looked at the contest page for the first time. You're supposed to take a picture of the TB at one of the three "goal" locations? Was it that way last year? I picked up a YJTB more or less by accident last year and entered the contest, but I don't remember goals being part of it. I hope this doesn't mean people have to hold onto them longer in order to meet the requirement... Link to comment
+pghlooking Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 IF, and this is the big IF, people actually read the fine print, they should hold them less of a time this year. the site says IF the travel bug is not in the cache when you arrive, take a picture of your GPS unit showing the coordinates of the cache with the goal in the photo . So if you get to a cache and the Jeep is gone get a good pic and enter away. Link to comment
Keystone Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 (edited) The themes are new for this year's contest. So is the feature, just described, to allow a contest entry if someone goes to a cache in good faith, expecting to find a WJTB there, but discovering instead that it's already been taken. EDIT: You can also submit two separate photos for that "consolation option" -- one that shows your GPS and the cache coordinates to prove you tried to grab a WJTB, and a second showing the goal location. This covers cases where the cache location doesn't match any of the goal locations. Edited June 10, 2005 by Keystone Link to comment
+LadeBear68 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Who named all of these white jeep travel bugs? Link to comment
+AtlantaGal Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Who named all of these white jeep travel bugs? Jeremy Link to comment
+AuntieWeasel Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 So is the feature, just described, to allow a contest entry if someone goes to a cache in good faith, expecting to find a WJTB there, but discovering instead that it's already been taken. Heh heh. It was a kindness, given the disappear rate from last year's, but I can see that one being...stretched a bit. No, seriously dude. There was a WJTB in this thing. Check the logs. On the other hand, it's a contest. They want us to be happy, get excited about their stuff, and enter. I love capitalism. Link to comment
+hydee Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Who named all of these white jeep travel bugs? Jeremy Nope, we did not sit around coming up with 5000 names. They were all downloaded from a baby name database. Link to comment
+Speedy38 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 I just recieved my Jeeps here in MA to distribute ...... boy did I get some weird names ......LOL Link to comment
+Tagamet Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 So is the feature, just described, to allow a contest entry if someone goes to a cache in good faith, expecting to find a WJTB there, but discovering instead that it's already been taken. Heh heh. It was a kindness, given the disappear rate from last year's, but I can see that one being...stretched a bit. No, seriously dude. There was a WJTB in this thing. Check the logs. On the other hand, it's a contest. They want us to be happy, get excited about their stuff, and enter. I love capitalism. Isn't it the case that you can go to their site and just enter the contest? Although I sure intend to try to catch up with one of these TB's, the rules seem to allow you to just provide your identifying info and enter. Am I wrong on this? I'm a Noob, so I wasn't participating last year. Thanks in advance, Tagamet Link to comment
+Muggermots Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 There are two different contests. One is the jeep photo contest, the other is a regular sweepstakes where you submit contact info to enter. When the jeep page first went up, there was a link on one of the main pages to get to that email update page. I signed up for it. After everyone started asking about if it was available, I went looking for the link, and it has disappeared. It's the same page as was posted above. Am really hoping they (or someone) gets a search working... wishing for a jeep in my area, and it doesn't look to me like there are hardly any out in Oregon at all yet. And going through page by page... well, my patience limit for that is about ONCE. Link to comment
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