Themendous

We have totally Tremendous (or should I say THEMENDOUS) news!!! Our Studio has been signed for a new reality show featuring our daily drama and project escapades! Those of you who already know us and have worked with us know that this business is not only hectic but does present a true day to day drama that is found no where else, and so... You have seen us on Shipping Wars,  and now you will now soon see "US" !!! With that, we are announcing an open casting call for projects to be considered for the show! Come one come all, we will be showing at our annual IAAPA trade show down in Orlando Fl.   Booth 1067.  Potential customers who will be there at the show will have an opportunity to have their projects featured on our reality show!   KennyWood Park's Black Widow Spider was the Hit of Shipping Wars, shown more times than any other episode.  Can you imaging the National coverage they have been given???  THAT can be YOU! So,  If you...

It seems now that my posting updates here is always behind, due to the fact that yes, we are busy.  That's a great problem to have actually, but my apologies do go out to the people who do follow this blog, either direct, or indirect.  We have worked on some great projects this year and I hope to post a summary of them soon.  Meantime however, here is one that will knock your socks off.... This coming October 2nd will be A&E's Shipping Wars season finally, and what better way to sign off for the season, than featuring us: THEMENDOUS?!? If you are not familiar with the show, Each episode dives into the cutthroat world of heavy-duty movers as they battle for the chance to transport the unshippable. And in our industry: the THEMING industry, pretty much everything we do is "unshippable".  The competition begins with uShip, the world's largest online marketplace for independent truckers. Every day, thousands of shipments are put up for auction. The battle is ...

Welcome, to the newest black light miniature golf course in Jacksonville Fl.: Krazie Golf's "The Island of Dr. More Glow"! Installed at Cassat's Family Fun Center and Bowling Center , this 18 hole, 5,000 sq ft course is Krazie Cool and packed full of props and hand painted glow in the dark murals! Your adventure begins with a relaxing sailboat ride but quickly you are thrown off course and land on an apparently deserted island. With no way off the island, you make your way through a forest and series of spider webs, and come upon the castle of the mysterious Dr. Glow. Having heard tales of his madcapped creations, you decide to enter the castle and investigate, only to find out that one of Dr. Glow’s Krazie Robot experiments has escaped. Dr. Glow dares you to give chase through the Vortex transporter, where you will eventually face off with the Krazie Robot. Follow it into the big city, scale up a building onto the rooftop, where a hole in one sends it crash...

Another year has quickly gone by and today, I am reminded that The Wizard of OZ film debut is 72 yrs old!  There are many amongst us that cherish this movie in one way or another, and the fan base that exists even 72 yrs later is still strong and ever growing.   Personally we are always honored to be part of a historic moment and last year, we were asked to construct two very large Ruby Red Slippers and legs for the 71st anniversary of the movie.   Below is our original blog post.   And if we can help YOU out with any project for an event, trade show, branding or facility theming, just click your heals three times.  And when you're done with that, pick up the phone and give us a call! Original post: July 14th 2010: It's 12:40 am Friday morning and NYC's  Madame Tussauds  decides they need an over sized pair of the world famous Wizard of Oz's Ruby Red Slippers in order to celebrate the launch of The Wizard of Oz Cinema 4-D experience in New York ...

Looks like doing this over my outdated iPhone isn't working so well, which is a shame, as I wanted to post some oddities.  So,  I will update the blog later this evening when I finally get home and have a glass of home made wine.  Sorry folks.  I seem to be stuck in a web!   (web actually part of our current black light minigolf project "Isle of Dr. More Glow"  Installing next week at Cassat's Batt Bowl in Jacksonville FL.

Like a shot heard 'round the world, the news is all a flutter about the recent death of Osama Bin Laden.  But now of course the conspiracy theories start.  Did they really kill him?  Why didn't they produce the body like they did with Hussein? Who are we to believe?  Well... doubt no longer.., "We" have the proof!  That's right:  WE:  www.Themendous.com have Osama Bin Laden's Head! And now it can be yours for a meer cost available only via ebay!   Item# 180662096945 That's right... we are capitalizing on the death of this notorious and now dead terrorist and why not?  He put thousands of industries into economic hardship.  Killed bread winners and not to mention almost put us out of business back in 2001.  So now, it's our turn to take this opportunity to re-coup on our financial losses.  I would imagine that there are already T-shirt designers in production since late last night busy kicking out some funny Osama sayings ...

I've always found myself to be a creative person, able to come up with funny, off the cuff, some times dark comedic scenarios towards the promotion of things in general.  I remember a grammar school contest where we were asked to come up with an ad for Tropicana orange juice (why exactly, I don't know), but I drew a carton of orange juice next to a glass and some school books, and wrote the slogan: "Juice...it's great before a test"  In my opinion it was the better of the submissions but I did not win because "I didn't specify what KIND of test"   I remember thinking "Seriously? ... a test ...  ANY TEST" DUH!    Today, as a business owner in the very demanding field of amusement park and family fun center theming and attractions, I constantly find myself re living my grammar school advertising contest day, in my need to convey our products and services. Maybe I never would have been the great advertising executive I once thought I would be...

At Themendous, we take serious pride in our black light miniature golf course design and fabrication.  Our designs are not sell points, but blue prints to YOUR next mini golf course.    Here you see a great example of why we excel in our Krazie Golf courses and what sets us apart from our competition.   In today's industry, everyone seems to boast they are "leaders in the industry" because of volume.  Well we are proud to say that we do not boast volume, and while others boast, we simply deliver ! Are you looking for some new theming, 3D sculpted signs, indoor / outdoor mini golf or just looking to add to an existing attraction?  Give us a call today and see how we can help you! Be sure to visit our sites:   www.themendous.com    and     www.krazie-golf.com www.themendous.com

We certainly do have fun creating all these great lawn sculptures for Google, and this was was no exception.  Thinking that there are so many people that take both photos and video's with the lawn sculptures, we decided to include an open cell to serve as a creative Photo Op with Honeycomb. As you can see with our photos, there is much fun to be had. Click HERE for a quick look at some progress shots (we sent Google during our work progress). And don't forget.. If you or someone you know is looking for their very own sculpture, be it brand, custom logo, event, or even an http://androidify.com/ version of yourself, give us a call as we would most certainly love to work with you! p.s.  Don't forget to follow our blog! Click on the connect button on the lower right!  

So much to do!  So much to say!!!!!  We have fallen behind on our blog posts.  What can I do?  We're bizzzy!   Since the last post, our ship has obviously been completed and has set sail for.....FINLAND! Yep.  Finland  the really funny thing about it:  the ship is... on a ship! A container ship that is and scheduled to arrive in February for install at a family fun center there.  info to be posted as soon as I get it, or- as soon as I get to posting it!  :)     But I promise,  the next post will have a run down of what has happened since October all the way up to what we are currently working on:  "The Island of Dr. Moreglow"  Possibly our best black light miniature golf construction yet!  Stay tuned  :)

Looking for a Black Light miniature golf course in Melvindale Mi?  Well you can find it here . Play Atlantis is a 33,000 sq ft facility that entertains children of all ages.  The aquatic-themed indoor playground offers glow-in-the-dark miniature golf, bouncers, laser tag and a video arcade. Krazie Golf (tm) installed this great 9 hole miniature golf location in the summer of 2009.   June 2009 to be exact! So, with it's 1year anniversary upon us, we thought it would be apropos to give them a BIG thumbs up, congratulations, and best wishes for continued success! So stop in and ask for the owners: Mike or Eric and give them a great big high five for opening such a great location for families of all ages to create such memorable times together.  Mention this blog article and who knows... they may even give you a free round of mini golf! For more of this story, click on or type the links below: Our YouTube channel walk thru ...

Damn it Jim, I'm a Sculptor not a Painter! This Sculptor DOESN'T paint! Our resident Scenic painter John works his magic with black Light paint for a recent Krazie Golf black light miniature golf course installed in Dresden Germany, this May 19th (photos coming)

My little cousin Vincenzo stops by for a job interview. He was hired on the spot. But if this video is being viewed by some government labor official ... NO he was not. I'm kidding. On the part about hiring him, not the part of his stopping by. or am I ? After all, this is Sculptor Secrets.

Sometimes we go on supply runs with so many things to buy that you tend to forget something, like where we parked the van or where I left my glasses. or simply....... wait, what was I talking about ???

Shhhhhhh.  (we use child labor)

I can't believe we NEVER posted this video!!! Back in February of 2009, we were contacted by Nestle Corp, who owns the Wonka Experience (Willy Wonka Chocolate), to build an oversized version of Willy Wonka's hat.  Who else would they turn to other than the "King of Huge", aka: US: Custom Creations! Here is the video which can also be found on our Youtube channel: "giocal"  Enjoy, and eat some Wonka bars!

That's right.... here at Custom Creations Theming AND Krazie Golf, we guard our abilities and techniques, so that our competition has to work harder to be as good as we are.  BUT... we are willing to share some secrets:    

By now, it's no secret that we are Google's goto theming company for all their Googleplex lawn sculptures and we are extremely proud to boast that.  So without further ado, Attached is a really cool article written on us by Sign Builder Illustrated .   By the way... Google really rocks.  Not because they are a really cool client of ours, but because they really know what they are doing business wise.  A great example of this is their newest introduction of Google Buzz is going to be amazing!  We would love to hear back from you on our content and abilities.  Please take a moment to write a comment and let us know whats on your mind or just to say hi!

Well,  the reports are snow and a lot of it for our area.  Earlier today, my wife and VP of Operations here at the shop: Dena, made a preventative strike at the forecasted snow by heading out to Home Depot and buying up some rock salt for our ritual "shovel your walk and driveway before you are able to go anywhere" dance.  This dance is well known amongst most neighborhoods.  It usually involves a lot of back breaking, sweating and freezing of the body parts followed by gasps of air and runny noses.  And when the fun is all over...you can bet you'll be too tired to go to work.   Good thing I can do some designing from home, so the day may not be wasted.  But I hope it doesnt come down much.  My van has a problem backing up out of the driveway on snowy days.  Cross your fingers... there is a lot to do at the shop as we are fast approaching major deadlines with our Black light mini golf course construction for Dresden Germany.  Pictur...

Ever have one of those?    ARRRRRRG!   I love them and hate them at the same time!   Love them, because it contains the promise of a reeeeealy special hush hush project, hate them because you can't brag about it,  well....at least until it's done and out anyway. So, last week, I was slapped with a N.D.A.  (and I liked it).  But I can't talk about it.  It's OK really, because you all know how quite and modest I am about our work here at Custom Creations Theming. Y EAH RIGHT!    I'M F-N DIEING OVA HE-YA !!! Why? Because we got the job and I can't say nuttin see ? So... What can I say?  Stay tuned!  That's all. Meantime,  We are still working on our Germany Black Light Miniature Golf install with photos and videos to be uploaded shortly!