So far in this series, the Calvin has taught us the importance of breaking in our Myachis and the Cherry Red has been highlighted for the influential introduction of a new fabric. Both of those nominees can be said to be on the "game" side of the evolution of Myachis. The nominee that we'll be talking about in this third installment of the Myachis That Changed the World made its mark on the "business" side of Myachi.
Of course, this series of blog posts are all about the way that Myachis themselves changed, not the way that the company changed. So instead of looking at this through the lens of a person with a vested business interest in Myachi, I'll instead try to wear my collectors cap and look at the way it influenced dozens of Myachis that would be made in the future.
#8) Tune in With Taylor
First of all, the Tune in With Taylor sacks (there are three of them) get my nomination for the worst pictures on the entire Sackthology. The pics themselves are crudely cropped (I have nobody to blame but myself) and they lack the all important signature keychain loop, one of the primary things that make this Myachi unique.
So moving beyond the sub-par picture above, let's take a look at what this sack represented. There were a lot of things that made it different. The keychain loop, though not pictured above, was white instead of the standard black. We'd made a few sacks before this with a red keychain loop (the Best Westerns, for example), but to this day the Tune in With Taylor sacks are the only ones that ever sported a white keychain loop.
They're also embroidered, which is rather uncommon in Myachi history. The Rice Krispies Treats has the most spectacular example of embroidery in Myachi history and the sack Myachi Man made for his wedding announcements was the most memorable, but as few examples as there are of embroidered Myachis, it is definitely worth noting that these sacks belong to that narrow class.
But there was something else that made the Tune in With Taylor a different type of Myachi and it had nothing to do with the way it was manufactured, the colors they selected or the fabric that we used. This sack marked the first time we ever sold a Myachi as a commemoration of a special event.
Notice an important word in that last sentence, because it was not the first Myachi ever made to commemorate a special event. A year earlier, Myachi Man had commissioned the production of the aforementioned Myachi Man wedding sack, but that was more of a novelty than a new direction for the business. Myachi Man was getting married and he was the Myachi Man, so it only made sense to send out his invitations on Myachis.
But the Tune in With Taylors marked the first time that we were able to sell this concept to someone else. It wouldn't mean much to the history of Myachi if we just made a new special event sack every time one of the Myachi Masters got married. Since Myachi Man's wedding in 03, none of the rest of us have needed a nuptial sack so it would hardly be worth mentioning in an article like this.
Parties, on the other hand, eventually grew to be a huge part of our business. Back in 04 we were still working with manufacturers that demanded really high volume to make Myachis so the cost of getting a sack made just for a kid's birthday party was prohibitive. As the years progressed, however, we were able to bring the minimum down from north of a thousand pieces to a mere 150. This had led to the "Special Event" sack becoming a staple part of our business, as well as a staple part of most Myachi Maniacs collections.
Legendary sacks like the Coreyster, the Syd, the JDM, the Charles' Milk, the TJP... these sacks can all trace their Myachi lineage back to the three Tune in With Taylor sacks. With a legacy like that, it should come as no surprise that the Tune in With Taylors come in at the #8 spot on our list of the most earth-shattering Myachis of all time.
And if your itching with curiosity about which other Myachis made the cut, be sure to keep checking back with us...
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