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Despicable Me Minion Swap

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Despicable Me Minion Swap
Swap Coordinator:racheljohnson (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Movies  Photography 
Number of people in swap:61
Location:International
Type:Type 1: Electronic
Last day to signup/drop:June 14, 2010
Date items must be sent by:July 8, 2010
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

Help us get this mischievous little Minion around the world!

Despicable Me will be in theaters on July 9th and Gru's Minions are out spreading the word! Everyone who signs up for this swap will get their very own, cute, blow-up Minion mailed to them right after the sign up deadline. Dress him up, add some bling, a prop, whatever you wish! Then take a photo of him in your favorite local spot and send the photo to each of your partners. Plus, submit your photo to MinionSwap@gmail.com for a chance to win a Despicable Me prize pack!

This swap has a few easy steps:

  1. Sign up and you will receive your little Minion in the mail shortly after June 22nd.

  2. Personalize your Minion. Give him a hat, a cute knit scarf, and funny pin.... use your imagination! Anything goes!

  3. Take a photo (or lots of photos) of your Minion at a local spot.

  4. Email at least one photo of your minion to each of your swap partners. You can mail printed hard copies of your photos if you wish, but this is mainly an email swap.

  5. Email a photo to MinionSwap@gmail.com by July 8th for a chance to win a Despicable Me prize pack, which includes a $50 Fandango gift certificate and fun movie merchandise! Please include your name, city and mailing address in your email. Don't forget to check out GrugleEarth.com to see YOUR Minion!

  6. Rate your partners here on Swap-bot and go to GrugleEarth.com to see everyone's photos on the Despicable Me map!

That's it - fun and easy!

MinionCrusher

Crusher loves his new Minion!

Participant Requirements:

New and experienced swappers with a 4.9 rating (or higher) are welcome to join, but you absolutely MUST have a filled out profile in order to participate. I will remove anyone who has a blank profile page after the sign up deadline. We can only allow 60 total participants in this swap, first come first serve.

I can't wait to see everyone's photos with their mischievous Minion! Contact me at rachel [at] swap-bot.com if you have any questions.

Disclaimer:

The Despicable Me Minion Swap is sponsored by Universal Pictures and Despicable Me. Universal Pictures will provide free Minion characters for each of the participants. To enter the Swap-bot.com Despicable Me Minion Swap Giveaway, please email your name, city and mailing address along with your Minion photo to MinionSwap@gmail.com. Swap-bot.com is not responsible for prizes that are shipped from outside vendors or sponsors. All entries will be pooled together and one (1) winner will be drawn at random. Prizing for this giveaway will be a $50 Fandango.com Gift Certificate and a Despicable Me prize pack filled with various promotional merchandise. The winner will have two calendar days to reply via email. Unclaimed prizes will be placed for availability to newly chosen winners after that time. Contest is open to residents worldwide, and entrants must be at least 18 years old to enter. One entry per person, entries accepted through July 8th, 2010 ending at exactly 12:00 midnight EST.

Discussion

dddd89 06/14/2010 #

This is so fun! I can't wait to represent Cleveland!!!!

Frankye 06/14/2010 #

sounds fun!

racheljohnson 06/14/2010 #

It should be really fun! The minions are super-cute. Thanks for signing up -- I can't wait to see everyone's pics!

renees 06/14/2010 #

He's SO CUTE!! I can't wait to get him!!

orit 06/14/2010 #

Sounds like a lot of fun! But I do have a comment regarding international participation: since packages can take up to even a month to reach my country from the US, if the blow-up Minion is mailed out even on June 22nd there's little chance it will arrive here by June 8th.. I do want to participate but I don't want to be late emailing the photo out.

orit 06/14/2010 #

I did mean July 8th.. :) Oops.

bmt2789 06/14/2010 #

I can't wait for this movie, and this swap sounds so exciting.

racheljohnson 06/14/2010 #

The Minions will be sent International Express Mail on June 23rd, so they should arrive in plenty of time (it is 3-5 days).

indieclectic 06/14/2010 #

Ooo, a sponsored swap - looks like fun! :D I wonder if we'll get to see more in Swap-Bot's future?

luvdrewwww 06/14/2010 #

Super fun!

racheljohnson 06/14/2010 #

Yes - we are trying out sponsored swaps... I think they are great as long as there is something in them for the participants. Then it is win, win! :)

lefroggy 06/14/2010 #

yay!! perfect timing we are going to take our minion to anime-expo on the third XD

VampiraGirl 06/14/2010 #

Is this the first corporate sponsored swap? And we could win something? And it's free? NICE! ^v^

whateverschwing 06/14/2010 #

I also wouldn't mind a tad more time between getting the item and having the pics done :)

kpaz 06/14/2010 #

So glad I got home from work in time to be participant #57 out of 60!

racheljohnson 06/14/2010 #

Hi all, I didn't expect such a wonderful turn out, but I love it!!

For now, I have closed the swap for additional sign ups. I will need to check over the participants and find out if we can extend the number of minions that can be sent out... some of the final people to sign up may need to be removed, but stay tuned! Hope is not lost yet! :)

joolliee 06/15/2010 #

oh nooooo i missed out :o(

EQNex 06/15/2010 #

Minion, minion come to me!

EQNex 06/15/2010 #

Oh no... there won't be a minion in Malaysia (missed the sign-up)

ugachica5990 06/15/2010 #

AHHHHHH! i didn't get to read that it was only the first 60 people, or else i would've signed up in a heartbeat!!! >:(

fhouse 06/15/2010 #

so sad i missed out!

IlonaH 06/15/2010 #

Yay! I was #51, so glad I decided to read the blog again, early this morning :)

Midnightshadow 06/15/2010 #

Aww.. So sad I missed this.. would have been great fun getting one here to Denmark :-)

izohgore 06/15/2010 #

Oh I missed it! Would have been so much fun!

Chaigna 06/15/2010 #

:( too bad i couldnt enter, i been without internet in days T-T, and today i came to Starbucks T-T and found this anyway have fun you all

hollycm6 06/15/2010 #

Oh, rats, I missed it!!!! :(

diem 06/15/2010 #

oooh i missed it too! i was wondering where the button had gone, what a shame that they are still advertising this on the main page... was such a let down :(

Frankye 06/15/2010 #

this is my 1st e-swap

racheljohnson 06/15/2010 #

I am sorry for any confusion. This swap filled up much faster than we anticipated. Unfortunately, we are going to need to cut the participant list down to 60. I will be checking over the participant list for those that do not meet the requirements. They will be removed first and then I will remove those who signed up last.

I am very sorry for the disappointment. We hope to do sponsored swaps again in the future and I already plan to follow a different procedure for sign ups, with plenty of warning for when it will launch.

Frankye 06/16/2010 #

i hope i dont get dorped! i was one of the 1st to join. i was looking so forward to this swap. hope being a noob doesnt hurt me.

racheljohnson 06/16/2010 #

As long as you have a filled out profile (which you do) being new will not count against you in any way. :)

Frankye 06/16/2010 #

:D

Pickly572103 06/16/2010 #

:( ...awww, its to late to join. Maybe next time. This kind of reminds me of that Flat stanley project I had as a kid.

rockyhorrorgerri 06/16/2010 #

Too late.. This looked soo neat!!

TheCaffeinatedStamper 06/16/2010 #

I decided to take pictures of my minion every cool place that I go this summer and send the pics to my daughter and build her excitement and when she comes home from her trip to grandma's house take her to see the movie, so I hope my partner doesn;t mind a lot of pictures.

Whiskey 06/16/2010 #

Awww, so sad I got dropped, I was really looking forward to this. But I hope someone will make a gallery of these pictures--I would lov to see what peopel come up with!

Dummanios 06/16/2010 #

Hey, that's not fair. Why is the Ad still up around SB asking people to join if the sign up date has already passed? A bit misleading. It would be nice to be able to join up. Perhaps they could remove the Ad or make a second swap.

racheljohnson 06/17/2010 #

I am sorry for any confusion and disappointment. We are working to get the ad on the main page adjusted.

shell1879 06/18/2010 #

ad is still up :o( i would have loved a minion we call my daughter our minion it woud hav been cute to take pics all summer with them together

dolphingirl 06/18/2010 #

Oh darn I so wanted to join this swap, anyone know where you can buy a minion doll so that we could get out own and do it?

inkedwithelegance 06/19/2010 #

aww.. I thought the top add was for the movie.. I didnt notice that it was for a swap =o( My birthday is on the day that the movie releases.. I am totally planning on going to see it and it would have been so cool to have one of them with me here in hawaii! I could have taken him to eat shaved ice with a lil' hula skirt on! Anyone wanna donate one to me?

Rubyfreckles 06/23/2010 #

aww I'm too late :(

supermommy49 06/23/2010 #

Darn my lack of internet! I had wanted to sign up for this one so bad!

whosthatgrrl 06/23/2010 #

Got my minion today...Thanks Rachel for all the extra with it...going to work on photographing him..

wackywallflower 06/23/2010 #

oooh, got my minion! He's so awesome! And, yes, Thank you, Rachel, for the sweet swap-bot stuff. I put my pin on right before I went to the post office :)

kimmer 06/23/2010 #

I got mine! Thanks Rachel for the great card & pin - and the minion is so great - we took him to lunch at a mexican restaurant today - pix soon!

hippofairy 06/24/2010 #

i got mine too! :) thanks Rachel for the goodies! i'm taking him to work tomorrow, then he's going to Disneyland this weekend!

kpaz 06/24/2010 #

So happy that the postman made it here before I left for work this morning! Thanks for the extras Rachel, can't wait to dress him up tonight and take him out!

TangerineLemons 06/24/2010 #

The courier came around this morning when I asleep, but I chased him down and got the package :D +10 thanks for the post card and sticker! Gonna be taking him up to Mt Cootha look out today! :D

kizmet 06/25/2010 #

Minion made it to Portugal too =) Thanks a lot Rachel, for the two cute extras and overall for organizing such a great and fun swap for us!

racheljohnson 06/25/2010 #

Yay! I am so happy that the minions have started arriving! Don't forget to send your photos to MinionSwap@gmail.com to enter to win the big prize.

vsproat 06/26/2010 #

my minions here! yay, we're gonna go to RIM, and then take over the world!!

vsproat 06/26/2010 #

...we'll need disguises

IlonaH 06/27/2010 #

No minion here yet... Hope he'll arrive tomorrow, stalking my mailbox around noon these days (as that's when the mailman usually comes here) (^_^)

50DaysOfSummer 06/28/2010 #

woooh! the minion landed in Finland! off to take pictures :)

IlonaH 06/29/2010 #

He's now in Holland, and survived his first encounter with my 5 boys, 6 if you include my hubby!

Ferbman 06/29/2010 #

Where do I sign up?

suriani85 06/29/2010 #

HI.. Where to sign up? It is closed already?

Artistic 07/ 2/2010 #

Four pics of my Minion at the beach have been e-mailed to my partners and to the gmail address. Enjoy the images!

erisgrrrl 07/ 3/2010 #

We had so much fun doing this swap! My son helped out by donating costumes and giving support (literally in some photos!) during our Minion tour of Bloomington! :D

racheljohnson 07/ 7/2010 #

You can see some of the awesome photos from this swap over on the Minion Facebook page.

DispicableMee 07/ 8/2010 #

How do I sign up I want a blow up so bad!

racheljohnson 07/ 9/2010 #

Sadly, the swap has just concluded and we do not have any additional blow ups. I'm sorry. :(

bruxbaby 07/ 9/2010 #

I MISSED IT! :(

racheljohnson 07/18/2010 #

Hi all - We are working on getting the winner of the big prize announced soon. I am sorry for the delay. I hope to announce the winner on the blog on Tuesday.

racheljohnson 07/21/2010 #

The winners of the Minion Swap prizes have now been announced on the blog - they are @Tigerlilly327 and @SaintUrsula - Click here to read more.

NikonGoddess 07/21/2010 #

OMG...I wish I had seen this...I am completely in love with the Minions. I travel with a squishy Pig and would love to have one of these to travel with her while I'm stationed in Germany.

Congrats to all of you that have won!

provadia 07/23/2010 #

Congrats to all who won! I'm so sad I missed this!!! :(

prasedenica 03/24/2022 #

How do I register? I'm desperate for a blow up! duck life is a game of cute duck races

shaggy 06/28/2022 #

Pretty nice one! It's a pity that late can to involve. fnf mods will help you to have fun and relax

shaggy 06/28/2022 #

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