I have so many pop culture addictions, I could open a Betty Ford Clinic for nerds. The latest has me in its geeky grasp because it combines obscure mashups, bargains and the phrase that makes me quiver: "limited edition." My wallet's downfall? Daily t-shirt sites.
These are sites which sell t-shirts displaying original art; the site features one shirt a day, and usually charges ten bucks with free shipping. The designs include general pop culture, gaming, sci-fi, horror, fantasy and other geeknip topics. Right now I'm limiting myself to four sites: TeeFury, Woot!, Ript Apparel and Shirt Punch.
TeeFury was the first one I found, and I've bought from them several times, because anyone who will sell me a Doctor Who/Scooby Doo mashup tee or a HHGTTG tee deserves my cash and my love. They don't have free shipping any longer, but they make up for it with a steady supply of Browncoat gear. Woot! is seriously fast with their shipping, and I love the art on the package. (One of these days I'm going to recycle a few of those envelopes into a shoulder bag.)
Since I live in a rural, low-geek-density area, no one usually gets the art on my t-shirts. Oddly enough, that just adds to the allure of them for me. I check each site daily, and the whole experience has taken on a casino feel: will there be a good shirt when I have spare money? Or will I only find the ultimately cool shirt when I'm flat broke? Either way, I'm still looking for my dream score: an irresistible Darkwing Duck tee. Someday, the terror that flaps in night will appear.
2 comments:
I still have the Darkwing Duck sheets I got for Oldest when he was a kid. And I know the themesong by heart!
Awesome! I knew your family had taste. :)
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