$10 Tees at Busted Tees

Busted Tees are having a pretty big sale and if you like t-shirts with pop culture references this is your time to bounce. Below are a few examples of what you can expect.

They also have a super cute new t-shirt that I thought I would mention. I guess the lesson is that rhino’s shouldn’t play with balls. The rhino looks so sad. Awww. It is currently $16.99.

$50,000 T-Shirt at Zappos.com

I’m pretty sure that this was just created to drive more traffic to Zappos.com, an online clothing store. Well, it is working. I visited there for possibly the first and probably the last time. Anyway, they are selling this t-shirt for $50,00o. The t-shirt is pretty plain as you can see below and the message of the t-shirt tells all what they money really pays for: It only cost me $50,000 to stop my wife shopping at Zappos.com.

They are available in five different flavors, wife (black), husband (red), boyfriend (pink), girlfriend (blue) and well, it’s complicated (white).

There are a few comments by satisfied and unsatisfied customers below. Here is one woman who is not happy with her husbands purchase.

You know what really kills me? The betrayal. And I am not talking about from my soon to be ex-husband. Zappos how could you do this to me? I have spent so much money with your company and this is the thanks I get? The passion and joy that we have shared over the years… the business I’ve helped you to grow by raving about you to anyone who will listen… obviously it meant so much more to me than to you. Am I hurt? Am I mad? You better believe it! I won’t be calling your Customer Loyalty Team because they have been like family to me over the years and I don’t want to pull them in the middle of this “divorce” we are going through. I WILL be calling your legal team.

I would take it all with a grain of salt but here is the product information. I marked the parts I liked in bold.

• Buy this rare collector’s t-shirt and we’ll make sure your significant other never shops at Zappos.com again! When you purchase this limited edition t-shirt, we will permanently disable your significant other’s Zappos.com account for the rest of his/her life.
• Within 30 days of purchase, a Customer Loyalty Team (”CLT”) representative from Zappos.com will arrive to the location of your choosing in the United States to break the news in person to your significant other.
• The CLT rep will also be a shoulder to cry on for up to 1 hour (60
  minutes) for your significant other. As time permits, the CLT rep will also be available to share tears of joy with you.
• The CLT rep will be happy to frolic in a field of daisies with you or do anything that is mutually agreed upon to not be morally or ethically objectionable.
• Should you exceed your 1-hour time limit, additional time is available, billable to your credit card or PayPal at $3.99/minute. The CLT rep may elect at his/her discretion to barter his/her time, such as in exchange for a home-cooked meal or for permission to borrow your cat for up to 24 hours provided that the feline is returned in the condition it was received.
• Certain restrictions and disclaimers apply:
• Disclaimer 1: Zappos.com, Inc. is not responsible or liable if your significant other creates or uses another account using a different email address. It is your responsibility to monitor how many email accounts your significant other creates or uses.
• Disclaimer 2: Due to the incredible lifetime benefit of this product and service, we are unable to honor our standard 365-day return policy. Our 365-day return policy is valid only if you are permanently divorced or separated within 365 days. Any separation of less than 15 days, “taking a break”, or equivalent does not count. Should you remarry, get back together, or “realize that you made a mistake and can’t live without him/her”, you are no longer eligible for a refund. If you have already been refunded, we will hunt you down for the $50,000 that you owe “the company”. Also, in the event you are eligible for a refund, please note that our free return shipping applies only to the t-shirt. (For example, please do not ship us your wife.)
• Disclaimer 3: Some people like to shop because they like nice things.
  Some people like to shop because they want to be fashionable. And some people like to shop because they like to shop. We like all these people and will generally help them in any way possible. However, we can be bought for a price to make the shopping stop.

If you are worried about the cost don’t forget to factor in free overnight shipping on clothing.

Making Up For Lost Time

Jsheldon has just had his design printed at t-shirt design contest, itself(TM). It is a pretty sweet design and sells for only $21. Or $28 if you want it in long sleeves.

Tosopants is Back … sorta

Recently I talked about the demise of online t-shirt shop, Torsopants, but today I received an email from T-Shirt Hell telling us that it is back. The website isn’t back but 15 of their best selling t-shirts are now being sold on T-Shirt Hell. From what I can see, there is no way to distinguish them from the regular T-Shirt Hell offerings but they are there alright. The messages on the tees are usually just silly rather than offensive. Below are some examples.

The chicken goes moo t-shirt was reviewed in this post. For those who wanted to get their hands on one and thought that they couldn’t now is the time to rejoice.

T-Shirts - Batteries Not Included

I have posted about various t-shirts that require batteries (here, here and here) and I have just come across a shop selling tees with a graphic equalizer like function. The designs on these tees react to the sounds around them making the wearer appear to be a total douche bag. They are a bit of fun though. Most of them are spoofs and/or probable copyright infringements but what do I know. Maybe they are legally licensed. Below is a selection from the store. They are all $45 and available from Jetsobox which appears to be based in Asia. you can also check out videos of the various tees reacting to the music.

So when you are going clubbing in one of these babies don’t forget your batteries. Your dignity on the other hand you will leave at home.

Tom Burns loves to party

Again, over at Loiter I noticed that Tom Burns has added to his portfolio. One of his t-shirts that I have mentioned a couple of times on The T-Shirt Review is the Communist Party at Threadless. This is a pretty cool tee and probably one of the most reprinted shirts at Threadless. I knew that their was another version over at Loiter but when I went there today I noticed that there were two new part t-shirts: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. They are both pretty sweet too. Anyway, to get your hands on one of these t-shirts just click on the image to go to their stores.

Penrose Triangle T-Shirts

The Penrose Triangle was named after mathematician Roger Penrose. I had probably seen the triangle a few times before but I certainly have seen plenty of Escher’s art in which this shape was popularized. This is a t-shirt blog rather than an art or math blog so I am of course going to talk about shirts. These shirts caught my attention a while back because they are all based on the Penrose Triangle. I had bookmarked them quite a while ago for mention but the recent submission of Trippy at Uneetee made me stop procrastinating. This design is the only one of the three designs in this post not yet available as a t-shirt. I imagine it is only a matter of time though.

I had seen this design when it was submitted to Threadless but it apparently wasn’t accepted there and the artist (kaloyster on Threadless) has now submitted it to Uneetee.

It seems that Threadless is not all that interested in the Penrose Triangle because another version of the Penrose Triangle by popular t-shirt designer, Tom Burns, called the Penrose Baby, was also not accepted. Perhaps it was because of the baby’s hairstyle which caused a minor controversy in the Threadless forums. Heeding the hairstyle advice of people in the forums, the baby was given a new do and submitted to Design by Humans.

Unfortunately the new hairstyle wasn’t enough to get a win at Design by Humans either though. But for those of you who want to get their hands on one of these tees don’t worry. It is available at Loiter.

Last but certainly not least is Puzzled Putter by Glenn Jones which is my favorite of the three but doesn’t have quite the back story of the others. At least not that I know of. It is available on Glenn Jones own t-shirt store, which is called Glennz, and is currently on sale at only $13.95. Actually all tee are $13.95  from December 26-31st.

Personal Soundtrack T-Shirt

I often thought that it would be nice to have a soundtrack. I guess the idea sprang from watching too many movies and getting my first Walkman. A Walkman (ipod for cassettes for those who are too young to remember) is like a soundtrack except only you can hear it. Also it isn’t that easy to change the tracks. I wanted something more. Music that followed me and reflected my mood at every turn. Like in some Hollywood movies. Well, ThinkGeek have come up with something that is not really close to that dream but it is a bit of fun. They have produced a soundtrack shirt that is basically a t-shirt with a speaker that can play music from its own player or other devices if you connnect them.

I think the tee is stylish enough even though I don’t think I’d wear a speaker on my chest. It is quite a fun idea though and I know its a bit late but it would make a great gift at this time of the year. Below is a video that I guess the guys at ThinkGeek put together to promote the t-shirt.

ThinkGeek do come up with some interesting t-shirts such as a chain mail t-shirt and an Electronic Drum Kit t-shirt. The T-Shirt Review also recently talked about a musical shirt tutorial. I wonder what’s next!

They cost $39.99 (batteries not included).

Review: Torsopants go moo

Well, we received our first and last tee from Torsopants. This is not because of the quality of the tee or any problems with Torsopants. It is simply because Torsopants closed its doors on December 23rd. The tee we received, a ladies top is nice quality. We felt the ink was a little thick but not uncomfortably so and I suspect it is intentional because it adds a pretty cool rough effect to the design which itself is a little rough. It’s as if it were drawn by a child who wasn’t able to keep inside the lines when he was coloring it in. This t-shirt is a very typical joke on Torsopants. Basically a picture with contradictory text.  Another example would have been a flag of one country with the name of another country. I’d like to say that Torsopants will be sorely missed but I think it will soon be forgotten. Bye bye Torsopants.

Update: This t-shirt is now available on T-Shirt Hell, along with many other Torsopants tees.

Apple Mac T-Shirt Quilt

If you are ever wondering where t-shirts go when they die this may be a real eye-opener for you. Like something you could only imagine happening in a t-shirt horror movie, someone has chopped up 20 (I guess) Apple t-shirts and sewed them together to make a quilt. It is for sale on eBay and the bidding ends in just over three days so if you are interested in this item you had better start paying attention. The current bid is $305.

Approximately 66″ X 56″. Newly stitched incorporating 20 panels of distinct official Apple T-Shirts. Machine stitched, hand tied. The backing is dark blue made from 60% cotton 40% polyester new material. OS8, iMac, OS X, iPod… a brief history of Apple on a quilt.

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