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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Matt Ottinger on April 04, 2014, 12:26:35 PM
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In case you haven't noticed it on your social media platform of choice, Wink and his internet team are selling t-shirts emblazoned with a familiar-looking pixilated dragon image. A chunk of each sale benefits Wink's "Dream Factory" charity that helps fulfill the wishes of sick kids.
The site says it's a limited one-week offer, so don't delay!
http://teespring.com/winkdragonshirt
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I'm in, and would buy more Winkerwear, if made available. Especially the Friday hats.
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The cost of the t-shirt is outside of my usual range. But I don't own any hoodies, so that does have me thinking...
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The hoodie price is competitive with other ones I've purchased (Rochester Red Wings, San Jose Sharks,...)
Gildan hoodies are generally of good quality. (Not affiliated with them, etc.)
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This isn't the best week for me financially, but I'll definitely try to get one or the other next week. I'd love to see who gets the reference when I wear it outside! :-)
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How is the fit of the shirts--runs big, runs small, or just right? I'd like to get a shirt, but I don't want to get a 3XL shirt if it is too snug. I'm tempted to think an American Apparel 3XL would be equivalent of a run-of-the-mill 2XL or even a XL shirt.
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This isn't the best week for me financially, but I'll definitely try to get one or the other next week.
Good luck to you. Buy one for me, too, please. After all, Easter's coming.
My money's tied up with Indians tickets through October. Thanks.
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How is the fit of the shirts--runs big, runs small, or just right? I'd like to get a shirt, but I don't want to get a 3XL shirt if it is too snug. I'm tempted to think an American Apparel 3XL would be equivalent of a run-of-the-mill 2XL or even a XL shirt.
American Apparel tees tend to run skinny and long. I'm normally an L, but I have to get an XL from them, and then I end up with a shirt that goes down to my hips. It's weird. Or maybe I'm built weird. Either/or.
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How is the fit of the shirts--runs big, runs small, or just right? I'd like to get a shirt, but I don't want to get a 3XL shirt if it is too snug. I'm tempted to think an American Apparel 3XL would be equivalent of a run-of-the-mill 2XL or even a XL shirt.
American Apparel tees tend to run skinny and long. I'm normally an L, but I have to get an XL from them, and then I end up with a shirt that goes down to my hips. It's weird. Or maybe I'm built weird. Either/or.
Hmmm...I may have to do 3XL then too. Thanks for the heads up!
It looks like they met their goal, so if you buy a shirt, you'll actually get one. Nine hours to go on the auction. :-)
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How is the fit of the shirts--runs big, runs small, or just right? I'd like to get a shirt, but I don't want to get a 3XL shirt if it is too snug. I'm tempted to think an American Apparel 3XL would be equivalent of a run-of-the-mill 2XL or even a XL shirt.
American Apparel tees tend to run skinny and long. I'm normally an L, but I have to get an XL from them, and then I end up with a shirt that goes down to my hips. It's weird. Or maybe I'm built weird. Either/or.
Ugh. It sounds like a 3XL for the length, but a width closer to XL or 2XL.
Thanks for the review.
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In my email this afternoon...
I want to thank you for buying a dragon shirt! Thanks to you, Dream Factory will receive $905 toward their mission of fulfilling dreams for kids with critical and chronic illnesses!
Your shirt should arrive in 10-14 days. When you get it, put it on, take a picture, and post it on my Facebook! Over the next few weeks, I’ll feature some of the best and most creative pictures on the main page. www.facebook.com/winkmartindalegames
Thanks again for your generosity! - The Winker
Depending on how the shirt fits, I'll take a pic and upload mine...
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I got mine yesterday...going with 3X was definitely the right move. But it fits very comfortably and feels high quality, so I'd say it was well worth the money.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmPQFkXIQAAz7ae.jpg)
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I got mine too BFG - we are probably the only two people in Hampton Roads to have them!
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No T-shirts north of the border yet, but the email did say to expect it by tomorrow.
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I got mine too BFG - we are probably the only two people in Hampton Roads to have them!
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I really wish he'd do another round of shirts and have whoever they're made through give a bigger size than 3x. They look so sweet. :)
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They're made through Teespring, a kickstarter-type site for T-shirts. They handle everything except design, so printing, delivery, website, etc. If Wink/John/Caleb were to have gone through a traditional screenprinter (which would have cost them money up front, instead of having us pay for them), they could do whatever they wanted. But, this way is more convenient, more cost effective for them, and has someone else handling the busy work.
Contact Teespring and request that they carry larger shirts.
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They're made through Teespring, a kickstarter-type site for T-shirts. They handle everything except design, so printing, delivery, website, etc. If Wink/John/Caleb were to have gone through a traditional screenprinter (which would have cost them money up front, instead of having us pay for them), they could do whatever they wanted. But, this way is more convenient, more cost effective for them, and has someone else handling the busy work.
Contact Teespring and request that they carry larger shirts.
I might just do that.
Do stores like Zazzle and Spreadshirt work the same way?
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IIRC from using them many moon ago, Zazzle is strictly print-on-demand, which means that when someone orders a shirt, they make that shirt, and only that shirt. That drives up the cost per shirt significantly versus printing a larger run, such as we saw for Teespring.
One thing Zazzle (and similar outfits) does do is allow you to set the price. Zazzle gets its cut per shirt, whatever it is, and then you basically choose how much you make on each item sold.
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Most every t-shirt website that allows you to upload a design works like this:
You upload a design, and they print it on whatever they have on hand. It's usually some kind of iron-on transfer. If you don't give them a high-enough quality image, it's going to look like shit on a t-shirt.
For the Marathon, we had our t-shirts and hoodies made by a professional screenprinter. They're holding up a lot better than t-shirts I've gotten from Spreadshirt, but the initial cost was a lot higher to make up for making the screen in the first place.
Teespring and Spreadshirt are functionally the same thing. Their image uploaders are also shockingly similar. Honestly, Wink and Co. could have used Spreadshirt to sell the t-shirt and could sell them for the rest of time. They have their reasons so whatevs.
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Those of us north of the border... check your mailboxes. Shirt arrived today in Toronto, when I spoke to the gentleman from Teespring yesterday, he said Canadian orders would arrive no later than Monday the 5th.