t-shirt idea

“lyra, is tarpy still selling his kayak?”

“see? see?.. I TOLD you that HPM had huge experience in this area!

HPM: I am willing to help you float this venture if Matt don't want it.”

“i didn't know he was ever selling a kayak. i'm pretty sure he doesn't have one now. maybe he'll respond, though...i just showed him this thread so that he could look at something...”

“To even START to get into decent pricing you will need to print at least 72 shirts 48 would be an absolute minimum. 144 is more like it but probably not feasable for this forum.

The good news is I can get wholesale prices.

Guess what everyone. All those $20 and up t-shirts y'all bought......not a single one has more than $5 involved in its creation including the garment. Those $35 concert shirts...even less, more like $3.”

“What about my shirt? Doesn't anyone like it? :-(”

“I made shirts a few years ago. There were green and had "thebackpacker.com" on the breast pocket and a on the back was a hiker shilhouette with a moon in the background. I wouldn't mind making shirts again, the worst part for me was actually mailing all the shirts out. That added a few bucks to the cost.”

“Fullfillment is a pain in the butt. I did that ONCE for a radio shows web store. Never again, too many headaches.”

“I would probably buy one too but I'm so incredibly anal about print quality.”

“Matt: The good news is that you don't have to put up with getting them done.. You can give us permission, and we can get them done.

HPM: I am willing.. it's a lot of cash, but could front this if enough of us are interested.

Imahiker.com: NO.”

“
"I would probably buy one too but I'm so incredibly anal about print quality."
humanpackmule
03:21:41 PM
01/10/02


not to mention shirt quality. If it is a cheap shirt, or a marginal print, well, I have a closet full of those at any time that eventually go to the Viet Nam Vets. I wanna wear it with PRIDE!”

“Hey imahiker.com, just want to let you know, we all appreciate that you started this thread for us!

(Sorry man, you gotta be a good sport to hang out with this gang!)”

“and I will willingly pay a fair price.”

“Pathman: my thoughts exactly.. the clothing business and it's departure to foreign shores is a sore spot with me.. BUT... for me..I want a quality shirt and quality graphics.. and willing to pay a premium price in exchange.”

“RE: T-shirt contest
"On the back of the shirt (remember, the shirt) it could say "If you can read
this, someone stole my backpack""
flyguy6x
01:42:17 PM
09/27/00”

“I sold it last year along with my 4X4 truck and my soul!”

“Now that is brillant.”

“are you into kayaking, rad? i think it looks really cool, but i'm deathly afraid of getting trapped underwater...”

“This is a great idea you guys.”

“You WILL NOT find a t-shirt that is made in America unless it's a mom-and-pop type operation.”

“It's not America.. well.. let me explain.. but I am going to call you.”

“We discussed all this in several previous threads last year. Bacpac had an idea for the back: a pair of boot marks with the words "If you can read, this someone stole my backpack".That side would be printed in black and brown.

The front was going to be about a 4" diameter circle of the old yellow and black tt logo and "thebackpacker.com". I downloaded the old logo and got it camera ready. Now that we're in a mini mud season, I can get some accurate boot tread impressions to work from, set some type, and get the back camera ready.

I had sent a copy of the front art to cb many moons ago, as she was going to look into having them printed in TX - but then she went to CA and that's the last I heard.

I have about 300 4-color shirts printed up each year, my designs that I sell at our local aggie fair. On heavyweight cotton (Haines Beefy and similar) they run me about $6 a shirt - that's screens, shirts, and printing. I imagine 2-color/2-side wouldn't be much more, especially if we can order a similar quantity. Mailing shirts would probably run about a buck a shirt. So, if I can get 'em done, we're probably looking at about $8-9 a shirt with S&H.

I asked my screener to look into printing on Coolmax last summer when I got my shirts printed, but haven't heard from her yet. I'll give her a call tomorrow and get the ball rolling again.

Re colors: I get my shirts printed on white, whole wheat, ash grey, and "pina colada", a nice pale yellow. Used to get 'em done on darker colors, but I didn't like the way the white flashing felt (see previous posts for mention of flashing).

Anyway, if y'all are still interested in pursuing the old tt t-shirt idea, lemme know and I'll get on it. I'll let you know what I find out about Coolmax and silkscreening.”

“I like the idea of Towndawg buying them and giving them away on the trail….. Just let us know which trail you will be on.”

“TD, let me know what it takes, I'm willing to help with this project.”

“That shirt kicks butt sell me one.......:)”

“Do it to it, Steiny!”

“E: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"Dammit...

"
bacpac
07:48:23 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"i have not spoken up on these threads, yet.

but i cannot ignore bacpac's SHEER GENIUS!!!!

SOLD!!!"
radagast
07:57:17 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"Bacpac, that is hilarious! Still laughing!"
Oldie
08:10:13 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"Bacpac - Great idea!"
steiny
08:34:58 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"the link shows up broken on my screen...gimme a written link, bacpac, so I
can enjoy the fun! (she hopes...one can never tell with bacpac)"
lizs
08:40:25 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"Bacpac, I love that, You did good!

BS, you some crazy too!lol"
Big Foot
08:55:59 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"I like it, what am I saying I love it (if you can read this?) very unieke. I am so
far of with the spelling on that one I don?t even know what letter to start
with and no one is home for me to ask so this is a Preapologies sorry"
Ice Tea
09:08:13 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"I ammend my vote to bacpac's design. That Back print is great."
walkincrow
09:11:15 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"bacpac, I'm sold. Just put the front logo on the breast and Viola!"
switchback
09:15:48 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"i honestly don't like the new silhouette logo.

i just like "thebackpacker.com" in the green 'oval' shape."
radagast
09:20:14 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"someone gimme a link to bacpac's logo!! Waaaaaaaaaah!!!"
lizs
09:29:54 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"And I am worried, cuz I think Ice Tea said it had to do with a eunuch.
Eech!!"
lizs
09:31:36 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"he said that it was unique.

http://homepages.go.com/~bacpac/view2.jpg

i'm lazy."
radagast
09:38:41 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"I like bacpac's idea! Let's do it!"
Sunshine
09:46:33 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"bacpac!! You got it bro!!!!"
walkindude
09:58:39 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"Gotta chime in and say I'll be wantin a couple of these. I'd vote for the
samll, simple two color thebackpacker.com logo on the front breast and
bacpac's 'stolen' on the back. That's a hoot!"
strider
11:42:01 PM
12/18/00



RE: TT T-shirt design suggestion thread
"Yeah BacPac, good idea. I like it alot!!! Couldn't have said it better myself!!!
;-)"
flyguy6x
11:51:14 PM
12/18/00”

“The "hand" id what you are referring to Steiny. They are using too much underprint and depositing too much ink on the garment. A condition known in the industry as "bulletproof".

I specialized in multicolor multiflash printing on dark and textured garments. You folks seen those photographic prints on black Ts? I was with one of the shops who pioneered that stuff back in the early 90s.”

“You mean Ice Tea used to know he couldn't spell?”

“Matt had a contest for awhile to win his shirts.

What ever became of the contest?

I think it was a scam and nobody ever actually received the shirts.










JK LMAO”

“"ghost" has one.”

“I'd buy one. It would be cool if you could get'em with a state reference on 'em..”

“Would have to be a sew on applique.. until the STATE in question had enough orders to justify minimum quantities.”

“I have one of the T-shirts that Matt had made up and they were nice and mine is still in really good codition for being a couple years old. As for imahiker....I would probably purchaes one of yours too!”

“We want TT T-shirts!!!!

Maybe we should start a new thread about TT t-shirts so poor imahikerdotcom stops feeling trampled upon.”

“:-(

J/K
Im glad I started the thread!”

“I want one!!!!!!!”

“I like bacpac's idea when T-shirts came up before. The back of the shirt said:
If you can Read This, Someone Stole My Pack"”

“I'm in.... I want one!!!”

“Me too...........Must have shirt!!!!!!!!

;)”

“didn't we have this conversation a long time ago.”

“walkin, check out the 3:32 post”

“I want one too! But I don't wear t-shirts. Could you do women's tanks or babydolls? Or I could send you a shirt that fits.

My snowboarding jacket has a custom design(petroglyphs) on it. I sent it to the artist and she put the design on (this is my 2nd one). One time I stopped by her place, but everything was big on me. I bought one of her sweatshirts, and left the shirt I was wearing and she designed it for me.”

“Can I order a t-shirt with a picture of "Biz?" T-shirt, medium,
picture, life-size. This would satisfy the request to promote TT.

Mmmmmmm, maybe I could get one autographed. Probably cost extra.”

“I want what nowslimmer wants that is a better shirt...:)”

“"Could you do women's tanks or babydolls?"

Snow Nymph
11:00:50 PM
01/10/02

hMmm.. *blush*.. seeing you in either puts a WHOLE new spin on this.. hMmm.. back to our calendar idea?.. you MODEL the top for our calendar?

*ducks*”

“I still want a thebackpacker.com t-shirt!”

“Me me me! I want one too. ;)”

“they wont do it!”

“I still say a t-shirt with a happy hiking stick figure on the front with the saying, “TheBackpacker.com…More Fun Than a Sharp Stick in The Eye!

Then on the back a saying, “For those Who Still Prefer a Sharp Stick, There Basecapm.com! With a picture of an overloaded gear yuppie with his trekking pole buried in his eye.”

“Ahhahahahahaha!”