Shirt.Woot

I think on the classic shirt page, a countdown timer or something of the sort would be a good idea. This whole thing just started and I still had to go to page 1 of this thread to see what day the next old shirt goes up. Maybe a countdown timer, or a bar of a different color (like the orange bar in a woot-off) counting down until Sunday midnight, or just some note on there to check back each Monday. I'm afraid on orange bar would incite a shirt.woot-off frenzy, but a black bar or a blue bar to match shirt.woot's theme colors might work.

You just know people are going to complain that they still didn't buy the shirt in time because they didn't know when the shirt was supposed to switch to the next one.

shan24 wrote:I think on the classic shirt page, a countdown timer or something of the sort would be a good idea. This whole thing just started and I still had to go to page 1 of this thread to see what day the next old shirt goes up. Maybe a countdown timer, or a bar of a different color (like the orange bar in a woot-off) counting down until Sunday midnight, or just some note on there to check back each Monday. I'm afraid on orange bar would incite a shirt.woot-off frenzy, but a black bar or a blue bar to match shirt.woot's theme colors might work.

You just know people are going to complain that they still didn't buy the shirt in time because they didn't know when the shirt was supposed to switch to the next one.

I'm not sure how "Monday" is that hard to remember.

They'll get it soon enough. If they can handle the regular woot without a timer, they'll figure this out too.

shan24 wrote:I think on the classic shirt page, a countdown timer or something of the sort would be a good idea. This whole thing just started and I still had to go to page 1 of this thread to see what day the next old shirt goes up. Maybe a countdown timer, or a bar of a different color (like the orange bar in a woot-off) counting down until Sunday midnight, or just some note on there to check back each Monday. I'm afraid on orange bar would incite a shirt.woot-off frenzy, but a black bar or a blue bar to match shirt.woot's theme colors might work.

You just know people are going to complain that they still didn't buy the shirt in time because they didn't know when the shirt was supposed to switch to the next one.

No reason to make woot like the public education system and play to the lowest common denominator.

Since these are classics, it would be cool if Woot posted photos of people wearing the shirt. Or at least a photo of the shirt itself.

My votes are for:

Avocado Man!!!

Irony!

Mister Bobo, Masonic Dyna-monkey!

4 out of 5 Monsters Agree!

Backyard Brawl!

Apathy Monster!

Apathetic in the Face of Certain Annihilation!

Boid Shoit!

All original colors & designs, and no 3rd armhole please

Our Movie Genre! I love this idea. And if you were to, I don't know, re-release the overcrowded elevator shirt with the bunnies, exactly as it was... I might buy two. It's one of my all-time faves.

Very excited about this. Thank you for coming up with this new section of the site!

PLEASE PLEASE bring back UH*OH with the upside down helicopter\. HANDS DOWN the shirt that got the most compliments in public.

AdderXYU wrote:Gettysburg is one of the least-desired trades at Teetrade.org. Last I saw it was one of the most prevalent "available" shirts. These are mostly brand new shirts from Random grab bags, so you won't necessarily get leftovers.

Well, I just checked teetrade.org and of the Gettysburg Address design there are 10 "available" and 13 "wants". So, the wants outweigh the available.

Other "popular" designs carry similar ratios: Alpha battle has 5 available and 7 wants.

If Woot does reprint Gettysburg, I'd like to see it in another t shirt color. One that doesn't make it look like money.

HalfWheat wrote:Since these are classics, it would be cool if Woot posted photos of people wearing the shirt. Or at least a photo of the shirt itself.

This is one of the best ideas I've heard yet. Seconded.

I just found woot, so don't get mad at me for liking these & wanting a shot at them:

One Flew Out of the Cuckoo Clock
Columbus Discovers Seven Stranded Castaways
1982: Ah hee hee!

About that last one...I really miss that pixelated figure that bears no resemblance to anyone living or dead.

P.S. Just got back from eBay: I can get the Michael Jackson shirt over there! Nevermind!

My votes go to Press My Buttons (blame the hubby), Zombie Garden, and Calypso Weapon.

PLEASE BRING BACK BEHOOOOLD!!!

BEHOLD!!!

Cloral
Let Go
Spawn of The Creature from the Black Lagoon
The Frankensteins


I could go on....

goneferal wrote:I just found woot, so don't get mad at me for liking these & wanting a shot at them:

One Flew Out of the Cuckoo Clock
Columbus Discovers Seven Stranded Castaways
1982: Ah hee hee!

About that last one...I really miss that pixelated figure that bears no resemblance to anyone living or dead.

P.S. Just got back from eBay: I can get the Michael Jackson shirt over there! Nevermind!

Yeah... that guy was selling shirts that he printed himself (ie.: stole the work off websites and printed them on hanes tees). Woot closed him down, I believe. The guy wasn't real smart when he took photos of a 'Sore Thumbs' he had for sale that he printed on the wrong style tshirt.

tiernane wrote:No reason to make woot like the public education system and play to the lowest common denominator.

I just thought something helpful would be nice. I was thinking long term - after this thread is buried for a while. I don't believe that's playing to the lowest common denominator.

Please please please bring back

Zombie Hunting

I lost this shirt a while back and have missed it dearly

I would also go for Say No to Scurvy and possibly Candy Corn Cannibalism

JadenKale wrote:Yeah... that guy was selling shirts that he printed himself (ie.: stole the work off websites and printed them on hanes tees). Woot closed him down, I believe. The guy wasn't real smart when he took photos of a 'Sore Thumbs' he had for sale that he printed on the wrong style tshirt.

Thanks for telling me. I didn't buy yet. I thought it kinda odd he had so many available (over 50 of the Michael Jackson ones alone). Some buyers had ripped him a new one with their feedback, calling him out on the fakes. But he's still up and running, and there's a Sore Thumbs on there too.

AdderXYU wrote:... And then there was Nobody's Perfect. It was officially the first woot shirt I ever loathed. By today's standards, of course, it might as well be framed at the louvre.

I admit it that shirt took almost no design skilz to create, but it is just a funny shirt. I like that it has no greater ambition than that, just to be funny.

goneferal wrote:Thanks for telling me. I didn't buy yet. I thought it kinda odd he had so many available (over 50 of the Michael Jackson ones alone). Some buyers had ripped him a new one with their feedback, calling him out on the fakes. But he's still up and running, and there's a Sore Thumbs on there too.

You should probably e-mail woot staff with that link.

Quick question probably for Adder. Does anyone know or have an image of what Blue Bacon and Crabcakes and Crosspipes looked like? I was bored last night and went back through the woot archives but they don't go back far enough to when the shirts were sold (unless I missed them).

mrwednesday wrote:Quick question probably for Adder. Does anyone know or have an image of what Blue Bacon and Crabcakes and Crosspipes looked like? I was bored last night and went back through the woot archives but they don't go back far enough to when the shirts were sold (unless I missed them).

Here's a better place to see all the Woot shirts:

http://shirtwhat.com/archive_s.php

JadenKale wrote:Yay! I'm on board with this... especially since neither one was around for the children's shirt sizes.

Oh, how could I forget Oh Burned! My 3.5yo son loves it when dad wears that shirt, and dad gets all the best compliments on it when he wears it to church! :0

That, and Say no to Scurvy.

Those are great conversation starters at church, in case you need to know what not to wear when you're trying not to get noticed.

I know I'd like to have a backup of Chicago Skyline if they'd make it available.

Treacherous Waters could use a reprint; perhaps on the lighter color base that it was originally submitted on. In any case, I really like the art, but the execution is somewhat lacking. The actual composition of the scene has a hard time standing out. Most people don't even notice the fish.

I was disappointed when I missed Lady Out of Water the first time. I wasn't so disappointed when I saw how poorly it printed. It really deserves to be done properly.

Speaking of done properly, Season of Change would be one of my very favorite shirts if it were printed right. The original run did no favors to David's excellent artwork. I'd order another in a heartbeat if I could be assured it would be done right.

I'm a little surprised to see multiple support for Uh-Oh. I chuckled at it, I bought one, but I didn't realize that it was even mildly popular.

However, I don't fully understand the enthusiasm for some designs. Shirts like Bats, The Thing That Scoots, and Angry Day really don't do anything for me. Am I just missing the joke or something?

SailorButterfly wrote:Here's a better place to see all the Woot shirts:

http://shirtwhat.com/archive_s.php

The two shirts mentioned aren't from Woot's regular catalog so they aren't listed in that archive. I believe a few other shirts are missing as well (i.e. the screaming monkey shirt and other shirts sold at main.woot and wine.woot).

acceptablerisk wrote:
Treacherous Waters could use a reprint; perhaps on the lighter color base that it was originally submitted on. In any case, I really like the art, but the execution is somewhat lacking. The actual composition of the scene has a hard time standing out. Most people don't even notice the fish.

However, I don't fully understand the enthusiasm for some designs. Shirts like Bats, The Thing That Scoots, and Angry Day really don't do anything for me. Am I just missing the joke or something?

I agree with treacherous waters on the color, but I think the fact the giant monster fish is hidden in the wave is awesome... once you tell people about it it's a big 0MG and they can't stop seeing it... I don't understand the hype with bats and those other shirts either... Some people like silly jokes or good puns, I'd rather have a cool design on my shirt.

I so want Aaarrrgyle. I'd buy 2!!

mrwednesday wrote:Quick question probably for Adder. Does anyone know or have an image of what Blue Bacon and Crabcakes and Crosspipes looked like? I was bored last night and went back through the woot archives but they don't go back far enough to when the shirts were sold (unless I missed them).

I've seen them in early posts for some of the first "Boxes Of Misprints" during Random Shirt days. I really couldn't say for sure where the best place to check is, but they were never officially offered at shirt.woot (I think they had beta testers that could buy them? Or maybe they were just secret test prints that no one could buy?)

They're both pretty ludicrous... not high art by any means, but ridiculous enough to be fun to own. There are others, too, but I forget them all. Basically, it'll take a lot of searching to dig them back up.

acceptablerisk wrote:

I'm a little surprised to see multiple support for Uh-Oh. I chuckled at it, I bought one, but I didn't realize that it was even mildly popular.

However, I don't fully understand the enthusiasm for some designs. Shirts like Bats, The Thing That Scoots, and Angry Day really don't do anything for me. Am I just missing the joke or something?

I'm kinda shocked Uh-Oh is so well loved, too, though it did pretty OK in reckoning, I think. For me, I'd probably consider it if it was re-offered at $10, but probably not $15 and never $20.

As for the tees you don't get, I believe it's all about the absurd humor there. That's why I personally love them (though Scoots is also because it's so unique and challenging). The general woot humor aesthetic is all about getting a reference, which is fine and dandy, but unless you're Dane Cook or Carlos Mencia, some of your humor appreciation comes from original jokes. The tees have the sort of cult following that Monty Python sketches have, I'd think. And I'd say any Monty Python fan can attest that even they don't laugh at EVERY sketch.

Sweet idea Woot!

I'd like to see:

I would absolutely kill for the dissaproving narwhal shirt. Seriously.

AdderXYU wrote:I've seen them in early posts for some of the first "Boxes Of Misprints" during Random Shirt days. I really couldn't say for sure where the best place to check is, but they were never officially offered at shirt.woot (I think they had beta testers that could buy them? Or maybe they were just secret test prints that no one could buy?)

They're both pretty ludicrous... not high art by any means, but ridiculous enough to be fun to own. There are others, too, but I forget them all. Basically, it'll take a lot of searching to dig them back up.

Interesting. I guess I misunderstood. I got the impression they had been sold at the main woot.com before shirt.woot.com was created.

All I found there was a few times the screaming monkey shirt was sold, that their archives only go back to mid 2006 and that they run a hell of a lot more wootoffs than I had thought.

I am hesitant to agree that I would love to see those really classic shirts come back without seeing them first because I have no idea if I'd like or buy, but at the same time I think it would be a good idea to give people a shot at shirts they never had a chance at.

watchingtherain wrote:I would absolutely kill for the dissaproving narwhal shirt. Seriously.

I'm not gonna lie... same

I'd love to have another chance at alpha battle, finding technicolor, and pumpkin and ghost!!

Booperelli wrote:I'm not gonna lie... same

disapproving narwhal would be a great candidate for a remix. That font was godawful.

AdderXYU wrote:disapproving narwhal would be a great candidate for a remix. That font was godawful.

The font was the reason I didn't snatch it up right away. And now I don't have a disapproving narwhal on my chest.

I suppose it could be worse.

I work for Chipotle in Houston, and every time I wear my Knife to See You shirt, all the other Chipotle people go nuts over it. By the time I'd worn it in public the first time it had already been reckoned, so no one else ever had a chance to get one!

Thus I humbly submit that you never bring it back as a classic so I may ever be recognized as the crazy girl that always wears the Mise En Place shirt.

Or, you could let them all give you their money too. Whatever.

JadenKale wrote:Yeah... that guy was selling shirts that he printed himself (ie.: stole the work off websites and printed them on hanes tees). Woot closed him down, I believe. The guy wasn't real smart when he took photos of a 'Sore Thumbs' he had for sale that he printed on the wrong style tshirt.

Oh You Beefy Hanes.

Phew. Been wanting this for a long time. There's quite a few that I regret not buying.

Anatomy Test

1986: The Legend Was Born

To the Top In the Style of Da Vinci

When Life Gives You Lemons.....


I would buy all of those in a heartbeat.

And here's a few more that I'd have to think about.

http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=4284

http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=4362

http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=4569

http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=5253

http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=5346

http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=6343

Enzyme wrote:Please re-issue "GI Metro". I would really like to have another crack at that shirt.

Also, could you redo the original Woot Screaming Monkey Shirt? I've outgrown mine.

I could easily see myself putting in a multiple order for GI Metro! Unfortunately, I stumbled into shirt.woot after it had exited shirt.woot.

Maybe have special pricing for orders with >1 shirt, say:
$20 first shirt
$15 second shirt (same style as first)
$10 third shirt (same style as first and second)

As if I'd need any encouragement if you reduxed GI Metro, Do The Math, or Coffee Levels Critical.