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They just keep getting better!! Love your art man!!
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That story is simply awsome.
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Oooh, this is AMAZING! 5$
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Really cool. I hope they don't make this one a 12 club too...!
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reminds me of the old EC horror comics. I would love to own this! 5$
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Amazing work, as usual!
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ph-ph-ph-PHANTOM SPACE MEN!!!!!! $5
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Ahhh!! This is awesome. $5.
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adam antium on Dec 22 '06 I simply love this one.
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On navy!
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lovely....needs a big 6 though!!
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tomburns on Dec 22 '06 dude, you are killin it lately! 5$
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you should write scripts - they would be much better than anything that is coming out now - and your shirt should get printed
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oooh, cool story! this is really neat
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BRILLIANT $5
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Love it.
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i see ur genius in both the design and misleading story
5$ best tee since 1976 |
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For a second there I thought you were serious...
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Oh yeah. I want a tee and a major motion picture.
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This is the shirt I MUST HAVE! I love this, although I do miss the faded maze behind the ghosts.
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andyg on Dec 22 '06 Excellent! 5$
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travis76 on Dec 22 '06 if ross and the gang want this printed and take a look at the blog options, i'll put the maze in or whatever they want. i liked the maze too, but the masses said without. :/
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This is awesome. Brillaint use if limited colors. the whole design kicks ass. I really wish your story was true.
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haha, i love it
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_Wheels03 on Dec 22 '06 I haven't bought a shirt from Threadless in a long time, but you can be sure that I'll be buying this on day one!
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Dude, you didn't make that up. You're not the only one that has seen a Russian movie before. Cool reference though.
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I am so onto you, Travis76.
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Please Add Computer Maze Again . . . . Not ! |
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I was just having fun with letters. The design does well with or without the halftone maze in the background.
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Are you kidding me?! I totally fell for the story. I feel so gullible now. Hahaa. That was simply amazing. I'd almost buy the shirt just for the story.
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Please print this on black! $5
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Yeah..omg I was so fooled lol. That was like the best little story I've ever read! :) This is crazy cool, but the ghost/demons look exactly like ones off some old Scooby Doo episode... :)
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this will be your highest score ever.. you can count on that
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little g on Dec 22 '06 Winner!!
You rock! This is awesome Tavis! $5 |
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adamwhite on Dec 22 '06 on Navy, PERFECT!
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I'm a fan for the story
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mahalov on Dec 22 '06 this shirt is siiiiick. you're the man
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dude - sleep deprivation, excessive consumption of sugar and caffeine, too much ziggy stardust, and a marathon of 1970's russian space scifi flicks - is not advised.......... or maybe it is... cuz this is an awesome design
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this blows my mind! $5
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Great Design! And i think that story should be printed in the back of the shirt where the size label is.
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hogboy on Dec 22 '06 Great story & idea but the composition is bugging me for some reason... I think it's that patch of space above Peckmans feet /pill box & it still feels too heavy bottom left... that aside, yet another nice piece of work
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THAT'S A TRUE STORY. I JUST GOOGLED IT. IT'S THERE, I PROMISE.
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I
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JUST
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WANTED
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TO
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STRETCH
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OUT
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!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nice again, Travis!
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I do love the story very much. five dollars.
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theperk on Dec 22 '06 you are THE MAN
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Your story and design are both brilliant!!
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bad_nobe on Dec 23 '06 great!!!beautiful!!! $5
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herky on Dec 23 '06 great colors and illustration, looks awesome on navy
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perfect story/design combo! i'd buy 5$
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I completely took all that in. Your design is top notch
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i love it, i love it, i love it, 5$...
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Dig it on black.
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nice story!... you're on fire lately... on navy.
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WHAT A STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5!!!!!!! $!!!!!!! |
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lofty softy on Dec 23 '06 $$$$$ . i also really want Pin-Up Meltdown to get printed because i would buy that too.
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oh, you little fucker! XDD I was reading the story and was all like, 'oh my god! oh my GOD! OH MY GOD!' and you made it up! XDD I loved it all the same. You should write stories. I'd buy this shirt. 5
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nonolarson on Dec 23 '06 Nice story, nice design, nice pacman reference.
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hahahahahaha alright well never tell anyone that story is a lie. people will be awed and amazed. great design. i think it would make lil more sense if you had like a banana or cherries lyingon the ground, too.
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travis76 on Dec 23 '06 fivensky:
i stated elsewhere, never got to see the old russian solaris movie. dis read alot of sci-fi novels and old science/horror comics though, and i won't lie that they're my inspiration for alot of things. i think the min point is, that the story was just for fun, and obviously isn't needed to sell the tee, the main basis of which is pacman and old sci fi comics. so, all in all, nothing is truely original, it's all in how you juxtapose it. |
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travis76 on Dec 23 '06 oh my god i mistype so much! it looks like my mind is going!
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Ste7en on Dec 23 '06 luckily, your art skills are not going too...this is classic, and I want it. 5$
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love the design. you should write a book too. :)
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yoshi andrian on Dec 24 '06 work of genius.. TOTALLY 5!
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BOOM! $5
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The story scares me, but I think it's awesome.
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Yay, finally subbed. I still say with the maze though.
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I totaly believed you, you have my $5, I will tell the story every day I wear this shirt.
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travis76 on Dec 24 '06 no one noticed i misspelled "mission" so far except adam antium.
phew! oops! |
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Incredible...$5
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Rock Deputy on Dec 25 '06 PRINT THIS! best sequel shirt ever... $5
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haha, I like the referenceto pac-man
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Wow, I'd buy this in a snap.
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Is awesome...$5
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Mikko Terva on Dec 25 '06 I think this would be super awesome with just the dead cosmonauts.
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Yes! 5$.
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oh man! this is grrreat! it supports my aniexty :) 5
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Travis Strikes Again!
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dacat on Dec 25 '06 Perfect concept and design, love it! $5
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a terrific, fantastic t-shirt !!! travis is an incredible t-shirt designer: I love him...
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kooky love on Dec 25 '06 GREAT $5
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Yes, you are my favorite artist here.
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This is because I dont feel you are insulting my intelligence with all these purposely poorly executed designs, and the cutesey stuff that doesnt have a point. You just make awesome designs that are just plain cool to look at.
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You are so talented--I envy your vision.
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cpdesign on Dec 26 '06 Love the old school comic style. You got skills. 5
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I'm going to buy this.
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andyg on Dec 26 '06 PRINT IT! PRINT IT! PRINT IT!
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eskimokiss on Dec 26 '06 5$ nuff said
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g-regulate on Dec 26 '06 this'll get up for sure! $5
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THREADLESS: I love travis so much that I even went offsite to buy one of his prints you REJECTED! Please let me give you money for this!
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NOICE! $5
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That story made me groan harder than I have ever groaned before! I love it! $5
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$5
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Love the design, colours work really well for it, good job
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travis76 on Dec 27 '06 i'm thinking if this one gets called up i'll add cherries, a banana and orange in the scatter so it doesn't just look like it's about DRUGS.
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haha the story is great. awesome illustration.$5
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Mr Rocks on Dec 27 '06 Great stuff again man. 5, as always.
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danrule on Dec 27 '06 well done!
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Absolutely awesome. I'd be all over it. $5
Still love my Mission 5. |
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ir0cko on Dec 28 '06 love it. $5!
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:D!
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I love it on black!! $5
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Take away the pills and box, put it on Dakota Slate, $5.
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andyg on Dec 29 '06 You deserved well over the 3.0 mark for this one. I hope Threadless sees the genius in this design and prints it. It's really amazing!!!
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travis76 on Dec 29 '06 i'll never break a 2.8 again, i think
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I don't understand why anybody would give this anything under a 3.
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dacat on Dec 29 '06 Something is very wrong when kids in animal suits scores better than this...
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Loving the revamped Pac Man tale!
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One of the few sequels I like better than the first! $5
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R G on Jan 03 '07 pure gold! gimme or ill cry!!!
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If this is printed I will certainly get one.
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lets hope it gets printed. I'm buying one if it is.
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I'll never understand why Threadless only prints your designs that I have the least interest in. Otherwise there have been a number (like this) that would make my top 10. Of course, those never get printed.
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i think another site has this now?
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travis76 on Jan 29 '07 another site has this? do tell! i haven't given it to anybody!
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oooh i thought you were printing it soon from your site. i misunderstood that.
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travis76 on Jan 29 '07 oh - whew! thought i was going to have to get legal on some asses.... no plans yet. i'm waiting to see if threadless picks it up before it's 90 days, or at least the 555 is announced.
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Brilliant, just brilliant. lets hope this is printed
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wow i cant believe i missed that its pacman..wow i feel that im a disgrac to all gamers...btu now that i get it i could kick myself for only giving this a 3....but after looking at it, i began to like it and im glad i went back to read it, amazing, im gonna buy it!
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Congratulations. I had already more or less given up hope that it would get printed because Threadless always manages to ignore the shirts I love. Yet, right after getting an order in the mail today I checked and found that it was a new release. Form of... no self control! Shape of... my credit card!
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That is pure greatness. I think despite my having no money I will have to order this. And when people ask what it means I will tell the story (and where I got it of course).
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travis76 on Feb 14 '07 heh. they should send out a printed slip of the story with every shirt.
or heck, just print this page, misspellings and all. |
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Actually, they should have printed it on the back a la Star Wars crawl.
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R G on Feb 14 '07 Man Im obsessed with it, every time I watch it keeps getting better. Of course they should print the story, thats what makes it awesome!!! But I dont have money aaaaaaaaaaaaaarggh
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dude im pretty slow when it comes to hidden messages.
i ordered the shirt after reading the story and seeing how cool the picture was. about a day after ordering it i was looking at it again... you are one sly dog. the fact that its pac man makes it even cooler! |
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what an amazing story (^_^)/
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I just got mine in the mail today and I love it!! The colors are even more vibrant in person! And I've already told the story 3 times!
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i liked the story
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fatheed on Mar 11 '07 I just thought this was an amazing design - but I only just realised how many layers this illustration has and it just got a little more amazing. When I first saw it, I did notice the different helmet shapes, but the penny has just dropped that Cosmonaut Nikolai Peckmann's helmet, in profile, is Pacman! The visor hinge is the eye! Fucking hell dude.
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fatheed on Mar 11 '07 PS: I'm not really stupid, I just never scored this design - or read the comments / story before today.
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Wow, awesome. Sorry I missed out on this one!
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hehehehehehehe pacman....
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Best shirt ive seen by far !!
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LOVE! REPRINT PLEEEEEEASE!!
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reprint!
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YES!!!!
R E P R I N T !! !! !! |
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travis76 on Sep 23 '07 people are still talking about this one all over the internet...everybody has a 'when i realized the punchline' story...it's great....!
so reprint it on black for them! ;D |
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WORD!
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yes, that would be splendid, indeed!
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R E P R I N T E D ! ! !
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Hooray!!! I bought the Hoody!
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just got mine!
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travis76 on Jan 28 '08 hoody?
i gotta get me a hoody! |
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If they printed this on the new Threadless t-shirts, I would definately be buying the t-shirt as well!
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nice!
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http://digg.com/gaming_news/Pac_Man_explained_PIC
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Where did the rest of my comment go? Anyway, love the design! This one is my favorite!
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DOCTORWHOOO
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Man i actually believed the story. Awesome shirt I'm going to buy it!
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vashta narada????
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Indeed one of my favorites!
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this design i never got, but now that i see what is happening i truly feel it is one of the most well done art pieces here.
great job man! |
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ivejustquitsmoking on Sep 10 '09 incredible! love the blurb, too!
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How do I get this shirt now? I missed out. Excellent concept and execution.
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when will this print again?!
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This is and remains my favourite threadless tee ever...
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© 2009, a skinnyCorp LLC company. All designs copyright by owner.
True story:
In 1976, Cosmonaut Nikolai Peckmann was sent alone to an orbiting space station for what would be called Mission Six- to study the radiation levels and strange circumstances that killed all four crewmen of the last research mission.
By the third day, Peckmann's broken transmissions were coming back to ground control filled with increasing paranoia and delusion. He claimed that the spirits of the dead cosmonauts were coming to claim him, and that he had to keep moving to evade them. He shouted that if he could capture consume these spirits himself while he still had strength, he could move to the next level of consciousness...Truly the rantings of an insane man.
Indeed, video recovered later would show Peckmann running around the confined but maze-like station, downing emergency sedatives like a madman....pausing in a corner momentarily, only to throw back vitamin pills and give chase to his invisible demons.
He had exhausted the entire cargo of vitamins, pills, and fresh fruit well ahead of schedule. There was no way another crew could be assembled to rescue him before he starved. After one rather violently garbled transmission, the static cleared and the last live image on record is that of Peckmann's empty, wilted spacesuit on the cabin floor.
It was determined that another mission to recover any remains or gather any more research would be a waste of the people's money, and the station was allowed to drift out of orbit and into space- a failure never to be mentioned again. It was ordered and assumed that all video and paper evidence had been destroyed.
..then, at the dawn of the eighties, a fledgling arcade game company called NAMCO would stumble across the transcripts of these events, and the rest -as they say- is history.
okay i just made all that crap up, but with or without a story, I hope it's a cool design.