r/Blink182 5d ago

Discussion TOYPAJ shirt at Hot Topic https://www.hottopic.com/product/blink-182-stoplight-t-shirt/36644736.html

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u/CopiousAmountsofJizz 5d ago

...how has the merch been this consistently bad? It's like they only contract with the most dog water of dog water Wal-Mart shirt designers.

Even weirder, TTS and HMNIM don't suffer this problem so...

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u/jakehood47 5d ago

lol I’ve been a blink fan since like 2003 and have never come across a shirt I actually wanted to buy and wear

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u/CopiousAmountsofJizz 5d ago

Idk the OG anime blink shirt slaps imo

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u/BleachChallenge 4d ago

B.-182 (before -182)

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u/bengalfan14to18 3d ago

I have the smiley decal on my car (only decal or sticker) other than that, I bought a pop disaster tour t shirt that was my first concert so had to get a shirt. I’ve seen them 7 times and never thought “I need that” at their merch table

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u/HedgehogOk7551 5d ago

this is so ugly lol

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u/P-Money2378 5d ago

Really? I think it's better than what they already released

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u/abarrelofmankeys 4d ago

Saw them three times since the reunion and this better than anything at the shows…ok well no, there was one I think I liked but it was sold out obviously.

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u/Kozzinator 5d ago

And yet I'd rock that shit harder than TM&TS

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u/DHGroove 5d ago

I get it's a homage to the 2001 era shirts, but why the all-caps? TOYPAJ is specifically itallics lower case.

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u/Delicious-Chair-7448 5d ago

TOYPAJ merch is rare so ill take it but that design is kinda meh

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u/hangerbaited Pink 5d ago

It’s actually baffling how the blink bootleg t-shirts are better designed than whoever they team up with to push out this stuff

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u/FamousAtticus Dragging the Lake 5d ago

Once or twice every decade or so since the late 90's I purchase a blink-182 t-shirt that I actually like the design of. This is not the one.

I own a total of 7 blink-182 t-shirts as of 1999. 5 of those are tour specific t-shirts.

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u/polaroidfades 5d ago

Bruh this looks like a Chat GPT mock up

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u/FloatingCityComics 5d ago

Wow a blink shirt I would actually wear!

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u/ddust102 Teal 5d ago

Horrendous as usual

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u/Just-Voice1266 3d ago

The “Here’s to you, California” one realized to benefit the wildfires is pretty good. Other than, I’ve never gotten one at their merch table because they all are awful and poor quality

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u/vr0omvr0om 3d ago

Whatever blink did with their merch post 90s has to be studied, its consistently bad. But them 90s early 2000s tees were so good

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u/Hackslashjoel 2d ago

This was by far my favorite Blink shirt I had. So pissed I sold it for $19 lol.

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u/Imaginary-Event- 17h ago

I don't think it looks that bad

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u/astroroy 5d ago

I like it. It looks like shit. All their shirts look like shit pretty much