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30
Mar

The Host Shirts Now Available!

categories Shirts and stuff, Stephenie Meyer, The Store, Twilight Merchandise    

The Host

It’s hard to believe with all that has happened in the last year that it’s only been about a year since the release of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host.  It seems like it’s been much longer than that, but it’s true.  Just 12 short months ago, we were introduced to Jared and Mel and Ian and, of course, Wanda.  And it seems like its’ been forever that we’ve been working on our own shirt designs to show off our support for that wonderful story, but we have them finally.  Our new The Host shirts are now available for immediate delivery and they are, in my humble opinion, awesome.  I can’t wait to get my own.

The first design I’d like to point out is the one we call simply Renegade Human.  It is a simple silouhette of Picacho Peak in Arizona, the setting of the book.  A beautiful Arizona sunset adds some color to this piece, and the text Renegade Human appears underneath in white ink.  Currently this shirt is availble in black, but if there’s a demand we can make it available in other colors as well.

Renegade Human

 Our second offering in The Host series is from our favorite paternal figure in the family – Jeb.  His mantra was pretty straight forward.  This is his house, and therefore he makes the rules.  You don’t like it?  You don’t have to stay.  The funny part about that was that really, for the charactes in the story, the alternative to leaving wasn’t all that great.  I think this shirt will resonate with many parents, especially those who have teenagers.  I’m looking forward to wearing mine.

My House...My Rules

Personally, as fun as the graphics on the front of the shirts are, I’m particulary pleased with how the backs of these shirts came out.  The backs show off a Soul (Wanderer?) with its tendrils extended.  This graphic took some doing to get just right.  We knew that if we messed it up, Stephenie’s fans would most certainly let us know.  The Souls in The Host are not merely beautiful, but they shimmer as well.  And so does the graphic on the back of these shirts.  We have worked with our printer to deterine the perfect shimmering ink to use with these shirts, and let me tell you they look AWESOME!  The pictures here do NOT do them justice!

The Host Shirt Back

I’m so pleased that we can finally offer these shirts to you.  We do have others in the works, but I have no timeline as to when those will be available.  For now, we hope that you will like what we have and will consider purchasing them to add to your growing Stephenie Meyer collection.

In Other News…

We’re working dilligently to finalize several new designs that we want to make available.  I can’t post any of the images here, but here’s a brief look at what we’re offering in the very near future.

First up – and I’ve been touting this for some time – is our Dave Barry line of shirts.  We have four approved designs set for manufacturing, and all show off various aspects of Dave’s work.  Quotes include "Camping is nature’s way of promoting the hotel industry" and "There’s a fine line between a hobby and a mental illness."  Dave is also famous for suggesting great names for rock bands.  Some of his suggestions include "Combat Alfalfa", "Mosquito Hunters and the Unreliable Pollinators", and who could forget "Heave".  If none of these strike you as funny, then I highly recommend making an appointment with your doctor to have your sense of humor checked.  We have a design for a shirt which will highlight these names and many more, soon to be released exclusively from Twilight Teez.

If you’re not familiar with Dave’s work, and if you’re in need to laugh so hard you spew your Coke on your computer monitor, I highly recommend visiting his site and reading some of his past articles.  Click here to read some of his best work.

We are also on track to launch a new line of t-shirts that feature our own designs created by our in-house design staff.  These shirts will range in topic from humor to fantasy to sci-fi to poignant to cute.  Let it be known now that they are NOT Twilight related.  Our inspirations come in all forms, including one from my 3-year-old daughter.  You can expect these new designs to start cropping up in our catalog in the very near future.

On a final note, we’re gearing up for AccioCon, which will be going on at the end of this week.  We hope to see you out there.  We’re very excited about the opportunities this con will offer us.  We are also going to have a presence at several other conventions throughout the year, including Summer School In Forks and Twicon.  There’s so much to do and so little time.

-Brian

22
Mar

Twilight Teez on the Twilight DVD

categories The Blog, The Store, Twilight Books, Twilight Merchandise, Twilight Movie    

Well, geez, how long has it been since I last posted? It’s been particularly hard for me to write lately because, frankly, there’s not much to say right now. We’re on board with a lot of things, but we can’t really say much here because…let’s face it, I’ve said a lot of things that haven’t happened, yet. I’ve said we’ve got shirts from The Host coming up soon, but we haven’t put them up, yet. I’ve said we’ve got Dave Barry shirts coming up soon, but we haven’t put them up, yet. It’s hard to keep saying we’ve got a lot of things coming up and then have to delay the execution of those things because of small problems that keep cropping up.

The shirts for The Host are our most complex yet, which have caused a number of small issues to crop up each time we’ve sent them to manufacturing. I think it’s safe to say that we have solved the problems we have faced and are ready to launch two of our three designs that we’ve had approved. The third is not far behind.

Dave Barry is soon to launch, too. Again, if you don’t know who Dave Barry is by now, shame on you. I have been touting him for years. Go visit his web site at www.davebarry.com to learn more about him.

Another reason I haven’t posted much lately is because, darn it, it takes energy to write. I’ve been focusing a lot of my work on getting us ready for AccioCon in the next couple of weeks. We’re looking forward to it a lot, and we hope that many of you will give it a go. We also have our other events planned, TwiCon of course, coming up in July, as well as the Summer School In Forks event in June. Check them out on our Events page.

I am sorry for not writing sooner. I know, I’ve been meaning to, and I know that many of you have asked why no updates. I don’t really have much of an excuse except for the fact that (a) there really hasn’t been much news to report and (b) I’m lazy as heck. I am also sorry for not checking up on your comments to get them approved if, for whatever reason, they end up in the moderation queue.  Forgive me for not keeping up on that.

But there is one small minute note I’d like to point out. Twilight Teez appears on the Twilight DVD Special Features disc. My wife and myself are in the Comic-Con video. If you have the DVD, you can see us almost every time they show the audience. Let me tell you, it’s very bizarre to see yourself on such a mass distribution product. It’s cool, but bizarre.

-Brian (who promises to be posting more often)