Geek Apparel of the Week: A New Pixel, Icarus Nouveau, Banzai Institute
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?? We Love Fine has some new Star Wars shirts (and a shit-ton of new My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic shirts, too, although I won’t post them for fear of reprisal) and my favorite is this pixelated A New Hope poster. It’s $25 here.
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?? Kid Icarus in Art Nouveau style? Why the hell not. It’s $11 at The Yetee for the next 10 hours as the time of this posting. I especially dig the little Eggplant Wizard.
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?? So, last night I rewatched The Adventures of Buckeroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension for the nth time, and I had a thought: Edgar Wright of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz fame directing Buckeroo Banzai Against the World Crime League. Best idea ever, right? RIGHT!?! Anyways, this awesome BB shirt is
?18 at Last Exit to Nowhere.
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