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Post by Chuquita » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:11 pm

I want some of those Toei-made shirts SO badly.
Especially the senzu bean one and the "you need more training" one. :mrgreen:
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Post by SSj_Rambo » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:26 pm

Chuquita wrote:I want some of those Toei-made shirts SO badly.
Especially the senzu bean one and the "you need more training" one. :mrgreen:
If someone started buying a whole bunch of them and then re-selling them on Ebay they would probably make a lot of money.

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Post by sailorspazz » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:01 am

awful babelfish translation wrote: Description:“Good bye, the heaven…. How without dying,…….”Being stuck in the back of [natsupa], [chiyaozu] never suicide bombing!! That super name scene never T shirt conversion!! As for the tear non dying one it does not wear is. In explosion note.
Wow, and that's why computers will never be able to replace real people for translation. "Explosion Note"? I guess that's the more extreme version of the Death Note; instead of people dying by heart attack, they explode!

A lot of the stuff from Cospa looks really awesome....when I was in Japan a few years back, I got a really awesome Gundam shirt for my husband that was made by them. If only these things were more available outside of Japan....you're certainly not going to find a Tao Pai Pai shirt in America. Nor will you find shirts with hilarious Engrish
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Post by DominatorLost » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:59 am

Argh, there's a lot of stuff on that site I want that I know I'll never get, thanks. :x

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Post by saiyanprincess » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:14 am

Zuhalter2000 wrote:
saiyanprincess wrote:Couldn't we try and pressurise Funimation to start making t-shirts and hint by showing them these designs?

I wish some of these were available to be shipped to England. :-( I want my hands on them!

It is a huge shame that they are not sold through a company like Ebay - As dodgy as it is... :x
Yeah, most defiently. If anyone has the ability to get shirts like this let me/us know! These all are awsome shirts!!!

I just looked through all of these

http://www.cospa.com/itemlist/id/00087/mode/series

I would buy about2-3 pages worth of that stuff.
We could always buy plane tickets to Japan and sleep on the pavements outside wherever this store is :P
Of course taking an empty suitcase with us! Any orders people?

Alternativly if you feel it in your heart to purchase me a flight ticket to Japan, then I will bring you back a Dragonball Z T-Shirt of your choice (Giggles) :oops:

Being realistic what we need is to have friends in Japan who can then put the T-shirts up on Ebay for us to buy... I am thinking about trying to contact some people on Ebay with the link to that site.

Does anybody think that might work?
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Post by SSj_Rambo » Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:50 pm

saiyanprincess wrote:Being realistic what we need is to have friends in Japan who can then put the T-shirts up on Ebay for us to buy... I am thinking about trying to contact some people on Ebay with the link to that site.

Does anybody think that might work?
That's actually a pretty good idea, it should work. Keep us informed on how it goes, hopefully soon we can all have nerdy Dragonball clothes to live in! :D

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Post by DaemonCorps » Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:55 pm

saiyanprincess wrote:Being realistic what we need is to have friends in Japan who can then put the T-shirts up on Ebay for us to buy... I am thinking about trying to contact some people on Ebay with the link to that site.

Does anybody think that might work?
Sounds like a good idea to me. You need help contacting any of those sellers?

We've had American releases of the manga as well as a good number of Japanese toys, so I don't see why we can't have the same thing with apparel?

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Post by Zuhalter2000 » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:52 pm

saiyanprincess wrote:
Zuhalter2000 wrote:
saiyanprincess wrote:Couldn't we try and pressurise Funimation to start making t-shirts and hint by showing them these designs?

I wish some of these were available to be shipped to England. :-( I want my hands on them!

It is a huge shame that they are not sold through a company like Ebay - As dodgy as it is... :x
Yeah, most defiently. If anyone has the ability to get shirts like this let me/us know! These all are awsome shirts!!!

I just looked through all of these

http://www.cospa.com/itemlist/id/00087/mode/series

I would buy about2-3 pages worth of that stuff.
We could always buy plane tickets to Japan and sleep on the pavements outside wherever this store is :P
Of course taking an empty suitcase with us! Any orders people?

Alternativly if you feel it in your heart to purchase me a flight ticket to Japan, then I will bring you back a Dragonball Z T-Shirt of your choice (Giggles) :oops:

Being realistic what we need is to have friends in Japan who can then put the T-shirts up on Ebay for us to buy... I am thinking about trying to contact some people on Ebay with the link to that site.

Does anybody think that might work?
I think thats a fantastic idea assuming the person wont be a jackass and overcharge us ( I understand well have to pay a little more that the site says but we all gotta make sacrifices for DBZ cloths... right? lol). Let me know if you have any luck contacting someone or if you need help.
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Post by saiyanprincess » Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:55 am

Hey!
I intend to try and contact some Ebayers tonight (With a little bit of luck)
Will keep you posted!

I want my Buu shirt :P
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Post by Kendamu » Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:51 am

Chuquita wrote:...the "you need more training" one. :mrgreen:
I can't seem to find that one. Can someone link me to it?

Edit: Nevermind.
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Post by Raki » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:04 pm

sailorspazz wrote:
awful babelfish translation wrote: Description:“Good bye, the heaven…. How without dying,…….”Being stuck in the back of [natsupa], [chiyaozu] never suicide bombing!! That super name scene never T shirt conversion!! As for the tear non dying one it does not wear is. In explosion note.
Wow, and that's why computers will never be able to replace real people for translation. "Explosion Note"? I guess that's the more extreme version of the Death Note; instead of people dying by heart attack, they explode!

A lot of the stuff from Cospa looks really awesome....when I was in Japan a few years back, I got a really awesome Gundam shirt for my husband that was made by them. If only these things were more available outside of Japan....you're certainly not going to find a Tao Pai Pai shirt in America. Nor will you find shirts with hilarious Engrish
If that Tao Pai Pai shirt had "Kill You" on the back, it would be the greatest shirt ever made.
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Post by Smindas » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:01 pm

I was in Japan travelling for 2 months back in May and I saw a lot of these t-shirts about, specifically the Goku gi t-shirt and the 17 Red Ribbon one (speaking of which, I assumed the 17 was a reference to Android #17, rather than anyone else, but perhaps I was wrong). I didn't pick up any shirts up though, partially because I was struggling financially and partially because I wasn't really sure if I'd wear them. Sure, the novelty's great, but bright orange is not my colour. Also, I'd already snagged arguably enough DB merchandise by that point.

Having said all that, if I'd seen that Chaotzu one, I'd have snapped it up immediately. Great concept for a t-shirt!

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Post by SonEric84 » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:13 pm

Just to let you know, I'm pretty sure we're not allowed to have sig images.
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Post by Smindas » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:35 pm

My mistake, sorry about that. It was a couple of days ago that I read the introductory rules, slipped my mind. Cheers for pointing it out though, all should be fine now.

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Post by Zuhalter2000 » Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:34 pm

Has anyone had any luck contacting anybody with access to those shirts?
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Post by SSj_Rambo » Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:54 pm

It seems like most of the Dragonball shirts that are already on Ebay are either very cheaply made, bootlegs or just plain ugly.

I did however manage to find our favorite Popo shirt for 30$! :D

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Post by saiyanprincess » Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:45 am

I am working on it, I have contacted a couple of sellers located in Japan and I'm just awaiting a response.
If I don't get any response within the next couple of days, then I shall ask some more... and some more!

Promise I will keep you all posted :wink: If anybody else wants to help you are all more than welcome :P
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Post by saiyanprincess » Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:57 pm

I've had some bad news about the anticipated T-shirts guys :cry:

After clicking on the link again on the thread, I have discovered why nobody is replying back to me, - The store has actually ceased trading and is not online anymore :x

Does anybody know any alternative links with the same T-shirts? Would be great I'm trying really hard here and now I'm so pissed off!
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Post by DaemonCorps » Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:13 pm

Ugh, sucks about those anticipated T-shirt guys :(.

Though it looks like not all hope is lost. Doing a quick search, it looks like one particular eBay seller's got a couple of those cospa.com DB shirts. Looking at the shirts they've currently got up for bidding, they're not really the ones I've had my eye on, but maybe we could send 'em a message to see if they can hook us up with some other shirts...

(Geez, I hate using the plural sense to refer to someone whose gender isn't known.)

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Post by saiyanprincess » Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:05 pm

DaemonCorps"]Ugh, sucks about those anticipated T-shirt guys :(.

Though it looks like not all hope is lost. Doing a quick search, it looks like one particular eBay seller's got a couple of those cospa.com DB shirts. Looking at the shirts they've currently got up for bidding, they're not really the ones I've had my eye on, but maybe we could send 'em a message to see if they can hook us up with some other shirts...
Sounds like a plan! I'm willing to give anything a chance, the only problem being the link to the site with the vast majority of the T-shirts is no longer active. The site has ceased trading :cry:

If anybody can find the T-shirts from a different source, then I'm willing to contact around Japanese traders and see who can possibly order them and place them up on the web.

C'mon people let's all give it a try :P Then we can all wear the best anime T-shirts ever made! :shock:
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