Nintendo by Torrel is an attempt to get gamer clothing to the urban market. The line of clothing went on sale today and are all limited editions (only 1,000 of each shirt and jacket are being made). The clothing starts at $50 and goes all the way up to $200.
I like the concept and some of the designs are great, but the pricing is just too much. I can understand the high pricing (since Nintendo is taking a portion of the profits) but your typical target audience for this specific style of clothing usually doesn't have that kind of cash to put into clothes. Especially when $50 can buy you a game on average.
What do you all think about the clothes? My favorite has to be Torpedo Ted. He hasn't gotten any love since Super Mario World.
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Hamza if you notice the guy selling him, he is one of those ballin thugz. Therefore that goes with the same line as Ecco, rocca wear stuff like that where you can easily spend 100 dollars per tshirt. and over 100 dollars per sweater. lets not get started how much a thug coat would cost.
Ugh. I sort of like of the designs, the price is crazy. I wonder if this will become the next NASCAR Jacket, or Bathing Ape? I dont really keep up with BET or the "black urban culture". Some of those hoodies are nice as well, although I am sure they are probably too big. Dammit why cant Express, or the Gap, get nintendo rights!!
The bomb is the only one I would even think of wearing. I don't understand this new trend of putting absolutely ridiculous things on shirts then charging $80 for them. Very few people would look good wearing these.
Ugh...I may be in the minority but these shirts are ugly. I have no problem paying that kind of money for a shirt or jacket but its gotta look good. These look like NES and Nascar had a crack baby.
I'd buy the hell out of the Bom-omb shirt if it wasn't fifty fucking dollars. The only saving grace there is that they gave it the dignity of not having a retarded slogan across it. You just know someone wanted "DATS DA BOMB!!!" in faux faded block lettering on that sucker.
i guess they don't realize that gamers aren't exactly the type that have upwards of 200 laying around to blow on a shirt...i'd rather spend it on games.
Ahahaha. THREAD HIJACK! Come up with super lame slogans that you could see some lame marketing exec plaster across the shirts in an attempt to be 'hip'!
Hmm, after searching around the site i noticed a positve atleast for me. Aparently its a black owned company, which is nice to see in my opinion. Of course it would be better if it wasnt a such a generic black business, urban fashion.
I wouldn't mind having the bombomb shirt and starman hoodie. I like the way those look. They don't look too, I dunno, cluttered?
But yeah with that price? Oof no thanks.
That's just like this ghetto / urban clothes store in the mall near my house. They have this Terminator hoodie that's all black, but it's got the body of the t-800 printed on the hoodie in a shiny silver style. It actually resembles those old black zip-up hoodies with the skeleton print on them. It's pretty cool, it's even one of those total zip-ups that zip up past your head from the front and it has the skull with the red eyes and everything. But it's like $70 bucks! Still pretty cool though.
These reminds me of a shirt I saw one of the "urban" kids at my work wearing the other day that had Donkey Kong with a "grill" on it. Needless to say I laughed my ass off.
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9:32 PM on 11.07.2007
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Also, the Bob-om one is at least wearable. Everything else is libel to get your ass kicked.
So expensive though..
Also I don't see Captain N's jacket, so fuck them.
this ambercrombie shirt is 40$ and looks like a fuckin piece of shit. I think i'd pay 10 bucks more for one of these.
http://www.abercrombie.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10051_10901_353248_-1_12215_12202
this works both ways.
Ahahaha. THREAD HIJACK! Come up with super lame slogans that you could see some lame marketing exec plaster across the shirts in an attempt to be 'hip'!
Torpedo Ted shirt:
"I'll bust a cap in 'yo ass"
For reals.
I think the star hoodie and the bomb-omb shirt are the only tasteful items in the lineup.
But yeah with that price? Oof no thanks.
That's just like this ghetto / urban clothes store in the mall near my house. They have this Terminator hoodie that's all black, but it's got the body of the t-800 printed on the hoodie in a shiny silver style. It actually resembles those old black zip-up hoodies with the skeleton print on them. It's pretty cool, it's even one of those total zip-ups that zip up past your head from the front and it has the skull with the red eyes and everything. But it's like $70 bucks! Still pretty cool though.
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This is awesome.
I'm buying some of this shit. Feel free to hate.
This guy is my hero. Can't wait for his Zelda/Metroid shit.
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Also, Bullet Bill > Torpedo Ted.