Merch Madness
Have you noticed an uptick of merch collabs? Have you found yourself buying more merch recently? Share merch you've bought in the past year!
>In the last year, 13-39-year-olds in the U.S. who
purchased merch estimated they spent an
average of $168 per person. This equates to
nearly $20B in potential annual spending for these
generations as a whole.
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if you only mean official stuff, then…
- snorlax
- that dark souls fangamer pin on this pinbag
- the biggest, nicest samurott figure i’ve ever seen
- miss balzac
i’ve gotten a looot more unofficial art and apparel off etsy and artist sites. (i also got that insert coin sukajan last year not this year)
Does non video game merch interest you? Jealous you have the huge Snorlax! I heard it just hit Costco again but I haven't braved the holiday crowds to get one
I like Cult of the lamb
I have a bunch of wrestling and band merch.
Shoutout to the few of them that dont print on the shittiest blanks going
https://www.deathbyrollup.com/ Chris Brookes my beloved
i love this little guy
A Good Lad
I think merch can be super fun because it largely comes from outside the regular fashion space
Sold out :why_dissolve:
Oh, yeah. They do drops maybe twice a year and they sell out real quick in general
yes and no - some of the recent collabs aimed at femmes (jimmy choo x sailor moon, most hello kitty collabs) were underwhelming
a lot of the buzzier mainstream collabs feel pretty lazy (like who thought people wanted a barbie toothbrush ahead of the barbie movie?)
tho i really loved the fendi x pokemon collab
Very valid, Collab stuff can be lowest common denominator
the what lol
dratini coin purse is so cute
sometimes! i’m trying to find some good shirts for the bands i’m interested in, but the other problem is a lot of merch-hunting is weeding through mountains of middling to poor quality stuff
that snorlax was $30 at a walmart and he was the best impulse purchase i ever made
i came for shampoo and walked away with that and my boy
NO WAIT THAT’S ADORABLE
somewhere in here i also have a snorlax beanie
i wanna make a pokémon battle vest/jacket so bad but i can’t find good patches
damn it's $50 online at costco right now
neo4ic snorlax shirt, even if it isn’t official it’s dope
but yeah i mostly end up focusing on my game interests
I usually just go for band merch when I go to a concert, these two being these years purchases.
thinking about it now an Outkast t-shirt would be nice lol
NICEEE
i have a bestie that would kill for the mastodon shirt lmao
Mastodon merch always kicks ass because their artists is crazy good
WHITE WHALE HOLY GRAIL
Sure I got @stevie merch!
I think we're increasingly in an environment where people are looking for authenticity and an identity that's more than just buying into a brand - merch sometimes has that inscrutable quality about it where most people aren't going to understand it, but the 'right' people will recognise you're part of the same tribe as them. So I think it's cool where people are incorporating things that reference their other interests in their style, whether that be band tees, character charms/pins, or other references to media.
Unfortunately lots of merch looks like complete ass and more complex garments (e.g. any more than a t-shirt) tend to have quite a basic cut, so there's a bit of thought/curation required if you want to be someone who simultaneously cares about fashion and expressing their favourite media or other interests
I may be biased because I buy silly video game jackets
I bought the disco elysium jacket and love it but in general most merch has a seemingly disposable quality to it, whether due to poor materials or construction. I imagine most companies skimp out on quality to align better with the cost expectations of their audience or the fact that their audience will consume it simply due to being branded with the thing
Antwon casually whipping out one of the nicest gamer merch
I think most of the Loewe studio Ghibli stuff was nice but a bit basic
And most of it sold out, showing that there's definitely a market for expensive anime merch
This is a crazy amount of craftsmanship I'd never have expected for anime merch
I wasn't about to buy this sight unseen but the tasaki X chainsawman collab is another example of merch moving upmarket
TASAKI × ‘Chainsaw Man', ‘Nayuta of prophecy’ and ‘Fire Punch’ | TASAKI 70TH ANNIVERSARY
TASAKI × ‘Chainsaw Man', ‘Nayuta of prophecy’ and ‘Fire Punch’ | TA...
This special collaboration commemorating the 70th anniversary of TASAKI's founding focuses on three popular works by Tatsuki Fujimoto, a manga artist who has attracted much attention from overseas with: 'Chainsaw Man', 'Nayuta of prophecy' , and 'Fire Punch'.
This goes hard but for a sec I thought it was the bad guy from viva piñata
What a cute game they never made more of
I'm a huge sucker for tarot themed sets
And eva model kits :mlep:
these are fun! i wish there were more tarot themed collabs
there's a show i watched growing up that has a deck of cards and i've always been disappointed it never had associated merch
Do Braindead x Magic the Gathering cards count? I can't wear them sadly lol
I want to get a tee but everything is either 1) sold out or 2) xtra small size
https://wearebraindead.com/collections/brain-dead-x-mtg
Brain Dead
Brain Dead x Magic: The Gathering
Deadly encounters. Fantastical worlds. Enchanting graphics.
I purchased this very recently on sale, definitely going into my rotation
Ooh
Id probably go for something like a Stankonia t shirt