Gama-Go, Sinderosa, and Modesto

I am really excited to upload our new Gama-Go t shirts and open up the Expensive Shirts category (as a nice contrast to the Cheap Shirts category). I am both happy and worried about this. Happy in that I think these shirts are amazing, but worried in that I am not sure if anyone will buy these shirts. On the other hand, I have dropped the price as much as I can and have a better price than any of the other sites I have seen. I hope you enjoy them.

If anyone cares, I helped kill Sinderosa 25 man last night. We are only the 3 Horde guild on our server to do it. We then wiped miserably against Arthas for a while and called it. I expect some long, painful raids coming up against him, but am happy to be really progressing.

I am driving to Modesto, Ca today for work. Who says I don't get to go the fun cities? Honestly, I can't think of or find anything interesting about Modesto. However, the local paper, the Modesto Bee, has a huge section of weird news of the world. Check it out.



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WOW movie, more shirts, and breaking stuff.

Back to the computer. I ordered so many t shirts that whatever sucker has to photograph and upload content on all of them is going to go nuts. Of course, that's me, so expect to see my blogs get weirder over the next few weeks. At least 50 new shirts. I am also starting some new categories, including Rare, discontinued, and out of print shirts. I will be adding more, including a few odd rock t shirts I found from a few years ago that are no longer produced.

On the weird nerd news category, it looks like Sam Raimi is directing the World of Warcraft movie. This news fills me with some mixed feelings. Before the last Spiderman I would have been very happy. Now I have major trepidations. The potential suck factor is pretty huge. I can only hope he gets Bruce Campbell to do...anything in the movie.

I had some fun earlier tonight. I am installing yet another metal shelf in my office to accommodate more t shirts. In order to fit it I am having to get rid of one of those cheap particle board desks. Rather than haul it down four flights of stairs I dropped it over the side and watched it break into a million pieces (which I then swept up). Reminds me of my first online endeavor where my friends and I would video ourselves breaking monitors and other electronics with sledgehammers and so on. Microwave ovens are freakishly tough, by the way. We posted them on a site called www.rextuff.com, which no longer exists, unfortunately. I did find this video of some guys breaking a toilet with logs. Entertaining in a weird way.



Speaking of breaking stuff, I will soon have a new blog website up, so instead of going crazy trying to keep up content on one site I will lose it on two sites. Stay tuned and prepare to laugh.

DunDraCon, and incoming t shirts

Back from DunDraCon and I have to say I think it went great. Sold a lot of t shirts, but more importantly handed out a lot of cards. Winter was awesome, and proved to the nerd world that she is one of us by knowing a freakish amount of stuff about a bunch of different games.




It's weird what sold. I sold out the Conan t shirt the first day, and a ton of the Star Wars (at one point a bunch of people dressed in amazing Star Wars costumes showed up and bought a bunch, including a girl dressed as a sexy Imperial officer who I thought was super hot) shirts. Comics did well, but the cartoon t shirts did not. Number one request was larger sizes, so I am going to start stocking more XXl t shirts. Maybe XXXL if I can find them.



Now I am headed to Las Vegas for a the clothing industry trade show. It should be a great chance to add some new t shirts. I am adding a bunch of new stuff to our cheap t shirt and they will be coming in next week most likely. I am about to order some Rat Fink. I had about 100 people not even recognize it at the show, but I am a huge Big Daddy Roth fan and will order them anyway. To hell with smart buying decisions. Speaking of bad buying decisions I think I am also going to buy some Bob's Big Boy t shirts. I don't expect them to actually sell, but the kitsch value really makes me laugh. I'd link something for it, but the BBB web site is all about selling bad food and I don't want to contribute to American heart disease.

First day of Dundracon, Wolfman, and Las Vegas coming up.

First day of DunDraCon and I have to say I am really happy. Sales were brisk, but more importantly I talked to a ton of people who seemed really into what we were doing. Winter Sky was great, and proved to the world that she is a true nerd by talking LARP, RPG, and even Warhammer (apparently at one point she had a Bretonnian army that she painted herself. Also, props to my good friends at Endgame for some very good advice on how to best work the show. They are veterans of about a thousand game conventions.

To my surprise, my best selling shirt was the Conan What is Best In Life shirt. I thought Monty Python would be best but that one sold great. I am pretty much sold out of it but will hopefully get some more in next week.

Just heard an interview with Benicio Del Torro about Wolfman. I want to see it. On Tuesday I head to Las Vegas for a trade show where I will be picking out a ton of new shirts. Maybe I'll see it out there and one of the really nice theaters.

Images done, loading up for Dundra, and goals for this year.

Finally got all the new photos done. I can't say they are really good; instead, lets just say they suck less. I added a ton of closeup shots so if you are looking at a detailed shirt be sure to click on the different shots. Now I can work on the new headers and category pics.

All that will have to wait as now I have to go get everything ready for DunDraCon. I need to make about 10 different signs, forms, make sure my lame laptop works, get change for the cash box, get change, and load all that stuff in my poor car. Plus the Monty Python shirts just arrived and I have to upload them at some point.

It's exciting though, and after I finished the images I did a count and found I have 196 shirts on this site. Once I add the new Monty Python shirts I will have over 200. I think at that point I will celebrate by doing my first ever newsletter, so if you aren't on our mailing list get on it soon.

My goal is to have 300 shirt by mid summer and 500 by holiday. Of course by that time my tiny warehouse will be buried, but I think the key to success wit this business is going to be variety.

LARPing at the con

More or less getting everything ready for Dundracon, and have now had a chance to thing about what I am going to do for fun there. Of course, on Sunday I will be playing in the Warhammer tournament with my beloved Skaven, but what do do with the rest of the weekend (while not manning my booth with Winter)? Normally I would sit around with my Warhammer friends drinking and playing board games until we had cleared a circle of tables around us at least 20 feet deep, but last year a couple friends of mine and I were playing Arkham Horror when the hottest girl at the con sat down (with her lame ponytail boyfriend) to play. She was not just con hot but honest to god hot and seemed more than a little wild. They were both wearing themed costumes and were there to LARP (Live Action Role Play). I remembered what a good friend of mine once told me: "Dave, LARPers are the freaks of the gaming community, but if you want to hook up with hot girls at a con, it's the only way." So I guess this year I will be LARPing.

By the way, finding hilarious LARP videos online is not even challenging. One of my favorites involves a giant Tree Man.



I can only hope my costume is this good.

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Dr. Horrible, Grid Wall, Accidents, and new product ideas.

I was just at a friends place last night and showed her Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog. Awesome. I found a vendor who has Dr. Horrible t shirts and will be bringing them in shortly after DunDraCon. Should be great.

Trying to get everything ready for the show this weekend. It's shocking how many little dumb things you need to do a show. I predict at least four more trips to the hardware store or Office Depot before Friday. I am making my booth with

grid wall. I have used grid wall and many events and trust me, if you value your fingers never carry more than two sheets at a time. I was hoping to find some funny grid wall accidents (I have seen and experienced my share) but every site just wanted to sell me more grids. Instead I found this hilarious
accident video. What is it about a two year old girl kicking a guy in the nuts that makes me laugh so hard?



Thinking about my next round of orders. I have a number of shirts I want to bring in. Bruce Lee, the IT Crowd, and the Supernatural are at the top of my list. I am also trying to decide which direction to go outside of t shirts. I found a vendor that has some great Star Wars and Star Trek coffee mugs and shot glasses. Lunch boxes are on my mind. I will probably kill myself after figuring out how we are going to inventory them all, but buttons are on my mind too. If you have an idea or opinion as to what direction I should take please drop me an email at David@nerdkungfu.com. Thank. Talk to you all soon.