As a rule, I generally avoid Hot Topic stores, though I can’t say exactly why. Just some sort of instinctual aversion. Or it may be that their prices are exorbitantly high and for the most part I’m way out of the target demographic. Be that as it may, they do have some cool merchandise related to the new Transformers movie. Not too cheesy and well-made looking. So I went looking around and found that they do in fact have a lot of stuff I like (mostly retro merchandise). I thought it might be fun to share some links to some of my favorite stuff. Just ’cause I can’t get any of it right now doesn’t mean somebody else doesn’t have some disposable income they’re looking to spend on some cool gear. (On a slightly strange note, they also seem to carry a variety of grindhouse film-related merchandise. Right next to the disturbing Hello Kitty hot pants. The fact I think this is only slightly strange probably says something bad about my mental state.)
And while we’re talking about these so called “hot pants,” who are they trying to fool? I have briefs bigger than that. And don’t tell me they actually mean for these things to be worn as underwear, because they advertise their undergarments as undergarments. I think this is part of my instinctual aversion: this is not the kind of clothing I would want my theoretical child wearing, and that’s exactly who it’s marketed to. Unless there’s a large demographic of 20-30-somethings that want Bambi and Mickey Mouse and Hello Kitty on their crotch that I don’t know about. I probably don’t want to know.
I’m also quite frankly stunned at the huge amount of merchandise related to Disney’s Bambi.
Anyhow, on with the geeking out over cool shirts below the cut.
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