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As Mark from BuffTees correctly pointed out in a comment on our site, we’re back for Round 2 with BuffTees.  From the site that brought you such classics as “Player Hater’s Ball,” Buff Tees has jumped on some more pop culture fads and made shirts about them.  The great thing about BuffTees is that all shirts are available in several different styles and dozens of colors.  Thankfully for us they sent a couple over to check out and see what we think.  BuffTees has a discount on orders of 2 or more through March 12 in celebration of St.Patty’s day!

What was Maryland known for before 2005?  No matter, after 2005 they’ve been known for “Crabcakes and Football“.  “Wedding Crashers” launched this theme into orbit and now the great state of Maryland is reaping the benefits.  The PR benefits I guess, its not like they’re profiting from the shirts!  The design itself is pretty basic, but the shadows in the background add a lot of noise and depth to this shirt.  Has a nice relaxed game day feel, and perfect colors if you’re a University of Maryland fan.

Price: $21.99
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Another pop culture classic, you have to go back to the 90’s for this one.  From the famous scene where the two young lovers are perched on the bow of the Titanic, BuffTees has created “Just The Tip.”  Interweaving sexual vulgarity with a tragic disaster usually results in some harsh looks from people so expect some on the streets while wearing this one, but I think its worth it in the long run.

Price: $21.99
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Now we’d like to present BuffTees latest theme ripped from the big screen: “Hot Tub Time Machine“.  While the jury is still out on whether this is going to go down as a classic like the last two movies these shirts have featured or just another dumb comedy movie, this is probably the shirt I’ll wear the most.  You really have to see the movie to get it, so that’s nice for starters, and its actually a cool design.  Did they use this design for the Lake Placid Olympics?

Price: $21.99
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Brand New Intention is an international company who’s self-proclaimed anti-spectator, pro-instigator gear looks to rock the scene wherever its seen and in whatever environment it shows up at.  The designs at Brand New Intention themselves are well designed and on the verge of edgy.  I would wear this stuff out to a club or concert, or as everyday wear.  There’s a lot of stuff going on in the designs, but its not skulls and snakes and dumb stuff like that, its well put together with a purpose.  My favorite is “On Tilt” which is on the delicate wall between sweet and downright scary.  The design is fine until you get close, then it get creepy with the single tear in the King’s eye to top it off.

Price: $19.95
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Since the last shirt we posed about from Nerdy Shirts got so much attention (the cat in the shark’s mouth…) we’ll take a look at a few more.  One of my favorites that developed out of the hit raunchy comedy the Hangover is the Baby Tee.  Freakin’ hilarious, and NerdyShirts takes the stance that its nice to have your own Hangover baby without the trip to Vegas.  I think its nice to have any baby that’s on a shirt and not actually a baby that’s yours!

Price: $19.97
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This next shirt is as much at home as any shirt ever found on Nerdy Shirts.  “Its a Trap” is a tribute to that slimy, UGLY, gold fish looking dude from Star Wars.  The Admiral really knows when to point out the obvious.  Not your classic Star Wars shirt, nice to see something original.

Price: $19.97
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If you haven’t been over to Snorg Tees in a while, I’d recommend you check them out.  Orginally when you get to Snorg Tees you might think its just another crude graphic tee site.  While it is true that their shirts are grapic tees, they’re out of the box tees.  Its not the same dumb messages you see everywhere and some of the shirts even make you put two and two together.  I’ve pulled a couple of these designs out for a closer look.

Batman and Robin! Well sort of.  Its a bat and a robin in costumes! Get it?  Well… I thought it was funny.  Anyways, “Bat and Robin” is one of the new tees from Snorg Tees this week and can be found on sale.  Harmless and thought provoking, how nice to see in this world of ever-present cheap vulgar comedy shirts.

Price: $14.95
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This next shirt might make you cringe, be prepared.  Its MATH.  “Pi Be Rational” might be nice for that geek in your life, if you want to show everyone how much smarter you are then them, or just to confuse people in general.  If you’re gonna wear it, you get the message.

Price: $18.95
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Attention: not just another graphic/text tee one laugh and trash site.  ShirtManDude.com has some quality designs with truly funny sayings and themes, but they feature a lot of vintage musician and sports shirts.  The shirts are a 50/50 cotton polyester blend so they don’t have that %100 cotton feel, but they are just $10.50.

“Johnny Cash Arm Wrestle” was what I saw when I first looked at ShirtManDude apparel and I will say its one of the funnier shirts I’ve seen in a while.  I don’t see a bunch of quality Johnny Cash shirts floating around so when I do see one I consider it a catch.  Very simple; no joke, no gimmicks, just a JC tribute shirt.

Price: $10.50
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Speaking of JC, ShirtManDude even has something for the churchgoers.  ShirtManDude brings us: “Surf Jesus!”  I can’t tell if its a surfboard like its supposed to be, or if its a skateboard and Jesus is just that good.  I mean if he can walk on water he can skate on water, right?  Again, not too offensive unless you’re one of those real, real sensitive people.  Real sensitive.  I think the smile on the Sun gives it the positive image its supposed to convey.

Price: $10.50
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We have featured ZBQ on TShirtReview.com before, but apparently not nearly as much as we should be.  ZBQ sent over their design “next please” for us to take a look at.  The first thing I thought of was Mario and the second Tony Hawk.  Tell me people riding bullets like skateboards doesn’t bring those two into your mind?  Great color to complement the graphic as well, the green makes this shirt stand out but not get that overwhelming obnoxious look that a lighter green can sometimes bring.   The website currently shows this shirt as not being in stock, but I’m assuming it will make a return.

Price: $16.99
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Seemed like a short week to me, hope everyone else was just as busy and their time flew just as fast.  BustedTees continues to pump out new product and this week they have come up with “NSFW.”  Simple yet effective.  I sure with I could tag myself “Not Safe For Work” on a regular basis.  Good gift for that extreme person in your life who opens their mouth before their mind.

Price: $16.99 ON SALE
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“Penguin Tuxedo” is another new design from BustedTees.  I included this one on here because I like penguins.  Something about how they remain regal looking, even with that awkward body and the little wobble back and forth as they walk.   Plus I still can’t understand how they make it through those arctic winters.  This shirt truly is a penguin suit (well, penguin in a suit I guess).

Price: $16.99
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Does anyone else have trouble getting on to BustedTees.com?  Is it just my computer or is this happening to everyone when they try to load the site?  It you can manage to load the page you’re going to see some sweet new shirts available this week from BustedTees.

“1918” is a great shirt for Red Sox fans who want to really stick it to everyone else.  The 2004 and 2007 will be a slap in the face to everyone who ragged on the Nation for over 80 years.  So what if your two power hitters being on the juice is the reason the you won, its the world series!

Price: $16.99 ON SALE
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I can’t really remember anti-Canadainism becoming such a popular stance before the South Park movie, but since then its become a mania.  BustedTees comes to us with “Blame Canada, for Nickelback.”  Now let me just say first that I have no ill-will towards our Canuck neighbors to the North, but I freakin HATE Nickelback.  I’m not talking about hating them now because its the cool thing to do, I’m talking about pure hatred since the first line off their first single hit my ears from the radio.  Anyways, for those who want to point some fingers:

Price: $16.99 ON SALE
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Well folks, its that time that we’ve been fearing for a while.  TenBills is not going to be releasing any new $10 shirts until April.  According to TenBills.com, they will be busy “restructuring and revamping” their operation to bring the fans what they want.  In the meantime all old shirts are still available via the archive and they do have a 3 random shirts for $20 deal that will be going on as well.  We’ll be back with TenBills Tuesday as soon as they start up again.

Just take a look at the name SuperGoodTees and tell me you’re not expecting one hell of a site.  I definitely was, and I wasn’t let down when I stepped inside.  SuperGoodTees is a nice change of pace from what we’re usually exposed to as it is a UK based site.  Its not one of those odd European weird character sites, its just a different spin on some good ol’ graphic tees.  Using puns and other clever literary devices SuperGoodTees rolls its r’s to success.  Here are a few of their more popular designs:

We’ll start with one of SuperGoodTees’ best selling designs: “Hug Life.”  Obviously a play on thug life and probably the option I’m more apt to choose.  Nothing really special about this design other than its in true-to-thuglife font, but its the thought that counts isn’t it?  Available in the traditional black, as well as 5 other colors.

Price: £9.99
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There might be a few of you out there that like me, were terrified after watching Jurassic Park just thinking about dinosaurs running free in today’s modern world wreaking havoc.  Tell me that a pack of highly aggressive raptors running through Wal-Mart doesn’t raise the hair on the back of your neck.  Fortunately, as SuperGoodTees reminds us, dinosaurs are no more.  Wiped out by *enter your choice of global phenomena here*, dinosaurs won’t be roaming this earth with us anytime in the near future.

Price: £9.99
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Happy Friday everyone.  Is there anything better than finishing the week out on a Friday afternoon?  Well, other than finishing the week on Thursday and not having to get up on Friday.  Today we’re featuring one of this week’s new shirts from BustedTees, “Funtime Friend.”  I’m not sure the intended purpose of this shirt, but I feel like BustedTees left it up to the imagination for a reason.  This way it can be as tame or as suggestive as you’d like.  I think I would like to hang out with whoever is wearing this shirt however, because it just seems like if you wear a “Funtime Friend” shirt you’re a nice person.  Or at least a fun person (doesn’t have to be a nice person necessarily…).

Price: $16.99 ON SALE
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Remember as a kid doing box car races and the days of first place, second place and third place?  Well in this day and age to make sure nobody feels “left out” or “not good enough” parents have created all kinds of honorable mention ribbons and special awards.  Busted Tees has decided to take a stance and say enough is enough.  Enter “Participation Ribbon“.  So everybody feels equal and everybody gets a ribbon.  I think its a load of bull. 1st 2nd and 3rd place, blue, red and white ribbons.  That’s how it should be, the end.

Price: $16.99 -On Sale This Week!
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In lieu of the popularity of the MTV instant classic “Jersey Shore,” BustedTees has jumped on the wagon and brought us a special gem.  On special pre-sale right now BustedTees comes at us with the fist pumping “Beat Up That Beat.”  Watch out for anyone wearing this one, trouble is never far.  With this shirt on however, how do you get the abs shown off?  These shirts will ship January 25th and I am willing to bet they’re going to be BIG.

Price: $15.99
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This Tuesday we’re going old-school with TenBills.  Doesn’t this shirt remind you fondly of childhood moments in where your mind was on anything but school?  Day dreaming about video games were only one tactic we used to make it through the day.  Here’s one of my favorites, probably one of your favorites too.  Here’s “Lunchtime.”

Price: $15.00
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I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that we have not been able to receive any email that has been sent our way for a while.  Sorry for the invonvenience and we’ll try to get to you as soon as we get things figured out!

Hope everyone has been able to stay warm and had a Happy Holiday.  This week there are a couple of notable new releases at BustedTees.

Help start the New Year off right by making the notable observation everyone has wanted to say that BustedTees has finally put on a t-shirt.  “Swine Flu” is hilarious and sadly seems to be indicative of more people than we should all be comfortable with.

Price: $16.99  -On Sale
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“Its Complicated” depicts another occurance that is sadly becoming more and more widespread.  With social networking sites originally intended for a target group of people (facebook and college students) becoming more accessable for the general public this opens up all kinds of doors that should have stayed shut.  One of these doors leads to a place where parents can now get on facebook and take offense when their kids don’t friend them.  Its not that we don’t love you, its just that you shouldn’t see those pictures of me at 2 am coming out of the bar.  Sometimes this leads to kids making friends with their friends’ moms.  Sometimes good friends.  But hey, its complicated.

Price: 16.99 -On Sale
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Random Three-Pack Sale at TenBills until 12/24!!  TenBills Tuesday had to fall on a Monday this week due to this sale as I would like to give everyone enough time to take advantage of it.  You can’t really go wrong with anything from TenBills and you’re basically doing a buy 2 get 1 free.  Great idea for those three people you just can’t find a gift for, or keep two and give them the one you don’t want!  Right now that’s about all I can find on their website… Where did all the tees go?

Finally Friday! Took all week, but its here and we’re all glad.  And when it comes to the weekend nothing is more important than prepping for this weeks fantasy football matchup.  BustedTees knows that too much preparation can lead to bad things happening.  Just like too much practicing for a football team could lead to injuries, too much lurking and refreshing in the free agents section can lead to fantasy sports related injuries.  Here’s one from BustedTees that’s been around for a while but still makes me laugh.

Price: $20.00
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Marty May is an LA based company and is dedicated to incorporating everyday spectacles into their clothing.  Marty travels around as much as she can, immersing herself in local nature and interpreting her visions through the clothing.  Marty is also dedicated to supporting only humane labor and goes through American Apparel for the shirts while making all the bags and wallets herself.

“Elevated Tee” is the first one we’re going to take a look at.  An odd arrangement of guitars being drawn to the sky by balloons makes up the front of this shirt along with an oddly placed 6-pack.  I don’t really know why the 6-pack is there, but I guess where you find guitars there’s always a 6-pack around somewhere.  I like the design because it is spaced out nicely and does not feel busy at all.  Nice feel, American Apparel quality is evident.

Price: $17.00 (On Sale Now)
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Stego Plop on the other hand…. I don’t know where the inspiration for this shirt came from, but I would love to find out.  Basically a stegosaurus with a giant, fresh “stego plop.”  Not too appetizing, but the colors are funky and the shirt feels nice, which makes up for a lot.  That is, if you want to walk around with dino poo on your shirt…

Price: $20.00
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Blue Man T-Shirts is a UK based site that is advertised as a company that produces funny, rude and offensive shirts.  Sounds like a site worth taking a look at.  The first thing I noticed when I got to the site is the age verifier to filter out minors attempting to check out offensive shirts.  I’m not too sure who would check the “I’m under 18″ box, but its a nice touch to see that Blue Man T-Shirts cares.  On to the shirts!  There are a wide array of hilarious shirts that I find to be original because its not the same stuff we constantly see from our US based sites.  Right now at Blue Man T-Shirts you can receive 20% off your order if you enter the coupon code 9b811a46c5 upon checkout Being the holiday season, we’re going to take a look at a few shirts with Blue Man’s version of “Holiday Cheer.”

“Baa Humbug” is a nice shirt, not one of the offensive ones we’ve been advertising.  This is a nice simple design and would be a great idea as a present for someone of any age.  I can see a little cousin wearing it as easily as I could see a mom or grandma wearing this design.  One nice thing about picking out what shirt you want is there is a whole list of different t-shirt and sweatshirt designs to choose from, as well as a few novelty items.

Price: £14, about $20
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While “Baa Humbug” is anything but offensive, “Santa is Fake” makes up for the slack.   Consisting of the “Santa is Fake” text and an empty Santa suit crucified on the cross, “Santa is Fake” might not be the perfect gift for that niece of yours, but could be an instant classic for that miserable roomate you had in college.  I think the design is great and hope mine gets here so I can wear it this holiday season to spread the cheer.

Price: £14, about $20
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TenBills is currently having a holiday sale where you can get a bunch of shirts at the $10 rate as well as 40% off select hoodies.  I believe the selection will be changing by the week but don’t wait too long, the holidays are just around the corner.

Today we’re going deep into my childhood fears as we present TenBills design, “She Wants To Talk Again.”  It looks super scary and weird, but is supposed to convey the effects and tension from communication and non-communication in relationships.  Is it better to respond with sharp words or silence?

Price: $10
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Crooked Monkey is not your average t-shirt site.  When you get to the homepage you know you’re in for a real treat as soon as you see the little interactive monkey. I think I had him do three or four things in his dorm room before I even got to the shirts.  After being put in such a good mood by the monkey (who doesn’t love a monkey?) I was ready to check out the shirts.  The selection at Crooked Monkey is certainly a step above the crude feces shirts of other mass production sites and its “irreverent yet tasteful” humor is best suited for the college age demographic.  I also certainly enjoyed the candy that came with the shirt: bananas.  What else?

We’re going to take a look at the “Popped Collar” shirt.  Nice graphic, vintage lettering and distressed feel.  The shirt is VERY thin and soft due to it being a 50/50 poly cotton blend.  It is also treated with natural enzymes to ensure that super-soft feel.  I agree with the message on the shirt as well, so Crooked Monkey scores a win for me.

Price: $22.50
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Izzi Pop was just launched in Fall 09 and is already making a statement with the unique, clean-cut designs that they offer.  For being such a young company, Izzi Pop already has a nice selection without trying to pump out too many designs.  The ideas for the shirts are centered around art, pop art, pop music and pop culture and are printed on %100 preshrunk cotton.  The graphics are water based to give the shirt that soft feel and shirts are offered in men’s and women’s fits.  The one thing on the shirt we got, Silver City Pop that I didn’t like was the big circle in the middle with “pop” inside.  I think the shirt speaks for itself without having to really bring out that “pop” icon.  Kind of throws the whole thing off in my mind.

Use coupon code: SHIRT for 10% off your next order!!

Price: $23.00
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Izzi Pop is also in the process of designing some pop art for items like posters.  Think they’d work on shirts as well?  We’ll keep you updated, but here’s a teaser:

Zero Boutique (ZBQ) is blowing out all of their old stock- all shirts have been marked down to $12 until the end of December. Many of these designs won’t be reprinted at any time!

ZBQ also has a new design up for pre-order: “Killbots” by Keeley is available in 7 different color combinations for only $12 on your choice of t-shirt or ladies’ tee, but only until December 3rd at midnight. We really like the Xmas bots shirt, which is only being offered until the 3rd and won’t be available again after that.

Price: $12
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ZBQ has been selling online since 1998, and they have easily one of the most eclectic and interesting collections out there. We’re told there are a ton of new designs coming in the new year, so keep your eyes peeled.

Today we’re going to take a look at a new Artifex shirt, iBike.  Now, normally I love the Artifex designs and I can’t agree with their cause more (go organic, anti-sweatshop, save the world), BUT….. I’m not a fan of iBike.  Its a nice idea in theory, but the whole iSomething… not good anymore for me.  Quality “econscious” shirt that feels and fits very nice for those of you who are fans of the design.

Price: $20
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