The New T-Shirts Are Here! The New T-Shirts Are Here!

by Ron Gilbert
Jun 14, 2016

Our fabulous mouse pads and t-shirts can now be purchased on Fangamer! You'll look twice as style'n while pointing and clicking on your new Thimbleweed Park mouse pad wearing your new Thimbleweed Park t-shirt.

It's worth mentioning, these are not the backer t-shirts. Those will be twice as cool. Or half as cool. We haven't decided yet.

- Ron

Carlo Valenti - Jun 14, 2016 at 17:33

Hey! That's the three-hundred-fourty-thousands-twenty-second most beautiful thing I have seen in my entire life!

Brian Small - Jun 14, 2016 at 17:37

Half as cool would be twice as cool as twice as cool. So I vote for that.

Someone - Jun 15, 2016 at 04:56

I second that!

Mattias Cedervall - Jun 14, 2016 at 18:04

Looks good! :-)

Nor Treblig - Jun 14, 2016 at 19:01

This is great! I'm normally not that into T-Shirts. Especially those with the game/movie/etc. title written all over them.
But I will buy this one!

Bogdan Barbu - Jun 15, 2016 at 00:54

No Thimbleweed sex toys yet? Still waiting for the *Beep*Tron 3000.

Bogdan Barbu - Jun 15, 2016 at 00:55

™

SunDancer - Jun 15, 2016 at 02:28

OMG! Yes! And shipping to EU/Germany is reasonable too... WHERE IS THE "SHARE THIS" button?! Word needs to be spread!

Tim Lammert - Jun 15, 2016 at 03:47

Is this supporting your development? I think that´s why you sell them, but I want to ask anyways.
The look great. Maybe half as great as the backer ones :)
Need to think about it, it´s more than I´m usually willing to pay for a T-Shirt. But it´s for Thimbleweed Park...
Knowing it supports the development maybe would make the decision :)

Big Red Button - Jun 15, 2016 at 05:00

Ron wrote about it a few weeks ago: "We will have a "store" up soon where you can buy t-shirts, but non of that money will help make the game better. T-shirts are too expensive to make any profit from."

Big Red Button - Jun 15, 2016 at 05:31

Nevertheless, you promote the game when you wear the t-shirt or use the mouse pad.

Tim Lammert - Jun 15, 2016 at 06:27

Thanks. I thought I remember something like this, but my head is full of massive private problems since 3 Month. No spare room for anything else... -.-

That´s the answer I needed.
I hope this is available for a little longer, because I have to wait until my live has a new direction...
Anyway, thanks

Bogdan Barbu - Jun 15, 2016 at 19:51

We don't have any friends to see your mouse pads or T-shirts.

Bogdan Barbu - Jun 15, 2016 at 19:52

*our.

God damn. Ron's dyslexia is infectious.

Ron Gilbert ✓ - Jun 15, 2016 at 08:59

We only make a couple of dollars profit from the t-shirts and mouse pads, so realistically they are not helping to fund the game, but when you wear the Thimbleweed Park t-shirt: 1) You look awesome and you're friends will be insanely jealous, 2) There is no 2, 1 is enough.

Sushi - Jun 16, 2016 at 16:25

Ron,
I see you still didn't lose your touch in coming up with a top 10 of (funny) reasons you should buy <something>...

Matt Campbell - Jun 15, 2016 at 04:30

Excellent. The shipping to the UK is very reasonable. I would love to see more merchandise. Take my money!

P.S Love the podcasts. Thank you all for the hard work. Matt

Big Red Button - Jun 15, 2016 at 05:48

I think, you should add a link on the top of this website.

Mathias - Jun 15, 2016 at 09:18

Will there be a discount for a "lifetime supply" of T-shirts? ;-)

Tom - Jun 15, 2016 at 13:55

Does anyone still use mouse pads? Maybe a TWP baseball cap instead?

Big Red Button - Jun 15, 2016 at 17:30

I still use mouse pads. I swear by them. They conserve the underlying surface and they improve the precision of my mice, especially on glas-topped tables, of course. Furthermore, this TP pad is very nostalgic, not only in terms of the artwork but also in terms of the pad itself. Back then when MM, Zak and MI came on the market, this kind of mouse pad (with a textile surface and exactly this shape and thickness) was the only kind of mouse pad I knew. It's through and through a retro mouse pad and therefore enables the best way to play TP! I'm going to order it soon!

Brian Small - Jun 15, 2016 at 18:10

Mouse pads and verb-based point and click adventures... Things that are not modern, but awesome nonetheless. I think the TWP team chose mousepads precisely because they are a relic of the past. I just wish they weren't $22+ including shipping or I'd order 5. I'm wavering on ordering one, but I'll eventually give in. I just need to have one here on my desk as work.

Big Red Button - Jun 15, 2016 at 19:04

Why $22? Do you have to pay $7 for shipping?
I myself am convinced that it pays in the long term. In my opinion, the price is appropriate since this one is not an ordinary mass product and you typically use it a long time.

Well, if mouse pads really are a relic of the past nowadays, I have to feel old.

Brian Small - Jun 16, 2016 at 12:10

Weird - when I went in the first time, the shipping was over $7, today it was only $4. In any case, I have given in - mousepad on the way :) I can't wait to display it on my office desk - leading to curious looks and ensuing fun conversation.

Brian Small - Jun 16, 2016 at 12:13

I love it - Fangamer's receipt emails are sent by their Haiku-bot, and she is generous with her haikus (one at the header and footer).

Big Red Button - Jun 19, 2016 at 07:58

Me too. I can't wait to get my mouse pad. :) It will be great to hold something material in my hands which is related to TP.

Maybe I'll order a t-shirt, too, once my size is available again. I need to buy a few new t-shirts anyway. Let's wait and see.

Zak Phoenix McKracken - Jun 15, 2016 at 18:39

I love mouse pads.
I made one myself with Thimbleweed Park images.
For personal use only.
It's not as beautyful as the one shown here, but I like it. When I work at my office, sometimes I take my eyes off the monitor, and I enjoy my mousepad.

Nor Treblig - Jun 15, 2016 at 18:41

It fits the classic theme of course.

But beside that: I do still use mouse pads with computers I do most work with (desktop PCs at home and work).
I don't use one e.g. with my tablet. On whatever table surface or even on a couch the mouse works sufficient enough.

R.C.M. - Jun 15, 2016 at 19:08

I still use mouse pads as well. Heck, I'd still be using my VCR if there were anything on TV still worth watching/taping.

Loftcraft - Jun 15, 2016 at 15:14

Thank you!

Oregondanne - Jun 15, 2016 at 18:55

Very nice. Will be getting one of each (have been looking to replace my mouse pad since 1995).

Necrosis Thanatos - Jun 15, 2016 at 20:24

I just ordered one of each. I wish I could have pledged to get a backer t-shirt, but you didn't offer them in the tall fat guy size. Fangamer does, though.

Gon Fernandez - Jun 16, 2016 at 08:07

Unisex Small is sold out! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Nor Treblig - Jun 16, 2016 at 23:24

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... wait!

Just buy a larger one and put more coins into the washing machine than usual!

Sushi - Jun 16, 2016 at 17:02

I never watched my mousepad, come to think of it
But I do wear shirts every day, so I ordered one - although you should never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game (shirt)
luckily the Dollar to Euro rate tipped the balance (and knowing I still regret to this day not getting my hands on an authentic Zak McKracken t-shirt back in 1988)

Pedro camacho - Jun 17, 2016 at 07:19

Ha ha, L - sold out. X-l - sold out. Xx-l - sold out. M available.

Mike - Jun 17, 2016 at 23:15

Will these be restocked at any point?

Ipnotik - Jun 18, 2016 at 10:54

Got the tshirt! Can't wait for it...daje.

Patrik Rak - Jun 19, 2016 at 05:14

24 USD for the t-shirt is ok, but 55 USD for the shipping? You gotta be kidding me.

Nor Treblig - Jun 19, 2016 at 06:33

There are normally two options: one cheap, slow and without insurance; and the other one crazy expensive, fast and insured.
Seems like to your country only the expensive one is possible. Shipping one T-Shirt to my country costs $4 with the cheap option.

Patrik Rak - Jun 20, 2016 at 03:59

That's exactly what I was expecting, one reasonable option and one expensive for quick delivery. $4 for delivery to Germany and $56.12 for delivery to Czech Republic? Talk about unfair... Sniff.

Nor Treblig - Jun 20, 2016 at 07:33

I think they disable the cheap option based on experience with (unreliable) delivery services in those countries.

They also disable it for specific order items. I once thought about ordering the art book of Brütal Legend but boy... it only allows expensive shipping AND shipping scales with the price of the item:
The art book costs $50, plus shipping costs of $70.58 which is more than the book itself :-(

Kay - Jun 19, 2016 at 15:55

All shirts are sold out!? 😵

Would love to have the T-Shirt, but if it's sold out and shipping to European Customers are far to expensive. My dream will never be true.

Maybe you can contact the Reseller called Elbenwald (https://www.elbenwald.de) in Germany for distribution to german/european Customers. As long you guys like to have my money. 😂

Big Red Button - Jun 19, 2016 at 17:45

I can't relate to your criticism. In my opinion, the shipping to Germany is actually not too expensive. At least the shipping of the mouse pad seems to be equal for both Germany and the US ($ 4). Furthermore, I doubt that a german distributor would offer it any cheaper for you, because they would probably need to increase the price due to the additional effort.

Someone - Jun 22, 2016 at 14:21

"... because they would probably need to increase the price due to the additional effort."

Not if they produce the mousepad and/or the t-shirts in germany. Every "Copy Shop" in german can produce these t-shirts and mouspads (and coffee cups, etc.) for that price.

Big Red Button - Jun 27, 2016 at 16:17

I'm afraid that such a solution would make the quality management difficult. I probably would not even like to buy anything without the certainty of the team keeping an eye on the products they offer.

El chapucero - Jun 21, 2016 at 21:12

please restock that soon....

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Zak Phoenix McKracken - Dec 16, 2016 at 09:41

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Zak Phoenix McKracken - Dec 19, 2016 at 09:47

Here it is! (^ link ^)

Brian Small - Dec 21, 2016 at 17:34

You guys are awesome.

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