Sources for good quality Godzilla shirts?

[Rodanex]

Does anyone know of any online retailers that sell good quality Godzilla shirts? I've seen a few shirts on amazon.com that look decent...I'm really trying to find some shirts that have some of the old movie poster images with the Japanese text. I used to have a Godzilla vs Gigan shirt that had the original Japanese poster image. I bought it at an FYE store, but I haven't been able to find it online. I've found a few other shirts on ebay that look promising, but it's hard to tell if they are bootleg or not, and I'd prefer to buy from a licensed source.

[klen7]

Unauthorized/bootlegs GREATLY outnumber licensed products in the t-shirt realm, even on reputable sellers like Amazon. Imported Japanese shirts are hard to buy because they are cut very different (and surprisingly expensive before importing compared to American t-shirts).

[canofhumdingers]

Yeah, Japanese t shirts are TINY. in my experience you need to buy at least one, maybe two sizes larger than usual.

[lhb412]

[swfreakjpb]

Unauthorized is the way to go these days. There are a hand full of licensed shirts you may still find for sale on Ebay in USA so keep searching and ask questions if you are not sure about it being official. Usually it will say it specifically. fan Shirt sites have some pretty good ones made with fan art work.

[Rodanex]

Bummer. Alright, I'll do some homework and see what I can find. I'm really kicking myself for shrinking that Godzilla vs Gigan shirt in the dryer, that shirt was awesome.

[Rody]

Skreeonk.com's Jon Uncanny has a few stylized shirts on teepublic - two of which are based on movie posters. I have them, and they're pretty neat.

[JordanGLC]

Impact Merchandising used to have a huge line of licensed tshirts. I still have a couple. You might be able to find some out there still. If you're also a fan of Soundgarden Hot Topic is sellng a you might like.

[swfreakjpb]

[JordanGLC]

another one of their shirts.

[Rodanex]

Does anyone know anything about atsuko.com? I just saw a facebook ad for some Godzilla shirts available through their website.

I was also able to re-buy my Godzilla vs Gigan shirt, plus a few others, through 80stees.com.

[tbeasley]

Impact Merchandising has officially licensed T-shirts -
http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2019 ... handising/

[lhb412]

How things have changed since the last post.. now a new apparel place gets the Godzilla license every other week! Like 50% of my shirts are Godzilla now. Cavitycolors.com has been really killing it with their's.

[Benjamin Haines]

On a related note, what is up with all of the Toho-licensed Godzilla merchandise in recent years featuring reprinted kaiju art from IDW's Godzilla comic books?

https://www.scifijapan.com/godzilla-toho/godzilla-raids-brazil-with-new-themed-restaurants
https://www.scifijapan.com/godzilla-toho/godzilla-exclusives-from-fye
https://www.scifijapan.com/godzilla-toho/godzilla-mugs-doormat-poster-and-prints-from-pyramid-america

Those are just a few examples from earlier this year. I'm not against seeing that art reused but I notice that "TM & ©TOHO CO., LTD." is printed underneath all of those merchandise photos but none of the items with reprinted art include any mention of IDW or the artists. I guess Toho is ultimately the owner of licensed images of characters they own, and I'm sure the terms of their licensing deal with IDW allowed for Toho to do this, but it would be shady if Toho is monetizing this art in new ways without the artists getting a cut of the revenue. Did anyone who drew the interior art for any of IDW's Godzilla comics a decade ago know that their art would one day be printed on Toho-licensed shirts and coffee mugs?

[lhb412]

Apparently, the IDW stuff is just used like stock licensing images by the US wing of Toho licensing which is in charge of this stuff. Bob Eggleton mentioned, with amusement, how he was surprised his Godzilla vs. Hedorah painting was the packaging for the Mezco figure set of those two characters and how they were legally in the right to reuse his work. If Eggleton is having to work by this contract then I imagine every other artist is, too.

[Benjamin Haines]

That's shady, Toho!

[lhb412]

All too common. Think about every kid's t-shirt with a drawing of a superhero taken from some beloved artist's comic.