As much as I would LOVE to go into detail of my Fantastically Fabulous Sunday, I can’t yet because all the pictures are on my home computer and that entry just isn’t complete without cute pictures of my husband using a nail gun.
Until then, I have a thought. This is a very serious thought - so if you are used to the light hearted babbling, prepare yourself for a philosophic monologue beyond your most existential dreams. hee.
I was in the mall on my lunch break (where all discussions of metaphysics begin, of course). I wandered into a few of those “teen” stores with all the retro merchandise that really isnt all that retro because its the 80s and that was NOT long enough ago to be considered “retro” dammit. You know - Transformer t-shirts, Atari bandanas, Strawberry Shortcake steering wheel covers, you know the store. I started thinking, do you know what I want?
I want a JEM and the Holograms T-shirt. Who do I talk to about bringing THAT back in style. Screw Strawberry Shortcake and the Care Bears. They have T-shirts and panties and car decals for every item I can THINK of from my childhood. They have Pound Puppies, Q-bert, Go-Bots, hell - they even have freakin’ Smurfs! But I want JEM. I want to see her pink hair and her star “earrings” on a cute babydoll t-shirt. Oooh, And not just JEM (or Jerrica), how about Kimber? She was AWESOME. I want a tin lunchbox with her face on it.
Seriously. If they are going to be making T-shirts and lunchboxes out of the same stuff they did when I was a kid, why not JEM? Is she not Retro enough? Was she not cool enough back in the 80s, so she can’t hold top billing now? How is that decided? Who decides that teenage girls would rather wear a Rainbow Brite t-shirt than one with Jem and the Holograms on it? I mean, I would think that a teenage girl, into “retro” 80s items, would LOVE a JEM and the holograms car decal, dont you?
OOOh. What about the MISFITS for the bad-to the bone girls who want to Rebel against JEM and that Synergy? Some MISFITS pajamas would ROCK. You could have pink glittery shirts for the JEM fans, and black t-shirts for the MISFITS. It could totally draw the line between punk and cheerleader, dont you think? Wouldnt that be genius?
Do you even know what I’m talking about? Come ON! If MrZoot could buy the first season of G.I.Joe on DVD (and he DID buy it, thank you) why can’t I have a friggin JEM T-shirt? Its not like I want them to re-air the TV Series (although that would be KILLER if they did), I just want merchandise. Bah. Why can’t the stuff I REALLY liked from the 80s come back in style.
Damn those Care Bears.
*sigh*
Update: Thanks Oliquig! But - this means the merchandise EXISTS, someone is just choosing not to stock it in a store I can physically enter. Bah. Target has Strawberry Shortcake T-shirts for chrissake. Surely - they can give me a JEM one TWICE as cool as these?
*giggle* I’m totally buying one of those shirts by the way.
Update AGAIN: Holy Holograms! If all of this merchandise exists online, why can’t I get it at the mall? This is so awesome! Now - I can make MrZoot watch JEM since he makes me watch GIJoe. And LilZoot will be so cultured!
oh please, there have to be JEM shirts for sale SOMEWHERE! if not, just grab some pictures off the internet and make your own on cafepress.com. hehe.
They do, just Googel something like Jem t-shirts, and you should find stuff. I so with they would release those on DVD, I would just die. Right now running through my head is the theme song. I Loaved (to steal a word) that show.
Bah TJ! I will not rest until I see at LEAST one JEM and the Holograms t-shirt for every Strawberry Shortcake tank top. (hehehe) my mind is too bothered by the SERIOUS issues of the world, dont you think?
Totally tubular:
http://www.80stees.com/products/Jem_hooded_fleece_sweatshirt.asp
and Oliquig? Amazon is your new best friend… or cause of death.
ZOOT!
She’s truly outrageous,
truly truly outrageous.
ZOOT!
I heart JEM! I think having a shirt, would be “RAD”…you can always try Zazzle(dot)come…and make your own!
like one of these?…
How can they not advertise that they have the first two seasons of Jem out on DVD? Why would this not be world news worthy?
I’m sorry, this is just too deep for me. Please let me know when you write something light and witty.
Oh wow, I read the first part of your entry and totally jumped onto ebay, ready to be a retro-Tshirt finding hero …. then came back and saw that everyone had beat me to it. I’m moving a little slow, today, I’m afraid.
Okay, but where is the She-Ra stuff? I would wear a She-Ra t-shirt in a minute.
I must have one of those shirts. That would be Truly Outrageous! A side note: I used to think the line was “our souls are bitter,” not “our songs are better.” I was a strange kid.
What I can’t believe (no offense to Zoot or Jem) is that they didn’t advertise that Punky Brewster was released. C’mon, kids— Punky Power!!!
The fact that the 80’s are ‘retro’ is just SO depressing!
I can’t walk in the Mall anymore without seeing my clothes from highschool in EVERY shop. My fiance’ gets tired of me saying “Oh! I had THAT skirt!”
as for Jem - she IS truely outragious!
mr zoot may be my new hero.
I found a jem tshirt at Hot Topic.
How did I know to look there? My Friend told me just yesterday that she was in the hot topic in Vegas and saw one and wanted it…but didn’t have the fundage to buy. Good luck
Oh and we have a hot topic at our mall…I would be surprised if you didn’t
My little sisters LOVED Jem, I HATED that show. HATED IT. I was more of a G-Force girl. Now that is a shirt I’d buy.
I used to have a Jem doll. Her earings lit up!
They 80s are culture?
heh. I learn something new everyday.
…*sigh*
The 80s are retro? Already? What gives?
I had that Jem doll with the light up earrings. As a matter of fact, I had the whole Holograms set. (With a stage! that came with a vhs video to play along with!) The only problem was that Ken (as in Barbie &) and GI Joe were a lot smaller than my Jem dolls. She was an amazon among Barbies. Poor dateless Jem.
Jem shirts (along with rivals the Misfits) Have been spotted in two stores in the Staten Island Mall(New York), Hot Topic and Torrid (for the plus-sizers). I almost bought one the last time I was there.
I was just bemoaning this same thing… glad to see someone else remembers… I’m getting one too.
Retro clothing is the bomb! My favorite place to find it is Goodwill or any thrift store. Ebay is also a great place to find what you are looking for.