2011 OOTS Ornament + New CafePress Shirts, Laptop Skins, etc.

[The Giant]

If you haven't seen the News post for today (11/20/11), the new round of CafePress designs is now live in the Shop (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick). The second post in this thread will have a complete inventory of all the new designs, but first, let's get to the coupon code. As CafePress changes the sale terms, we'll update them here so that everyone can be sure to have the latest deal.


No current coupon.
December 13–16: $10 off on orders over $50. Coupon Code: FDEC1150
December 10–12: $15 off on orders over $75. Coupon Code: SDEC1175
December 5–8: 10% off on all orders over $40. Coupon Code: TDEC1140
December 3: Save about 10% on sweatshirts and hoodies, no coupon needed.
November 29–December 1: 15% off on all orders over $45. Coupon Code: ADEC1145
November 28: Free economy shipping on orders over $40. Coupon Code: SHOPNOV28
November 24-27: Save $0.50 off of ornaments and $1 off of stockings, no coupon needed.
November 19-22: Save $5 off purchases of $30 of more. Coupon Code: LNOV1130


Coupon Fine Print:
Excluding shipping charges, gift wrap charges and applicable sales tax. All orders must be added to cart from cafepress.com shops only. Excludes CafePress marketplace purchases (e.g. all products added to cart from URLs beginning with the following (i) http://shop.cafepress.com, (ii) http://t-shirts.cafepress.com and/or (iii) http://www.cafepress.com/sk/), Gift Certificates, Flip products, SIGG bottles and CafePress Make and bulk orders. Coupon code must be entered at check out. Promotion starts at 12:00 a.m. (PST) on indicated start date and ends at 11:59 p.m. (PST) on end date. Offer valid online at CafePress.com only, cannot be combined with any other coupons or promotions and may change, be modified or cancelled at anytime without notice. This promotion cannot be applied to past orders.

Now scroll down for more details on what's new...

[The Giant]

Here now is the complete list (with pictures) of every new item in the CafePress (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick) store. In all cases, click on the picture to be taken directly to the page for that design.

First, Celia skates her way to victory (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick.592615788) in the continuation of our existing ornament line:

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/Christmas2011_Ornament.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick.592615788)

The second ornament features Roy and Xykon (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick.592618225) in battle. This new line will also continue next year with another hero/villain pairing.

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/BattleOrnament2011.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick.592618225)

Whether you're a fan or a fan of not being a fan, we can all agree that sometimes, even the most sparkly vampire needs to get a face full of holy light (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8305389).

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/Twilight_Durkon.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8305389)

This original t-shirt idea explores the hot new pastime (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8296606) that's sweeping the realm:

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/FantasyFantasy.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8296606)

Straight from the pages of Snips, Snails, and Dragon Tales (http://www.ookoodook.com/store/OOTSSnipsSnailsAndDragonTales.shtml), this shirt features the vampiric half-dragon half-troll lycanthropic fiendish snail. Tremble at his illogical glory! (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8308826)

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/Snail_White.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8308826)

Based on OOTS #780 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0780.html), this shirt hypes the epic battle (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8298480) between a completely unskilled serf and a domestic pet.

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/HousecatVsCommoner.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8298480)

The old Banjo t-shirt was long overdue for a redesign, so we've brought out a new series featuring this slick new logo (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8311164). It's never been cooler to worship a puppet.

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/BanjoBelieve.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8311164)

After the EVIL, GOOD, and CHAOS (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8296513) shirts of previous years, Enor and Gannji expound on the virtues of being True Neutral (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8295125) on this year's alignment shirt.

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/Neutral_Mug.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8295125)

Based on the stick figure family stickers that seem to be popping up on every car, these car stickers and magnets (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8206142) show that you are a true connoisseur of stick figure excellence:

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/FamilySticker_OOTS.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8206142)

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/FamilySticker_Evil.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8206142)

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/FamilySticker_LG.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8206142)

The following designs are a continuation of our OOTS for Kids! (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/7475368) line that we started last year. The original designs featuring the OOTS members themselves are, of course, still available.

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/Kids_Nale.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8313938)http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/Kids_OChul.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8313957)http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/Kids_Thog.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8313953)http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/Kids_Hinjo.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8314188)http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/Kids_Lien.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8314188)

We also are carrying laptop skins (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8296753) for the first time ever, in a variety of sizes. In addition to bringing some of the above designs (and a few of the existing ones) over, the following two designs are unique to the laptop skin:

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/Laptop_Posters.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick.593697934)
http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/OOTS03_Panorama.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick.594813444)

EDIT: Forgot to mention that we also now have OOTS shot glasses (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8203978), in a variety of characters.

[Porthos]

This original t-shirt idea explores the hot new pastime (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8296606) that's sweeping the realm:

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/FantasyFantasy.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8296606)

As a longtime player of fantasy baseball and fantasy football, I absolutely love this design! :smallcool:

*puts this, and others, on the Xmas list*

[Beanie]

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/FamilySticker_LG.gif


I wonder if this picture implies Leeky Windstaff is a part of the current iteration of the Linear Guild. Probably just needed someone to fill Durkon's place, but it's a possibility! I can live in hope.

Anyway, some nice designs in there. I must say I find the "My Evil Twin Did It" design incredibly cute. :smallbiggrin:

[Elder Tsofu]

Some really nice designs here, I like the "your ad here" reference in the true neutral one. :smallwink:

Now back to ponder my usual problem of wearing comic-design t-shirts... *sigh*

[Procyonpi]

Nice designs, although I'm still hoping for a "pointy vs. yummy" chart shirt some time

[Terandir]

I like the designs. Is it just my bad english, though, or is there a typo in the speech bubble in "Neutral"?

[Mauve Shirt]

I love the unnamed vampire series parody. :smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin::smallbiggrin:

[happyturtle]

Which designs are available as messenger bags? I like this bag (http://www.cafepress.co.uk/orderofthestick.592841174), but so far I've only found it in this and the Turn Undead design. I'd really love to have one with the OOTS quotes - "One Saving Throw at a Time (http://www.cafepress.co.uk/orderofthestick/7481589)" is probably my favourite, but I also love "I'm Participating! (http://www.cafepress.co.uk/orderofthestick/2114523)"

[The Giant]

I like the designs. Is it just my bad english, though, or is there a typo in the speech bubble in "Neutral"?

It is not just you. There's a typo.

This design is temporarily unavailable while I fix the problem.

Typo fixed on the actual products now. I will update the ad banners appropriately as well.

As far a I can tell, two people ordered the Neutral design with the typo in the last hour, but unless CafePress is far, FAR more efficient than I think they are, the production of the products won't start for several hours yet, and thus the shirts will have the corrected art. If anyone happens to actually receive a misprinted shirt, they can be returned to CafePress for a new one. My apologies for the mistake.

[The Giant]

Which designs are available as messenger bags? I like this bag (http://www.cafepress.co.uk/orderofthestick.592841174), but so far I've only found it in this and the Turn Undead design. I'd really love to have one with the OOTS quotes - "One Saving Throw at a Time (http://www.cafepress.co.uk/orderofthestick/7481589)" is probably my favourite, but I also love "I'm Participating! (http://www.cafepress.co.uk/orderofthestick/2114523)"

The messenger bag is a newer product from CafePress. It didn't exist as an option when the Quote shirts were made, and thus only some of the new designs are available on it. The same goes for certain shirt styles. In the case of the bag, specifically, I didn't put the design on many products due to the expense of the bag and the yellowish natural tint it gives to the artwork...I only chose designs that I thought wouldn't look awful if tinted in that way.

While it is possible I may go back someday and update every shirt design to have every new style/product, it's unlikely that I will get a chance to do so anytime soon, as that would literally take hours of clicking through and checking them all.

[Gift Jeraff]

Might be getting a new car sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas, so I think I'll get a nice Linear Guild magnet to go with it. :smallwink:

[The Succubus]

It is not just you. There's a typo.

This design is temporarily unavailable while I fix the problem.

Typo fixed on the actual products now. I will update the ad banners appropriately as well.

As far a I can tell, two people ordered the Neutral design with the typo in the last hour, but unless CafePress is far, FAR more efficient than I think they are, the production of the products won't start for several hours yet, and thus the shirts will have the corrected art. If anyone happens to actually receive a misprinted shirt, they can be returned to CafePress for a new one. My apologies for the mistake.


Pff, it's not a mis-print, it's a very limited collector's edition T-shirt. :smalltongue:

[Yana]

As a recent convert to the "Song of Fire and Ice" series, I absolutely adore your Fantasy fantasy shirt, Giant.

[honigmuffin]

Oooh, looks like a lot of people will get specific instructions what I want for Christmas <3

I love the Fantasy fantasy and Turn Undead designs. And the laptop skins. And the car stickers. Oh, who am I kidding, I love all of the designs :smallbiggrin:

Also, I'll get the two new ornaments :smallsmile:
(Quick question, does anybody actually hang them on the tree? I'm too cautious to use them as decoration: Christmas at our place often plays out like Housecat vs. Christmas tree. If I think about it too much, it actually makes me a bit sad :smallfrown:)

[SteveDJ]

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/FamilySticker_OOTS.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8206142)


I've seen the stickers in cars, too - so have a question about these OOTS variety -- Are these just a big bumper sticker, or do the stick figures stick directly to the window (inside or outside) w/o the black background?

[INDYSTAR188]

Ordering of gifts for my daughter, wife, and I will commence immediately! Great job Mr. Giant (Rich), I really like your comic and I appreciate the free membership to an awesome forum. Thanks for all your hard work and I look forward to reading in the future!

Happy Holidays!

[One Skunk Todd]

Oots ornaments ordered online.

[Cizak]

This original t-shirt idea explores the hot new pastime (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8296606) that's sweeping the realm:

http://www.GiantITP.com/Images/CafePress2011/FantasyFantasy.gif (http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/8296606)

AAARGH! MUTANTS! Horrible, horrible mutants! What are those horrendous things at the end of their arms?! Kill them!
Seriosly though, really nice.

[The Giant]

I've seen the stickers in cars, too - so have a question about these OOTS variety -- Are these just a big bumper sticker, or do the stick figures stick directly to the window (inside or outside) w/o the black background?

The black background is there, but the whole sticker is a translucent "see-thru." So you can stick it to the outside of the window and still see through it while driving. Or you can switch it to a traditional opaque bumper sticker (or car magnet), your choice.

(I did try to get rid of the black background altogether and just have white outlines, but because CafePress shows the image of the item on a white background, it looked like I was trying to sell blank rectangles. I didn't think many people would buy that.)

[eusticepious]

Giant-

You deserve to earn money from content this good. In past years I have placed orders and thrown away the product because your work should produce healthy income for you but I do not like my home to be cluttered with things. I do not want to buy and throw-away this year. As someone who checks this site daily, I want it to bring as much joy to you as it does to me and income-production contributes to that (it's obviously not everything). What do you suggest? For me the ads on the forum have been ideal.

Best,
Eustice Pious

[The Giant]

Giant-

You deserve to earn money from content this good. In past years I have placed orders and thrown away the product because your work should produce healthy income for you but I do not like my home to be cluttered with things. I do not want to buy and throw-away this year. As someone who checks this site daily, I want it to bring as much joy to you as it does to me and income-production contributes to that (it's obviously not everything). What do you suggest? For me the ads on the forum have been ideal.

Best,
Eustice Pious

Whatever else, please stop doing that. Creating items and then throwing them away just produces meaningless waste in the world, and the environment has enough problems as it is. It is far, far more upsetting to me that you would order my products just to put them into a landfill than that you would simply not buy them at all. I would rather have less money than I would be responsible for that. It literally goes against everything I personally believe.

If you really want to bring me joy and don't want to own a piece of merchandise, take the money you would have spent and donate it to a charity. Preferably an environmentally-based one, such as African Wildlife Foundation (http://www.awf.org/) or the Nature Conservancy (http://www.nature.org/). Or, if that's not palatable, then just don't spend anything. I will consider it a boon to know that I'm not contributing to more garbage.

[Maxios]

I have a question. If, in the duration of this week, I order one of these items; when will it arrive?

[The Giant]

I have a question. If, in the duration of this week, I order one of these items; when will it arrive?

The best thing I can do is link you to CafePress' own shipping estimate page: http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/help/index.aspx?page=shipping.aspx

Generally, around next week or so, they'll post their announcement of what the deadline to order by Christmas will be.

[thereaper]

Who is that guy in the middle in the Celia one?

[The Giant]

Who is that guy in the middle in the Celia one?

Mr. Jones, of Jones & Rodriguez, Attorneys at Law.

[INDYSTAR188]

Giant,

I ordered some merchandise (both for me and my daughter). I love the art work, quotes are hilarious, read the comic - generally I'm a huge fan of your stuff. But I have to tell you it's hard to bring myself to pay $22-30 dollars for a printed t-shirt. I appreciate that your trying to make money and I'm sure cafepress requires a large sum of that money too, I just thought I would post that if the shirts were in the $15 - 20 dollar range I would buy more of them.

Thanks for your time and happy holidays!

[Goosefarble]

Mr. Jones, of Jones & Rodriguez, Attorneys at Law.

Ohh, I see now; he's wearing ear-muffs. I thought he was just balding to start with.

Anyway, I really like the Xykon one. I might buy that.

[awibs]

Love the kiddie shirts, and fantasy fantasy :>

I still want one of o-chul charging and yelling "smite evil!" with a caption "+5 holy cojones" :>

[t209]

What does 1d6+4 on Celia Score mean or equivalent to? (I am not familiar with D&D Damage system)

[The Giant]

Giant,

I ordered some merchandise (both for me and my daughter). I love the art work, quotes are hilarious, read the comic - generally I'm a huge fan of your stuff. But I have to tell you it's hard to bring myself to pay $22-30 dollars for a printed t-shirt. I appreciate that your trying to make money and I'm sure cafepress requires a large sum of that money too, I just thought I would post that if the shirts were in the $15 - 20 dollar range I would buy more of them.

Thanks for your time and happy holidays!

Thank you for your order, and I understand. The thing is, CafePress charges me between $16-$30 for a shirt to begin with. The only portion of those t-shirt prices which actually comes to me is the last $6 or $7, depending on the design and product. This is because CafePress is a Print-on-Demand printer, which means the per-unit cost is high compared to a bulk printer. So I'm actually incapable of lowering the price to $15 for any shirt (or $20 for all but the most basic tees) without simply not offering them at all.

The reason I use them anyway is that because they are P.O.D., I don't need to pay them upfront in order for them to make the shirts. They simply charge the amount listed, then produce the shirt and send me a portion. Also, it allows me to experiment with designs and/or shirt styles that may end up being less popular without any risk that I will end up with a huge financial loss (not to mention a warehouse full of unwanted stuff).

By way of contrast, we sell bulk printed tees at Ookoodook (http://www.ookoodook.com/store/tshirts.shtml), which you will see are exactly in the $15-20 range...but you'll also notice that there are only a handful of designs and each is available on exactly one style of t-shirt. It's also hard to predict what sizes to stock; some of those shirts have sold out of one size while having dozens of another left. As much as I would like to be able to lower the prices, unfortunately it's not really viable to switch to bulk printing for all of my t-shirt needs.

[KuH]

I also absolutely love the kiddie shirts. A lot of great thought seems to have gone into them.

[Procyonpi]

What does 1d6+4 on Celia Score mean or equivalent to? (I am not familiar with D&D Damage system)

5-10. 1d6+4 means the result of one thrown 6 sided die (the d6) plus 4.

[EpsilonShawn]

I nearly squeed when I saw the car stickers. (Window st - ! YES. And, and there's Team Evil and a magnet option and and and...) That could've been embarrassing. Then I realized that a) no car, and b) no monies. Why, oh why, did I drink it all away?

Hmm. How can I connive someone else into buying them for me? Regardless, these are awesome and I want one and I'm so happy that they're almost tangibly out there, but when I do come into some disposables I will most likely blow it on completing my collection of the books, so that I'll have more source material to back up my...research.

Still. Made my day. :smallsmile:

[Serranex]

I'm just wondering whether this announcement confirms that there will be no reprints on the out of stock books (2,3 and 4) before Christmas. Previously you said you were going to say something about it in September.

Thanks!

[EpsilonShawn]

Oh. Yeah. Book availability and all that.

Now that I come to think of it, what I should spend my hypothetical future money on is a onesie or something for my cousin's new baby. I like the O-Chul gear especially. Dude. That's money worth borrowing.

Time to go scrounging.

[brionl]

Ooh, Ooh! We totally need a Banjo "Fish" car magnet.
Like this
http://www.zazzle.com/darwin_fish_in_silver_chrome_magnet-147012835453614263

But with a Banjo Outline.

And how about some loveterror for Banjhulu?

[Orzel]

D'aaww. The Thog, Hinjo, and Lien shirts almost makes me want to make babies just to see a baby wear it. Or at least borrow a baby.

The Fantasy Fantasy one reminds me to do something. Drop. Drop. Drop. :smallfurious::smallbiggrin:

But the Neutral one will be purchased once present buying is all done.

[CloakedDancer]

These new designs look great! The shirt prices on cafepress are killer, but I do understand the economic and business sense behind the decision. For me having a variety of shirts is better than having no shirts at all. I can't buy as many as I'd like but at least I can get something. Looking forward to having Christmas presents for my group!

[Moonshadow]

...omg, I want the Fantasy Fantasy bag.

But I also want to play the Fantasy Fantasy game o.o Please tell me I'm not the only one xD

[Procyonpi]

I'm just wondering whether this announcement confirms that there will be no reprints on the out of stock books (2,3 and 4) before Christmas. Previously you said you were going to say something about it in September.

Thanks!

Unfortunately, yes (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=222610).

Which is a shame, I still need WaXP and NCfPB to round out my collection.

[Serranex]

Unfortunately, yes (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=222610).

Which is a shame, I still need WaXP and NCfPB to round out my collection.

My apologies, didn't see that announcement. Thanks!

[Brumski]

Nooo, don't trade out Weasley. Sure, they're both important sidekicks who help destroy the Ultimate Evil, but Weasley MARRIES EMMA WATSON!!!

[rbetieh]

I cant wait to see what the LAW shirt reads? Perhaps the Futurama reference with the poster in episode 1?

[honigmuffin]

I looked through the new merchandise again today. I'm still not sure what will end up on my Definite Wish List, but a thought occured to me. Should I ever have twins, both of them will be dressed in the My Evil Twin Did It shirts, with felt pin-on arrows, one pointing to the left and the other to the right. There's no escaping the webcomic geekery :smallbiggrin:

Also, I guess I'll be waiting for the LAW design (Celia? The attorneys? Next year's Holiday announcement? *giddy with excitement*) and then I'll get a complete alignment set :smallcool:

[NegativeFifteen]

I love the turn undead shirt, simply awesome.

Also, sort of random question that seems to fit in this thread: I saw you probably wouldn't be able to reprint the books before the holidays, but do you plan on reprinting them in January? I know a couple of people who wouldn't mind them as belated gifts.

[happyturtle]

Just a general FYI for the non-US crowd: If you're worried about shipping / customs, you should know that Cafepress has sites for Australia, UK, Canada, and Europe. It may still cost a small fortune to get OOTS books delivered, but t-shirts and other swag is affordable! :smallsmile:

[Procyonpi]

My apologies, didn't see that announcement. Thanks!

There was no formal announcement, so unless you're very active on the forum and / or obsessively stalk the giant's comments, you would have no reason to know.

[Bulldog Psion]

I take it that the Fantasy Fantasy chaps are done with the slightly different art style mentioned as being part of the Snips Snails and Dragon Tales book (which I didn't buy)?

I find their lack of stick figure arms ... disturbing.

[WickedWizard17]

Um, guys, has anyone else noticed that Leeky Windstaff seems to still be a part of the Linear Guild? CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE HIM?

I wish shirtless Jacob had made it onto the Turn Undead shirt. Buying it anyway! :smallbiggrin:

[Procyonpi]

Um, guys, has anyone else noticed that Leeky Windstaff seems to still be a part of the Linear Guild? CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE HIM?


Sigh. If it wasn't already obvious from stuff like the OoTS poster and the cover of SoD:



The presence, absence, position, or style of any character on any piece of merchandise has no bearing on any future (or past) plot points. I design the merchandise to look good and sell well. Usually, I specifically design the merchandise in order to avoid any sort of plot relevance; the Thog kids shirt still has all his tusks unbroken, for example. I generally choose the most "iconic" look for each character, if there is such a thing.

In the case of Leeky, there were three reasons I chose him:
He was shorter than Hilgya, and thus better parodied the "child" slot of the original family stickers.
He is the only druid in the comic, and has strong appeal to people who like druids.
He is significantly less of a pain in the ass to convert to line art than Hilgya is, due to differences in how I constructed the art way back during the first book. And I had a lot of art to make for those shirts.
I assure you that reason #3 was the biggest factor, by a fair margin.

Also, my lack of commenting on a topic does not implicitly confirm or deny the proposition being put forth. Sometimes, I just don't care enough to respond. I may be low on time and decide that something is too trivial to bother answering. Heck, the fact that I respond to things at all is a relatively recent development.

[Xapi]

Giant-

You deserve to earn money from content this good. In past years I have placed orders and thrown away the product because your work should produce healthy income for you but I do not like my home to be cluttered with things. I do not want to buy and throw-away this year. As someone who checks this site daily, I want it to bring as much joy to you as it does to me and income-production contributes to that (it's obviously not everything). What do you suggest? For me the ads on the forum have been ideal.

Best,
Eustice Pious

You could always pick a playgrounder at random, contact him, and purchase stuff for him.

[The Giant]

The current sale is a little underwhelming: $0.50 off ornaments and $1 off stockings, no coupon needed. I'm not sure whether there will also be a coupon for Black Friday, but if so, I haven't heard about it yet.

[bluewurm]

I collect shot glasses so you've finally found the guft for me.... i just cant pick one!!

[HempRope]

Why are the shot glasses and laptop cases not advertised more prominently?!!

Those are the only things I am marginally likely to buy, and yet they're the last things listed. Especially shot glasses, since they're fantastic gifts (or stocking-stuffers, but maybe not at these prices...), deserve more than a postscript.

I love D&D and OotS but I'm a closeted gamer, so I would never wear a gaming t-shirt* and don't know many people IRL who game for whom I could buy one. But I'm seriously considering a shot glass (and maybe one as a present, too) and half-considering a laptop skin. A laptop skin is particularly appropriate for a webcomic!

Also, have you considered shot glasses with just characters' heads? I would without a doubt buy one of those.

That's a lot about my personal preferences, but consider it market research. :smallcool:

___________________
I also just don't wear a lot of t-shirts... I'm in my early twenties but it's business casual at work and I'm still single, so I like to look good when I go out! :smalltongue:

[Gandariel]

i LOVE that Laptop cover!!! i read that Cafepress has a site for Europe too? i'll check it out IMMEDIATELY!

And by the way, Giant, great job as Always.

[Oshirokita]

Too bad the Evil Twin & Troublemaker designs aren't on adult size shirts. I would be tempted to buy one of each if so.
Love the designs overall, lots of good stuff. I'll be making a wish list while waiting for a new sale to come along.

[The Giant]

Two new sales to update you on:

First, for "Cyber Monday," Nov. 28 only, it's free shipping (economy shipping only) on orders over $40. Coupon Code: SHOPNOV28

After that, Tuesday through Thursday, Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, it's 15% off orders of $45 or more. Coupon Code: ADEC1145

Now, that second sale is a far, FAR better deal than free economy shipping. If you're reading this and planning on ordering, I highly recommend not ordering on Monday and instead placing your order on Tuesday. "Economy shipping" only costs about $5.25 for one item plus $0.50 for every additional item anyway. This means that 15% off will almost always be more savings once you go past the $40 mark anyway, and could potentially be much more if you really had a lot of items you were buying.

[honigmuffin]

Giant, I followed your advice last year and ordered from cafepress.co.uk, and it worked just fine. Last year's 10$ off coupon worked without difficulty, but this year's 15% off coupon is "not valid for my purchases". Is it the .co.uk-site or maybe the shipping destination (Austria)? Do you have any other coupon codes up your sleeve? I'll wait for now, hopefully the next coupon will work, but the gift giving unit would like the order to arrive before Christmas :/

[The Giant]

Giant, I followed your advice last year and ordered from cafepress.co.uk, and it worked just fine. Last year's 10$ off coupon worked without difficulty, but this year's 15% off coupon is "not valid for my purchases". Is it the .co.uk-site or maybe the shipping destination (Austria)? Do you have any other coupon codes up your sleeve? I'll wait for now, hopefully the next coupon will work, but the gift giving unit would like the order to arrive before Christmas :/

I have no idea what would be the problem; my understanding is that the UK and CA sites are exactly the same as the US one, in terms of sales and such. Does your order contain any of the "excluded items" from the fine print?

I don't know what coupon codes may be coming down the pike after this one, they don't tell me until a day before they start. In previous years, they had a coupon or sale every day until Christmas, but as you can see with the Cyber Monday sale, some of them are subpar.

[honigmuffin]

I have no idea what would be the problem; my understanding is that the UK and CA sites are exactly the same as the US one, in terms of sales and such. Does your order contain any of the "excluded items" from the fine print?

I don't know what coupon codes may be coming down the pike after this one, they don't tell me until a day before they start. In previous years, they had a coupon or sale every day until Christmas, but as you can see with the Cyber Monday sale, some of them are subpar.

I have the two ornaments and a T-shirt in my basket, last year's order looked much the same (well, there were more ornaments). That's what confused me as well, last year's coupon was accepted without a hitch for the same product categories :smallconfused:

I guess I'll just wait a bit longer and see what's up next/if one of the next coupons works. Should push come to shove, I'll order without a coupon, but if I can get one to work it'd be nice (the order is for me, but it's a present from someone else, so if I can use a coupon they'll appreciate it and I think it's the least I can do).
For now I'll say thank you for your time, and I'll report back how the next one(s) work :smallsmile:

[CloakedDancer]

I have the two ornaments and a T-shirt in my basket, last year's order looked much the same (well, there were more ornaments). That's what confused me as well, last year's coupon was accepted without a hitch for the same product categories :smallconfused:

I guess I'll just wait a bit longer and see what's up next/if one of the next coupons works. Should push come to shove, I'll order without a coupon, but if I can get one to work it'd be nice (the order is for me, but it's a present from someone else, so if I can use a coupon they'll appreciate it and I think it's the least I can do).
For now I'll say thank you for your time, and I'll report back how the next one(s) work :smallsmile:

I couldn't get the coupon to work for my order. I just went ahead and ordered anyways. Didn't feel like contacting them or waiting to find out if it was going to work later.

[The Giant]

Sale info updated in the first post; 10% off on orders $40 or more, Dec. 5-8, code TDEC1140.

[Razanir]

Can we get homebrew stats on the snail? Even a regular snail would do; templates aren't too bad.

[The Giant]

CafePress is advertising that orders made today (12/20) can still get to locations within the continental US with standard shipping on or before December 24th. So if you want to save on shipping and are planning to make an order, now's probably the time. Starting tomorrow, I would expect only expedited shipping to arrive in time for Christmas.

Of course, if you're not buying for Christmas Day, this doesn't matter.

[honigmuffin]

First of all, a very belated Happy Holidays to you all, and Happy New Year. :smallsmile:

I promised to report back about the coupons (shame on me that it took me so long). Well, I tried a few more, but none of them worked, not even the ones CafePress sent out via email. I ordered anyways – the order arrived well before Christmas, and even earlier than estimated, just like last year (although it was sent from the US as opposed to last year's Polish package, very curious).
Other positive comments: this year, the ornaments were packed in bubble wrap, which I think is even safer than the sorta-thick plastic they came in last year. Also, the T-shirt is longer than the one I ordered last year (they are both Women's cut and size M, but have different manufacturer labels. Mystery solved :smallwink:).

It's a bit difficult to read the text in the speech bubbles of the T-shirt if one's standing very close (it looks like the text was printed twice, and the second time not 100% over the first time :smallconfused:), but from a reasonable distance (say, 0.5 to 1 meter) it's not a problem at all. I'm not sure if there was an issue with the printer, because it's *only* the text and none of the artwork, but I don't really mind (and I'm not really in the mood for trouble shoots that cost time and energy (as well as money) on both sides), so I'll just wear it this way. :smalltongue:

All in all, I'm satisfied with the order, and I'm really looking forward to next year's ornament(s) :smallsmile:

[The Giant]

Sorry about the coupons, I really have no idea what that's about. CafePress got an earful from me about their coupon policy this year anyway. I felt that they were shortchanging Shop customers while giving people who sell through their Marketplace discounts of 30% or more, and there were no sales at all for the last nine days of the Christmas shopping season. A definite step down from previous years.


It's a bit difficult to read the text in the speech bubbles of the T-shirt if one's standing very close (it looks like the text was printed twice, and the second time not 100% over the first time :smallconfused:), but from a reasonable distance (say, 0.5 to 1 meter) it's not a problem at all. I'm not sure if there was an issue with the printer, because it's *only* the text and none of the artwork, but I don't really mind (and I'm not really in the mood for trouble shoots that cost time and energy (as well as money) on both sides), so I'll just wear it this way. :smalltongue:

For my own troubleshooting, what design was on the t-shirt?

[honigmuffin]

For my own troubleshooting, what design was on the t-shirt?

It's the Fantasy fantasy design. Right now, the shirt is in the laundry; I'll check in again later today and post some photographs. :smallsmile:

[CloakedDancer]

It's the Fantasy fantasy design. Right now, the shirt is in the laundry; I'll check in again later today and post some photographs. :smallsmile:

Just in case it helps the troubleshooting, I also got the Fantasy fantasy design. It didn't seem to have this problem. The one I purchased was a gift; it was the Organic Woman's Fitted T-Shirt in the Galaxy color.

[honigmuffin]

The shirt I ordered is a Fantasy fantasy Women's T-Shirt, white, size M. Here are two cropped snapshots where it is visible (I hope), spoilered to save space:

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/4083/print02.jpg
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4426/speechbubble02.jpg

As seen in the first image, the lineart is pin sharp. Very curious, indeed. :smallconfused:

I hope this helps, Giant.

[The Giant]

That is very odd. It's especially odd that none of the other black lines in the image are experiencing the same effect. I would expect that if it were something like a slippage of a plate or inkjet (or whatever they use to print these shirts), it would affect all instances of the same color, but here it affects only the text.

I'll pass these along, but I think unless there's a whole lot of other people with the same problem, it won't have been anything in my artwork that did it. More likely a fluke misalignment or something. If you want to return it and order a new one, it probably won't have the same issue.