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Holidays Are Coming - Update! And Happy Christmas Jumper Day.
Hey guys,
Lots of you supported our designer James' recent blog post regarding our Holidays Are Coming Jumper so we just wanted to give you all an update!
For those of you who missed it, we found a very similar jumper to the one we designed available for sale at www.Boohoo.com and so James blogged about it. We were totally overwhelmed by all the support from you guys - our lovely customers and readers so a huge, huge thanks to everyone who got in touch.
BooHoo got in touch the same day the blog was posted and asked us to remove our original blog post while they investigated which we duly did (in case you wondered why it had disappeared.) BooHoo said they would remove the item from sale while they checked what had happened at their end.
We've now resolved things with Boohoo and as a gesture of goodwill, Boohoo has agreed to pay us a royalty which we will be donating to Save The Childrens Christmas Jumper Day.
They have also agreed to send the remaining stock to a charity of our choice so we will be donating these to the amazing One25 - a Bristol-based charity, specialising in enabling women to break free from street sex-work, addiction and other life-controlling issues and build new, independent lives.
Superman Comic With Super Price Tag!
Some hot news has been seeping its way though the TruffleShuffle office this week! Recent reports have revealed that a copy of Action Comics No 1, which features the very first appearance of one of the most iconic superheroes ever Superman, has sold for a little over £1.9m!
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Becoming the highest price ever paid for a comic book (previously £1.4m for the same edition back in 2011), this jaw-dropping record was reached mainly because this is thought to be the best condition copy remaining and with only 50 thought to be left in total. What's more is this iconic comic only cost 10 US cents back in 1938!
After the original owner's death, the family went on to sell it to a dealer in the early 1980s and it was eventually sold to Mr Adams, who runs the Pristine Comics shop in Washington state.
According to seller Darren Adams, this comic was purchased back in 1938 and was kept in a cedar chest in a home in West Virginia, USA for most of its life.
In The Press!! Our Guns N' Roses T-Shirt Spotted in Closer Mag!
Rifling our way through the weekly's recently, we were stopped dead in our tracks like a goldfish at the edge of the bowl when we spotted our name and one of our tshirts in the spotlight in Closer Magazine's Festival feature!
With festival season well and truly in to the swing of things, the lovely people at Closer snapped up our ladies Guns N' Roses Logo T-Shirt as one of their top festival picks this year and who can blame them! With such a classic design, what better time to show your love for the greats and Gods of rock than now!
Featuring a distressed Guns N Roses Drum logo print, if you don't already have this, you NEED it!
Pick yours up today for only £17.99 and start spreading the classic rock cheer in your very own style today!
Good Grief! New DangerMouse episodes to air on TV!
"He's the greatest, he's fantastic, wherever there is danger, he'll be there!"
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Yep this isn't a typo, the huuugely loved and classic animated show DangerMouse which followed the adventures of the worldâs greatest secret agent and his ever-nervous sidekick Penfold is set to make a comeback of on CBBC with 52 new episodes next year. Exciting!
Taking the TV by storm from back in 1981 and running all the way to 1992, DangerMouse (voiced by Sir David Jason) became one of the top shows of the 80s with a whole generation of kids turning in for their famous adventures and of course...those catchphrases :)
After over 20 years absence, DM and trusty sidekick will return this time to CBBC and will come complete with a whole heap of 21st century gadgets to help them with protect the world from the dastardly likes of Baron Greenback.
Go Go Power Rangers....Film!
Big news retro fans! Movie powerhouse Lionsgate and LA based private investment firm Saban Brands who launched "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" TV series more than 20 years ago will be partnering up as they do battle, donning the spandex and creating an all new live-action Power Rangers movie!
Pretty much a dream for any 90s kid!
Like so many retro icons in recent years such as Transformers, TMNT and Spider-man, they're looking to re-launch and revitalize the brand and characters into the modern age in spectacular big screen feature film fashion!
The dynamic teenage crime-fighting team was first launched in way back in 1993 (21 years ago! eeeep) as a live action TV series and has since kept a strong global fan base.
Star Wars: Episode VII Cast Revealed! Introducing....
It's finally happened Star Wars fans! Yep Disney and Lucasfilm recently just revealed who will be donning the costumes and getting in front of the camera to film the next instalment of the Star Wars empire. Take a look!
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With some old familiar faces as well as plenty of fresh young talent landing the job, actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), and Kenny Baker (R2-D2) as they do their thing once again.
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Director J.J. Abrams had this to say,