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Addicted to Marvel? You will be....
Addict Clothing and Marvel have partnered together to create these amazing comic t-shirts with designs from three awesome UK illustrators. Mitch, Shogun and Alex âOdisyâ Young bring their own unique interpretations to some of Marvelâs most iconic characters; Hulk, Wolverine, The Thing, Captain America, Iron Man and Spider-Man.Each artist has been inspired by Marvel comics since childhood, resulting in a set of tee graphics designed from the heart. Individual styles and techniques combine to showcase a diverse range of skills, forming a cohesive and complimentary collection which embodies the true spirit of Marvel...In this interview Marvel speak with one of those artists, Alex âOdisyâ Young. Alex produces detailed illustrations, pointillist canvases and huge murals all influenced by his background in comics, skateboarding, graffiti and tattoo culture about his Iron Man design which you can see below.If you love your superhero t-shirts, look no further Addict and Marvel have got it covered.
The Weekly Retro Movie Rundown 69!
Jacks missing ear! it's the Weekend!
So aboard an intimidating Viking long ship as it imposingly floats across a misty river towards an unbeknown Saxon village. Let us be your Norse Warrior raiding party as we swing high our mighty axes for mega movie mayhem, we'll hail loudly for cinematic awesomeness and we'll pillage aggressively for celluloid wonder. Valhalla awaits us!
Have a happy retro weekend!
SATURDAY 21st September
The Great Escape (1963) Channel 5 5:50pm-9:00pm (3 hours 10 minutes)
Our Classic Childhood Toys and Games, Then and Now!
We've all got cherished memories of the favourite toys we had when we were growing up and here at TruffleShuffle we are dedicated to bringing these memories flooding back to you with a collection of great Games T-Shirts and Toys T-Shirts. I am going to take you lucky people on a trip down memory lane with this blog post and then bring you bang up to date as I take a look at some of our favourite toys and games we had when we were younger and what those toys look like now, some of them have evolved in very interesting ways...
My Little Pony first trotted onto the scene in 1983 and was instantly popular with little girls all over the world. First arrivals included Blossom, Cotton Candy, Minty and Snuzzle and there have been many more additions over the years including fan favourites such as Applejack, Princess Sparkle and Lickety Split. The cute and girly look of these toys are instantly recognisable and synonymous with the 80s!
My Little Pony has evolved over the years, but the most radical makeover came in the form of My Little Pony : Friendship is Magic which launched in 2010. These ponies have been given a new Japanese inspired style and have gained a whole new fan base of boys and girls of all ages. The 'Brony' fandom are a passionate lot and their community has made sure that the love for My Little Pony is still going strong after all these years.
15 Things You [Probably] Didn't Know About...TruffleShuffle.com!
Hold on to your hats Truffle fans! As you know we love a good "10 Things You Didn't Know About..." style blog post, mainly so we can do some extra research into some of our favourite things, movies and shows. WELL! We've decided to turn things on us for a change, giving you lucky lot the chance to learn a few facts about our little selves that might surprise, scare, amaze or simply entertain.
Dive on into the weird and wonderful world of TruffleShuffle......
1) Why are we called TruffleShuffle?? Some people ask us this so we thought we could fill everyone in. Well! One of the founding T-Shirts that helped to inspire TruffleShuffle's creation was a classic Goonies TShirt (as seen further below), the money received from the first ever t-shirt sold was then used to buy the domain name www.TruffleShuffle.co.uk, inspired by top Goonie Chunk's legendary moves...
2) For the first year of its life, TruffleShuffle operated from a one-bed flat in Bristol! ...And we still use those very same shelves today stocking your tees before they get sent out...only slightly more of them now.
3) Competitions! Running weekly competitions on our Facebook page as well as holding monthly biggy ones here on the TruffleShuffle blog, we've ever-so roughly given away £13,000 in prize money! That's around 24p per fan we have to date! See...it really does pay to be a fan!
We African't Believe These Classic Movie Posters!
Now there's no shocked faces among those of you reading this that we're huuuuuge 80s films lovers which of course inspired our simply epic range of Movie T-Shirts *wink wink*. Being raised at possibly one of the most exciting decades for cinema (not biased at all!), with huge special affects looking ever more real 'ahem' and the stories taking us into far and distant lands where anything and everything was possible, we're sure that the 80s was THEEE time that brought about some of the most iconic films that even today people can get excited about watching.
During this rose tinted time, the western world was pretty sure footed in its cinema going days, sadly however in the African country of Ghana and other surrounding countries, the film industry was only really just taking off.
With very little disposable income available to most people, the idea of building big cinema complexes seemed like a distant dream (and sadly still is in a lot of areas). So! Instead, small companies would go around with portable TVs, video players and a bag full of videos, visiting every town or village in turn, with film 'screenings' taking place in schools during the day, and outside at night.
Now to really bring in the crowds, these little pop up screens would commission artists to re-create some of the most iconic movie posters to advertise what they would be showing. This has resulted in some pretty amazing takes on the classics which is what we'd like to show you know......sit back and enjoy!
Terminator 3
James Bond - The Spy Who Loved Me
Get Sheep Thrills at the Throw of the Dice with New Chelsea Doll Jewellery!
Check out our new DOLL-icious collection from Chelsea Doll Jewellery! Those vintage inspired geniuses have done it again with some great new additions that have just arrived at Truffle Towers!
This awesome retro jewellery collection isn't just about 'Sheep Thrills', it also mixes history with style, retro gaming with modern day style!! Dive right in and check it out.....
