30 years / 30 shirts

I am sorry but due to am emergency I will stop the daily shirt postings. I will resume posting when possible.

Update: Due to private circumstances the break from posting shirts will take longer then expected. I will resume posting when possible in July.

30 years / 30 shirts - day 18

It's a bit rainy again, so another long sleeve shirt today. The basic print - just a picture and a logo - comes with a strong pre-aged look to make the shirt vintage. I picked the shirt up in Japan believing this is an US import - which it is not. Thank Les for letting me know that this is an Japan exclusive.

shirt stats:

• type: long sleeve shirt
• color: black
• front: print of Indiana Jones (from Raiders) and the Indiana Jones logo
• back: no print
• weight: 224 g
• producer: (c) 2001 Lucasfilm Ltd.
• vendor: bought in DisneySea Japan 2002 or 2003
• cat: attack!

30 years / 30 shirts - day 17

Did I forget to wear an Indiana Jone shirt today? This was the question I heard most often today. This Japanese shirt with half length arms and a round cut bottom is for sure not the average Indy shirt to get. The print on the front is no give away that the wearer is going for fortune and glory. Only a tiny print on the back below the neck spells it out: "Indiana Jones".

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt with half-length arms
• color: body: white; sleeves: black
• front: artistic print
• back: small print "Indiana Jones"
• weight: 198 g
• producer: ?
• vendor: bought in DisneySea Japan August 2008 or July 2009

30 years / 30 shirts - day 16

The shirt I am wearing today is from the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular in the MGM studios, Florida. This Indiana Jones theme park attraction is an awesome show with professional stuntmen showing off their skills in three classic scenes from Raiders of the Lost Ark. First comes Indy's South American temple experience including a boulder run. Second there is lots of fun and action going on in the streets of Cairo. And the third part features fights and explosions around the flying wing. The shirt keeps the spirit of this spectacular but puts Mickey Mouse in Indy's clothes because this is a Disney attraction after all.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: beige
• front: print of the logo Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular" with Mickey Mouse dressed up as Indiana Jones
• back: small print of symbols for Goofy, Mickey and Donald and the text "Walt Disney World"
• weight: 198 g
• producer: (c) 2003 Lucasfilm Ltd
• vendor: bought in the MGM Studios Florida in February 2005
• cats: no animals were harmed during the making of these picture. they are just not impressed by Mickey Mouse at all.

30 years / 30 shirts - day 15

15th day, half time through the shirts! Today's shirt comes with a high quality print not only in full color but also with a lot of gold metallic color. The print makes good use of the golden color for the Ark, the Golden Idol, the inside of the Holy Grail and for the borders of the antique-style map. I really like this shirt. I did pick it up in Disneyland Paris believing the shirt was an US import - which it is not. Thanks Les for letting me know that this is an Paris exclusive.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color:dark brown
• front: print of half a world map with compass and full colored Indiana Jones logo; a plane; the Ark of the Covenant; the Holy Grail; the Golden Idol
• back: no print
• weight: 226 g
• producer: Lucasfilm Ltd
• vendor: bought in Disneyland Paris August 2002
• diary: lost (but available as ISBN 978-1-4165-6315-0)
• ballpoint pen: made out of wood with burned in Indiana Jones logo (c) 2004 Lucasfilm Ltd; excellent good luck charm

30 years / 30 shirts - day 14

Part two of the t-shirt trilogy set that I got from the MGM Studios in 2005: A classic basic t-shirt with the film poster print of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. That's the one with the probably most quoted Indy tag line ever: "If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones". Whoever came up with this line is a genius.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: blue
• front: print of the "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" film poster 25 cm x 38 cm
• back: no print
• extra: "Indiana Jones" logo print on the left sleeve
• weight: 215 g
• producer: Lucasfilm Ltd
• vendor: bought in the MGM Studios Florida in February 2005
• vase: Not late 14th Ming Dynasty and not big enough to hit someone with it. Oh it breaks the heart.

30 years / 30 shirts - day 13

Finally, June the 13th! For the anniversary day I chose a Raiders of the Lost Ark shirt with one of my favorite quotes. It had to be a snake, of course. Lucky me, fierce ninja cat helped me win the fight. I hope you all have a nice anniversary day yourself, maybe watching some Raiders. Thanks for all the years, Dr. Jones!

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: beige
• front: print of Indy in the Well of Souls; double text "Indiana Jones"; text quote "Snakes! Why did it have to be snakes?"; in background rubber relief tire prints
• back: no print
• weight: 218 g
• producer: sorry, no idea
• vendor: bought in DisneySea Japan August 2008 or July 2009
• snake: why did it have to be snakes?

Mann trägt Hut: 30 Jahre Indiana Jones

 Happy Anniversary Dr. Jones! 

I got the opportunity to write about Indy's anniversary in the online version of "Wiener", an Austrian magazine. Today the article is even linked on their main page but it can always be accessed directly: Mann trägt Hut: 30 Jahre Indiana Jones.

30 years / 30 shirts - day 12

One day before the anniversary I am wearing another Raiders of the Lost Ark t-shirt. This one features a nice collage of Scenes from Raiders. To my knowledge this is the only shirt to feature a melting Toht with his famous "oops, I think I am working for the wrong side" facial impression. The use of colors (yellow, brown, gray, black) for the print is nicely done, I only wish they had done a bit less of the pre-aged/washed out look.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: beige
• front: print of the Raiders logo ("Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark") in orange and a collage of Indy, Marion, the headpiece of Ra, airplane, Golden Idol, melting Toht and Indy chased by the boulder
• back: no print
• weight: 236 g
• producer: (c) 2008 Lucasfilm Ltd.
• vendor: ordered this from Stylin online

Tom Selleck's screentest for Raiders

Only one more day till the anniversary. Time to get out your favorite copy of Raiders (VHS, Laserdisk, DVD, BluRay, whatever) and make sure that there is enough popcorn in the house. Here are two videos to warm up for the fun:

Tom Selleck's screentest for Raiders. He is doing lines from the script with a stand-in Marion.

The German version of the original Raiders trailer. You will find this amusing even if you do not speak German.

30 years / 30 shirts - day 11

I pulled another Indy ride t-shirt from the drawer today: Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye, the very popular and amazing Indy ride located in Disneyland, California. That's the one ride I have never been to. I found the shirt for sale in Disneyland Paris instead. Now this shirt is really great but also nearly unwearable for me. I really like the excellent color and the design of the print is very cool. Sadly the print is on a solid layer of rubber which gives you the feeling of wearing a rubber disk on your breast. Also the shirt is too wide for me as it seems that US shirts are a cut bigger than European or Japanese ones.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: dark orange
• front: rubber print 33 cm x 40 cm showing the head of Mara with lots of Cobras, the Indiana Jones Adventure logo and "The Temple of the Forbidden Eye"
• back: no print
• weight: 272 g
• producer: Lucasfilm Ltd.
• vendor: bought in Disneyland Paris August 2002
• cat: mandatory

30 years / 30 shirts - day 10

The sun is back and so am I - with a Raiders shirt and the Golden Idol of Fertility safely tucked in my satchel bag. The shirt features a funny crossover between Raiders and the Temple of the Crystal Skull ride in Tokyo DisneySea. The ride opened long before Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was released and features a story with a Human Crystal Skull as the magical object of desire. This skull is pictured on the shirt next to a couple of classic RotLA scenes.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: white
• front: print of the Indiana Jones logo with black/white drawings: Indy with whip, boulder run scene, airplane over Cairo and a Human Crystal Skull in flames
• back: black/white Indiana Jones logo, black Indy silhouette swinging the whip
• weight: 136 g
• producer: Lucasfilm Ltd.
• vendor: bought in DisneySea Japan August 2008 or July 2009
• satchel bag: Magnoli Clothiers; If you have a Wested Jacket, you need one of these to go with it.
• golden idol: What was once yours, is now mine, Belloq, haha!

30 years / 30 shirts - day 9

Change of plan: Again no Raiders shirt today because the long sleeve looked so much more appealing to the sound of the falling rain this morning. The shirt is another nice piece I brought back from my travels to Japan. One must admit that they really know how to make nice Indy shirts there. Domo arigatou gozaimasu!

shirt stats:

• type: long sleeve shirt
• color: body: gray, arms: black
• front: print of an Indy silhouette cracking the whip over the Indiana Jones logo; small text "If adventure has a name, it must be..."
• back: no print
• weight: 262 g
• producer: C.A.B. Clothing Co., Japan
• vendor: bought in DisneySea Japan August 2008 or July 2009
• umbrella: not useful as I was lacking birds to join my armies

Weird Wii Indiana Jones Kit

Looking for a weird Wii-mote container? Forget your Mario Kart wheel, D&D sword and shield and all the sports accessories for Wii sports. Here are the tools of choice of Dr. Jones in their most unexpected appearance yet. With this set you not only get the un-whippiest whip ever but also a shovel that might work for cat-litter.

30 years / 30 shirts - day 8

A small break from the Raiders-themed t-shirts this week. The shirt shows Indy whip-swinging some obstacle. The Cobra and temple at the bottom are hinting that this is a theme park design, either from the French ride "Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril" or the "Temple of the Forbidden Eye" ride in California; I can't tell for sure. Anyway, I had more people ask me about the shirts and got them thinking Indy.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: ochre-clay
• front: print of a cartoon Indy swinging over some Cobra Temple with text "Indiana Jones"; small text "Archaeology and Expedition Team"
• back: no print
• weight: 232 g
• producer: (c) 2002 Lucasfilm Ltd
• vendor: bought ? (wish I could remember where)
• lizard: cute

30 years / 30 shirts - day 7

Another t-shirt honoring Raiders in a witty way. From the front this looks very casual, just a brown shirt with a small print. Taking a closer look, the print reveals itself as the Headpiece of Ra with a catchy slogan written over it. Still, the front of the t-shirt does not bear any reference to Indy that a regular person would get. But turn the shirt around and you will have a Raiders of the Lost Ark fiesta: Eight pictures from the film mashed up into a colorful collage + the Indy logo.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: dark brown
• front: print of the "Headpiece of Ra" from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" 8 cm diameter; text "Archaeology is our RELIGION"
• back: print "Raiders of the Lost Ark" collage 27 cm x 38 cm; collage inculdes: Indiana Jones logo, Cairo Swordsman scene, Indy looking over his shoulder, Indy looking amazed, the Ark of the Covenant, Egypt digging scene, Indy looking suprised, Jock's biplane taking off, German Mechanic fight scene
• weight: 262 g
• producer: (c) 2004 Lucasfilm Ltd
• vendor: bought ~2005 (wish I could remember where)
• fist pump: a cheesy reference to a film from 1985

30 years / 30 shirts - day 6

One week to the anniversary day, it's time to get out the Raiders of the Lost Ark shirts. The Monday pick is the classic basic t-shirt with the film poster print. I got me a complete trilogy set of these shirts when we were visiting the MGM Studios in 2005. The reason for the shopping frenzy was that the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular was closed for the whole day because some of some cheerleader competition. Luckily we made it into the first show next day and then back to Miami just in time to catch the plane home.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: dark blue
• front: print of the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" film poster 25 cm x 32 cm
• back: no print
• extra: "Indiana Jones" logo print on the left sleeve
• weight: 235 g
• producer: Lucasfilm Ltd
• vendor: bought in the MGM Studios Florida in February 2005
• mug: whip style handle and bottom, one side: Indiana Jones logo print, other side: Raiders film poster print (same as t-shirt), (c) 2004 Lucasfilm Ltd., bought in the MGM studios in 2005

Indiana Jones / Han Solo crossover

The other week I stumbled on the net over something that missed my eye for seven years. In 2004 Dark Horse Comics published a short story in Star Wars Tales #19 named "Into the Great Unknown". Thanks to a friend I was able to get my hands on this.

The comic tells an alternative story of what happens to Han Solo and Chewbacca after a blind hyperspace jump. The story gets an interesting twist with the appearance of a prominent archaeology professor and his sidekick Short Round. I don't want to spoil the story too much. If you are into this, get a copy or a scan and read it yourself. Do not check the wiki because it gives away the best parts.

30 years / 30 shirts - day 5

The most prominent colors for Indy shirts are brown, beige and green tone - not counting plain black or white shirts with prints. Today's shirt is a noticeable exception: The dark orange batik is not only stylish, it has also been carefully matched with the print. The print is hard to spot on purpose, the shirt is not washed out. This is a perfect shirt to wear any day without making anyone suspicious that you are sporting again another piece of Indy-wear.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: dark orange batik
• front: print with a Cobra, the words "Indiana Jones" and "(c) 2003 Lucasfilm Ltd"
• back: no print
• weight: 195 g
• producer: Lucasfilm Ltd
• vendor: bought ~2003/2004 (wish I could remember where)
• arachnid: avoidable

30 years / 30 shirts - day 4

It's a sunny Saturday and I have chosen the oldest Indy t-shirt from my collection. I had the luck to spend my 1993 Easter vacation in France and payed a visit to the still new Disneyland Paris. This was only days after the ride "Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril" was opened to the public. And what a ride that was: First Indy attraction in Europe, first Indiana Jones roller coaster ever, first Disney roller coaster with a 360 degree loop and my chance to buy the first Indy shirt. And all that because of sheer luck - I did not know about the ride before.

shirt stats:

• type: cotton shirt
• color: white and beige stripes
• front: plastic print: "Indiana Jones Treasure Map" 29 cm x 25 cm
• back: no print
• weight: 234 g
• producer: Disneyland Paris
• vendor: bought in Disneyland Paris in April 1993
• info: This is an official shirt from the Indy roller coaster in Disneyland Paris. The treasure map design is a special French design. The map includes the logo "Adventure Outpost" which is the Indy store next to the ride in the park. The design was used on different products e.g. I also have a paper print of this framed like a real map on the wall.

30 years / 30 shirts - day 3

Finally a sunny day and I am sporting a t-shirt with prints on both the front and the back. I like the plain and basic style of this shirt. Got it after attending a friends wedding in Japan in 2009. Received no questions about this shirt but then again most people took a short vacation because of the public holiday yesterday.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: olive green
• front: print with Indy silhouette swinging the whip and the text "The Man With The Hat Is Back"
• back: print with the Indiana Jones logo and another Indy silhouette roping down from the "J" in "Jones"
• weight: 140 g
• producer: Lucasfilm Ltd.
• vendor: bought in DisneySea Japan July 2009

George Lucas Strikes Back

So the truth about what has happened to George Lucas in the last 20 years is finally revealed. I wonder about the reactions at the Skywalker Ranch when they first saw this ;-) Stumbled over it here.

30 years / 30 shirts - day 2

Another day, another shirt, same guy. Again a cloudy day, so I picked again a shirt with long sleeves. This brown shirt comes from a trip to France and sports a small logo of the French Indy ride. Today is a public holiday here and I stayed at home, so no one got the chance to ask about the shirt.

shirt stats:

• type: cotton shirt
• color: medium brown
• front: embroidered logo "Indiana Jones et le temple du périle - a l'envers", label: "Disneyland Paris"
• back: no print
• extra: in addition to the two breast pockets there is a small pocket on the left arm
• weight: 365 g
• producer: Disney and Lucas Film Ltd.
• vendor: bought in Disneyland Paris in August 2002
• info: This is an official shirt from the Indy roller coaster in Disneyland Paris. Between 2000 and 2004 the ride ran 'backwards'. For added thrills the cars had been reversed and the riders could not see where they were going. The shirt is from that period.

30 years / 30 shirts - day 1

First day, first shirt. Giving it a casual start with a nice long sleeve that fitted the cloudy day. Found first flaw in the plan: I am taking the photo in the morning before I leave for work. This means I am still half asleep and make weird faces... Anyway, had three people asking me about the shirt and Indy today.

shirt stats:

• type: long sleeve shirt
• color: medium gray
• front: white print of Indiana Jones, text: "Indiana Jones"
• back: no print
• weight: 244 g
• producer: C.A.B. Clothing Co., Japan
• vendor: bought in Japan ~2008/2009
• cat: optional