30 years / 30 shirts - day 30

A shirt to rule them all! Oh, I meant a 30th shirt to finish the anniversary tribute! For the last day I saved a very plain shirt with just the logo and the iconic fedora and whip. Thanks everyone who is interested in this. Keep enjoying the adventures of Indiana Jones. If adventure has a name, it should be printed on your shirt!

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: beige
• front: Indiana Jones logo, fedora and whip in green/olive color
• back: no print
• weight: 195 g
• producer: Lucasfilm Ltd.
  
• vendor: bought in DisneySea Japan
• kitten: proud supporter of Dr. Jones

30 years / 30 shirts - day 29

 

Another amazing Temple of the Crystal Skull ride t-shirt. Instead of just a print on a mono color shirt this shirt has it all: batik yellow body with the contrasting brown sleeves, full body size print on the front and a small print on the back - not much more can be put on a single shirt.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: yellow with brown sleeves and neck
• front: "Ball of Fire" design for the Indiana Jones Adventure Temple of the Crystal Skull; design shows one big ball of fire with the crystal skull at the center shooting blue rays; bi-plane and modified Jeep
• back: Indiana Jones Adventure Temple of the Crystal Skull logo
• weight: 139 g
• producer: Tokyo DisneySea
• vendor: bought in DisneySea Japan

30 years / 30 shirts - day 28

Time to check Dr. Jones' stats - with this slightly weird shirt. It lists all kind of well known info about Indy. For example his fiercest foe "Rane Belloq" the famous misspelled Frenchman. Plus there are lots of semicolons that might have a hidden meaning (or not).

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: gray
• front: Indiana Jones' stats (with typos as printed):
• BIRTH NAME ; Henry Jones Jr
• OCCUPATION ; Professor of Archaeology in a small New England college
• WEAPONRY ; Leather whip, 45 caliber pistol
• IDENTIFYING MARKS ; a self-inflicted scar just above the chin
• FIERCEST FOES ; Rane Belloq, Mola Ram, the Nazies, Snakes
• GREATEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES ; Ark of the Covenant, Sankara Stones, Holy Grail
• back: no print
• weight: 208 g
• producer: 2001 Lucasfilm Ltd.
• vendor: bought in DisneySea Japan
• the search for the critters for Indy 5: nasty spiders or evil kittens? .. hmm .. kittens!

30 years / 30 shirts - day 27

Only few more shirts to wear and I am reaching the latest story from Indy's adventures: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Some like it, some hate it, I am somewhere in the middle. I am happy they made it despite some silly decisions. The t-shirt is another Japan exclusive featuring the skull and the giant ants. And for the Raiders anniversary: Jock's biplane, the best getaway vehicle.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: black
• front: skull and ants design from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
• back: black/white Indiana Jones logo, black Indy silhouette swinging the whip
• weight: 207 g
• producer: Lucasfilm Ltd.
• vendor: bought in DisneySea Japan July 2009
• toy plane: Jock's biplane with C-3PO labels from Tokyo DisneySea 2002

30 years / 30 shirts - day 26

Found one more Last Crusade shirt in the stack. This is a plain white shirt with a Last Crusade print. The design does look a bit cheap at the first glance but it shows some nice details on a closer look. The design might have looked better on some colored shirt. Time to remember the anniversary: I am holding a piece of Raiders film strip. Nice collectible.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: white
• front: Last Crusade collage: logo "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"; Indy on horse chased by tank; passports; plane and car
• back: no print
• weight: 170 g
• producer: (c) 1989 Lucasfilm Ltd.
• vendor: can't remember where I picked up this one
• piece of film: Raiders of the Lost Ark - looking good at 30

30 years / 30 shirts - day 25

Another shirt pick to brighten up a rainy Monday. This is an official ride t-shirt from the Temple of the Crystal Skull ride in the Tokyo DisneySea park. The Japanese version of the Temple of the Forbidden Eye ride had an Crystal Skull right from the start, years before the fourth film adventure happened. Their skull is not inter-dimensional, though, it just looks like a human skull - just crystal.
One of the big effects on the ride was a real fireball blown towards the visitors. This was used for this shirt's design: A fireball containing the skull, a serpent pedestal, the truck and the bi-plane. Due to strict Japanese laws regarding open fire in buildings the ride effect had to be modified shortly after. Now the fireball is just an optical effect with hot hair smelling of burnt stuff blown towards the visitors.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: green
• front: "Ball of Fire" design for the Indiana Jones Adventure Temple of the Crystal Skull; design shows one big ball of fire with the crystal skull at the center shooting blue rays; bi-plane and modified Jeep
• back: small logo below the neck: Temple of the Crystal Skull with glowing skull(same as at the front but in mono color white
• weight: 211 g
• producer: Disney/Lucasfilm Ltd.
• vendor: bought in DisneySea Japan March 2002
• cat: happy 13th birthday!
• post: the 100th. how could this have happened...

30 years / 30 shirts - day 24

Not much to say about this Sunday's shirt pick. This is a hand-painted Fate of Atlantis shirt that I got from a friend for my birthday ages ago. I am still treasuring this little artifact of mine as I really like the design. If you have never played the game (you should): This shows the lava flow in Atlantis that you need to make Oricalcum.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: white
• front: hand-painted Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis design
• back: no print
• weight: 150 g
• producer: hand-painted
• vendor: gift
• cup: From The Young Indiana Jones Adventures when they where still called The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (that title was so much cooler...)

30 years / 30 shirts - day 23

Part three of the great Indiana Jones t-shirt trilogy. You have seen Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Temple of Doom, now it is time for the Last Crusade. The right shirt to wear for the adventure of your life keeping up with the Joneses.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: light brown
• front: print of the "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" film poster 24 cm x 39 cm
• back: no print
• weight: 230 g
• producer: 2004 Lucasfilm Ltd
• vendor: bought in the MGM Studios Florida in February 2005
• book: Why did it have to be snakes? No comment on the content but a great title.

30 years / 30 shirts - day 22

Another shirt with a nice Raiders theme, so a perfect choice for the Raiders anniversary. I like the idea of the design: It forms the letters "JONES" using a picture from Raiders. It's the famous sunset over the Egypt dessert with silhouettes of Indy and the diggers. Great scene, great shirt.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: olive-gray
• front: text: Indiana Jones archaeologist; "JONES" is a relief print of the Egypt digging scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark
• back: no print
• weight: 227 g
• producer: 2004 Lucasfilm Ltd
• vendor: I do not remember ...
• kitten: very hyper

30 years / 30 shirts - day 21

LEGO play time! Indy's LEGO adventures have been the best Indy gaming experience in years. The two games make you forget the sometimes not so perfect game play of the last "real" Indiana Jones adventure games. LEGO Indy also brought back the humor that makes a game an entertaining experience. The shirt is so far the only LEGO Indy shirt I saw available in adult sizes. I saw some more designs online but only for children.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: beige
• front: LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO logo, Indiana Jones logo
• back: no print
• weight: 152 g
• producer: LEGO
• vendor: bought in a LEGO store in Munich

30 years / 30 shirts - day 20

This shirt is from the same set as shirt no. 13. It features the same kind of rubber relief tire prints as background design that gives the shirt an overall nice look. The picture is a bit weird because at the first glance it is just a shot from Last Crusade but on a closer looks it's two shots from Last Crusade merged together. Add to that the Raiders quote "It's not the years... it's the mileage" and you get a great Raiders/Last Crusade mash-up shirt.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: dark gray
• front: a collage of two pictures from the tank chase from Last Crusade; "Indiana Jones" written twice over each other; quote "It's not the years... it's the mileage" from Raiders; in background rubber relief tire prints
• back: no print
• extra: "Indiana Jones" logo print on the left sleeve
• weight: 215 g
• producer: no idea
• vendor: bought in DisneySea Japan August 2008 or July 2009

30 years / 30 shirts - day 19

The unexpected return of the Indiana Jones shirts! The subtle shirt of the day is a very meta Club OBIWAN shirt. The logo is inspired by the night club Indy starts his Temple of Doom adventure in. The name of the club was of course one of the Star Wars references that have been put into the Indiana Jones films. Not many recognized the shirt today as an Indy shirt but those who did got a smile out of this.

shirt stats:

• type: t-shirt
• color: black
• front: logo: Club OBIWAN nightclub; prop. Lao Che; Chinese text saying "nightclub" (my Chinese is not the best, though); Shanghai, China
• back: no print
• weight: 192 g
• producer: Wake Up Time To Die
• vendor: bought from the Wake Up Time To Die online shop