Back in January, a new line of Pokémon shirts was revealed for Japan. Featuring all of the original 151 Pokémon, the designs can be fully mixed and matched to suit your style, and it was soon confirmed that they'd be headed to the west, too.
Now, that magical day has arrived. You can go ahead and build your own shirt now (simply select which style of shirt you want to wear, the type of collar and sleeves you're after, and then choose which of the 151 Pokémon you'd like to represent your shirt, collar, and pocket).
We just had a very quick go ourselves - purely as research for this article, of course - and came up with this masterpiece featuring an Ivysaur base shirt with Hitmonlee collar and Vileplume pocket. We're sure you can do better.
As you might expect, though, all of this fancy Poké-shirt business comes at a cost. You're looking at a minimum of $100 to rep your favourite monsters, with prices sneaking up depending on your choices.
Still, it's hard to deny that the whole process is pretty cool. If you've got the cash to throw at it, why not?
Want one? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
[source pokemon.com]
Comments 23
That’s pretty nice, shame I’m not rolling in Pokédollars, that’s uh, a steep price.
With that kind of money I could just buy some slowpoke tails...
These are... actually really nicely designed. Especially my two favorites from gen 1, Marowak and Sandslash.
$100 for a relatively custom-designed shirt is not expensive. I am frugal in most of my purchasing (hello shirts under $20), but I do own some nicer articles for work. You pay for material and actual design work, as opposed to basically the equivalent of stock art.
They’re brand blouses/shirts right?
$100 is pretty cheap especially since they’re limited and custom.
you can just make a private design on tee-spring for under 20. it won't be a dress shirt though
checked the editor you linked, i thought you made that haphazard repeating ivysaur pattern with 2 of them doing the spiderman kiss. doesn't seem much more expensive than their plain shirts though until you start mixing and matching fabrics. it's $100 + 7 per additional pokemon.
I see these as a designer shirt myself and yeah I would probably buy one (just one mind) but as I live in the UK. these aren’t available yet 😔
This is a really nice idea and set of designs. The price is kinda normal for what it is. Don’t need it tho
I had already lost interest when I saw it was only the original 151 before I even got to the price.
I know the obvious answer is to make money and because they can but, why is it that every piece of Pokemon apparel that releases is limited edition or hard to get or cost an arm and leg? Sheesh
If they ever add future generations I'd consider making a Pancham shirt or use some of the later turtles
But they are still way too expensive
Who is gonna go OH BOY A GRAVELER SHIRT...AND OH BOY IS THAT KAKUNA?! ONLY FOR $200?! HEACK YEA
These look awesome. I will buy if they ever come to the UK
These people in the comments don't buy many dress shirts do they?
At most you'd be paying ~20$ extra for a nice Pokemon design.
I hope these come to the uk at some point i would love me one or two of these
Yo-Kai Watch is better than Pokémon.
That one person who shows up to their nerds' night in with a Snorlax lounge shirt will be a legend.
I would absolutely love these. I have been wearing the same 10 or so dress shirts for the last 6 years so I'm long overdue for a change and I love the discreet and clever designs, even for the Pokémon that I am not terribly interested in.
$100 for a Magikarp shirt suitable for fishing? Yeah, thats a nice deal.
It’s a shame they’re charging extra depending on your options. In Japan it was a fixed price for any shirt I believe.
In terms of shirts, they look cheap and low quality. $100 for a shirt isn’t a lot, considering there are $1000 shirts out there but these don’t look like a $100 shirt.
$100 dollars for a shirt? They're smoking something illicit.
Not worth it, not at all. For me anyway.
It's cool that you can choose a design yourself. I am doing a small renovation at home and found a designer site with frameless glass extensions. You can find it at the https://www.glassstructureslimited.com/glass-extensions/ It is very beautiful and inexpensive. I recommend you read articles about this.
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