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SinCityMadDucks
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Alf t-shirt shortage

Post by SinCityMadDucks »

It's nearly impossible to find cool Alf shirts these days. I bought a couple on eBay. One has that irritating rubber transfer. The other has poor graphics and the shirt quality is very poor. It's like those thin shirts they'd use for wet t-shirt contests!

Has anyone seen good quality shirts available?

If not, I need a high resolution photo of Alf. A hip pose preferably but beggars can't be choosers. At least as high resolution as possible. Then I could increase it's size in Photoshop and design a cool shirt to get printed at cafepress.com. Their shirt quality is decent. I'd just design it for myself but if anyone else would be interested, I'd put items on there with no mark up. I wouldn't even want to try to make $ on it since
1. I doubt there would be enough demand
2. I don't know what type of copyright protection is still in place on marketing, if any.

Anyway, if anyone has a good quality, large photo, I'd give it a shot. Then I could post a link in case anyone else would want one. Thanks.
(btw, I did do an image search but didn't find anything I absolutely loved)
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Re: Alf t-shirt shortage

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MY OPINION (to avoid any potential legal ramifications), all "new" ALF T-shirts appearing in eBay auction listings are "unlicensed" product, much of which is also of inferior quality. On occasion. you do find eBay auction listings offering a "slightly used - good codition" ALF T-shirt which potentially dates the T-shirt back to a time when quality, "licensed" product was available.

Currently, I am unaware of any source offering new "licensed" ALF T-shirts for sale.

I never passed the bar exam and therefore am not a lawyer, so I will not comment on the possibility of registered trademark violation by using "CafePress.com" to reproduce an ALF image onto a T-shirt.

Mike
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Re: Alf t-shirt shortage

Post by twangle »

I, myself doesnt know of any restrictions on making an alf t-shirt. just make it!?
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Re: Alf t-shirt shortage

Post by ALFan »

I was going to buy an ALF t-shirt,but I was not sure of the quality,so I did not.I am now glad I didn't.Thanks,twangle. :lol:
As far as restrictions,I see no problem in making one up,AS LONG AS IT IS NOT SOLD.
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Re: Alf t-shirt shortage

Post by twangle »

your right about that alfan
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