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’Net Junkie Shawn "Speedy" Lopes |
Love the ’80s?
Buy the shirts
to prove itIf you get misty-eyed at the recollection of Pac-Man, parachute pants and the Brat Pack, remind the world it was once a better place with a T-shirt from www.80sTees.com, a Web site specializing in apparel inspired by the Reagan era.
The nostalgic online store offers scores of designs depicting '80s TV shows ("The A-Team," "Knight Rider," "The Dukes of Hazzard," "Three's Company," "Battlestar Galactica"), movies ("Back to the Future," "The Breakfast Club," "Ghostbusters," "E.T.," "Gremlins," "The Goonies"), music (Def Leppard, Devo, Motley Crue), cartoons ("The Care Bears," "Transformers," "Masters of the Universe," "Monchichi," "Rainbow Brite") and assorted '80s icons.
Ladies, if you adored and idolized teen screen queen Molly Ringwald, you can relive your carefree youth with a "Sixteen Candles" babydoll tee embellished with the now-famous line, "Can I borrow your underpants for 10 minutes?" Perhaps you swooned over Zack Morris and AC Slater from TV's "Saved by the Bell." A tank top featuring the chest-baring teenage stud muffins, defiantly slouched, with hands secured in the pockets of their acid wash jeans ought to be good for a few giggles with your old schoolmates.
We haven't heard much from Kirk Cameron, who played Mike Seaver on "Growing Pains" lately and, not surprisingly, you can pick up a Mike Seaver tank top at a special rate at the Web site. Even pint-sized '80s icons Gary Coleman and Herve Villechaize have been immortalized on T-shirts at 80sTees.com.
Of course, few celebrities were bigger than the stars of the World Wrestling Federation. All through the decade of decadence, fans would cheer and jeer Hulk Hogan, the Junkyard Dog and Mr. Fuji, whose likenesses have since been turned into T-shirt designs. "Show the world that you're the type of guy who would throw salt in someone's face to get the advantage, just like Mr. Fuji!," reads the description accompanying a photo of the unscrupulous, bowler-and-tuxedo-attired villain.
But the best sign that 80sTees.com knows its customers? In addition to the usual selection of sizes, they wisely offer tees in XXL, 3XL, 4XL and 5XL for '80s refugees like me who have gone up a few shirt sizes in the last 20 years.
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