One of the best things about being a geek is all the incredible merchandising options. From lunch boxes to tampons, there's a ton of geek gear out there. Problem is, foreign pop culture stuff isn't always available here in the Philippines. You used to have to be related to someone in the US or Japan to get any of them. But in the last 5 or so years, with the large growth spurt of online shopping in the country, shirts have gotten way easy to get a hold of. Here's a list of my favorite places to get some nice, geeky shirts.
The last couple shirts I got were from these guys. They use really good rubberized textile paint, which will last a long time but will sometimes get fairly hot and uncomfortable. Good thing the material of their shirts breathe nicely. They've got quite a selection of really well designed shirts.
Main products: They have shirts of everything from animé to western comics.
Price range: Php 350 for a shirt
If you're in the mood for something more stylistic, something more quirky, you've got Sonic Panda. Top quality stuff, their merch. I just ordered something as I was researching this piece, too..
Main products: Mostly MCU/ Netflix/ TV -related shirts and hoodies.
Price range: Php 380
The ridiculously popular clothing brand from Japan brings us all sorts of geeky goodies. It's cool because they bring in something new every so often. A few years ago, it was Disney and NIntendo stuff. Before that, they had silver age Marvel. They even had Snoopy at one point. This time, they're doing animé shirts, and some Sanrio as well. Oh, their shirts are remarkably uncomfortably.
Main products: Mega comfy shirts, rotating licenses
Price range: Php 390 for kids, Php 590 for adults. The best designs are usually for kids.
Their merch can usually be found at malls. Not sure if they've got an online store. Doesn't seem like they do. Most of their designs are a little mainstream - like logos and some icons. If you're into that kinda thing, they're always available at Robinson's. Usually, they focus on whatever's hot at the time, so whichever movie's out that month.
Main products: Logo shirts and jackets
Price range: Php 250 - 400 for shirts, mostly.
Similar to the Robinson's Department Store geeky gear, the SM Department Store merch is a lot of logos and they're mainly of whatever's currently licensed and hot - so if a movie's out, then you can rest assued you'd be able to find merch at SM. Unlike Robinson's, though, I've seen some pretty weird properties. I have a favorite Optimus Prime shirt that came from SM.
Main products: Shirts, jackets, helmets, tumblers - name it, they got it.
Price range: Php 300 to PHp 500 depending on the item.
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They have really nice custom shirts, caps and bags, and the fandoms are all over the place - Harry Potter, tech companies, Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Netflix shows, and a bunch more. The shirts are very nicely designed and as a bonus, the material is also very comfy. I love the Megaman shirt I got from them.
Main products: Caps, shirts, jackets, robes, props, backpacks, and probably a lot of other stuff from a whole slew of properties.
Price range: Php 450 to Php 1000 for shirts and robes. Jackets and bags are a smidge more expensive.
Smartie Shirt used to just all about superhero compression and exercise shirts that were uber geeky. I have a long sleeved Captain America and a Daredevil dry fit shirts. They're awesome. I don't like great in them because I'm chunky, but I love 'em. They've since diversified into other types of casual shirts, too. Cool stuff.
Main products: Casual and exercise shirts and leggings
Price range: Php 395 for shirts. Exercise shirts used to be 700 but they're on sale as of this writing at PHp 350. Groovy stuff.
Probably the most diverse of all the geeky shirt stores is Fan Arena in terms of designs. If you're a fan of it, they have a shirt for it - companies, characters, video games, publishers, books, movies, shows, anime, bands - if it's part of some type of fan culture, they'll have a shirt of it. Most of their merchandise is available through Lazada and Shopee.
Main products: Shirts, of practically every fandom you can think of
Price range: .Php 450 - Php 750 (a little pricier, but they have EVERYTHING)
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