WotC D&D's officially licensed t-shirts need to try harder

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Tossing already-seen art on a t-shirt with your logo in the corner isn't creative or compelling. It's lazy. Even those of us who love the old box art aren't likely to buy more than one t-shirt like that, and given how many companies are just trying to sell shirts with the same handful of licensed art on them, it's a problem.

And worse for WotC, this actually encourages would-be customers to go to Etsy or RedBubble or other places where non-licensed art is being used and WotC gets no money at all (although they obviously benefit from the brand recognition). If you want to better monetize the brand, start with making licensed merchandising more worth buying.

 

[overgeeked]

I’m holding out for Spaceballs D&D the flame thrower.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

The disheartening thing is that they cant seem to find art pieces from more recent times that would be good enough to put on a t-shirt. Talk about confidence in your art direction.

I sure people would go crazy for the huge-headed halfling bard or the SCAG halfling guild merchant!

 

[bedir than]

They also have officially licensed shirts with Heroes & Villains, with Death Saves, with Target, with Amazon via the monthly shirt club.

None of the lines use the same art or feel as above.

I still prefer my Dyson Logos shirt

 

[ersatzphil]

I still prefer my Dyson Logos shirt

Your what!?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The disheartening thing is that they cant seem to find art pieces from more recent times that would be good enough to put on a t-shirt. Talk about confidence in your art direction.

The Caves of Chaos painting from, I think, either the 3E DMG 2 or a 4E DM-facing book, is amazing and I'm forever sorry that I never owned that book and don't have that art readily available to me in some fashion. I would 100% buy a notebook or desk mat or something with that art on it.

EDIT: Apparently it's from the 3E PHB2.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

They also have officially licensed shirts with Heroes & Villains, with Death Saves, with Target, with Amazon via the monthly shirt club.

None of the lines use the same art or feel as above.

The Death Saves stuff is definitely not for everyone -- by design -- but is certainly not lazy.

I still prefer my Dyson Logos shirt

Does he know you took it?

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

The Caves of Chaos painting from, I think, either the 3E DMG 2 or a 4E DM-facing book, is amazing and I'm forever sorry that I never owned that book and don't have that art readily available to me in some fashion. I would 100% buy a notebook or desk mat or something with that art on it.

Even from 5e, the covers from Hydro would make awesome t-shirts. Or pieces like the skeleton tsunami in the tomb of Papazotl in ToA is pretty epic.

There's some good ones, why only keep with old covers and off-brand Vecna?

 

[bedir than]

Your what!?

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I wear the rainbow polyhedrals at least weekly

 

[overgeeked]

Even from 5e, the covers from Hydro would make awesome t-shirts. Or pieces like the skeleton tsunami in the tomb of Papazotl in ToA is pretty epic.

There's some good ones, why only keep with old covers and off-brand Vecna?

It’s easy to sell nostalgia to old white men.