ThinkGeek 8-bit tie prank could be a reality

by John Bardinelli { Apr 2nd 2007 at 7:16AM }

Apparel website ThinkGeek posted a number of fake products yesterday during the internet-wide April Fools fool-a-thon. When we laid eyes on the jagged 8-bit tie, we fell in love. ThinkGeek apparently received a flood of e-mail begging them to make the tie a reality. Assuming it's not an extension of their prank, it looks like they're working on it. For REAL.

Posted below the tie's price information is a small note from the ThinkGeek staff: "Hey! You! Quit emailing us to make this for REAL already. We promise, we'll make it.". The "add to cart" button is also missing, which is where fake products revealed themselves as hoaxes.

Real or just more prankage? We're hoping it's the former. Please don't toy with our gentle hearts like this, ThinkGeek. We might actually look forward to meetings, weddings, and funerals if we can wear that tie.

Tags: apparel, clothes, fashion, geek, geeky, tie

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Hannibal @ Apr 2nd 2007 7:21AM

I don't wear ties.

I'll wear this one.

VWatermelon @ Apr 2nd 2007 8:18AM

That was a joke? I actually thought it was real, the WiiHelm was silly, but this seemed just silly enough to be real.
I would totally wear this.

VWatermelon @ Apr 2nd 2007 8:19AM

But only if it was 100% silk, I do have standards you know...

Gimbal @ Apr 2nd 2007 8:34AM

I would totally wear that to jury duty.

ZeroCorpse @ Apr 2nd 2007 8:51AM

It's pathetic how little artistic skill some of you have... You guys can't make this yourselves? Come on! It's a TIE, for gosh sakes! It's a strip of material. It doesn't involve anything more complex than cutting and sewing, and if you can work a Power Glove, and can't work a sewing machine, you're simply pathetic.

This is a funny idea, but utterly useless. I don't wear ties unless I have to, and when I have to, I can't wear novelty ties because the 'have to' part is usually pretty serious.

x876543 @ Apr 2nd 2007 9:20AM

Now I just need my 8-bit shirt and pants and jacket.

JodyAnthony @ Apr 2nd 2007 9:33AM

I loved this story when I saw it on 4colorrebellion.com

Gimbal @ Apr 2nd 2007 9:43AM

@ZeroCorpse

You should try being a consumer whore like the rest of us. It's freakin' awesome. All you have to do is be good at your job and then you buy all the goods and services from other people with the money you make.

The downside is that you won't have enough time to hunt and/or grow your own food, make your own clothes, program your own games, etc. But the good thing is...you won't always have to!

samfish @ Apr 2nd 2007 9:58AM

"I don't wear ties unless I have to, and when I have to, I can't wear novelty ties because the 'have to' part is usually pretty serious."

Me too.
This ALMOST makes me wish I had to wear a tie to work.

...almost.

Alas, I work in an office where the dress code is pretty slack, thankfully. Today I'm wearing an unbuttoned short sleeve shirt, a Justice League T and shorts.

I KNOW you all wanted to know that!

SKI @ Apr 2nd 2007 1:06PM

I also want one of the "My Other Shirt is Clever" shirts.

Jackson Pritt @ Apr 2nd 2007 1:24PM

@ ZeroCorpse

Actually this is a screenprinted silk tie that I'm assuming has some sort of clip-on mechanism. Usually stuff like the clips from clip-on ties can only be bought in bulk, and the amount of money it would cost to buy the screens, printing equiptment, screenprinting ink, photo emulsion, other sundry materials and the TIME it would take to perfect all this and then sew it all together is friggin' ABSURD when you can get the tie for $19.99.

Yes. You're right. I could absolutely do this because I've taken screenprinting and sewing classes before, but those classes didn't just teach me how to screenprint and how to sew, they also taught me that it can be a PAIN IN THE FRICKIN' ASS to do something like this, and that the amount of time it would take me to put all this together and make a version of this tie that was as good as the one they have in their example photographs would cost me WAY more than the $19.99 they're selling it for.

For the record, we really are making the tie. In fact we've been working on it since before April 1. We'll keep you posted as soon as we have an ETA.

@razer

That's no tribal tattoo. It's pac man!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/apparel/hats-ties/9352/zoom/