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This article is from the uk.media.tv.sf.x-files FAQ, by Paul Tang
paul@asfafa.demon.co.uk with numerous contributions by others.
32 X-Files Merchandise: Clothing and Miscellaneous
There is a varied range of licensed merchandise available for TXF:
* Baseball caps (all black, unless stated):
* TXF logo in glow-green and white
* Doorway Silhouette design
* Deluxe - silver and green stitched: logo on front and "The Truth Is
Out There" at the back
* Embroidered charcoal-gray wool cap - soft-sculptured with logo
* Embroidered Black cap with "Brushed X" design with logo
* Mugs:
* Purple-blue paint-brushed X logo, with "Trust No-one" on the other
side (UK)
* Large, heavy black mug with platinum-etched TXF logo, with "The
Truth Is Out There" on the other side (USA only)
* Smaller version of the above (UK)
* Same as above, except with yellow-gold X design (UK - unofficial)
* The newest! A Magic Mug - "Trust No One" message appears when it is
filled with hot liquid (US Import)
* X-Files logo with additional red `Declassified' logo (UK -
unofficial)
* T-shirts (many different designs on back - all black with small
pocket TXF logo on front, unless stated. Sweatshirts are also available
in the same designs):
* Glow-green text "The Truth Is Out There" and body outline
* The Saucer File Folder (white, glow-green, dark-green)
* The Hand
* Big Green X (!)
* Big Blue-Purple X (with small X in the front TXF logo)
* Large, liquid 'X' with "The Truth Is Out There" logo
* Blue, stretched screaming face
* "Trust No One" logo filled in with red/blue 'standing people"
* "I Want To Believe" logo with blue skeleton background
* Spacey-designed Blue purple X with TXF logo
* "Trust No One" text in wierd blue
* Front Designs:
* Shadow Road - Shadow cast on perspective road
* Doorway Silhouette
* Large TXF logo in grey and white, with half-face behind the "THE" in
the logo
* Eye in the Sky
* Mystery Man - shadowy, suited man
* Lightning X
* Mulder and Scully lensed through a paint-brushed blue-grey X
* Computer Screen Data with logos and Mulder and Scully
* Computer Chip with Mystery Eye
* Green, misty, wrap around cloudy "Trust No-One" logo
* Black "Trust No-One" logo design with starry blue X on back
* Starry large Blue X design of front and "The Truth Is Out There" on
back
* TXF logo on front and distorted design on back
* "The Truth Is Out There" on front, and "The X-Files" on back
* Light-blue T-shirt with black-printed squarish "The X-Files" design
* Athletic grey with pocket-black TXF logo
* (White) quad-face Circle-X logo in rainbow hues
* (White) Agent Mulder with Circle-X logo in rainbow hues
* Polo Shirt
* Embroidered leather jacket (only in the U.S.A. and expensive!)
* Wool Jacket (expensive but very nice! U.S.A.)
* Warm, comfy embroidered thermal button-up top
* Embroidered black fleece top
* Posters (many designs):
* Half-faces of Mulder and Scully with TXF logo in between. Fiery
background and design
* Mulder and Scully standing in doorway
* "I WANT TO BELIEVE" poster (U.S.A. only)
* Australian "Screaming Mulder" poster. From Little Green Men episode
* Rainbow Prism poster of multi-coloured images of Mulder and Scully
flanking the TXF logo. With white border. Size: 25x35 (UK version)
* German version of Rainbow Prism. Size: 36x53 (!!) No white border
* Australian version of Rainbow Prism. Size: 24x36 and no white border
* Facing The Light - solitary figure looking towards glowing yello
light
* Collage X-Files Poster - mysterious images from the show
The 1997 X-FILES Calendar can be previewed [http:www.webcom.com/pix]
here
In the U.K., the licenced clothing (T-shirts, baseball caps, polo and
sweatshirts) is ditributed by Network Ltd, and they have a small
brochure available which is present in The X-Files videos.
Network Ltd, PO Box 10, London. SW19 3TW.
Tel: (0181) 543 123
Most of the T-shirts are readily available in music stores (HMV,
Virgin) as well as mail order.
Other main U.K. merchandise sources are:
Forbidden Planet, 71-75 New Oxford Street, London. WC1A 1DG.
(Mail Order by telephone: (0171) 497 2150).
Other FP branches in: Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry,
Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Limerick, Newcastle, and
Nottingham.
Escape Comic Books do now run a mail order system for X Files
merchandise, including photos and T-shirts. They are situated adjacent
to the Odeon Cinema.
Escape Comic Books, 7 Cheapside, Reading, Berkshire. RG1 7AG.
Tel: (01734) 575131.
The Vintage Magazine Company, 39/43 Brewer Street, London, NW1.
In Birmingham:
Nostalgia, 14-16 Smallbrook Queensway, City Centre, Birmingham.
Tel: (0121) 643 0143
Fax: (0121) 631 2684
Andromeda Bookshop, 84 Suffolk Street, Queensway, Birmingham.
Tel: (0121) 643 1999
In Sheffield:
Sheffield Space Centre
The Last Picture Show, Sheffield MeadowHall Complex
UK Mail Order:
Mailed Music and Video
Dept X, 15-16 Thomas Street, Chepstow. NP6 5DH.
Tel.: (01291) 621700
(Apparently, they have the largest selection of TXF merchandise in the
UK.)
Taken from TXF Comic Issue 11:
`British fans of TXF will be pleased to hear that there will soon be
special dedicated in-store "X-Files sites" in a number of high street
chains, specialising in books, videos and merchandise based upon the
cult show. The X-Files Bureau is the name of this store within a store,
and they will be open for business on March 25th (the day that the next
video, "Tooms", is released) in branches of HMV, Playhouse, Virgin and
Forbidden Planet.
`The Bureau will have exclusive merchandise for the discerning X-Phile,
including a number of special projects for the launch. This will include
the often requested reprint of the very first issue of Manga's TXF
comic.'
One mail order company outside the UK which is worth considering is
Starland, especially if you wish to acquire the mug unavailable in this
country. Starland is carrying a variety of officially-licensed T-shirts,
hats, posters, mugs, and magazines, all presented in a brochure called
"The X Factor!". A more general catalogue is available; its present
issue is the Spring '96 (Issue 26) one.
Issue #2 is now available. e-mail your snail mail address to
starland@aol.com, with in the subject heading.
Web: [http://www.dash.com/netro/sho/starland.html]
http://www.dash.com/netro/sho/starland.html
Starland, P.O. Box 24590, Denver, CO 80224-2590. U.S.A.
Tel: (00) 1-800-733-8735 (International Rate applies)
Fax: (00) 1-303-671-0302
E-mail: starland@aol.com
Starland also have an Australian branch that is also worth looking up.
Check out [http://www.powerup.com.au/~starland/xfiles.htm]
http://www.powerup.com.au/~starland/xfiles.htm
Starland frequently posts merchandise information (like order numbers)
to alt.tv.x-files, and if you are on AOL, they can of course be e-mailed
at their address for this info. Orders can also be sent via e-mail. For
people in the UK, Starland charge a 5 dollar handling charge, offer two
speeds of delivery (air or surface), and have an excellent customer
service, often replacing damaged goods without any need to return them!
(Starland want to 'believe' in people!).
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