Remember when having an Ewok on your shirt was grounds for ridicule?  Or when your regulation Star Trek uniform would get you pantsed in gym class?  Ok, well, both of those things might still hold true today, actually.  The point is, there was a time when wearing your geek on your sleeve was a bad thing.  But now that Mario Bros. red is the new Goth Kid black, it’s become perfectly acceptable to have a clever reference to video games, comic books, Star Wars, or Transformers as part of your wardrobe.

We here at Tophat Sasquatch fully support this new fashion sensibility by bringing you our TSOTD (For those of you not into the whole brevity thing, that’s our “T-Shirt Of The Day”).

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First, a big congratulations to Melissa Dunphy for winning the coveted Best Costume of the Year Award that I just invented because this costume is so awesome. Also, I was secretly planning something like this last year but chickened out. I was going to make it out of a muscle suit.

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Do you think you’re a TMNT Mega-Fan? Do you have proof on photo or video? Do you like soap? If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, this contest is for you! Saturday Morning Central has teamed up with Lesley of GEEKSOAP to giveaway the first set of her TMNT Guest Soap.

The Rules

All you have to do to win is submit a photo or video showing that you are a TMNT Mega-Fan. It could be like the one of me above, sporting my new TMNT shirt on the first day of school when I was younger. It could be of your office now covered in TMNT memorabilia, or a photo of you in a homemade Shredder costume. It’s up to you. My panel of judges will decide who gets the soap based on the submissions, and the winner will be posted here.

You have until 10am EST on Saturday, July 3rd to get your entry in.

That’s not much time, so get out your old photo albums, warm up your video camera, and get to work. When you’ve got something ready, leave a link to it in a comment on this post. That way, everyone can see what is being entered, and we can all be equally embarrassed.

The contest is open to anyone in the United States. Good luck!

Update – Congrats to Calvin for winning the first set of TMNT Geeksoap!

These black-light posters were made in the 1970s by Third Eye Inc. from blown-up comic book panels. They’re pretty awesome. Thanks to Nick Derington for posting these.

Marvel Third Eye Posters on Flickr Via BoingBoing

Who would have thought Williams-Sonoma products would be blowing up the geek blogs this Monday morning? Leave it to Star Wars to leave no product un-licensed. The Darth Vader toaster now has some breakfast buddies thanks to these awesome Pancake Molds and Cookie Cutters from Williams-Sonama.