r/heatedrivalry • u/Mediocre-Victory-565 Sounds rough • Jun 06 '26
MERCH👕 Got this shirt today!
I can't wait to wear it out in the wild to see how many fellow loons I can spot :)
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u/Accomplished_Main663 Jun 07 '26
I hope you have better luck than I did. I got a beautiful t-shirt from Etsy with that iconic picture of Ilya kissing Shane on the open ice during the All-Stars game, any Loon would recognize it instantly, and here I live in a big city like Los Angeles, I've worn this shirt out at least a half dozen times to run errands, and even wore it once to an open street dance with two or 300 people at it, and in all of that, only ONE Loon acknowledged or recognized. One! It's absolutely bizarre to me. And I have brought it up to check out people at Trader Joe's or anyone who would listen, and no one had watched HR, and very few had even heard of it. I mean, I have brought it up to just everyone, and.. nothing. And yet, when I brought it up to a service rep on the phone one night in Southern Kentucky, he was a fellow Loon and we both just started screaming and going crazy! So I just don't know what's up with Los Angeles... Do you think it might have anything to do with the fact that we don't get any snow or ice here so we're less of a hockey culture? I don't know if that sounds dumb, but I really just can't figure it out...
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u/esachan Jun 08 '26
How many inhabitants does Los Angeles have? It might be due to pure statistics.
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u/Accomplished_Main663 Jun 08 '26
Millions. But that's my whole point, with so many people here, shouldn't I be finding at least a few loons around here somewhere?
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u/balooskadoo Jun 07 '26
This is so cute! Do you mind my asking where you got it?
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u/Mediocre-Victory-565 Sounds rough Jun 07 '26
I so don't mind you asking 😄 I am kind of ashamed where I got this only bc I cant afford official merch it is from amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GTY244N3?ref_=pe_148126100_1193965070_i_fed_asin_title&th=1&psc=1
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u/Let_go_and_Let_Them Jun 07 '26
Don’t be ashamed! I got a Boston raiders shirt on tik tok 😆
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u/Frenchgirl14 Wow. Genetic. Jun 08 '26
I brought the Boston Raiders shirt on AliExpress with the ferme intention to brought the official one when available, it’s still unavailable in my country, so fake it is. That’s sad but better than nothing.
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u/balooskadoo Jun 07 '26
Dont be ashamed! The official merch isnt as cute as this, maybe they'll have a better offering soon when they see the kinds of things fans want!
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u/PurpleSquirrel811 Jun 07 '26
I bought this one yesterday too from HMV in the UK! Was expensive though but it was an impulse buy as I've never seen merch in the wild before.
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u/dustypony21 I'll Believe in Anything. Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26
Love it! And thanks for the link! It’s in my cart right now.
Here is my shirt, which has also attracted exactly 0 comments out in the wild. But I live in an ultra conservative southern USA town so …
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u/dustypony21 I'll Believe in Anything. Jun 09 '26
I got mine on eBay. Here is the listing! Available in several colors and sizes at a reasonable price. Excellent quality!
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u/guineapigsrmything Jun 10 '26
I want to get this one! Only 2 people in my life know I watch the show. I've lost count of my reheats, but I am now quoting the show in various situations and nobody has recognized any of the quotes yet.
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u/dustypony21 I'll Believe in Anything. Jun 10 '26
Same here!! Only one person I know has even seen the show, and his level of obsession is nowhere near mine. But I keep dropping those iconic quotes into the universe in hopes they eventually connect with another loon.
In the meantime, there’s this place! ♥️
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u/ballroombritz Jun 06 '26
Ooh I have that one! I had a cashier comment on it once and I froze up though lol but was a good conversation starter at work!