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Take A Shot At Two New Pieces of Merch

You miss every 35% shot you don't take, so grab this stuff before it's gone for good.

We've got three new things in the store! First up is the

You Can't Beat 35% Shirt and Mug

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"Fate loves the fearless," as someone once said. For the boldest among us, life is lived on the edge, making risky bets and seeing if they pay off. Ask out the prom queen or king - at the prom! Invade Russia - in winter! Shoot at that alien - with a significant chance of missing! Some of us tremble in fear before the horrifying power of RNG; others simply square up against the vagaries of fortune, cast their die, and hope they pop a 20. Here's to remembering that you miss 100% of the 35% shots that you don't take.

This item is available exclusively for pre-order and will not be restocked in the future. Pre-orders will end on September 3rd, so order before then if you want one of these shirts or mugs! All of these items will ship in mid-September. Check out Men's Shirts, Women's Shirts, or the Mug!

If you don't get the reference, here's a recap!

By request we are adding a new kind of shirt for this pre-order. You will have the choice of a Next Level shirt at $24 or a Gildan shirt at $20. Most of you are probably familiar with Gildan shirts; these are going to be a bit thicker and weightier than the type of shirts that we normally use. If you're into that kind of thing, feel free to try that variant out; we'll collect feedback when these start getting delivered and see how people feel about them.

Challenge Coins

The history of challenge coins is a long and storied one, full of interesting details like “no one really knows how they started” and “Maybe it was the Romans? Dunno!” At Giant Bomb, though, we live in the now, and are happy to present this 10th Anniversary Challenge Coin to viewers new and old.

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Emblazoned with our logo on the front and Luchadeer on the back, alongside reminders of the venerable nature of our site itself, this coin will mark you as a very dedicated fan of Giant Bomb. Not necessarily a better fan, of course, than someone who can’t produce this coin when challenged with the special code phrase. We’d never say that the possessor of one of these coins is “better” in any way than someone who does not carry one on their person at all times.

Of course we’d never say that.

These coins are big, clocking in at 1.75” across, ⅛” thick, and weighing in at 1.25 oz. If you’re using the metric system, it’s...well, it’s a big-ass coin. They are made of die-struck iron with a brass plating. There may be some variation in color due to the brass!

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Great shirt!

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Edited By grand_relic

Bummer design on the shirt :/

BUT i thought the coin was a lapel pin and i was super stoked. Sure looks great though. I do think enamel pins and patches would be a great idea....

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That shirt looks like someone put 35% effort into making it.

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How about getting more Explosive Content T-Shirt in stock? Also, how about some black and white versions to boot?

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Please do a redesign of this shirt. It's got real potential, and this is just lazy beyond belief.

I got difficulty understanding how ya'll accepted this in the first place. It's insulting to think you'd believe your community dumb enough to pay 20 bucks for something like this..

The coins are real neat, though.

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Beautiful coin. A must.

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I hate pennies but I love coins.

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@rorie Are the mugs microwave-safe/machine washable?

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I dig the coin, I've a few coins that came with games and the like, this'll sit nicely lording over them.

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I think the coin looks great. What do you do with it? Do you put it on a plaque or something?

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Challenge coins are IRL achievement badges. Their origins are the military. They're awarded like merit badges for specific accomplishments or assignment to specific units or ranks. It's not THAT uncommon for collectors editions of video games or other geek merchandise to include them.

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Totally ordering that coin, but the t-shirt and mug look sort of lame. Bring back the Giant Bomb logo mug, please :(

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I know it might be unlikely but if a remake of this shirt is done maybe it can have some way to signify it was xcom related. Since most shirts made based on a video feature sometimes "borrows" fonts or images from the game I would maybe suggest having the words "You can't beat" in xcom-esque font(not exactly the same font for obvious reasons) and below it an alien head with the xcom crosshairs(focus?) over it denoting the 35% chance to hit.

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@anthony: you issue challenges with them basic one are who gonna buy the first round of drinks if i present my coin and then the rest of my group shows there's i lose and buy the first round if someone forgot there coin they buy the first round

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The shirt is perfect. It's like Dan made it.

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Blah, I can't seem to buy the coin. When I try via credit card it returns an error saying to try again in a few minutes (did that, got the same error), and paypal is returning an invalid token error... i'll try again tomorrow or something, but after that, i think i'll just give up.

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why a coin?

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why a coin?

Proof that people will buy anything.

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Bought the coin. I've spent enough time on this silly website to throw ~$20 CAD at a small keepsake to put on my shelf to remind me of all the time I've spent on this silly website.

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Bought the coin because I was surprised to see shipping got really cheap. No tracking obviously but for like 2€ I won't complain. Luckily the coin is also cheap enough to avoid import taxes.

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Edited By avantegardener

I think that shirt could do with another hour or 2 more in the design oven.. coin looks cool though, pointless but well designed.

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Coin is cool and I will order one, but the shirt and mug is kind of a miss for me. They all can’t be home runs I guess.

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Odd, giving me a "Token is not valid" error with paypal and not accepting any of my CC's.

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@bezerker285: You have to buy the token first. It's a catch 22.

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lol that is a bad shirt and a bad meme

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@undeadpool: the local foo’s have been honoring a Roman tradition? How neat.

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@rorie: I’m buying the coin but don’t have the cash for a shirt. But please throw me in with the Gildan folks. I love a regular ass thick tee. I want my voice heard!

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@undeadpool: the local foo’s have been honoring a Roman tradition? How neat.

It's wild how much stuff we think of as new or modern goes way, way back.

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@bezerker285: You have to buy the token first. It's a catch 22.

There is a problem with our Paypal setup at the moment; we'll hopefully get it resolved tomorrow. Sorry for the trouble.

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I'd like to compare the 35% shirt to this shirt from WWE featuring The Rock catch phrase "Just Bring It." Down on the bottom of the shirt is a little tag letting you know hey, this is a WWE shirt.

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On the back of the shirt is a bull styled after the Rock's tattoo. It's a clear identifier of who the shirt is from and what it means.

Why couldn't there have been some kind of identifier that this was from Giant Bomb, Dan Rykert, or Exquisite Corps?

I kept my subscription to see Dan bring it home and was not disappointed. That shirt design however, this should be a learning experience going forward.

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@sammo21: That roller coaster shirt was one of my favorite shirts I've ever owned. Mine is now relegated to yard work as it is in shambles.

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The font is pretty neat...but the shirts not doing it for me.

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Odd, giving me a "Token is not valid" error with paypal and not accepting any of my CC's.

This is happening to me as well

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@rorie when do pre-orders end for the coin? It's only mentioned for the shirt/mug.

Pre-orders don't end for the coin; we'll reprint it if we run out.

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@rorie: is the explosive content shirt coming back?

We ordered over the pre-order amount; I'll see if our store partners can get those back in the store at some point.

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@bezerker285: not taking my credit cards either. Frustrating

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Anybody's credit card has been accepted yet? I've been trying since yesterday and it keeps telling me to try back in a few minutes.

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"You have 60 seconds to design a t-shirt"

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Anybody's credit card has been accepted yet? I've been trying since yesterday and it keeps telling me to try back in a few minutes.

Nope, been hasn't worked for me so far, been trying since Monday. I get this error when I try my CC, and the invalid token issue when I try paypal.

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I'm going to get a challenge coin. I was one of the first members the moment it launched and I happen to have my own challenge coin collection due to being in the military. Such a great idea!

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I just realized my cooment got removed. WTF?

It said "That shirt is just lazy"

Why would this get removed?

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I'm going to get a challenge coin. I was one of the first members the moment it launched and I happen to have my own challenge coin collection due to being in the military. Such a great idea!

Member no.1490. Top 1500 duder high five!!

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are the coins sold out? i can't find them in the store!

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are the coins sold out? i can't find them in the store!

I also cannot find them. The link in this story goes to a 404 error

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Say NOT that the coins are gone! How will I activate my Okami spring? (I mean, the Fountain brushstroke, sure, but the challenge coin would be more accepted on the streets.)

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Edited By niyoko

I have the same question as the previous posters. Is the pre-order for the coin over? The link to the coin redirects to a 404 error page.

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I was too late for the coin. :'(