Tech Deck Hats and Visors
These were released in 1999-2001?
Generation 1 Shirts:
TD logo Shirt:
Original Tags were "REAL THREADS"
Tags eventually transition into just the Tech Deck Logo during early Tech Deck/G1 Dudes
Generic Dude Shirt:
Mikey Shirt
Fast and Furious Shirt w/ Mikey
Tech Deck Group Shirt:
From Left to Right: Mikey, Dr. Digit P.I., Billy, Stevie J, a generic dude with a bucket hat, and a generic dude (possibly Rodney?)
Finger Trickin' Good (a play on KFC's slogan)
Atop the "Deck" is the generic dude, Rodney
Under logo from left to right: Dr. Digit P.I., Billy, Superfinger, Stevie J, Sumo San, an unnamed generic dude with a bucket hat.
For Dat Smooth Ride Shirt
From Left to Right: Dr. Digit P.I., Super Finger, Mikey, Sumo San, Stevie J
Right of the TD logo: Rodney, and Billy
Just Plain Bad
This shirt has from left to right: Generic dude with a visor?, Mikey (blue beanie), Rodney (the generic bald dude from the TD logo), Julio? (has a yellow cap but he has blue shoes and is a white dude here?), and Stevie J (this is definitely him since he has his Tech Deck chain and same shoes as his G1).
Flip It Shirt with Sergei
They didn't put a Hammer & Sickle on Sergei's hat like they did on the toy.
Unnamed Dude T-Shirt
Unnamed B-Boy/Breakdancer Dude T-Shirt
In 2 Deep Shirt w/ Julio
Too Hot to Handle Shirt w/ Julio:
This shirt came in red or grey
This shirt's logo was used on a wallet:
As of 2021, I'm not sure if there are other TDD wallets. There likely are, but I have yet to see them.
Long Sleeve Rodney Shirt:
Rail Time Shirt w/ Rap Masta Thumb or Mikey in a red beanie?
Need 2 Speed shirt with Crash
Tech Deck Snow Board Shirt
Sleeve features Flake, the back features unreleased snow dude in shades and beanie
Tech Bike Shirts with unreleased bike dudes?
"get yo ride on" shirt
"grind em up"
Grind It Shirt w/ Stevie J
This Stevie J shirt was available in Red or Purple
Space Case Shirt w/ Cosmo
Cosmo shirt (Note: Cosmo never had the red Soviet Star on his figure)
Tech Deck Cutting Edge Shirt w/ unreleased G1 Ronin mold
Rozz Shirt
For some reason, Rozz isn't in his usual mold, which had a large alien forehead.
Tech Deck Mini Moves long sleeve (features an unnamed dude or Billy in his hoodie?)
Finger of Fury Shirt w/ Bruce
Fingerboard Masters w/ three variants of Nick
Making Big Moves shirt w/ Slam
Slam was a masked Mucha wrestler in G1. For some reason they used his Hulk Hogan parody mold from G3, but with no arms. I guess they planned out the mold while in G1, and just adjusted once the figure hit the market.
Generation 2 & 3 Era Shirts (2003-2005):
Seal of Approval w/ Duke
By G2 in 2003, X-Concepts cut back on their partnerships (no more shoe lines, stickers, school supplies). Likewise, they also made fewer shirts and focused on their hit toyline at its peak, the Tech Deck Dude shirts by 2004 just had standard manufacturer tags (ex: CYGNUS or KJN)
This t-shirt of Billy in his boxing outfit uses the popular apparel trope of cartoon characters breaking through the shirt on the front and back. This was a common trend in the 90's-mid 2000s.
FREE DVD with the G3 Shirts:
Some of the shirts came in 2004 came with the DVD you see below:
When you put in this DVD, the screen reads "T-Shirt" before playing the computer-animated cutscenes from Tech Deck Dude Bare Knuckle Grind.
Since the TDD BKG computer game was released in 2004, this disc was fittingly packaged with shirts released around the same time.
It features Billy and Stevie J on the disc.
FREE DVD with the G3 Shirts:
Some of the shirts came in 2004 came with the DVD you see below:
When you put in this DVD, the screen reads "T-Shirt" before playing the computer-animated cutscenes from Tech Deck Dude Bare Knuckle Grind.
Since the TDD BKG computer game was released in 2004, this disc was fittingly packaged with shirts released around the same time.
It features Billy and Stevie J on the disc.
GTA Parody Shirt (Evolution was the name for dudes with arms)
Top Row: Stevie J
Middle Row: Jimmy (left) and Rap Masta Thumb (right)
Bottom Row: Chuy
Tech Deck Dudes is in the GTA white font with "Evolution" written like San Andreas
Lenny T-Shirt
Middle Row: Jimmy (left) and Rap Masta Thumb (right)
Bottom Row: Chuy
Tech Deck Dudes is in the GTA white font with "Evolution" written like San Andreas
Lenny T-Shirt
Jimmy Shirt
Hit Em Up Shirt
From left to right: Rap Masta Thumb, Dave, and LA Rock
From left to right: Rap Masta Thumb, Dave, and LA Rock
Each shirt came with a Dude on the hanger in K-Mart and other stores that carried the Tech Deck shoreline, shirts, and wallets. Notably, these dudes were unmarked to save money (this Crash does not come in his usual Evolution Crew 1 card with his name and bio).
Lenny Shirt and Hoodie
Lords of Dudetown Shirt
Group t-shirt
From left to right: Chito, Billy, Lenny, Eddie, Sven
Eddie has bright red hair and a grey tie, this color variant never was released as a figure.
This is the final shirt, as it features Sven & Chito who were released in Evolution Series 9 in late 2005.
This is the final shirt, as it features Sven & Chito who were released in Evolution Series 9 in late 2005.
Likewise, there are no shirts featuring the 2006-2009 dudes since the toy line became a Spin Master subsidiary and was subsequently scaled-down and phased out.
Bootleg Nostalgic Tech Deck Dude Streetwear
Now that the Dude line is 20 years old, people have started putting dudes on their streetwear lines. The company that made the initial dudes, X-Concepts LLC, no longer exists- so who can sue?
Spin Master owns all Tech Deck properties now but does not seem concerned with these fun bootlegs.
This Well Well Well Duke shirt may be an untagged old t-shirt, but it looks more like a modern print.
This Black Dice brand used the Rodney logo on a shirt
An indie brand called Street Urchins used the Rodney logo from 2003
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