I'm a pinhead and I would like to show this to the rest of the world.
The first thing that came into my mind was... Just buy a pinball T-shirt. Why not?

By browsing the web I couldn't find a T-shirt that I would like to wear. Seriously!
All pinball T-shirts are ugly as hell.

I don't want to have an image like a "pinball and a person playing it" on a T-shirt. That's like shouting around: "Look at me, I'm a pinball geek and here my ugly T-shirt."
I would like to have a discrete, nice looking T-shirt, that only a few will recognize a pinball theme in it. And I would proudly wear it and come to pinball meetings and tournaments.
I decided to make it. And I'm not a designer or a businessman. I'm a (Drupal) developer who just loves pinball.

I started drawing some sketches on a piece of paper and finally Pininja was born.
I found a designer who created a digital version of my drawing because I really liked the "ninja head" logo with flippers and a draining ball.
Few days later (by coincidence - while funding XBMC DevCon) I noticed that there's T-shirt crowd-funding web page (teespring) where you can post your T-shirt ideas (like Kickstarter).
"Hmmm. Why not.".. I thought.
I uploaded Pininja logo and in a matter of minutes a nice looking dark grey Premium quality T-shirt with a Pininja logo on it was born. A T-shirt I would proudly wear.

It's up to you pinheads if this T-shirt will see the light of day.
I put a very low price ($15) on it and just 30 pieces need to be ordered to start the print by teespring.
(There's $3.85 shipping cost for US and max $10.50 for the rest of the world - so it's still not too much)

Basically it's not my intention to sell it and make a profit with it. I'm crowd-funding it with you all and I really hope to see some people wearing it on pinball events.

Here's the link.
http://teespring.com/pininja

And don't forget to share it with your family and (pinhead) friends or just buy them a Limited Edition Pininja T-shirt for a gift.
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PS: Also comments are welcome if you have any suggestions or just want to show some love about the idea

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@J_m_, I'm happy you found it cool. Hope we will get to 30 in 3 weeks so teespring will actually print it.

@Pinstym, the T-shirt is meant for all pinheads. If you feel as cool as Clay while wearing it, I think that just makes it even better.

Heh, yes it has that "special" ninja look

Wow, already 10 backers. Nice.
@cranie, it's not pinballninja, it's pininja or πninja

@wiredoug, Jack from teespring.com contacted me after I started this campaign and told me they are testing extra options for T-shirt styles and I loved it... so yes, hoodies are available too and they look avesome!

@Zitt, hehe, I will report this to Jack if they can "americanize" the sizes

@Zitt, Jack from teespring.com just enabled one more option. Now you can choose Froot of the Loom (Black T-shirt), which comes in sizes up to 5XL !!
Thumbs up for Jack.

@cranie, Pininja is not related with or a clone of pinballninja.com, like @awarner explained (tnx)
Pininja is the character's name.
@MattG, I haven't seen any that I like. That's why I decided to give it a try and see if others will like it

@awarner, I checked it out. Black Knight and maybe Bad Cats are ok, but the rest is just what I don't like about most pinball T-shirts out there.

Wow, 22 in 2 days.
I belive we'll get this to 30.
Also got some very positive feedbacks on PM.

Yes. We are really close to printing now.
I'm thinking about getting a hoodie too. Wasn't available at the beginning and winter is knocking on the door

Thank you all for your orders.
I got many positive reviews but the best proof that πninja is really cool is that the T-shirt campaign got funded with 41 orders in one week!
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You can still order πninja Limited Edition T-shirt while it's still available. I might end the campaign early because we would all like to get it as soon as possible

The πninja is now officially born!
http://teespring.com/pininja

P.S. Also you can follow πninja on Twitter https://twitter.com/thepininja for more news and products coming...

@wiredoug, I thought about ending it early, but today another order came in. We're on 42 now.
Maybe some are just waiting for the last day. I will leave it open because it's just 6 days 'till end and we also might get to 50... So all who were planning to get one... now it's the time for it.
The shirts are going to be delivered in November so there's a chance to order some more for friend&family as a gift for Thanksgiving or Christmas.

@practicalsteve, I'm glad you like it. With all the positive feedback, I'm sure πninja will strike again...

One last day to order until they start printing them

Still 5 hours left for the late birds.
Thanks to all who ordered. It was a great campaign and I hope you will like the T-shirts.

Thanks.
The next ones will be even better...

Hi all. The spring is knocking on the door... and I will have a new batch of πninja T-shirts and hoodies available soon. In different colors too!
Write here or PM me for more info.

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Teespring's quality wasn't the best and what I was hoping for, so I found a good local T-shirt printer that offers Fruit of the Loom T's and choosed from their latest 2014 product line.

100% cotton with Belcoro® for softer feel and confort (165gm/m2 for Fitted Valueweight T's)
Straight from this catalogue http://www.fruitoftheloom.eu/imprint2014/en/ecatalogue

Will have too wait for the new ones to see, but the "main" color FOTL's Light Graphite is a bit lighter than Teespring's so the headband should be more noticeable.
Any yes, all the shirt are genuine Fruit of the Loom from now on. Had the examples in my hand, so I can confirm that.

I finally found some time to design and release a new version - Pininja Pixel

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This is a Premium 100% cotton T-shirt (just the shirt costs 15.40 EUR) that's why the price is set to 19 EUR.
The V-neck one is 15 EUR and Hoodie is 25 EUR (so the profit is very low, just to get them printed)

https://teespring.com/pininja-pixel

Available until tomorrow!

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Finally one more TODO item crossed from my list for 2020.

After 7 years from the original Pininja Classic in 2013 and 3 years from Pininja Pixel in 2017 the Next Level of Pininja T-shirts and hoodies was just released on Teespring!

Check it out and get yours (and your family) before Christmas.

https://teespring.com/pininja-next-level-limited

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