“Why do you have a shirt that says *Jaykit Jaypaw Jayfeather* ?” “See, I read these books about cats that change their names as they get older as a sign of growth and these are the names.” “..” “bye..”
Exactly. I would never wear fan merch (for any fandom) that's THAT vague. It's already enough of a pain/embarrassing to have to explain something when the merch is good and has the benefit of being somewhat explanatory... At least if Jayfeather was on it, it gives the viewer a hint of who "Jaykit/Jaypaw/Jayfeather" is and what the franchise is about
If they commisioned artists for their merch, I'd be 3 times more likely to buy from their shop. I I think the mini designs are ok for little figures, but for tee shirts I want something more.
That can get sketchy really fast if they don't compensate the artists somehow. A cute idea in theory, but not in practice if the artists are forced to give up the rights to their work and watch others make a profit on it while they don't get a penny.
They don't just need different artists, they also need different graphic designers. Graphic design is how someone designs an image or any visual to be affective but also good looking. They are the ones who do most of the design for T-shirts. Good ones are also very knowledgeable with fonts.
I swear, Akira should work for the Warrior Cats team. She knows what a good design looks like and knows what the fandom wants, on the other hand; she’d add jayburgers as prey and make it agenst the warrior code to eat breezeburgers
For the 4 cats on the shirt, they could have done the current leaders from the original 4 clans, and made them look more unique. Maybe make Bramblestar's eyes look more like Ashfur's to show possession.
either the four, the leaders of the original four clans from each arc, or logical things like twigbranch, violetshine, alderheart, and needletail, and stuff like the 4 apprentices after ravenpaw was gone
Little mention: in Poland when they translate and publish Warriors they also hire a professional artist(s) who make awesome covers for the books, and it's not that much of a problem for the publisher since fans usually adore the cover designs (maybe some criticise some parts they don't like) and I think once when fans didn't like the cover they made a completely new one (not sure about that one) Like, come on, I'm pretty sure many of people out there (even those who don't consider themselves creative) could do better designs than Warriors official merch! Like, for the Tigerclaw quote, his shining dangerous eyes above the quote on a black shirt would do good (at least I think so)
Nah just put some names that don't mean anything to people who haven't read the books so people will just be confused why you have a shirt with names /j
They’d have to pay the artist for them most likely, and they probably want to spend the least amount of money possibly. Someone on Etsy could’ve slapped some names on a shirt better then they did and sold it for less!
Sooner or later they might start selling Sandstorm "Firepaw, you birdbrain!" shirt seriously mark my words And guess what shipping outside America costs 30 dollars so it's 60 dollars for a cat name printed shirt what the heccc
and the thing is, they KNOW they have an overwhelming amount of highly talented people in their fanbase that would be more than happy to do some freelance work for them. but nope :')
I personally think it would be really cool if l could buy a bigger version of the maps, and hang them up on my wall. I love drawing fantasy maps and I really think that the art style for the warriors maps look beautiful
So do I, which is a problem because I also read book series that make Warriors look like a collection of nursery rhymes, and I have become completely desensitized.
Here are a couple of quotes to replace the ones on the last tshirt- “Destiny isn’t a path that any cat follows blindly, it is always a matter of choice, and sometimes the heart speaks the loudest” Leafpool in sign of the moon “The only true borders lie between day and night, between life and death, between hope and loss” - Don’t know where this one came from Oh yeah, and probably my favorite quote from the first arc, when Lionheart says “you can’t live with a paw in each world” but I’m not sure how well that would play out on a t-shirt.
The fact is they literally could've just put their Warriors logo on it with a really awesome picture of one of the characters below it and it would've been fine.
What's so frustrating is Warrior Cats merchandise could sell really, really well if only they had a good product team. The fandom is willing, and even requests, to buy merchandise. They have a huge amount of buyers wanting to spend money, but the Coolabi company only does the bare minimum. That's just sad when this fandom deserves so much better.
I think the name shirts would be absolutely be AWESOME if they A: Did a slightly more fun font and B: added the cats face. The 4 cat shirts could have been really really good if they grouped them better. So making it only 2 cats and grouping them better. E.G Greystripe and Firestar, Leafstar and Billystorm or even Hawkwing, Hollyleaf with Jayfeather and Lionblaze (I know its 3 but cmon its the iconic 3!), Ivypool and Dovewing HECK THERE ARE SO MANY OPTIONS! I have nothing to say about the tote bags and mugs. Seriously just straight up copying the shirts? Get creative! I agree with the commissioning thing 100% Also making the designs less realistic. Every cat being a tabby and realistic is BORING! This is a series about cats with doctors, a religion (multiple if u count the tribe and the sisters), structured societies BUT OH NO WE CANT MAKE THE DESIGNS CREATIVE AND UNIQUE!!!*!(!£!!!! Honestly the merch should be cheaper and better
you know, the day I actually spend money on these shirts, you know its the end of the world. I pray they make no money from this actual trash. I pray they don't for real.
5:37 I completely agree. Just earlier today, I was discussing with my mom of how I like to use emotions in my art. When I'm drawing my OCs, I always think of what emotion that OC is going to show in the drawing first. Then, I think of the body figure that best fits that emotion. Then I continue from there.
I've NEVER been this early! I wanted to get some Clan merch because I'm Skyclan/Shadowclan, but they're sooo expensive! Also, 3:25, just- It's funny because it says, "Out here it's wild, and it's free." And the shirt is $33! ;W;
They're getting lazier and lazier... It's sad to see the erins getting more and more lazy with their marketing Warrior cats just sometimes doesn't feel like warrior cats anymore. The new mainseries books are great but look at lots of what we got recently. Look at the character arcs and the horrible portrayal of cats like squirrelflight or breezepelt. It almost feels like using cats like tigerstar, graystripe, and firestar for merch is just nostalgia baiting.
Literally how hard could it have been for them to commission one of the PLETHORA of amazing artists in the community? I dont know, Finchwing, Tennelle, Moonkitti, Akira, Sagutoyas, and that's only a few that come to mind right now. There are so many talented people in the fandom that i bet would LOVE to have their art portrayed in official merch. I really doubt the franchise is lacking 20 bucks to buy a few commissions.
These designs are all PAINFUL to look at. I do graphic design for a living and I'm cringing so hard. The Warriors fandom has SO MANY creative and talented people in it, it's a real shame they didn't utilize the community more. This merch looks like they had someone with no design experience just throw a bunch of existing assets together and called it a merch design. :/ Super disappointing. Even as an adult, I'd love to see some actually cool or well-designed merch! I can't even picture kids/young fans repping the stuff they have up now.
The Tigerstar quote shirt is not THAT bad. The contrast actually makes it a little funny, especially to people who didn’t watch the series. A cute cat saying a threatening quote!
I want a Brightheart shirt saying stay strong. Oh and a Mapleshade mini ideally with tiny ghosts of Petalkit, Pacthkit, and Larchkit on her head or back or maybe even her tail.
Honestly they couldve gone with "___clan pride" merch too?? Is there any of that anywhere? Or if you're gonna be lazy just use the cover art from the books or something jeez
There is A Warrior cats Coloring Book That Is FILLED With Things From Children’s Coloring Books, Plus Luna From Sailor Moon Is There...I’m Confused With This Coloring Book-
Solution to bad warrior cats merch : Support warrior cats fan artists instead !! Pretty sure you can find some pretty cool and stylish tee shirts on redbubble or etsy, that sure might cost maybe a bit more but it'll look both unique and way more interesting design wise ! We also make stickers, prints, ect... In the long run, if the Warrior cats team sees that their merch doesn't sell, they'll have to understand that they need to step up their game !! They've been deceiving us for too long between the plushies and these tee shirts !
I don't buy merch from warrior cats yeah $8 for shipping is way to much there's no reason for it to be $8 dollars I won't buy merch from warrior cats if their charging that much for one item
You realize that without Graystripe we wouldn’t have our prescious Jayfeather and stick Here’s the explanation: in fire and ice Graystripe gets Clawface off of Fireheart before he dies. And who’s responsible for jayfeather’s existence: Leafpool. Who’s responsible for leafpool’s existence: Firestar. So there ya go!
i would feel like a cringey little kid wearing this bs. it has vibes of those dudes who think knowing about weapons is a personality, when in reality, it hurts to hear them talk
Also I saw a shirt with a quote from rise of scourge. And you wanna know what the chose? “I am scourge” with a picture of yep, you guessed it, scourge. Honestly, rise of scourge is such a short book and they didn’t even bother skimming it for better quotes
So wild how they put such little effort into these things when the fandom has a non-insignificant amount of teen and adult fans. WE are the ones that are going to be buy this merch. I'm not going to waste over 30$ on some shitty "Firestar" shirt that a 12 year old could recreated in photoshop in 5 minutes, or a cringy "I'll always be your friend!" shirt with character icon generator art... But I WOULD drop money on merch that's actually creative and looks nice! Like imagine tote bags, mugs, notebooks, or even t-shirts of scenes from the books in the same style as the original covers. Or just well-done, official designs of some of the fan favorites (the Three, the more well-known clan leaders, some of the big villains, etc). Stickers! Iron-on patches! Not only will adult fans be more likely to buy it, but parents will probably be more willing to buy their kids merch if it looks like a quality product.
I have a question, at the end of the last hope, brambleclaw becomes bramblestar without getting his nine lives. Please explain. If you do, I will sub to you.
If we had more of quote shirts, I'd like one whit better art and the cat is Bluestar(I'm pretty sure she said this?) : "The strength and fellowship of the clan will always be whit you. Even when you hunt alone" That would be a good one in my opinion-
It's been 3 years since this video came out and it's still shocking to see that my art had somehow made it to the site, but still that didn't really help boost my popularity so in the end it's more so a gift to my younger self that loved this books so much, still I haven't been keeping up and much as this fandom is what gave the inspiration to draw I'm happy that I have open my horizon's to more work, thank you akira for making me aware of this even if it was just by pure luck that I had chosen to watch this video and that you had somehow decided to pick the one article that my art was put in, either way that single thing had made my week and it still brings me joy, so thank you and thanks to the warrior community for giving me the motivation to keep on working!!
I ordered the figurines the day they came out and they never even made it into my country, they shipped them back to the warehouse and said there's nothing they can do about it... so be careful if you do chose to buy the warriors merch cause they won't help you if shipping goes wrong :/
I'd just like to say on the commission thing. A company planning to monetize a commisdionntheybgot should be paying more than $30-$100 for a commission. Typically, they would give the artist a cut of the sales, or just prepay them a cut. Still, it would be affordable for the warrior cats franchise, but still, artists, if a person is monetizing your commission, ask for a cut in the sales, or charge more!
I actually want the quote from cinderpelt. “you cannot change your destiny you only have the strength to know what it is and accept it” (smth like that)
Hearing *AKIRA* of ALL PEOPLE say that…… just…… broke me. **sobs** “how many innocent people are left in this vile world??” **more sobs** edit: oh yeah here’s the timestamp 2:33
For the 4 cats shirt, um... i guess they all have a super edition or a novella? I guess? Oh ya people forgot about Skyclans destiny since it was so boring.... Erin's getting sloppy with the Supers & merch.
The last line of clothing was actually really good in my opinion, Its a shame they replaced it with this stuff. Seriously why cant they just add it to the store with the other products instead of replacing it?
I didn't even know Warriors had merch. Honestly, they should've put more thought into the shirts.
Yea
Yea definitely
Yeah
Yes sir
No not more thought
TEN MILLION TIMES more thought
“Why do you have a shirt that says *Jaykit Jaypaw Jayfeather* ?”
“See, I read these books about cats that change their names as they get older as a sign of growth and these are the names.”
“..”
“bye..”
lol that would be such a weird shirt to wear honestly
I tried to explain it to my cousin once. Nah didnt work
Ugly, lazy shirt design
Also worst font ever.
Exactly. I would never wear fan merch (for any fandom) that's THAT vague. It's already enough of a pain/embarrassing to have to explain something when the merch is good and has the benefit of being somewhat explanatory... At least if Jayfeather was on it, it gives the viewer a hint of who "Jaykit/Jaypaw/Jayfeather" is and what the franchise is about
They really just want to put Pokémon evolutions to warrior cats and slap it on a t-shirt don't they
Heh, yep!
Thats the crossover no one asked for yet we all need. Pokemon + Warriors = PikaPaw
YES!
@@birdsbirdsandmorebirds6251 i mean pikapaw could be a name because a pika is a r od ent-
Nice pfp
Im crying they put 'TIGERKIT" on a shirt in poop brown and want me to pay up the nose for it
T I G E R K I T
LOL WHY DO I FIND THIS COMMENT HILARIOUS
LMFAO
*_TIGERKIT_*
@@emilymonahan5232 *TIGERPAW*
There was more effort put into this free to view video than the $20-$30 merch
Facts
Sad but true
i put in more effort just watching this video than they did making these shirts
@@ryaeiffel7622 more of my braincells died while watching this video than these people used to make this merch!
I put more efforts into writing comments than they put into designing their merch. That says a lot.
If they commisioned artists for their merch, I'd be 3 times more likely to buy from their shop. I I think the mini designs are ok for little figures, but for tee shirts I want something more.
Maybe they should have fans submit art to make merchandise out of? That may help make it a more reader interactive
That can get sketchy really fast if they don't compensate the artists somehow. A cute idea in theory, but not in practice if the artists are forced to give up the rights to their work and watch others make a profit on it while they don't get a penny.
@@pocketscarf I see how that could not be good. Thanks for explaining it. ♡
Nice profile pic.
We kinda match
@@pocketscarf maybe they could go through the best artists in the fanbase and ask To hire them or something
@@hannahtfdthbkktffrd Oh yeah lol 😂
We read these book because **cats**
Yes akira. SAY IT
CATS,CATS, CATS AND MORE CATS
The only reason i picked warriors up was because I saw four books in the same series with cats.
Oh hi!!
@@Wolfiekat hey!
I find you everywhere xD
They don't just need different artists, they also need different graphic designers. Graphic design is how someone designs an image or any visual to be affective but also good looking. They are the ones who do most of the design for T-shirts. Good ones are also very knowledgeable with fonts.
Truu
They need new authors/editors at this point too honestly
The Warrior Cats merch in America really needs to up their game
These T-shirt designs are like a painted target on someones back.
They're asking to be bullied if they wear these in public
Maybe I should do some redesigns as a joke-
You should
I am right now actually lol
Oh boi, I'm so invested in this already! Will you post your redesigns on UA-cam?
@@boxfullofdust9029 I think I'm going to, if you want to subscribe to me or anything you can. Just make sure you like my content if you're subbing
I don't want to steal your idea, would it be okay if I did this too? ^^'
I swear, Akira should work for the Warrior Cats team. She knows what a good design looks like and knows what the fandom wants, on the other hand; she’d add jayburgers as prey and make it agenst the warrior code to eat breezeburgers
YES
Yes
Oh those dang Breezeburger stans
You say the last part like it’s a bad thing.
Akira - Merch and writing
Tennelle - Manga artist
Blixemi - Musical director (for a Warriors musical)
Moonkitti - Editor
Last time I was this early Jayfeather was nice to everyone.
Same
SAME
Same
So.... never?
Lol
Who would wear a t-shirt with just a few cat names-
Ikr-
yeah its so BORING-
Ikr..
-me- jk
Tbh, I would ._.
For the 4 cats on the shirt, they could have done the current leaders from the original 4 clans, and made them look more unique. Maybe make Bramblestar's eyes look more like Ashfur's to show possession.
Yea but I like Jaybae-
@@amyyeoman6559 please dont say jaybae ever again
either the four, the leaders of the original four clans from each arc, or logical things like twigbranch, violetshine, alderheart, and needletail, and stuff like the 4 apprentices after ravenpaw was gone
@Rat Cat or bluestar tallstar brokenstar and crookedstar
@Rat Cat cause y'know, nightstar isnt that well known
Why did I cackle when I saw the shirt that said *“Graystripe, I will always be your friend.”*
That shirt is, for some reason, hysterical
As they blankly stare ahead, not even looking at each other
imagine wearing this in public
Out here it’s wild. And it’s free.
( •-•)
Honestly. Who wouldn't
Okay, it is already decide
The fans needs to make the merch.
Yep
I actually wanna see what the community could come up with, because I’m pretty sure it’s gonna be better than what they came up with.
Agreed
Little mention: in Poland when they translate and publish Warriors they also hire a professional artist(s) who make awesome covers for the books, and it's not that much of a problem for the publisher since fans usually adore the cover designs (maybe some criticise some parts they don't like) and I think once when fans didn't like the cover they made a completely new one (not sure about that one)
Like, come on, I'm pretty sure many of people out there (even those who don't consider themselves creative) could do better designs than Warriors official merch!
Like, for the Tigerclaw quote, his shining dangerous eyes above the quote on a black shirt would do good (at least I think so)
Why didn’t they just use da dang art they used for warrior cat books-
Yeah. It'd be more recognizable
Nah just put some names that don't mean anything to people who haven't read the books so people will just be confused why you have a shirt with names /j
IKR
They’d have to pay the artist for them most likely, and they probably want to spend the least amount of money possibly. Someone on Etsy could’ve slapped some names on a shirt better then they did and sold it for less!
Sooner or later they might start selling Sandstorm "Firepaw, you birdbrain!" shirt seriously mark my words
And guess what shipping outside America costs 30 dollars so it's 60 dollars for a cat name printed shirt what the heccc
If I ever see someone wear that shirt I'll be cheering them on because you have to be an OMEGACHAD to try to get away with this
I'd actually be tempted to wear that one though
OuT hErE itS wIld, itS frEe~
So inspirational ❤️
ikr
yEs
R/iM14aNdThIsIsdEep
Seriously I can't believe they would do that. Lol. I have no faith in the warrior cats merch after so many issues at this
gRayStRiPe i wILL aLwAyS bE yOuR fRiENd~
I'm crying ❤
@@amyyeoman6559 the warrior cats version of
“IlL nEvEr lEt gO~”
Me whenever I went outside during quarantine
and the thing is, they KNOW they have an overwhelming amount of highly talented people in their fanbase that would be more than happy to do some freelance work for them. but nope :')
I personally think it would be really cool if l could buy a bigger version of the maps, and hang them up on my wall. I love drawing fantasy maps and I really think that the art style for the warriors maps look beautiful
YES
THIS
How much bigger? Because that is a thing
Omg yessss same
“We read these books for the cats”
Me: Well I read for the violence
I started reading for the cats and stayed for the violence ✨
@@przyjaznekrzeso8188 same, came because of a cat, stayed for violence and d r a m a
So do I, which is a problem because I also read book series that make Warriors look like a collection of nursery rhymes, and I have become completely desensitized.
Came for cats
Stayed for violence
Left because Arc 4 existed
Came back for cats
Stayed for violence
Stayed because everyone dislikes Arc 4
Here are a couple of quotes to replace the ones on the last tshirt-
“Destiny isn’t a path that any cat follows blindly, it is always a matter of choice, and sometimes the heart speaks the loudest” Leafpool in sign of the moon
“The only true borders lie between day and night, between life and death, between hope and loss”
- Don’t know where this one came from
Oh yeah, and probably my favorite quote from the first arc, when Lionheart says “you can’t live with a paw in each world” but I’m not sure how well that would play out on a t-shirt.
The fact is they literally could've just put their Warriors logo on it with a really awesome picture of one of the characters below it and it would've been fine.
gRaYsTrIpE i WiLl AlWaYs Be YOuR fRiEnD
I feel like people would be so confused as you walk past them with a shirt that says 'Rusty, Firepaw, Fireheart, Firestar'
When the bootleg merch is better and cheaper than the real thing, that's when you lnow you have a problem
"We read these books because cats."
Quote of the year everyone
LOLyes best quote
What's so frustrating is Warrior Cats merchandise could sell really, really well if only they had a good product team. The fandom is willing, and even requests, to buy merchandise. They have a huge amount of buyers wanting to spend money, but the Coolabi company only does the bare minimum. That's just sad when this fandom deserves so much better.
Honestly a bruh moment when we get more merch and it's practically the worst yet-
Hey Akira, Here's a Challenge Idea For Your Fans, Draw Warrior Cats With Transformers
“Graphic design is my passion.”
I think the name shirts would be absolutely be AWESOME if they A:
Did a slightly more fun font and B: added the cats face.
The 4 cat shirts could have been really really good if they grouped them better.
So making it only 2 cats and grouping them better. E.G Greystripe and Firestar, Leafstar and Billystorm or even Hawkwing, Hollyleaf with Jayfeather and Lionblaze (I know its 3 but cmon its the iconic 3!), Ivypool and Dovewing HECK THERE ARE SO MANY OPTIONS!
I have nothing to say about the tote bags and mugs. Seriously just straight up copying the shirts? Get creative!
I agree with the commissioning thing 100%
Also making the designs less realistic. Every cat being a tabby and realistic is BORING!
This is a series about cats with doctors, a religion (multiple if u count the tribe and the sisters), structured societies BUT OH NO WE CANT MAKE THE DESIGNS CREATIVE AND UNIQUE!!!*!(!£!!!!
Honestly the merch should be cheaper and better
you know, the day I actually spend money on these shirts, you know its the end of the world. I pray they make no money from this actual trash. I pray they don't for real.
What if there was a shirt with ashfur having blond hair. I need that
5:37
I completely agree. Just earlier today, I was discussing with my mom of how I like to use emotions in my art. When I'm drawing my OCs, I always think of what emotion that OC is going to show in the drawing first. Then, I think of the body figure that best fits that emotion. Then I continue from there.
I REPEAT, NO ONE, AND I MEAN NO ONE IS WILLING TO WEAR THESE THINGS IN PUBLIC.
Except the most powerful people of all
To everyone who sees this, have a great day! Also the merch is making me want to explode
You too ^^
Ok?
@@Clooover Ello, ello-
U too
@@may452 Not really lmao but ok
5:08 I think TigerClaw should have claws out and his ears flattened to show his anger.
Love when Jayfeather became a kitty pet and his owner named him Arial Bold
I've NEVER been this early! I wanted to get some Clan merch because I'm Skyclan/Shadowclan, but they're sooo expensive! Also, 3:25, just-
It's funny because it says, "Out here it's wild, and it's free." And the shirt is $33! ;W;
They're getting lazier and lazier...
It's sad to see the erins getting more and more lazy with their marketing
Warrior cats just sometimes doesn't feel like warrior cats anymore. The new mainseries books are great but look at lots of what we got recently. Look at the character arcs and the horrible portrayal of cats like squirrelflight or breezepelt. It almost feels like using cats like tigerstar, graystripe, and firestar for merch is just nostalgia baiting.
Last time I was this early Smudge hadn’t gone to the cutter 😮
Literally how hard could it have been for them to commission one of the PLETHORA of amazing artists in the community? I dont know, Finchwing, Tennelle, Moonkitti, Akira, Sagutoyas, and that's only a few that come to mind right now. There are so many talented people in the fandom that i bet would LOVE to have their art portrayed in official merch. I really doubt the franchise is lacking 20 bucks to buy a few commissions.
Last time I was early Firestar was still named “Rusty”
Rusty.
Firepaw.
Fireheart.
Firestar.
Bam, early no longer.
Bahahhahahhahahahaha I will NEVER wear a shirt that says “GrAyStRiPe, I wIlL aLwAyS bE yOuR fRiEnD”
I’m a huge warriors fan, but if I saw someone wearing “Greystripe, I will always be your friend” I would start crying
the first shirts look like something you get off Redbubble 💀
If you put “Graystripe, I will always be your friend!” On a shirt with plain little mini art, you are just ASKING for it to be called a kids series.
The warrior cats community is made of such good artists. Me: ;-;
These designs are all PAINFUL to look at. I do graphic design for a living and I'm cringing so hard. The Warriors fandom has SO MANY creative and talented people in it, it's a real shame they didn't utilize the community more. This merch looks like they had someone with no design experience just throw a bunch of existing assets together and called it a merch design. :/ Super disappointing. Even as an adult, I'd love to see some actually cool or well-designed merch! I can't even picture kids/young fans repping the stuff they have up now.
The Tigerstar quote shirt is not THAT bad. The contrast actually makes it a little funny, especially to people who didn’t watch the series. A cute cat saying a threatening quote!
“Hey what does your shirt say?”
“gReYsTrIpE i’Ll AlWaYs Be YoUr FrIeNd”
“Um why-“
Last time I was this early, Dovewing's eyes were amber
I want a Brightheart shirt saying stay strong. Oh and a Mapleshade mini ideally with tiny ghosts of Petalkit, Pacthkit, and Larchkit on her head or back or maybe even her tail.
You're a genius. The fact that a fan can think of better designs than the literal writers of the books really says something.
I agree!! If they actually put designs of cats, not mini designs, I would totally buy their merch. Like actual cat art.
For the four cats, they could have had dovewing, lionblaze,jayfeather,and holly leaf it would of made lots more sense
Honestly they couldve gone with "___clan pride" merch too?? Is there any of that anywhere? Or if you're gonna be lazy just use the cover art from the books or something jeez
Omg I was looking for some merch and honestly got a little angry. I didn’t get anything obviously
Last time I was early,Redtail was still alive
Wow
That’s early WAIT YOU WHERE HERE BEFORE THE SERIES STARTED
a shirt that would say "Fire Alone Will Save Our Clan" IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY
THATS THE MOST ICONIC QUOTE FROM THE FIRST SERIES LIKE HU H-
I think that the shirts with the names should have at least have had the cat who’s name is on them
Just pointing out, I think that the font being used on the shirts is Helvetica, not Arial. Good video though!
i think i would diy the merch myself rather than buy those really bland merch (and my diy skills are AWFUL)
There is A Warrior cats Coloring Book That Is FILLED With Things From Children’s Coloring Books, Plus Luna From Sailor Moon Is There...I’m Confused With This Coloring Book-
That would be $33 please
*buys $3 plain white shirt*
*Writes "Firestar" on it in orange marker*
Solution to bad warrior cats merch : Support warrior cats fan artists instead !! Pretty sure you can find some pretty cool and stylish tee shirts on redbubble or etsy, that sure might cost maybe a bit more but it'll look both unique and way more interesting design wise ! We also make stickers, prints, ect... In the long run, if the Warrior cats team sees that their merch doesn't sell, they'll have to understand that they need to step up their game !! They've been deceiving us for too long between the plushies and these tee shirts !
Lol I'd be embarrassed to wear those shirts out in public. They look so tacky! I like tacky, but this just isn't the good kind. :/
I don't buy merch from warrior cats yeah $8 for shipping is way to much there's no reason for it to be $8 dollars I won't buy merch from warrior cats if their charging that much for one item
Can we talk about how awesome it is that Starclan is canonically pink? In both the mini maker thing and the bag, starclan is shown pink.
You realize that without Graystripe we wouldn’t have our prescious Jayfeather and stick
Here’s the explanation: in fire and ice Graystripe gets Clawface off of Fireheart before he dies. And who’s responsible for jayfeather’s existence: Leafpool.
Who’s responsible for leafpool’s existence: Firestar. So there ya go!
Last time I was this early Ambermoon was the main character
i would feel like a cringey little kid wearing this bs. it has vibes of those dudes who think knowing about weapons is a personality, when in reality, it hurts to hear them talk
Also I saw a shirt with a quote from rise of scourge. And you wanna know what the chose?
“I am scourge” with a picture of yep, you guessed it, scourge. Honestly, rise of scourge is such a short book and they didn’t even bother skimming it for better quotes
My friend and I are just screaming about this, seriously random people on the internet can do better than this.
So wild how they put such little effort into these things when the fandom has a non-insignificant amount of teen and adult fans. WE are the ones that are going to be buy this merch. I'm not going to waste over 30$ on some shitty "Firestar" shirt that a 12 year old could recreated in photoshop in 5 minutes, or a cringy "I'll always be your friend!" shirt with character icon generator art... But I WOULD drop money on merch that's actually creative and looks nice! Like imagine tote bags, mugs, notebooks, or even t-shirts of scenes from the books in the same style as the original covers. Or just well-done, official designs of some of the fan favorites (the Three, the more well-known clan leaders, some of the big villains, etc). Stickers! Iron-on patches! Not only will adult fans be more likely to buy it, but parents will probably be more willing to buy their kids merch if it looks like a quality product.
I have a question, at the end of the last hope, brambleclaw becomes bramblestar without getting his nine lives. Please explain. If you do, I will sub to you.
Cheese and rice this merch is worse than Bramblestar
*shakes head disappointingly*
Akira woke up and chose violence and honestly I can't blame her.
If we had more of quote shirts, I'd like one whit better art and the cat is Bluestar(I'm pretty sure she said this?) :
"The strength and fellowship of the clan will always be whit you. Even when you hunt alone"
That would be a good one in my opinion-
The quote should’ve been “Think bush”
It's been 3 years since this video came out and it's still shocking to see that my art had somehow made it to the site, but still that didn't really help boost my popularity so in the end it's more so a gift to my younger self that loved this books so much, still I haven't been keeping up and much as this fandom is what gave the inspiration to draw I'm happy that I have open my horizon's to more work, thank you akira for making me aware of this even if it was just by pure luck that I had chosen to watch this video and that you had somehow decided to pick the one article that my art was put in, either way that single thing had made my week and it still brings me joy, so thank you and thanks to the warrior community for giving me the motivation to keep on working!!
I ordered the figurines the day they came out and they never even made it into my country, they shipped them back to the warehouse and said there's nothing they can do about it... so be careful if you do chose to buy the warriors merch cause they won't help you if shipping goes wrong :/
I'd just like to say on the commission thing. A company planning to monetize a commisdionntheybgot should be paying more than $30-$100 for a commission. Typically, they would give the artist a cut of the sales, or just prepay them a cut. Still, it would be affordable for the warrior cats franchise, but still, artists, if a person is monetizing your commission, ask for a cut in the sales, or charge more!
I was just talkink about this in discord xD they thought that because the figurines were liked this will be liked too
Rusty
Firepaw
Fireheart
Firestar
*Firedied*
I actually want the quote from cinderpelt.
“you cannot change your destiny you only have the strength to know what it is and accept it”
(smth like that)
I saw this video and thought it was one of those 'I bye fake merch and it was terrible'. But no. This is the ACTUAL MERCH. What-
Hearing *AKIRA* of ALL PEOPLE say that…… just…… broke me.
**sobs** “how many innocent people are left in this vile world??” **more sobs**
edit: oh yeah here’s the timestamp 2:33
I wish they sold posters that had the new book covers on it, if they made “A forgotten Warrior” poster with the new art, it would look AMAZING.
How do i keep finding these on accident.... directly after its made or shortly afterwards.
For the 4 cats shirt, um... i guess they all have a super edition or a novella? I guess? Oh ya people forgot about Skyclans destiny since it was so boring.... Erin's getting sloppy with the Supers & merch.
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I keep promising myself i’ll look more into the warrior cats fandom and get some books. but I never do- I might as well do that now
The last line of clothing was actually really good in my opinion, Its a shame they replaced it with this stuff.
Seriously why cant they just add it to the store with the other products instead of replacing it?
We read these books because...... CaTs...
Plot twist: This is BGA’s audition for drawing art for Warrior Cats merch
3:44 That quote is the equivalent of “so bad it’s funny.”
“*graystripe, I will always be your friend*”