Star Trek: Lower Decks t-shirt collection available with exclusive, limited-edition designs based on the show
With the premier of Star Trek: Lower Decks just a few days away, animation production company Titmouse is offering a new subscription-based T-shirt club celebrating the new series. In an interview with StarTrek.com, series creator Mike McMahan, director Barry Kelly and Titmouse Chief Creative Officer Antonio Canobbio announced the collaboration and provided some insight into designing the Lower Decks-inspired shirts.
“Every episode has a moment that is a great synthesis of artist and Trek,” McMahan said in the interview. “We tried to pull from those, and characters that had fun moments.” But it seems that the new T-shirt designs might not all be character-based. Expert advice was called upon in the form of Mike and Denise Okuda to consult on the LCARS design, so it’s possible that we’ll see a shirt featuring that, as well. Lower Decks director Barry Kelly added that they “tried to find that little nugget of an idea that sparks a design. Could be a logo in the episode. Could be an iconic shot, or just a random prop in the background could make a funny and iconic shirt.”
Here’s how the club works. Every week during the first season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, a new shirt design based on the upcoming episode will be made available one week prior to that episode airing. Each T-shirt on its own will cost you $20 (plus shipping & handling), but if you subscribe to the club for the full season, you’ll get all ten shirts for a total of $180 (with free shipping), which is paid when you subscribe. T-shirt club members will also receive a bonus 11th shirt with their subscription. After each episode airs, the corresponding shirt design will be “vaulted forever” and will no longer be available to purchase.
The week one shirt is available now, through next Wednesday: basic gray with blue writing that says, “U.S.S. Cerritos [...] General Purpose Garment”. Subscriptions are also available for the T-shirt club. While you only have through August 12th to get either the full subscription or the episode one shirt, if you miss the deadline, you can look out for a new individual shirt to grab, each week. Make your purchases, or just find out more, at titmousestuff.com.
Update 8/3/20: This article was updated to correct the title of Antonio Canobbio, and to clarify shipping and handling details on the t-shirts and subscription.