If there is one movie this summer that has me tickled all over with excitement and anticipation, it’s The Suicide Squad. The casting of Will Smith as Dead Shot, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Ben Affleck as Batman, and Jared Leto as The Joker… Oh my goodness ladies and gentlemen, we are in for a great ride. Such an awesome movie coming out also means awesome merchandise, and one store I can count on for amazing products is the Hot Topic at the Valley River Center mall here in Eugene, Oregon.
If you have a Hot Topic in your town, then I am sure you have visited there at least once or twice (or they may know you by name) and you understand the awesomeness that is Hot Topic and their merchandise. You know that when it comes to all things nerd, music, movies, TV shows and so much more, they have what you need – and once again they have succeeded in producing that which most others do not sell or offer.
I ventured to the Hot Topic here on Monday, the 4th, to see what wonders they had in store. I was there a little early and waited patiently for them to open their doors. (I love being early to store openings. Something about it gives me adrenaline rush, like I will be the first one to see this… even though I am sure someone else probably saw this stuff yesterday, but hey, I may be a little neurotic LOL!) Once the big double doors were opened by the awesome store clerk Sarah, I at first got a little sidetracked because they were also doing their Hot Mess sale: shirts and items being $3.99 and up… those boxes were right there in the front so you know I had to look in them, just to see if there was something in my size at such a great deal that I had to own… But unfortunately, I ended up with nothing from that spot. Oh well. Anyway, I spoke with Sarah the clerk and informed her that I was writing a blog about the new clothing line from them, and she was more than happy to allow me the chance to play dress up in the dressing room with the Suicide Squad gear and take pictures. YAY!!
I looked around and sure enough, there on the back wall was the shirt Harley Quinn herself wears in the Suicide Squad movie. Well you guessed it, I requested the Harley Quinn shirt and donned a pair of red and black heart-shaped sunglasses, then ventured in to the dressing room. (Now, I only tried on a couple of clothing items to take pictures in just because there were things I didn’t feel comfortable taking selfies in and posting on this site… at least not appropriate LOL!) But the baseball tee and the glasses… Yes my friend, that had to happen.
Ok, so here below are a couple of pictures of the amazing clothing I tried on. (Please don’t laugh at the shorts and socks, this was the 4th of July and I was rocking my fireworks long socks in the pictures… so yeah.)
OK let me tell you, I am in loooooooove with the shirt and glasses. I wanted to buy them right then and there, but I did not have the $26 dollars at the time to purchase the awesome shirt and the glasses (well, I have to wear my glasses all the time, I don’t own contacts, so they would serve no real use for me at the moment other than to make my heart sing… But the security device attached to the glasses was poking me in the eye while taking pictures! LOL I was trying to hide it from view, so although I may look super cool, I was in so much pain!) But I do have one of the Hot Cash cards that is good starting on Thursday and will venture back then to purchase the shirt, and get $15 dollars off with a purchase of $30 dollars or more. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
After exiting the dressing room, I handed the clothing back to the amazing Sarah, sad I could not leave with these babies today, and wandered to the merchandise stand in the back of the store with all the other Suicide Squad gems. There were belts, hats, t-shirts, undies, jewelry… my goodness, so much wonderful stuff. I could hardly contain my excitement rummaging through the stand. Now normally, Hot Topic would have all this neatness on display in the front of the store, but they were still receiving merchandise and having a different sale going on at this time, so that why the stand was in the back.
Here are a couple more pictures of the awesomeness that is Suicide Squad merch. I love the Puddin bracelet!!
One thing I noticed is that most of the stuff was focused around Harley, which makes total sense. I mean, look who is playing her! Margot Robbie! Yes hello, YUM! I am focused on her too, just sayin’. She is one of the main reasons I can’t wait to see the movie. She is soooooo pretty!!!! ^_^
Now I was with my two wonderful kiddos at the time who were wanting something cool from the Hot Topic, and (like a sucker) I said yes and they both picked up a little something each. I grabbed a little Harley Quinn souvenir myself, the little bow tie in the picture below and headed to the counter.
The wonderful clerk Sarah was so helpful and made my awkward questions not so painful. (I don’t go around interviewing that many people, or any people for that matter, so this was a little different for me.) I had asked if the merchandise was leaving just as quick as it was coming in, and she replied with an affirmative. I asked her if she was excited for the new movie this August and if she was going to see it, and she replied that she wanted to see it for sure, but she had little ones and that makes it hard to get out to the movies sometimes… but her son is into Batman, which of course is awesome. (My son is into Batman, too ^_^ )
After we finished the transactions and chatted for a bit, I gave her the Skatronixxx website info so she can look for the article and clothing pictures, and she then gave me the information for their Facebook page which I will link here (in case anyone wants to know what the inside of Eugene, Oregon’s Hot Topic looks like. Plus, liking their page is always super nice.) www.facebook.com/hottopicvalleyrivercenter
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