Street legal

Posted by Sidonie (Sydney, Australia) on 17 June 2007 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.

Laundry day chez moi.

Illegal merchandise, as far as I can tell - there was never an issue called "TINTIN IN VIETNAM". I bought this locally in a street market several years ago, wore it often and now it's rather faded. Has anyone else seen one like it?

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Comments (9)

HorseRotorVator from Newton, United States

Never seen it! :) Cool shot upsidedown.

17 Jun 2007 10:04am

Paul@Sydney Webcam from Sydney, Australia

You are right Sidonie, there was no Tintin in Vietnam. By coincidence I was watching a couple of episodes of the animated version with my kids today. It brought back memories of my childhood when I used to watch it every Saturday morning on TV.

17 Jun 2007 10:30am

Helen from Melbourne, Australia

I had the same T-shirt! Yours certainly is of better quality than the one we ended up with.

17 Jun 2007 3:55pm

@Helen: So the markets were selling them in Melbourne too? I should never have worn it - no doubt a collector's item on eBay one of these days ...

{H} creatives from Santa Clara, United States

Aaah, cute! I love it..."Tintin in Vietnam." Wonder what he would be reporting from over there?

17 Jun 2007 9:07pm

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Innovative shot!

17 Jun 2007 11:47pm

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

happy shot, nice light

18 Jun 2007 7:22am

@Dimitrios: We are now in the middle of winter - 10 degrees C max a day - brrrrrr! Thanks Dimitrios!

pedro alexandre from loures, Portugal

nope not me.

18 Jun 2007 5:06pm

@pedro alexandre: Thanks for the visit, in any case, Pedro!

Momo from Singapore, Singapore

I have seen some of these in Hanoi before! LOL

19 Jun 2007 2:54pm

@Momo: Thanks Momo - I suspected they originated from there rather than from Australia.

Henri Rabagny from Paris, France

On ne peut pas leur reprocher d'avoir copié puisque ça n'a jamais existé ! Cependant ils n'ont jamais demandé l'autorisation d'utiliser l'image de Tintin et c'est bien évidemment illicite. Ce qui est drôle maintenant c'est que cette bizarrerie finit par être recherchée et cotée puisque c'est un objet que l'on ne trouve qu'au Vietnam.

19 Jun 2007 11:10pm

@Henri Rabagny: D'accord, mais Helen a dit qu'elle aussi a achete un pareil T-shirt, alors quelqu'un les a exportes partout de Vietnam. Voici un lien en francais, et une autre version en mauvais anglais * Tintin TO Vietnam*

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