You’re probably not enough of an 80′s child to get all these rad references, but I’ll reveal the eight hottest 80s cartoon t-shirt list anyway. We’ve blogged about our idea of Rad 80′s Shirts before, but this time it’s official.

BEHOLD! Now announcing The eight hottest 80′s Cartoon T-Shirts ever!

• - G.I. Joe – The Battle : apparently it turns heads and provokes random fist pumping and screams of YEESSSS!
• - Turtle Power : Solid bright colors and a political statement?
• - Soundwave Transformers : Do you like Music? How about Transformers?
• - Cobra Commander T-Shirt : GI Joe is big, but is Cobra bigger? Classic 80s guy tee.
• - Shake Your Bear Behind : Cute, pink, comfy, and a real Hollywood actress wore one once.
• - Optimus Prime ’84 Transformers : Get ready to be stopped on the street wearing this classic 80′s design
• - Strawberry Shortcake And Friends : You know you played with Stawberry Shortcake when you were little, don’t lie.
• - Michelangelo TMNT Costume Hoodie : so it’s not a t-shirt, but it still rocks your socks.

There it is, the top 8 shirts that represent your Saturday morning 80′s lovin’ lifestyle. Find more at the always awesome 80′s Tees store.

Looking for more retro clothes?

Need more options for 80′s themed t-shirts? Here’s one, two, and maybe you want to cut your shirts up 80′s style like this video.

Men, are you getting bored of sifting through all the vintage clothing stores just to find they only have two options for real 80s vintage clothing that you’d actually wear?

Me too. Which is why Mable’s has just what you need … a guide with popular 80′s clothes just for men. See what’s available right now, via eBay auctions, sorted by the most popular. Cowboy shirts, Members Only jackets, 80s themed t-shirts, old school Adidas and Nike, even vintage 80s style sunglasses. All of those links go to eBay since that is where the real vintage is these days without paying the fashion store prices. Mix and match and create your own 80′s outfit to fit your lifestyle today.

Maybe you are looking for those tall striped socks, some short shorts, and an authentic 80s headband for a day at the beach … ok maybe it’s just an 80s party, or maybe everyday is your 80s party. Whatever you want, you got it. View Mable’s 80s clothing guide for Men now.

Other resources for 80s clothes for men are: MonsterVintage, Rusty Zipper, and just for fun Zimbio 80s. Totally RAD!

Maybe you prefer the 50s, 60s, or 70s look instead? Check out the guide that spans multiple decades for awesome vintage clothes @ our Men’s Vintage Clothing guide.

For an easy way to find out how old someone is, just ask them how they spent Saturday mornings as a kid. If it involved heaping bowls of fluorescent colored cereal and watching cartoons about otherworldly creatures at 6AM… you’ve found yourself an 80′s child. Both Sean and I spent untold hours parked in front of our television screens, watching with equal amounts of awe and laughter as epic battles were waged between our heroes. Is it any wonder we gravitate towards 80′s t-shirts?

Sprite covered
Rainbow Brite shirt

Freaky Mumm Ra
Thundercats shirt

Candy covered
Care Bears shirt

The characters were usually cloaked in goofy outfits and had funny sounding names, but they all has a pretty serious mission; Rainbow Brite and the Care Bears kept vitality and love in the world, GI Joe was battling global “terrorists”, the ThunderCats prevented an ancient mummy from controlling the planet, and He-Man and She-Ra were defending the entire universe. We never watched the animated offerings from Lucas, but the Star Wars movies were so influential for us and that plot also involved protecting the galactic from evil. 80s kids were definitely presented with some mature themes and we loved it.

Ninja Turtle
costume shirt

Nobody puts Baby
in a Corner shirt

Darth Vader
costume shirt

Of course the 80′s were also influenced by the Me Generation mindset so we also ended up with fantastically silly or mundane plot lines. The Ninja Turtles were kind of a hybrid, as they fought off potentially multidimensional domination by evil, but they also used surfer slang and ate ice-cream topped pizza. (Which, by the way, is absolutely delicious. Thank you TMNT for prompting me to try that back in the late 80′s.) And then we’ve got a boatload of movies like Dirty Dancing where the drama stems from coming of age and a simple need to dance. Goonies, Ghostbusters, and Back to the Future were also some “heavy” 80s movie offerings that tickled our imaginations as well as funny bones. It was an amazing time for media and for just being a kid.

All things considered, I’m really grateful that I got to spend my adolescence in the polarized yet magical decade of the 80′s. How about you, fellow 80′s children?

Ghostbusters
costume t-shirt

Delorean Back To The Future shirt

Goonies shirt

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