Armory Survival Gear Spring/Summer 2008

January 27, 2008 @ 02:11 PM

Lostsoul125

Post: 228

Join Date: Nov 2006

Location: San Diego

Sorry haven't been posting updates of the brand just been super swamped. Brands been catching some momentum had a few shirts featured in Vapors, been seeing some stars rocking it here and there, also up to about 35 stores deep in the distribution end. Heres the catalog from Armory Survival Gear's Spring Summer offerings. I will post in a few days of the finished products. All the cut and sew items like the jeans and the hoodys just came into stock last week so we added it and carried it over to Spring. Just showed at Agenda and got some more stores down with the program. Also Serye Design has there own catalog as well when I get that I will post that up as well. Enjoy and thanks for the support.

January 27, 2008 @ 02:36 PM

Adam Sofa

Post: 824

Join Date: Dec 2007

Location: Wayne's World, IL

nice! i like the bully's on the block and the battle royal jumpoffs

January 27, 2008 @ 03:12 PM

Lostsoul125

Post: 228

Join Date: Nov 2006

Location: San Diego

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god you guys must have a lot of money

also, you guys should be moved to the Streetwear section...

you guys are bigger than this section

Naw we have alot of designs but its all broken up into 3 shipments. No way we could throw all that out in one drop. Cut and sew really set us back but hopefully the orders we got from agenda and magic we get all that out and money back in the pot to keep it movin. Im sure the mods here would find some way to kick it back to the Up and Coming section being as we only been around for 3 seasons to the open market.

January 27, 2008 @ 03:23 PM

streetsamurai

Post: 104

Join Date: Sep 2007

Danm, the spring line looks nice. How much was your initial investment?

January 27, 2008 @ 05:20 PM

kryone

Post: 199

Join Date: Jan 2008

Location: Ohio

Nice stuff, looks like real good quality and solid design. How many jeans did you produce in each design. Just wondering think it would help us kids out. You going to be at Magic?

January 27, 2008 @ 05:53 PM

Lostsoul125

Post: 228

Join Date: Nov 2006

Location: San Diego

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Ok this is CROS1 who actually owns the Armory. Usually my dude Danny posts under this screen name. I been trying to post with my screen name I made but for some reason I dont have access to be able to post for some odd reason.

Initially we started our store with about $10g's this was 5+ years ago. We had our shirts out a few times a year through the store only. Last year around this time we decided to open up our distribution. With that initial push we spent about $7000-$10,000 to bring out roughly 14 designs. Some we pressed about 100 some we did more of up to 400-500.

As for the cut and sew we ran 144 pieces of each piece. Denim and Hoodys cost the same and the same amount produced we spent roughly about $12g's. Breaks down to about $2800-$3000 per 144 piece run. Kinda pricey but were working with very low minimums which drives the price up.

Hope that answered some of your questions you had. Thanks for the positive feedback as I usually lurk these boards and some peeps just get blasted good to know people are feeling our stuff. Well atleast so far haha.

peace
CROS1

January 27, 2008 @ 06:13 PM

kryone

Post: 199

Join Date: Jan 2008

Location: Ohio

Man 144 piece order thats cool that you can do that. I understand if you cant give your vendor but it is hard to find cut and sew orders under 500.
And it looks like good quality too cant hurt to ask. That dmc logo fresh

January 27, 2008 @ 07:14 PM

dots...

Post: 1066

Join Date: Aug 2007

i think the bully and b-boy ones are hot,real nice,high quality designs.

January 27, 2008 @ 07:31 PM

ET88guy

Post: 277

Join Date: Sep 2007

I'm diggin the Battle Royale tee, how much? Oh yea, and it has an "e" on the end of royal.

January 27, 2008 @ 07:36 PM

UCArts

Post: 497

Join Date: Apr 2007

Location: Australia

That B-Boy tee is dooope!
can I ask how you print that up because it does not look like a screen print?

January 27, 2008 @ 07:56 PM

Lostsoul125

Post: 228

Join Date: Nov 2006

Location: San Diego

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Battle Royale it just got lost in translation same difference really haha. I stay pretty busy I run 2 shops, do video distribution, throw bboy events all around the globe, run nightclubs locally in San Diego as well as other things. Would you believe that it took us roughly about 3 days to put this catalog together. And we did 5 new designs the rest of the designs are designs we put out in the past few years just made them bigger and flipped colorways on them. The first ones that are immediate are our best sellers from last season carried over.

As for the printing of the bboy thats a silkscreen print. We had to cut it down to 12 colors for printing purposes. Its a combination of 4 color process along with spot colors. We have a guy that does our seperations thats one of the best in the business so he pretty much brings to life some of the most intricate works from PSD files to Tshirts. Not all our shirts are done this way this is one of the few.

Our cut and sew people are the same peeps that Orisue goes thorugh I believe. We weren't to entirely happy with the whole ordeal cut and sew is really tuff. Hopefully we can lock it in altogether with a new manufacturer and run through the process and get the kinks worked out by the end of the year though. Right now my game plan is to get our Fitted Hat game together and blow that out the box. I love New Era but everyone and there mom does New Era so were working with Elm Company there a bit on the pricey side but to me there fitted hats crush the competition. If you've had one in your hands you will know what Im talking about. Also were messing with another manufacturer in Mexico and the samples for those hats came out pretty dope as well. But the minimums were kinda steep.

peace
CROS1

January 27, 2008 @ 08:47 PM

IM KING

Post: 690

Join Date: Oct 2007

Location: Costa Mesa, CA

the gully shirt is dope! I like the fitted's also

January 27, 2008 @ 09:19 PM

I CAME FROM NOTHING

Post: 1296

Join Date: Apr 2007

Location: Glasgow

wow
blown away by the quality of the designs and layout, very urban bboy which is cool, im gettin 2 old for this gear now, so im looking for more subtle designs.

But looking real nice.

January 27, 2008 @ 09:45 PM

SOLESTRONG

Post: 149

Join Date: Oct 2006

I agree good ish... if want to give up the manufacture of the jeans i def want to look in to it especialy if its 144 pieces

January 27, 2008 @ 10:11 PM

kryone

Post: 199

Join Date: Jan 2008

Location: Ohio

I agree good ish... if want to give up the manufacture of the jeans i def want to look in to it especialy if its 144 pieces

Tru that, man I got cash in hand for 144.

January 27, 2008 @ 10:15 PM

VividCustoms

Post: 103

Join Date: Dec 2007

Location: California

omg you guys could really blow the f**k up fast, on point designs with nice looking quality. congrats on the success you have now, and the success you'll have in the future. -Vivid CUstoms

January 27, 2008 @ 11:47 PM

oneonenine

Post: 64

Join Date: Nov 2007

Location: east side san jose

the only things i like are the bridge shirt
and i love the a hat...
i'd prob cop both colors..
always love a's and giants colored items...

January 28, 2008 @ 01:52 AM

Khay

Post: 398

Join Date: Nov 2007

omg you guys could really blow the f**k up fast, on point designs with nice looking quality. congrats on the success you have now, and the success you'll have in the future. -Vivid CUstoms

So true.

January 28, 2008 @ 03:28 AM

Non-Fiction

Post: 59

Join Date: Nov 2007

Location: D.C.

Much love to yall doing your thing. I like the A hat. As for why people use new era its because that brand is the "standard" people like hats that are that brand just because its that brand. I like the bridge shirt.

January 28, 2008 @ 07:21 PM

Lostsoul125

Post: 228

Join Date: Nov 2006

Location: San Diego

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I know its the standard I have no problems with it just on the production side from what I heard is a nightmare. And who wants to be standard? HAHA.

We actually did a New Era out in London with our Armory peeps out there it was more geared towards a bboy audience and was just exclusive to an event called Uk Championships. Was kinda cool since New Era paid for nearly 500 hats for my boys out there to sell. They wouldnt let us use the Gunner Logo though since they said they dont allow guns?? Which I dont understand since they have Colt 45's hats on the market with guns on it.

But whatevers I rather work with some up and coming companys like Elm and see what kind of magic we can work with them....especially with the lower minimums its a little easier on the pockets.

peace
CROS1

January 28, 2008 @ 08:02 PM

soulamazing.

Post: 5482

Join Date: Jan 2008

Location: Adverse City.

Been going to Armory since the old one in downtown for a while now, and I gotta say, props to gettin' big, you know, what with all the Karmaloop and Willy's shipments. But I digress. Might cop one of those Warriors shirts, pretty dope line this season.

January 29, 2008 @ 12:09 AM

wallychamp

Post: 727

Join Date: Apr 2007

Location: Los Angeles

Man really dope shit Cros1! SD's not that far away but one of these days me and the crew will drop by to check things out.

January 29, 2008 @ 12:15 AM

morcel87

Post: 561

Join Date: Aug 2007

Location: Portlandia or

i like the bridge shirt

January 30, 2008 @ 03:29 PM

Lostsoul125

Post: 228

Join Date: Nov 2006

Location: San Diego

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We are having a sale this weeked at both shops. If your in San Diego stop by....

Sale start from Friday ends on Sunday. We will be selling everything in the store with the exception of paint and markers for 20% off. We will also be selling Spring/Summer collection for this weekend only and wont be offering it again til they drop in March and April. You can check out all the new designs at
www.ArmoryDistribution.com

January 31, 2008 @ 08:25 PM

BMC

Post: 619

Join Date: Aug 2006

Location: Chicago IL

wondering
Are you from Chicago????

Battle Royale it just got lost in translation same difference really haha. I stay pretty busy I run 2 shops, do video distribution, throw bboy events all around the globe, run nightclubs locally in San Diego as well as other things. Would you believe that it took us roughly about 3 days to put this catalog together. And we did 5 new designs the rest of the designs are designs we put out in the past few years just made them bigger and flipped colorways on them. The first ones that are immediate are our best sellers from last season carried over.

As for the printing of the bboy thats a silkscreen print. We had to cut it down to 12 colors for printing purposes. Its a combination of 4 color process along with spot colors. We have a guy that does our seperations thats one of the best in the business so he pretty much brings to life some of the most intricate works from PSD files to Tshirts. Not all our shirts are done this way this is one of the few.

Our cut and sew people are the same peeps that Orisue goes thorugh I believe. We weren't to entirely happy with the whole ordeal cut and sew is really tuff. Hopefully we can lock it in altogether with a new manufacturer and run through the process and get the kinks worked out by the end of the year though. Right now my game plan is to get our Fitted Hat game together and blow that out the box. I love New Era but everyone and there mom does New Era so were working with Elm Company there a bit on the pricey side but to me there fitted hats crush the competition. If you've had one in your hands you will know what Im talking about. Also were messing with another manufacturer in Mexico and the samples for those hats came out pretty dope as well. But the minimums were kinda steep.

peace
CROS1

January 31, 2008 @ 08:25 PM

BMC

Post: 619

Join Date: Aug 2006

Location: Chicago IL

designs are sickkkkkkk i like em

February 1, 2008 @ 06:15 PM

Lostsoul125

Post: 228

Join Date: Nov 2006

Location: San Diego

new designs.
Heres some flics of the actual prints. As I know with the line sheet you really cant tell how the prints will be. Some came out even better as you couldnt see the details on the small resoulution line sheet. Also a brief explanation of some of the designs available this next season. These will all be available online very soon.

Aduse Script. The homie Aduse from Japan hooked it up with a script. He's really known in the circuit out there he does a monthly column in Japan's Lowriding Magazine and also is a reknown tattoo artist out there.

Chopper Logo by OG Abel. Available in Black and White. Abel came through and blessed us. Not too many people can tell he did the design cause his style is alot different. Check out his work at www.OgAbel.com

Hasle Letters. Hasle from TV CREW hooked up these letters a few years back. I was messing with the colors and decided to put it out finally. We been doing real well with the graff shirts so figured I would add another to the mix. Available in 3 colors.

Gully 2. We flipped the colors from the original. If you dont know we flipped this design from the San Diego Gulls logo which was our Hockey Team Back in the day. Hockey in San Diego yeah same thing were thinking probably why there not around anymore HAHA...

Xact hooked it up and fipped the Warriors logo. We originally put it out Red on Black and Red on White. But here we blew it out made the design bigger and added different colors.

Initially this design was Chi Town Bullys. But being we sell all across the world we figured to put the slogan from the old Freestyle Fellowship song Bullies on the bLock. We hip hop so we go with the spelling that looks better. So Bullys it is....

Boxhead---StateofMindRadio.com X Armory Collabo Shirt. This was our best seller last season sold out 4 times on Karmaloop.com. Brang it back in a new color.

Armory Survival Gear Logo. 3 Colorways to match kicks and whatever else. Also to represent the real...

Vicious Beat flip. Pretty much a flip of the Vicious Beat Posse logo. A Rap group out of San Diego who got the first major label deal out of SD. The homies Charlie Rock and Pokey used to dance for them and I believe even tour with them back in the late 80's early 90's. pretty much paying homage to some old school SD peeps...

Closer look at the bulldog with the Gucci Link and Armory Medalion

Battle Royal color flip. If you havent seen the Battle Royale movie you got to. We basically flipped the logo from the film and added our twist. Also added colors this time.

February 3, 2008 @ 09:02 PM

MikeDos*

Post: 92

Join Date: Jan 2008

Location: Chicago,IL

nice im diggin alot of it

February 6, 2008 @ 04:24 PM

Lostsoul125

Post: 228

Join Date: Nov 2006

Location: San Diego

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Not from Chicago but we have a retail locations out there with some of our homies from out that way. www.ArmoryCHicago.com

Thanks for the props everyone. We keepin it pushin....

peace
CROS1

February 6, 2008 @ 04:59 PM

Hellah Fresh

Post: 3389

Join Date: Dec 2006

Yo yo! CROS1 just letting you know the gear is fresh! I don't see a lot of B-Boy gear anymore but DEFF nice drop. Congrats!

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