A t-shirt so soft & lightweight -- and that replicates the totally awesome (and hard-to-find) original retro neon color shades of the late 1980's!
- Featuring original "Island Treasure" Hand-drawn artwork from 1989!
- Printed on a Neon Lost Bermuda Blue/Green!
- Glow-In-the-dark, Green & Pink Retro Puffed Ink Gecko on back and front!
- 60% Cotton / 40% Poly Blend -- It won't shrink much at all -- and it is one of the softest tees you've ever felt!
- You'll literally feel like you teleported in time!
- Super light and fluffy! Extremely soft! Great tees to layer with!
- Unisex -- Made for men & women. Women may want to size down one.
- These will sell out!
Gecko's 1989's ISLAND TREASURE Re-Issue V2
The last time we re-issued "Island Treasure" was in 2022 from our "Gecko Vault!"
Island Treasure was originally part of a themed release for the summer of '89 that focused around the "Gecko Surfing Wold Tour." A few other releases that were a part of the series were: Gecko Beach, Gecko World Tour (yet to be re-issued), and Happy Geckos.
Another fun fact about why it took so long to re-issue this classic, is because we wanted to use the ORIGINAL version we released (not the Mervyn's version)...
You see, Island Treasure was sold in boutique surf shops and high end retailers like Nordstroms -- and it featured skulls and bones. No big deal these days -- but back then, it was a little more "taboo"...
At the very same time, Gecko had just started working with Mervyns. After the first run of the "Island Treasure" tee, Mervyn's received complaints from moms all across the country -- because the shirts had skulls on it... so (against our will) they made us remove them.
Although we had the "Mervyn's" version in the Gecko Vault, we did not have the ORIGINAL version. So, for the past 2 years, we scoured the online marketplace trying to find a version out there... but boy, oh boy, is it rare and hard to find! Then, after waiting forever... it finally happened! And here we are...!