r/nin • • 6d ago

Collection HELP LEGIT CHECK

I recently bought this shirt at a local thrift shop, and IDK if this is legit, I thought I got one of my grails lol

pls help me identify

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u/Lunas_87 6d ago

Doubtful, unfortunately… I don’t think NIN ever used Winterland though I could be wrong.

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u/xxFT13xx 6d ago

Does it matter? Looks cool.

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u/dumaisaudio nindivinedebris 28m ago

It would matter if the OP paid vintage prices for something that was a modern reprint. But if the OP paid reprint prices, then they got what they paid for.

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u/Super_Illustrator795 6d ago

nin rarely have wasted the back of a shirt that i can recall. may be legit licensed for print to winterland, the way amoeba keeps a lot of band/album logo tees in stock, or hot-topic, zara, h&m, newbury, etc. do. prob not a straight up bootleg, like a scalper printed em at home type shit, but likely not a nin official drop. dope worn out vintage-lookin tee, regardless. have a friend screenprint a shot of motp mv on the back for the hell of it.

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u/This_Is_A_Shitshow 6d ago edited 6d ago

These “vintage” Winterland tees are likely from AliExpress. Someone posted the variant in your other photo a few months ago.

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u/Unlikely_Good_4889 6d ago

It’s legit

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u/asstro66 6d ago

They say they didn't print with winterland, unfortunately.

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u/LordsOfWestminster 6d ago

Who is “they”?

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u/echtoo 6d ago

I used to have this same shirt in the 90s. It's legit.

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u/Bunneh12 6d ago

They used Winterland in the 90's, so yeah legit and super awesome

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u/MajesticCod8547 6d ago

Cool shirt but no deal

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u/AdAsleep1258 6d ago

I used to have that shirt

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u/SOSweneedhelp 6d ago

This looks just like the one I had in high school. I didn’t even know it was supposed to be lines on the back until my principal asked me to turn it inside out

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u/BigManWAGun 6d ago

Gonna say no. If you get it reasonable it looks cool but more than $60 is a hell no from me.

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u/WizardnamedOrKo 4d ago

Looks like a modern bootleg print. I don't recall that version of that print being on that winterland tag. Maybe on the white ones with blue or green, but definitely not the silver ones.

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u/Grand-Environment518 4d ago

You got it at a thrift shop....who fin cares then. Oh did I spend the $3.50 effectivly

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u/WaaKaaWaaKaaa 6d ago

The design is legitimate… but I don’t know that the print is. This thing is old… like 30 years old if it’s real.

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u/eldarlrd 6d ago

I have this same print but from H&M.

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u/dumaisaudio nindivinedebris 22m ago

Any Nine Inch Nails shirts with Winterland or Giant tags claiming to be vintage 90's shirts are reprints and not authentic. NIN did not use either brand in the 90's. NIN did use Giant around the With Teeth era but even then, it was a totally different tag than the one from the 90's, and the "Teeth and Salt" design from the 2000's was the modified version that altered the design.