Read the menu
Six to twelve designs hang on the board, lettered like taps at a taproom. We build the menu with you before the event — your artwork, our layout help, sized and color-tested on the actual shirts we bring.
Now pouring: fresh tees
The mobile t‑shirt bar. Pick a design. Pick a size. Pressed while you watch.
Merch Troop rolls a full walk-up tee station into your market, campus, or brand tour stop: a design menu on the board, every size on the rack, and a press turning out finished shirts in about a minute each.
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Sizes S–3XL stocked on site · full-color prints · no minimum order for guests, ever
Same bar, bigger stages: Riot Games, Sony, Coca-Cola, Hyundai, and Dickies have all had this crew pressing at their activations.
Order at the bar
Three decisions, one fresh shirt
Pull a size
The rack holds real inventory, not a sad pile of larges. We stock S through 3XL in soft retail-fit blanks like Bella+Canvas 3001, with heavier Gildan options when a brand wants that boxier feel.
Watch the press
A crew member loads the tee, lines up the transfer, and presses it right in front of the guest. Full-color DTF prints come off the platen vivid, stretchy, and wash-ready — then get folded warm and handed over.
Why a bar and not a bin
Merch people choose beats merch people are handed
A box of pre-printed shirts guesses at sizes and picks one design for everybody. The t‑shirt bar flips that: the guest makes two small choices, waits sixty seconds, and walks off wearing something they picked. That little bit of ownership is why bar shirts get worn to the gym next week instead of donated by August.
It also fixes the size problem for good. Because shirts are printed to order, nobody goes home empty-handed when the mediums run out — we just print the next design on the size that fits.
See exactly how the bar works →Where the bar sets up
Built to travel light and pour fast
Markets & street fairs
A 10×10 footprint that earns its booth fee — the press draws a crowd, the crowd draws a line.
Market detailsCampuses
Welcome week, homecoming, org fairs. Students queue for anything free; they camp out for something custom.
Campus detailsBrand tours
Same bar, city after city. One crew, one look, one design menu that can swap per stop.
Tour detailsRetail pop-ups
Grand openings and in-store moments where a live press turns foot traffic into dwell time.
Pop-up detailsCrews trusted by
SonyINNOCEANHalozymeSchooxMirrored MediaSafe Software
Quick answers
What bookers ask before the bar rolls
What does the mobile t-shirt bar cost?
Staffed bars start around $5,000 for Orange County, LA, and San Diego stops — shirts, crew, press, setup, and teardown in one number. Crew time runs $250 per hour and stops beyond Southern California add a flat $900 travel fee. Quotes come back within one business day.
How many shirts can the bar pour in an hour?
About 60 per press, per hour — each shirt takes roughly a minute under the platen. Busy campus days and brand tours get a second press, which clears 100-plus an hour without the line ever feeling like a wait.
How much space and power does a stop need?
A 10x10 booth footprint and two standard 120V circuits. Markets and fairs get the canopy version; indoor pop-ups get the compact rig. Either way it fits wherever a vendor booth fits.
Can the design menu change city to city?
Yes — that's the point of the board. Tours swap designs per stop while the crew, rack, and look stay identical. Send new art a week before each city and the menu is re-lettered by doors.
How far ahead should we book a date?
Two weeks covers most stops; artwork locks about a week out so transfers can be produced and color-tested on the actual blanks. Multi-city tours book further ahead to hold the crew across dates.
What happens if it rains on an outdoor stop?
The press works fine under a canopy — it just can't sit in open weather. We bring sidewalls, watch the forecast with you, and shift the bar under cover or indoors if the sky turns. Transfers keep, so a rescheduled stop loses nothing.
Last call
Put the bar on your date
Tell us the date, city, and rough headcount. We reply within a business day with a real number — shirts, crew, and setup included, no mystery fees at load-in.
Prefer to talk it through? Call (562) 614-4800 or email contact@merchtroop.com.