The rocket is a blast from the past for sure!
It's a store that specializes in old-school, custom iron-on t-shirts.
You pick it, they stick it.
They're thousands of decals to choose from, and lots of colours of well made cotton t-shirts to stick 'em on. They also have a modest selection of belt buckles, sunglasses, and jewellery to complement your custom creation.

The Rocket completely reminds me of 'Bang On' on Queen Street West in Toronto, except they've got more 'stuff' in store.

Yes, they customize T-Shirts. Yes you can choose one of their designs or you can bring in your own graphic and they will heat press it onto a T-Shirt for you. Yes the prices are reasonable: ~ $25-35/heat pressed T-Shirt.

Aside from the Ts, Hot Rocket also carries ear muffs,... more

I like the Rocket and I hate it. My mixed feelings come from three things: my hatred for clothing with stupid sayings on it, service, and accessories.

I get that the Rocket is a business. I love that you have the chance to customize your own clothes: they'll put a logo on anything with fabric. Excellent. But c@!%!y old sunglasses and weird accessories don't have that much to do with the... more