SCOBAR is a small graphic-clothing label, and every design on these four tops started as a drawing on paper. The listings say so in almost the same words each time: the cheese and the skyline were drawn with a pen, the lion with a marker, and the shirts are hand-printed in what the brand calls "Small Town USA" by "an artist and a fun group of friends." Most of the catalog is about Chicago, with one notable detour north to Wisconsin and a cheese wedge that wants to be a football.
If you are shopping here, you are probably buying for a fan. The cheese tee goes to Packers households, the W skyline tank and hoodie go to people who sit in the bleachers at Wrigley, and the lion is pitched at everyone from sports fans to people making "a statement about your faith." What you want is a drawing that doesn't look like the same team logo printed on a thousand other shirts. Buyers say that, over and over.
The thing that decides it is how much you trust a listing with very little fabric data. None of the four gives a cotton percentage, a fabric weight or a measurement in the text. What you do get is a buyer record, and it is wildly uneven: 874 ratings on the cheese tee, 116 on the tank, 24 on the hoodie and 4 on the lion. That record shapes every verdict below.
The Wisconsin cheese football tee
SCOBAR Wisconsin Cheese Football T-Shirt
$24.99at our last price check
SCOBAR's best-known shirt is a green crew-neck tee with a drawing of a wedge of cheese standing in for a football. It sells for $24.99, carries 4.7 stars from 874 Amazon ratings, and 83% of those ratings are five stars. Only 3% are one or two stars. For a graphic tee from a small shop, that is an unusually clean record.
Its listing title calls it a "Green Bay Football Wisconsin Cheese T-Shirt", and the bullets say you can "proudly support your favorite football team" with it. Notice what it doesn't do: there is no team name, no league mark and no claim of a license anywhere on the page. The joke works because every Packers fan knows what a foam cheese wedge means, and the drawing gets there without borrowing a logo. Buyers clearly read it that way. One calls it "something different from all of the basic packers designs."
The drawing and the green
The close-up frame on the listing is the one to study, because the drawing is the whole point of the shirt and it is also the one thing a few buyers quarrel with. The print sits on a green shirt, and one buyer complains that "you can barely see the cheese. It looks like it's tinted green."
So if you picture the bright, safety-cone wedge of a foam cheesehead, adjust that picture. The buyer who was disappointed expected "the cheese to be brighter than it is." Most others say the colors match the photos: "Colors were exactly as the picture showed," writes one, and another calls them "nice and vibrant." Judge it from the close-up frame, not from a memory of a foam hat.
There is also a small bonus the photos don't show. A buyer reports a "cool little football logo on sleeve that I didn't see in sale pictures." We can't see it in the listing images either, so treat it as a pleasant surprise rather than a promised feature.
Fabric and fit
The listing says the fabric is "a very soft cotton-poly blend" and leaves it there. No percentage, no weight. In practice that phrase covers anything from a 50/50 blend to a mostly polyester tri-blend, and the useful thing about blends in general is that they shrink less than pure cotton and print well. The brand says shrinkage "should be minimal (if at all)."
Buyers describe the result in consistent terms. "Super soft fabric." "Soft but not super thin." "A perfect thickness in shirt." One person singles out "the fabric weight." That last phrase matters: the most common complaint about soft blend tees is that they feel like tissue paper, and this one doesn't seem to draw it.
Amazon's detail table calls the cut "Modern Fit" and the bullets say "Unisex Sizing." In practice, a modern-fit unisex tee is a little trimmer through the body than a boxy classic tee, closer to the torso but not tight. The brand's advice: "If you are between sizes, we recommend you choose the larger size." Most buyers say it fits as expected, and a few say it runs small.
| Your situation | What buyers report | What to order |
|---|---|---|
| You sit squarely in one size | "True to size. Fits perfect!" | Your usual size |
| You are between sizes | Brand says choose the larger | One size up |
| You wear a 3X | "I got a 3x and was afraid it would run small, but it fits quite nicely" | Your usual 3X |
| You usually wear a small and dislike a high neckline | "The neck line was kinda high... maybe go up a size if you don't want a tighter fit" | One size up |
| You are buying for a teen or a grandson | Several gift buyers say it fit | Ask for his usual adult size |
One fit note stands out because it is so specific. A buyer who uses a wheelchair writes that she weighs 180 pounds, is 5'6", and that it fits great. For anyone who sits for most of the day, a tee that doesn't ride up or pull at the shoulders is worth more than a trend-perfect silhouette.
Care
The bullets tell you to wash it inside out on cold and to either line dry or use low heat. That routine protects any screen print, because the print rubs against other clothes and the drum when it faces out. Buyers who report washing it are reassuring: "Washed great with no effect on the screen prints," and another has "washed it a few time and now issues as of yet." No one in the excerpts reports cracking or peeling.
What buyers say
Amazon's topic counts make the picture plain. Quality comes up 86 times, 81 positive. Fit comes up 42 times, 38 positive. Sizing is the soft spot, with 4 negatives out of 15, and color has 3 negatives out of 11, which lines up with the faint-cheese complaint.
Soft but not super thin, quality material and a good fit. I got a 3x and was afraid it would run small, but it fits quite nicely!Amazon buyer
Topic counts as Amazon groups them on the product page, read November 14, 2026.
As a gift
Read the excerpts again and count who the shirt is for. A son's birthday, a "Packer loving husband," a grandson, and a buyer who says "He pretty much lives in this shirt." A large share of these 874 ratings come from people buying for someone else, and they are happy with the result. That matters, because a gift is the riskiest way to buy clothing: you are guessing a size for a body you can't measure.
The cheese tee lowers that risk in two ways. It is a unisex modern cut, so you only need the person's usual tee size, not a men's or women's conversion. And most of the sizing complaints come from the small end of the range, where a high crew neck feels snug. If you are buying for an adult who wears a medium or larger and you don't know whether they like a close fit, the brand's own advice to take the larger size is the safe call. A slightly roomy tee gets worn. A tight one goes to the back of a drawer.
Two details from buyers say something about the shop itself. Several mention a "personalized handwritten note from the owner/designer" in the package, and one buyer says she will "definitely buy from them intentionally again." That is a small-shop habit, and it is part of why this tee works as a gift. If you want to see it on the maker's own site, SCOBAR lists the Wisconsin cheese tee there too.
The W skyline tank top
SCOBAR W Skyline Tank Top
$19.99at our last price check
The second most-rated piece is a sleeveless tank in Heather Royal with a big W drawn across the chest, and inside the letter, a hand-drawn view of the Chicago skyline. It costs $19.99 and holds 4.3 stars from 116 ratings. Cubs fans will recognize the W immediately, and the buyers confirm who it is for: "Wore it for a Cubs game and got many compliments," "Great tank for a hot summer day at the ballpark," "cubbie approved."
Cut and neckline
Amazon's detail table says scoop neck and sleeveless, so expect a rounded, lower front neckline rather than the crew neck of the tees. The brand's own comparison chart on another listing calls it a "Women's Racerback Tank." The side-and-back photo is the one to study if you plan to wear a regular bra under it, because the back cut decides which straps show.
The table also argues with itself. "Fit Type" says Classic Fit, "Style Name" says Modern Fit, and the bullets say "Modern Fit." Read that as a fitted women's tank rather than a loose unisex muscle tee, and use the size chart in the last photo to check width across the chest and body length against a tank you already own.
The fabric problem
Here is where the tank parts ways with the tee. The bullet copy is identical, "a very soft cotton-poly blend," yet the complaints are different. Two of the eight buyer excerpts point at construction: one says "the fabric is super thin and doesn't have sturdy hemming," and another is "disappointed that the stitching is coming undone in multiple areas."
The star distribution backs this up. Five percent of ratings are one star and one percent are two, and a full 10% are three stars. Add the 20% at four stars and roughly a third of buyers stopped short of a full score. On a shirt that people buy for a single afternoon at the ballpark, thin fabric is easy to forgive. On a tank you hope to wear every summer, loose hems are not.
To be fair to it, the thinness is also why people like it. One buyer calls it "light weight for those hot summer days." A tank for a July doubleheader in the bleachers should be light. The trouble is only that light and loosely finished can come in the same package.
| Tank detail | What the listing says | What buyers report |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | Very soft cotton-poly blend | Soft and light, "super thin" for one buyer |
| Hems | Not stated | "Doesn't have sturdy hemming" |
| Stitching | "Special care to every shirt" | "Coming undone in multiple areas" for one buyer |
| Neckline | Scoop neck | Not discussed |
| Size chart | Width and length chart in the last photo | Most say it fits |
| Care | Inside out, cold, line dry or low heat | Not reported |
What buyers say
Love this tank! It's so soft and fit perfectly! The design is so unique. Great tank for a hot summer day at the ballpark!Amazon buyer
Topic counts as Amazon groups them on the product page, read November 14, 2026.
Wearing it to the game
The ballpark photo on the listing shows the use case better than any bullet: the tank worn on a ballpark terrace on a bright day. That is the job it was drawn for. For an afternoon in the sun, though, a sleeveless top leaves your shoulders bare for hours, and the listing makes no sun-protection claim of any kind, so bring sunscreen or a light layer. SCOBAR sells the same W as a short-sleeve tee if you would rather cover your shoulders.
Another frame shows a mother in the tank holding a young boy, which hints at how most buyers wear it: as a casual summer top for errands and weekends, with the team reference as a bonus. In that role the light fabric is a plus and the occasional loose hem is an annoyance rather than a disaster.
Fit comes up 18 times, 15 positive, and design 10 times with no complaints at all. In other words, nobody objects to how it looks or how it sits. The objections are about how it is made. If you buy it, handle it gently: wash it inside out on cold as the label asks, and skip the dryer, which is harder on loose seams than a clothesline. The brand sells the same skyline as the W skyline tank on its own site, and our separate review of the SCOBAR Chicago baseball tee covers the brand's best-known Chicago shirt.
The hand-drawn lion tee
SCOBAR Hand-Drawn Lion T-Shirt
$22.99at our last price check
The lion tee is the newest and least-proven of the four. It is a heathered black crew-neck with a blue lion's head drawn in marker, priced at $22.99, and it has 5.0 stars from just four ratings. Four ratings tell you nobody hated the first few shirts. They don't tell you how the fabric wears in its tenth wash.
A drawing with intent
SCOBAR's copy for this one is more dramatic than the others. "This lion stares deep into your soul. Some may say he looks ready for battle." The listing pitches it three ways at once: for supporters of a sports team with a lion mascot, for someone making a statement of faith, and for an animal lover. That breadth is honest about what the drawing is. It is a fierce lion's face with no text, so it reads however you want it to.
It is also the only one of the four drawn with a marker rather than a pen, according to the bullets. The image captions describe a blue lion print on heathered black, a quieter pairing than a cheese wedge on bright green, and the beach photos sell it as an everyday tee rather than a game-day one. Heathered fabric has a slightly mottled, lived-in look, which suits a graphic you plan to wear on ordinary weekends.
What the listing gives you
This listing is actually the most complete of the four on paper. The detail table says "Polycotton" and "Cotton Poly Blend," the fit is Modern Fit with unisex sizing, the care field says "Machine Wash," and the bullets repeat the inside-out, cold-water, line-dry advice. There is a width-and-length size chart among the photos.
What it lacks is buyer evidence. The listing has no buyer excerpts for the lion tee and no topic counts, only the four five-star ratings. We would treat it as a cousin of the cheese tee, same blend description, same cut, same care advice, and assume it behaves similarly. That assumption is reasonable, not proven. The lion also has its own page on SCOBAR's site.
The W skyline hoodie
SCOBAR W Skyline Hoodie
$34.99at our last price check
The hoodie carries the same W and skyline drawing as the tank, printed on a royal blue pullover with a kangaroo pocket. It is the most expensive of the four at $34.99, with 4.8 stars from 24 ratings. Of those, 89% are five stars and 11% are three stars, with nothing in between and nothing lower.
Construction
Amazon's detail table lists a hooded neck, long sleeves, a pull-on closure, a kangaroo pocket and "Cotton Poly Blend" as the material. The bullets call it "a soft cotton-poly blend" and "super cozy." There is no weight given, so you can't tell from the listing whether this is a light, early-fall hoodie or a heavy layer for January. The buyer record is too thin to settle it either.
It is the only one of the four whose care field goes beyond the bullet copy: "Machine Wash Cold, Tumble Dry Low." That is a gentle routine for a printed sweatshirt, and it agrees with the inside-out, cold, low-heat advice. One small editing slip: the hoodie's care bullet ends by promising to get the best "out of your tee." It is clearly the brand's shared copy.
The sizing flag
The hoodie is also the only listing where Amazon's own sizing field speaks up. "Fit to Size Sentiment" reads "Runs Slightly Small." The bullets only say to pick the larger size if you are between sizes, which is weaker advice than that field implies. On a hoodie, which you often wear over a tee or a long sleeve, running slightly small is a real issue: the sleeves come up short and the hem rides above your waistband when you lift your arms.
Our reading: if you want the relaxed hoodie look from the photos, go one size up from your usual tee size. If you like a trimmer hoodie and wear it over nothing heavier than a tank, your usual size may do.
Think, too, about when you'll wear it. A royal blue pullover with a skyline drawing is a cool-evening layer: the walk to the train after a night game in late September, a chilly April opener, a morning coffee run. In those settings you will often have a tee underneath, and a hoodie that already runs slightly small gets tighter in the arms once there is a second layer under it. That is the strongest argument for sizing up, more than any chest measurement. The photo of a wearer pairing it with white shorts shows the other mode, a light top on its own at the end of a warm day, and there your usual size is more forgiving.
| Hoodie detail | From the listing | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | Cotton poly blend, no weight given | Probably a mid-weight layer, not stated |
| Fit field | Runs Slightly Small | Size up for a relaxed fit |
| Bullet advice | Between sizes, choose the larger | Agrees, in a softer form |
| Kangaroo pocket | Room for hands and a phone | |
| Care | Machine wash cold, tumble dry low | Turn inside out to protect the print |
| Ratings | 4.8 from 24, 89% five-star | Promising, but a small sample |
The listing has no buyer excerpts for the hoodie, so we can't tell you what the 11% three-star ratings were about. The sizing field is the likeliest explanation, but that is our inference, not a buyer quote. SCOBAR also lists the royal W skyline hoodie on its own site.
The four side by side
| Cheese tee | W skyline tank | Lion tee | W skyline hoodie | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.99 | $19.99 | $22.99 | $34.99 |
| Color reviewed | Green | Heather Royal | Heathered Black | Royal Blue |
| Drawn with | Pen | Pen | Marker | Pen |
| Neck | Crew | Scoop | Crew | Hooded |
| Fabric stated | Cotton-poly blend | Cotton-poly blend | Polycotton | Cotton poly blend |
| Fit note | Modern, unisex | Classic and Modern both listed | Modern, unisex | Runs slightly small |
| Rating | 4.7 from 874 | 4.3 from 116 | 5.0 from 4 | 4.8 from 24 |
| One- and two-star share | 3% | 6% | 0% | 0% |
What "cotton-poly blend" leaves out
All four pieces hide behind the same phrase, and that is the most frustrating thing about the line. A 50/50 tee and a tee that is mostly polyester feel different, wash differently and print differently. The phrase tells you the shirt is not pure cotton and not pure synthetic, and that is all.
Buyers fill part of the gap. On the cheese tee they say "soft but not super thin" and praise "the fabric weight." On the tank, the same phrase produced "super thin." It is quite possible SCOBAR prints on more than one blank shirt, which would explain why the tee and the tank feel so different under identical copy. The listings don't say, and we won't guess further.
What the price buys
The four sit in a narrow band, from the tank at $19.99 to the hoodie at $34.99, and that is more than the generic state tees in the comparison below. You are not paying for a heavier blank or a stated fabric, since neither is on the page. You are paying for an original drawing, small-batch printing in the U.S. and, on the cheese tee at least, a buyer record that says the print and the fabric hold up. On the lion and the hoodie, part of what you pay for is the unknown.
Made in the USA, printed by hand
Every listing carries Amazon's "Made in the USA" import designation and the brand's line about hand-printing in a small town. The cheese tee's brand panel spells out what that means: "Screen Printed by Hand in USA." A hand screen print can vary a little from batch to batch, which may be one reason a single buyer found the cheese fainter than the photos. It is also why the care advice is so insistent about cold water and inside-out washing: a screen print is ink sitting on the fabric, and heat and friction are what age it.
How they compare with other fan tees
Prices, ratings and monthly purchase counts as shown on Amazon search results on November 14, 2026. Highlighted rows are the products reviewed here.
The comparison rows come from an Amazon search for Wisconsin T-shirts, so they line up best against the cheese tee. Most are generic state or "vintage" designs, and the prices sit below SCOBAR's. Only two of them have a meaningful buyer record: the Ann Arbor T-shirt Co. listing with 4.6 stars from 3,969 ratings, and the "State Shirts" game-day tee with 4.6 from 224.
Measured against that field, the cheese tee holds its own. Its 4.7 from 874 ratings is a stronger score than any row with more than a few dozen ratings, and it is the only one built around an original drawing rather than block letters, a state outline or a retro stripe. You pay more for it. Whether that is worth it depends on how much you care about a design that the next fan in the parking lot isn't also wearing.
The rows with one, three or six ratings tell you nothing either way. A 5.0 from three people is not better than a 4.7 from 874, and neither is SCOBAR's own 5.0 from four on the lion tee. If you like the look of a rival with a tiny record, you are taking the same gamble you would take on the lion.
If you are shopping for something other than a fan shirt, our review of Got Too Silly Goose's novelty tops covers another small graphic label, and the tops section has the rest.
Which one for whom
| If you are shopping for | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A Packers fan's birthday or holiday gift | Cheese tee | 874 ratings, soft fabric, prints that buyers say survive washing |
| A Cubs fan for a hot day game | W skyline tank | Light, well-liked design, but wash it gently |
| A Cubs fan for fall and the walk home after a night game | W skyline hoodie | Same drawing, kangaroo pocket, size up |
| Someone who likes lions, or a team with a lion mascot | Lion tee | Clean marker drawing, very few ratings |
| A shirt that must last for years | Cheese tee | The only one with enough buyers saying it washes well |
| A large adult size | Cheese tee | A 3X buyer says it fits "quite nicely" |
Who should buy, and who should skip
Buy the cheese tee if you know a Wisconsin football fan and want a gift that looks hand-made rather than off the rack. It has the buyer record, the soft blend that people describe as substantial rather than flimsy, and a print that survives the wash in the buyer reports. Order up a size if you are between sizes or dislike a close crew neck.
Consider the tank if it will live at the ballpark and in the July heat. Its drawing is the best-liked part of the line, but the fabric is light, and two buyers out of eight in the excerpts report hems or stitching that didn't hold. You are paying for the design. Treat it as a summer shirt, not a forever shirt.
The hoodie is the one we'd watch. The early ratings are strong, the drawing is the same skyline people love on the tank, and it has a kangaroo pocket for cold hands. Just believe the "Runs Slightly Small" flag and size up.
Skip the lion tee for now unless the drawing speaks to you. Nothing about it is a red flag, and its listing is actually the most complete of the four. There just isn't a buyer record yet, and on a graphic tee the buyers are what tell you whether the print cracks.
And pass on the whole line if you want a stated fabric content, a heavyweight cotton tee, or a shirt with an official team license. SCOBAR sells drawings on soft blend shirts, and it says so plainly.
Verdict
SCOBAR's strength is its drawings. The cheese wedge, the W filled with skyline, the marker lion: each looks like someone sat down with a pen and had an idea, which is exactly what the listings say happened. We recommend the Wisconsin cheese tee without much hesitation for a fan who wants something different, and the hoodie with a size up. We don't recommend the tank if you need it to last more than a season or two, and the lion tee needs more buyers before it earns a firm yes.
Buy the cheese tee, think twice about the tank
The Wisconsin cheese tee is the strong one here: 874 ratings, 83% of them five stars, and buyers who say the print survives the wash. The W skyline tank has a fan base at Cubs games and a real complaint about thin fabric and loose stitching. The lion tee and the hoodie look good but have 4 and 24 ratings, so you are buying them mostly on the photos.
- Cheese tee rated 4.7 stars from 874 buyers, with 83% five-star ratings
- Original pen-and-marker drawings you won't find on stock fan tees
- Buyers say the screen print holds up through washing
- Every listing says Made in the USA, printed by hand
- Several buyers mention a handwritten note in the package
- No cotton or polyester percentage on any of the four listings
- Tank buyers report thin fabric and stitching coming undone
- Hoodie listing says it runs slightly small, while the bullets only say to size up if you are between sizes
- Lion tee and hoodie have too few ratings to lean on
Best for: A Packers or Cubs fan who wants a drawn, slightly offbeat graphic instead of a big logo, and a gift buyer who likes the idea of a small shop printing it by hand.
Skip it if: You want a heavy, structured tee, a stated fabric blend, or a long buyer record on every piece you order.
Where the numbers come from. Prices, star ratings, rating counts and monthly purchase badges were read from the product pages on November 14, 2026; they move daily. Fabric, sizing and dimensions come from the product specifications. Buyer quotes are Amazon reviews as the product page shows them, linked to the full review where Amazon gives one. See how we review.
