Binco (BAWSAQ: BIN) is a comparatively low-priced clothing store that appears in the 3D Universe and HD Universe. The player can buy stocks from them in the Bawsaq.com website in GTA V.
Description
The name Binco may refer to JNCO (pronounced "Jenco"), a Los Angeles-based urban clothing company that first gained prominence in the early 1990s.
In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, available after completion of the mission "Nines and AKs", there are four Binco stores located all over San Andreas. The stores are primarily based on a Flea market. This could possibly explain the signs in the store which read "Everything 99¢", despite having nothing in the store that sells for 99¢.
It is possible to see a Binco advertisement by the border of Callahan Bridge and Chinatown in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, however, no stores can be found within the city.
Binco was also intended to appear in Grand Theft Auto IV, however it was replaced with the Russian Shop for unknown reasons. Binco logos still remain around the city, however, including on vans.
In Grand Theft Auto V, there are five Binco stores within Los Santos, with two of them accessible to the player. They share the interiors and the clothing of the Discount Stores. Binco and Sub Urban stores play music from Radio Mirror Park.
Clothing in GTA San Andreas
Shared interior of all Binco clothing shops in GTA San Andreas.
The range of clothing offered at Binco are generally affordable, with prices that do not exceed the $100 mark. The store's selection of items are centered around generic clothing, as well as low-end clothing commonly donned by gang members.
The store also offers various novelty articles of clothing, such as joke eyepieces, masks, and a cowboy hat and cowboy boots. Binco also earns the distinction of being the only store chain to sell briefs (known as Boxers in-game, which can only be worn without pants) to the player.
- For a comprehensive list of clothing available from Binco in GTA San Andreas, see /Clothing in GTA San Andreas.
Items in GTA V
Main article: Binco/GTA V
Locations
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto V
Gallery
Trivia
General
- HD Universe price tag logo is very similar to the Best Buy logo.
- The name “Binco” is made to be similar to “Bin Co.”, indicating the stores are like garbage bins and mirroring the company's motto “more trash for less cash”.
- The font used in the logo is Bauhaus 93. The HD Universe's letters are slightly modified.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- The default clothing for the protagonist Carl Johnson is entirely derived from Binco's range of items, including the White Tank (Torso), Blue Jeans (Legs) and Black Low-Tops (Shoes).
- There is a "Grove ST" graffitti on the back of the Las Venturas Airport store, even though the gang itself is based in Los Santos.
- The hoodies available for purchase have a small Rockstar Games logo, just like some hoodies in other stores.
Grand Theft Auto IV
- If Niko walks into Modo wearing certain outfits (usually from the Russian Shop), the sales assistant will ask him if he has been in "a Binco explosion".
- Binco is mentioned by Frankie Boyle in one of his Split Sides routines in The Lost and Damned, as part of the insult "looks like someone shaved a monkey and kicked it through Binco".
Grand Theft Auto V
- The Overlooked Red Blouson is a reference to the film The Shining, where the main character, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), is wearing a similiar one. The name is also a reference to the Overlook Hotel, featured in the same movie.
- The Champagne Driver Blouson is a reference of the jacket worn by the unnamed driver (Ryan Gosling) from the movie Drive, but instead of a scorpion in the back, the jacket is sporting a crab.