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Post by HVMMONS on Sept 17, 2013 15:34:52 GMT -5
I never really understood why Mattel's jackets and coats are molded where there is no movement (Ex: Edge and Undertaker). If Mattel can make a movable jacket for E4 John Morrison is it to much of a hassle to give the same idea to the normal rubber coats and jackets?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2013 15:37:42 GMT -5
It comes down to cost issues. A rubber coat is one piece so it'd require articulation for decent movement, and that's not going to happen. Cloth gear still pops up from time to time, like Sandow's robe.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2013 18:05:36 GMT -5
In one way I like the rubber coats but hate the shirts in another no movement only display when on
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Post by bababooey on Sept 17, 2013 18:51:43 GMT -5
A lot of times it's due to details. For example, at that scale a Goldust or Regal robe wouldn't be as good. As far as guys like Taker and Edge, I have no reasoning.
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Post by marino13 on Sept 17, 2013 18:55:03 GMT -5
I for one love the harder coats. They look great on my shelf.
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Post by HVMMONS on Sept 17, 2013 19:45:44 GMT -5
I for one love the harder coats. They look great on my shelf. I completely agree for displays, but disagree for animation and figure posing purposes |
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Post by PJ on Sept 17, 2013 20:03:44 GMT -5
Certain coats like Edge's and Miz's wouldn't look right in fabric.
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Post by HVMMONS on Sept 17, 2013 20:32:25 GMT -5
Certain coats like Edge's and Miz's wouldn't look right in fabric. Yeah. If I remember right Jakks had a more flimsy feel to their jackets and coats. That's what I would prefer with Mattel jackets/coats so it pleases everyone |
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Post by Next Man’s Yeeter on Sept 18, 2013 12:10:03 GMT -5
Because they didn't want to do those ones like this where you only had the coat-on option:  And because a lot of them need a detail or look that they couldn't represent in cloth (like Edge, Miz, Regal, Goldust etc), and because the cloth coats always look atrocious. They tried a cloth coat with one Undertaker (the Entrance Great) and it's awful-looking. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2013 13:17:21 GMT -5
Because they didn't want to do those ones like this where you only had the coat-on option: And because a lot of them need a detail or look that they couldn't represent in cloth (like Edge, Miz, Regal, Goldust etc), and because the cloth coats always look atrocious. They tried a cloth coat with one Undertaker (the Entrance Great) and it's awful-looking. I happen to like EG taker coat more than his E23 one |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2013 13:35:00 GMT -5
I also agree that the Rubber Jackets look better for certain wrestlers. Could you imagine Jericho's Glow in the Dark jacket as cloth?
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Post by HVMMONS on Sept 18, 2013 21:18:15 GMT -5
I mean yeah, I'm fine with rubber jackets. It just comes down to that I would prefer them to be more flemsy for movement. A jacket/coat staying molded in one position only pleases so many wrestling figure fans. That being said, I'm not on the good receiving end.
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Sept 18, 2013 21:28:50 GMT -5
It's not rubber it's plastic.
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Post by HVMMONS on Sept 18, 2013 22:15:44 GMT -5
It's not rubber it's plastic. Common mistake. Thanks for pointing it out.  |
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Post by King Richius on Sept 18, 2013 23:04:15 GMT -5
A lot of times it's due to details. For example, at that scale a Goldust or Regal robe wouldn't be as good. As far as guys like Taker and Edge, I have no reasoning. Jakks made very good robes in those styles for Ric Flair in red, green, and blue. I have the red and green robes and they look great on my Mattel fix-ups. And a certain spam site makes some very good cloth robes and coats that look great as well. So it is possible. But, as others have said, I think they are too expensive for Mattel to produce without dropping accessories from other figures in the same series so we get the non-posable plastic jackets and robes. |
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Post by n2jib on Sept 19, 2013 11:42:47 GMT -5
I think plastic jacket cost lesser to make than cloth.
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Post by HVMMONS on Sept 20, 2013 0:27:27 GMT -5
I forgot Ralphies figure clothing existed, I found the items i was complaining about. This thread can be locked now.
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