Elite 78 & 79 Belts

Cutting corner$

The belt with the RSC Kane was also matte even though we've gotten a vac version of that belt countless times. The price on the line has been the same for years - not a shock that they're cutting corners.

They are using a new process and makes the shirts look worse, here is an example:

New shirt process, letters are faded into the shirt fabric:

Old Shirt process, not sure if it was screen printed or what but looks way better!

Are the new belts molded rubber, or are they still individual plates snapped into a separate strap, with the only difference being a matte finish?

Because honestly, the Hardcore Championship that came with Viscera is molded rubber, and I like it a lot. The VAC belts are nice, but they always seem to have a bend or a bow to them from the way they're packaged.

Honestly the pic posted of the shirt I see no real major difference in the pic between Maverick and the Legend Austin shirt. And the 24/7 title doesn’t look bad like other non-vac titles. Maybe these so called “cost cutting” is a way to help keep jobs for the work force. I know my wife’s company is trying so cost cutting measures as a way to save some jobs because of the pandemic.

We don’t know why things are changed, but that shirt doesn’t look any less quality than whet we used to get so if they found a way to cut down on a cost without the quality slipping then maybe someone still has a job and I am fine with that.

You guys have no idea how budgets work.

Honestly, I like the shirt like that (at least for anything that's just white on black). I don't use soft goods shirts too much, but the ones I have always feel like the print on could potentially peel, crack, or flake off over time.

I'm happy this topic was brought up. I noticed the belt change too. I hope this is not a running change especially now that they have competition with Jaz figures.

The older shirts were screen prints. It looks like the new process is selective dye. The screen print will always look sharper because the decal is a derect application, whereas selective dye allows ink to bleed.

I agree that the screen printing looks better, and I'll also warn you guys that the selective dye process is almost certainly going to cause staining. Be careful. Unless you're never intending to remove the shirt from the figure, I would display them without the cloth goods or at least wash the shirts on delicate in cold water to help remove excess dye and lock in the rest.