monolith21
Sr Member
https://www.anovos.com/products/battlestar-galactica-classic-colonial-warrior-jacket-pre-order
I was pretty stoked to get the email announcing these. It has been a long five and a half year wait since these were announced. The market for BSG uniforms has pretty much dried up in the last two years.
First up, I'm buying one. The money is already sent. I'm sure these will become collectible in their own right just like all the other versions from various vendors have become over the years. I have yet to be disappointed by Anovos. I'm reserving judgement until I'm wearing this thing.
My first impression based solely on the pictures on the site and the prototype I got to see a while back at Comic Con is that there are some hits and some big misses.
The Good:
The colour looks pretty spot on. The buckles look great. If the pictures are any true indication of quality, it looks sharp! Many replicas kind of just hang whereas the screen used jackets had a nice uniform look to them. These should hit a few months before the 40th anniversary which is nice.
The Bad:
The fabric. Why micro corduroy? sure, the alova/contour suede the originals were made of did have that lined look to the fabric if you got up close, but that's a stretch. The Unlimited jackets from the 70's and 80's were made from corduroy. It was okay at the time, but Battlestar costuming is finally at a place where suitable fabrics for these have been located for pretty cheap (though not always in the right color and they need heavy interfacing) as well as decent alternatives. The subject has been studied to death on Blackstar Squadron. Old rumors have finally been put to bed (no...they were not made from Ultrasuede...) and all that information has lead us to...micro corduroy? Not even a suitable suede cloth alternative?
The lining. I can only hope that the blue lining is a mistake or a prototype. It took years to convince people that the gun belts were not blue. Jean Pierre Dorleac went so far as to comment about how he would never have put a blue belt on a brown and tan uniform. Blue lining is a horrible idea and far...so very far from screen accurate in any way. I've seen grey and light brown lining on originals, but I've never seen blue.
The Ugly:
The sleeve cuffs look too much like the Battlestar Galactica.org jackets which many fans have been trying to get them to change for years. The split in the cuff/lower arm should go up a few inches beyond the cuff as well. This one little detail really creates a very memorable difference in how the jackets looked on screen and has become the mark of a quality replica. Plus, why add a zipper for a form or function the original jackets never had?
Overall:
Why come this far and put that much work into something only to overlook these considerable inaccuracies? I'm in regardless because I do think it will be a great jacket that will be built to last, but so far it isn't very accurate. I'd love to see something a bit better. I recently purchased the Picard jacket from Anovos and that jacket is fantastic. Parts of that jacket are made from a similar fabric to the orignal BSG jackets. Those might make for a good comparison. Why go so far off? Once again, I'm holding off judgement until I have the jacket on, but these things did come to mind. I really hope the jacket does well for them! I love that they have interest lists up for other warrior uniforms from the show.
What do you all think? Has anyone else placed an order?
I was pretty stoked to get the email announcing these. It has been a long five and a half year wait since these were announced. The market for BSG uniforms has pretty much dried up in the last two years.
First up, I'm buying one. The money is already sent. I'm sure these will become collectible in their own right just like all the other versions from various vendors have become over the years. I have yet to be disappointed by Anovos. I'm reserving judgement until I'm wearing this thing.
My first impression based solely on the pictures on the site and the prototype I got to see a while back at Comic Con is that there are some hits and some big misses.
The Good:
The colour looks pretty spot on. The buckles look great. If the pictures are any true indication of quality, it looks sharp! Many replicas kind of just hang whereas the screen used jackets had a nice uniform look to them. These should hit a few months before the 40th anniversary which is nice.
The Bad:
The fabric. Why micro corduroy? sure, the alova/contour suede the originals were made of did have that lined look to the fabric if you got up close, but that's a stretch. The Unlimited jackets from the 70's and 80's were made from corduroy. It was okay at the time, but Battlestar costuming is finally at a place where suitable fabrics for these have been located for pretty cheap (though not always in the right color and they need heavy interfacing) as well as decent alternatives. The subject has been studied to death on Blackstar Squadron. Old rumors have finally been put to bed (no...they were not made from Ultrasuede...) and all that information has lead us to...micro corduroy? Not even a suitable suede cloth alternative?
The lining. I can only hope that the blue lining is a mistake or a prototype. It took years to convince people that the gun belts were not blue. Jean Pierre Dorleac went so far as to comment about how he would never have put a blue belt on a brown and tan uniform. Blue lining is a horrible idea and far...so very far from screen accurate in any way. I've seen grey and light brown lining on originals, but I've never seen blue.
The Ugly:
The sleeve cuffs look too much like the Battlestar Galactica.org jackets which many fans have been trying to get them to change for years. The split in the cuff/lower arm should go up a few inches beyond the cuff as well. This one little detail really creates a very memorable difference in how the jackets looked on screen and has become the mark of a quality replica. Plus, why add a zipper for a form or function the original jackets never had?
Overall:
Why come this far and put that much work into something only to overlook these considerable inaccuracies? I'm in regardless because I do think it will be a great jacket that will be built to last, but so far it isn't very accurate. I'd love to see something a bit better. I recently purchased the Picard jacket from Anovos and that jacket is fantastic. Parts of that jacket are made from a similar fabric to the orignal BSG jackets. Those might make for a good comparison. Why go so far off? Once again, I'm holding off judgement until I have the jacket on, but these things did come to mind. I really hope the jacket does well for them! I love that they have interest lists up for other warrior uniforms from the show.
What do you all think? Has anyone else placed an order?