Costume Bay, also known as Pan-In-The-Box is located in Singapore so I had went to their old and new shop a few times to see see or get my item. They also have an online shop/website.
Personally, his
Obi-Wan Costume is not bad tho' he's still not using the closest cloth for the Tunic, Tabbards and Obi which is available here cheaply. :love The pants is a pull-up pants when the original isn't. And if he did the same thing as he did with the Anakin Costume, the Tabbards and Obi are padded. I am planning to get this outfit from them on eBay as soon as I can win it for a lower price. :angel
For the
Jedi Belt, it's Vinyl if I remember correctly (
will check my Anakin one again). It does felt a little "plastic" IMHO. He used to have the details on the wider belt sew-on I think but now it's casted into the vinly to look like stitches which is not like the original (
Obi's ROTS one is a plain brown belt). Think they just use the same mould for both Anakin's & Obi-Wan's Belts.
The
pouches used to be sucky Styrofoam but now seems to be wooden (
I haven't see it in person yet). The old ones also have the clip "clipped" to the pouches so it can fall off.
Boots are also okay and meant for regular sized people's legs. The Anakin zip in the front if I remember correctly and have the front flap to cover it. For the
Jedi Food Capsules/Pellets, it's obviously not accurate tho' it does close at the botton so you can put tiny things inside or loose the cap.
The
Anakin Costume, seems to be made from Cotton Drill except for the Vinyl Tabbards.
For the
Darth Maul one, the Outer Robe seems thin in their photos. Sometimes, I feel like they are using Chiffon. :eek Must really see it in person one day.
Padme Costume is okay; the details are there tho' isn't detail enough (
just pieces sew together, no Flat Seams or something like the original). I dun like the pouches are they felt too chunky and the Blaster Holster really looked out of shape tho' can squeeze in the
Rubies Padme Pistol inside it.
Their
BSG Uniform is not accurate according to someone here who had his made by a good costume shop here (
after intense discuss about the design, discussions about the materials and finding TheOne Material, import from outside Singapore) who also do the Star Trek Costumes for them (
my friends). Think they probably used Cotton Drill too as many of their costumes are made from this fabric (
FMA Roy Uniform, Street Fighter Evil Ryu Costume).
As for their
Lucy Narnia Costume, it SUCK as they solely based it on the tiny action figure, thus showing a lack of research (
even my favourite costume shop occasionally asked me for a lead to sites that studies the original SW, LOTR and other costumes). I was VERY disappointed when I saw it in person:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v640/idr...Pan-In-The-Box/
Long story short, their props are okay or good (
NOT excellent huh) which most of their costumes suck in term of accuracy tho' for about 1/3-1/2, the average-normal-clothing-like quality is there. I will take the Obi-Wan or Anakin ones for random Jedi but it'll be an insult to myself if I use them for what they suppose to be.
Dun even think they DID visit The Art of Star Wars Exhibition when it was here to check for more infos on the actual costumes.
As for response, when I won my
Anakin Jedi Belt Set, I think they took a few days to reply to my e-mail (
as my eBay registered e-mail address is not my current e-mail address) but they are nice enough to allow me to take my items from their shop and pay it in Singapore Dollars (
I won them in USD). The seller also sounded nice in e-mails and on the phone, while the shop assistance are polite/nice. I guess they meant good in providing us the services for a place to get some of the costumes and props for our costume BUT in the end, cost comes first so not the bestest materials were used nor proper research done.
BTW, heard the stuffs were made in China. :unsure And the last time I went to their shop, the put up photos of costumers and cosplayers seen at a Cosplay Event here last year on their shop glass door. Deceiving IMHO as I'm sure they can't afford to sell Predator Costumes or Stormtropper Armors or many other Cosplay aka Anime/Manga related costumes.
