I'm a big harry potter fan, but I am just curious, what are some of these inaccuracies?
For beginers, let's start with.....
#1....or maybe #7....... Harry is number 7, not 6. That's Ginny, though they may be showing off their option to put any number on them, though it would most likely be an iron on. :rolleyes Because of this, the horizontal lines end much father away from the 6 than they should be because they are most likely accounting for the widest number they will offer. They also probably didn't bring a 7 because there is way more negative space on a 7 which would make the error even more noticible.
#2...He's holding a Nimbus 2001, which is only shown in the movies being owned by the Slytherin team.:unsure
#3...The pants on the uniform would be from the first 2 movies (light grey), but the sweater is from the 2nd through 7(2) (dark w/no line around the collar). I have held screen used fabric swatches from costume cards. If your buying a HP sweater, DON'T BUY ANYTHING BUT LOCKHAVEN. The price is very compairable to any other replicas, and lockhaven made the sweaters for the movies and WWoHP.:$
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#4...The patches all appear from these pictures to be printed, not embroidered patches.:sick
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#5..The MOST glaring one to me because I've made Cedric's Third Task, THE COLLAR ISN'T EVEN THE RIGHT COLOR!!! Both Harry's and Cedric's Third Task costumes should have black collars, and they have made harry's have a maroon collar to match the other side.:angry
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Mass reproduction, IMHO, is never the answer if accuracy is desired. Either they mess things up on purpose because they are contractually obligated to, or there are differences because they are mass producing instead of hand making one or two and some things cannot be recreated in a cost and time effective manner. These differences are just the ones I saw in these 2 costumes, and I'm sure Icysis being all Slytherin and such coud find just as many or more in the other two.
Am I arrogant enough to think I can make a better costume than the "pro's" from crappy screen grabs when they have the actual costume in their hands? No. But yet there are glaring innaccuracies in their work anyways.
Could you wear these around and fool the average fan? Of course. I hear all the time how great the robes are at WWoHP even though the seams are in the wrong places on the hoods. But when I went to WWoHP with my other HP costuming friends, we got complimented by the staff as to how we have identical pieces to what they have. Besides, I feel this is really a place to share how to make things for ourselves.
We should always strive to be costumers, not just consumers!