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I have seen pictures of George lucas's office, I did not see any leather jacket there;)Indiana Strones wrote:What I meant is that in the article I read:
So, there are two hero jackets, or someone is wrong here. Just curious to know where's the truth.The hero jacket resides in George Lucas’ office at Skywalker Ranch
exactly, there was also more than one hero hat. One is in possesion of DESI and the other Is probably at the Ranch, but not in lucas's office, he has a TOD hat in his office,agent5 wrote:If you watch closely you can see there are at least two different jackets worn in the film which would make at least two hero jackets.So, there are two hero jackets, or someone is wrong here. Just curious to know where's the truth.
Yes, of course they are both hero jackets, but I with "hero jacket" I was referring to the jacket of the so-called Order #1 from Leather Concess. The other one comes from one of the following orders, I think.agent5 wrote:If you watch closely you can see there are at least two different jackets worn in the film which would make at least two hero jackets.So, there are two hero jackets, or someone is wrong here. Just curious to know where's the truth.
Then why didn't he copy it?! Please help me understand, as I just don't get it"Individuals who would know the whereabouts of the original Raiders of the Lost Ark hero jacket have told me directly that the original hero jacket has been in Tony's possession."
Why do the jackets *I* see on *MY* screen not have a matching sleeve / yoke seam and this jacket does (among other details that look different on *MY* screen)?
_ wrote:This post made me bust out laughing, JR. The reason is that I was just thinking about a post you made suggesting that "somebody wants an exact replica of the Raider's hero made" or some such thing. I responded with what I believed to be true at the time - that nobody but us chickens out here think about that stuff.junior wrote:Not what I expected. To be fair, the pics of this new jacket are not the best for one to be able to see how raiders-like this offering actually is. From what I see, it looks like a well made leather jacket, but...
Remember when that first Todd's custom was posted on COW? Of course you do. Now that was a Raiders jacket. Again, until we get some better pics of this new TN jacket, I'm going to have to say that this is not what I expected.
But you know what? If the buyer likes it, nothing else matters.
This week I have had some weird conversations, but I feel obligated to tell you that the little voice in my head said that "Holy poop! Junior may have been right!" Ok, I did not really think "poop"... You get my drift...
There are confidences to be kept, but...
Maybe I can just say, "Individuals who would know the whereabouts of the original Raiders of the Lost Ark hero jacket have told me directly that the original hero jacket has been in Tony's possession." When I talked to Tony yesterday, I asked the question both directly and indirectly. He is a man who does not betray a confidence, and I understand this. The response both times was his booming and contagious laugh, followed with, "Todd, you have to have one of these %%%%ing jackets, man!"
When I misunderstood what you were saying, someone corrected me that you were referring to how TN got the CS job, not how TN landed the gig to reproduce the Raiders Hero jacket. But now it seems, as you said, that I may have actually said the right thing when I thought you were referring to how he got the Raiders gig.junior wrote:Thanks _. Looking forward to the details.
"That's how he got the gig" - I guess that means that either a) someone in the IJ universe wanted the Raiders jacket to be duplicated and made available to the upper class (haha), or b) someone who somehow attained a hero jacket was willing to do the same thing.
Either way, can't wait to learn about it.
junior
We'll see once Higher quality pictures arrivebinkmeisterRick wrote:But not based on poor pictures. It's like criticizing how poor a paint job looks on a Ferrari when all you see are blurry pics in poor lighting.Dutch_jones wrote:I think with some of the high claims made on this jacket it is not more than normal to expect such reactions.
Well according to what you've been saying anything worn by Ford is hero in IJ._ wrote:Gents - Depends on what you mean by Hero.
There is a Hero jacket that was worn only by Ford and was the original jacket Peter made and that was delivered to Deb.
Ford wore other jackets as well - a number of them from the second order in shots where the Hero jacket was not used to insure it was not destroyed. The rational goes beyong what we discuss and value here - they need to preserve that jacket for any needed close-ups or for filler shots that might need to be taken post production. It's not a "drop-dead" thing, but they try to do this.
But, techincally you can call these other jackets "heros" as well. The jacket Ford wore on closed sets and the majority of time throughout the movie is the first jacket made and what I call "The Hero".
_ wrote: No hinting - Both jackets were made availabe.
The pocket is balanced - this is a jacket to be worn and functional. The original was not made correctly. I'm sure he will offer a "defective/original" version for anybody who wants it...
That makes absolutely no sense at all, why copy a hero jacket from raiders and improve it? thats just silly, we don't want that, we want a SA copy he should know that by all the jacket replicas of the CS he made?_ wrote:No hinting - Both jackets were made availabe.Chris_King wrote:I'm really confused.
First it was hinted that this was the Martin Grace stunt jacket. Now it's hinted that it's a copy of THE actual hero jacket.
Man, I wish Tony could free up some time to clear this up.
I don't understand why the cargo pocket is so far away from the storm flap seam on this new jacket. Ford's Hero jacket wasn't like that from what I can see. Hmmm.
Chris
The pocket is balanced - this is a jacket to be worn and functional. The original was not made correctly. I'm sure he will offer a "defective/original" version for anybody who wants it...
_ wrote:LOL! I feel like I'm telling people that the sky is blue, but they keep looking at a squirrel...Indiana Holt wrote:lol.yeah you are allready walking to the left,but how far has that gotten you?
totally agree. I saw Tony's "hero" or whatever jacket and the hide didn't seem to be that rough when I viewed it, although that was some time ago.....whiskyman wrote:What is up with that leather???Looks like dinosaurhide to me!! Admitedly, I've never seen a Raiders jacket in person - but that sure doesn't look like how I've always seen Indy's jacket on screen.
Heheh, I would do it too, but like you, I don't have the moneySatipo wrote:Okay. So what we need now is an SA freak to step up and order a TN Raiders with all the details of the original jacket as they are, imperfections and all. Then put some pictures up in this thread. I'd do it, but I don't have the dough.
AWESOME!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!indyrocks wrote:
My question has remained the same all along, what justifies the cost?
Strones replied:
Dinosaurhide.
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