AB shirt

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:07 pm

I just got my AB shirt in the mail today. I knew anything that Marc would put the AB logo on had to be of the highest of quality and again he nailed it. I just love the dang thing. I'm wearing it today. $\:D/$

the fit is just perfect. Its about the best fit I ever had in a shirt. Most of the time there is way to much room in the lower half of the body of the shirt. I received a Indy shirt this past x-mas from my sister and it was one of the low end deals. In this case you do get what you pay for. The low end deal felt like it was stiff or a bit of polyester in the material, color was of to my eyes. I do know right from the start where the quality is. It's with the AB shirt all the way.

I'm sure by now you guys and dolls know I do like to go quality right from the start now a days because I spent way to much on lesser stuff just to be disappointed. Not this time. Thank you Marc, now how about some pants so I can round of my gear.

I know I have no pics right now because my family is out on vacation and got the camera. Kidds not around either. Where the heck is that guy when I need him.

Ok, I'm going to go play Indy now.

Just don't tell my sister I got another shirt.

Ok, ok, I'm going to go make hats.

Greatdane · Post by **Greatdane** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:24 pm

The AB shirts are truly great. It's one of the very first things I got as I was able to purchase a used one from a member here.
It's the best shirt I ever had, the cloth is very comfortable, thin and light. It makes it a perfect summer shirt as it keeps you very cool, and you look cool too!
I'm going to Australia this December and there's no doubt in my mind that this shirt is going to be my primary shirt along with my Penman Raiders. Speaking of which, how's my hat coming along John?

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:51 pm

Greatdane wrote:The AB shirts are truly great. It's one of the very first things I got as I was able to purchase a used one from a member here.
It's the best shirt I ever had, the cloth is very comfortable, thin and light. It makes it a perfect summer shirt as it keeps you very cool, and you look cool too!
I'm going to Australia this December and there's no doubt in my mind that this shirt is going to be my primary shirt along with my Penman Raiders. Speaking of which, how's my hat coming along John?

I don't know, when did you order it? I'm working on april orders. They all should go out by the end of Aug. the latest.

alphared6 · Post by **alphared6** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:54 pm

Can you post a link?

Mike

Greatdane · Post by **Greatdane** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:47 pm

BendingOak wrote:
Greatdane wrote:The AB shirts are truly great. It's one of the very first things I got as I was able to purchase a used one from a member here.
It's the best shirt I ever had, the cloth is very comfortable, thin and light. It makes it a perfect summer shirt as it keeps you very cool, and you look cool too!
I'm going to Australia this December and there's no doubt in my mind that this shirt is going to be my primary shirt along with my Penman Raiders. Speaking of which, how's my hat coming along John?

I don't know, when did you order it? I'm working on april orders. They all should go out by the end of Aug. the latest.

3rd of July.

jlee562 · Post by **jlee562** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:38 pm

alphared6 wrote:Can you post a link?

Mike

http://www.adventurebiltdeluxe.com/accessoires.php

no pricing information though.....would anyone mind chiming in on the going rate for the AB shirts?

squidkidd · Post by **squidkidd** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:48 pm

BendingOak wrote:Kidds not around either. Where the heck is that guy when I need him.

I don't know, if you see him, let me know, that guy owes me some money!

david3000 · Post by **david3000** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:11 am

69 Euros including shipping. The only way to get it is to PayPal Kim. kim@flugel.dk
He's a great guy to do business with. It took only 5 days to get the shirt (I'm in USA).

TheExit148 · Post by **TheExit148** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:19 am

The AB shirt is great, perfect colour, and details. But the only one problem with them is that the epaulettes sit slighty forward, but a tailor can easily fix that problem. When I ordered my it was a Thursday night, Kim said Friday it shipped, and Monday afternoon it was in my hands (Amazing!).

alphared6 · Post by **alphared6** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:55 am

david3000 wrote:69 Euros including shipping.

WOW ... $98.00 US. Does the shirt make coffee? Whistle Dixie?

Massage your back as you wear it???? Just seems a little pricey to me.

I'm sure I'm alone.

Mike

TheExit148 · Post by **TheExit148** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:06 am

alphared6 wrote:
david3000 wrote:69 Euros including shipping.
WOW ... $98.00 US. Does the shirt make coffee? Whistle Dixie? Massage your back as you wear it???? Just seems a little pricey to me. I'm sure I'm alone.

Mike

Well if it eases your mind, that does include shipping from Europe as well...

and very quick shipping I may add

whipwarrior · Post by **whipwarrior** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:10 am

Pics or it didn't happen!

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:17 pm

whipwarrior wrote:Pics or it didn't happen!

I don't understand your statement.

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:20 pm

Does anyone buy quality anymore. It's not a walmart shirt.

It was pricey for me when Marc first came out with them but after having a low end one and I'm sick and tired of low end stuff. I shelled out the bigger price tag. Now after receiving it, I can see why it has the bigger price tag on it.

TheExit148 · Post by **TheExit148** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:45 pm

BendingOak wrote:Does anyone buy quality anymore. It's not a walmart shirt.

It was pricey for me when Marc first came out with them but after having a low end one and I'm sick and tired of low end stuff. I shelled out the bigger price tag. Now after receiving it, I can see why it has the bigger price tag on it.

I can completely agree with John here on this one. I myself had made the mistakes of purchasing some lower end gear (mind you it was a last minute detail for a last minute costume but I thought it would be good enough until it came) but even when I purchased a Cowhide whip, I then upgraded to a Del Carpio. I lost $ on the cowhide when I sold it to help fund the DC whip which I wouldn't have lost if I bought quality in the first place. From that point it was go for quality right out of the gate, and you won't spend EXTRA upgrading until your happy.

I think Adventurebilt is the one of the few companies where you're NOT paying for a name, you're paying for QUALITY. Same goes for the Penman hats and products. Again priced higher, but you're paying for top quality products (not saying the Penman NAME isn't worth anything because it is and I'm a proud owner of one of his hats. He has brought us some very nice and unique hats and products that will put him on map for sure, and these are not available anywhere else eg: the hatjack). Even Wade's leather products are priced higher, but when you actually see and feel them, its the quality you're paying for. Plus these companies are just as dedicated to the films and details are most of its consumers, so you know that you're getting some quality and very special.

All in all, like John said, go big from the get go, maybe save a little to get there, and you'll be happy you did.

david3000 · Post by **david3000** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:18 pm

TheExit148 wrote:The AB shirt is great, perfect colour, and details. But the only one problem with them is that the epaulettes sit slighty forward, but a tailor can easily fix that problem. When I ordered my it was a Thursday night, Kim said Friday it shipped, and Monday afternoon it was in my hands (Amazing!).

Marc placed the epaulettes slightly forward on purpose (the epaulette is centered on the shoulder seam). If you watch Indy talking to Sallah in Cairo you will see that this is Screen Accurate.

Marc has done an incredible job with this shirt (and everything else he touches). It is well worth the money for me.

Post by **Michaelson** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:38 pm

Speaking for myself, it's the only brand 'Indy' shirt I personally own.

Regards! Michaelson

TheExit148 · Post by **TheExit148** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:42 pm

david3000 wrote:
TheExit148 wrote:The AB shirt is great, perfect colour, and details. But the only one problem with them is that the epaulettes sit slighty forward, but a tailor can easily fix that problem. When I ordered my it was a Thursday night, Kim said Friday it shipped, and Monday afternoon it was in my hands (Amazing!).
Marc placed the epaulettes slightly forward on purpose (the epaulette is centered on the shoulder seam). If you watch Indy talking to Sallah in Cairo you will see that this is Screen Accurate.

Marc has done an incredible job with this shirt (and everything else he touches). It is well worth the money for me.

Why by gosh, there isn't anything wrong with this shirt then. But my only problem (and this is a personal problem) is that the size small isn't small enough for my size, I still had to get it brought in a lot to proper fit, even in the arms as well.

whipcracker · Post by **whipcracker** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:57 pm

So which is "the shirt"? AB or Magnoli?

Or maybe they are both "the shirt" but for different reasons.....

whipwarrior · Post by **whipwarrior** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:00 pm

It's a jokey way of saying ;0

TheExit148 · Post by **TheExit148** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:01 pm

Well... thats a tought one. The AB has the perfect Raiders colour IMO, but its an off the rack shirt, where the Mags shirt is custom for that perfect fit, but I'm not sure of which colour of his is the best for Raiders. He recommends Stone, but I think his new Light Khaki is actually better for Raiders according to his pics, but thats my opinion. I think whatever one you choose, you can't go wrong with either.

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:15 pm

The shirt I love is the AB, the other shirt my sister gave me as a gift is a low end from someone here but I'm not going to tag the person.

Kt Templar · Post by **Kt Templar** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:26 pm

The AB is the king of the castle. Noel's was before and his shirt was thinner silkier and had a slight pink tan hue. It was a direct copy of a screen used shirt. That shirt may have been a ToD. I've noticed the pink hue in the rope bridge scenes. However, you also see that colour on board the Bantu Wind, so who knows.

But you can't get a NH shirt any more so the AB wins.

Post by **Jens** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:28 pm

I'll join the "AB shirt" camp, too. Tough piece of wardrobe, which definitely will stand "real world adventures".

kiltie · Post by **kiltie** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:22 pm

BendingOak wrote:Does anyone buy quality anymore. It's not a walmart shirt.

It was pricey for me when Marc first came out with them but after having a low end one and I'm sick and tired of low end stuff. I shelled out the bigger price tag. Now after receiving it, I can see why it has the bigger price tag on it.

I'd like to have a comic strip bubble coming out of my head with this quote permanently stamped in it ( just with blank spots for inserting whatever product or thing you happen to be talking about at the moment ).
I don't have this shirt and, in fact, it's not even on the front burner ( not even on the stove, really... ), but if I had all the cash back from bits of junk I've spent money on just to replace ( multiple hats... shoulda gone custom out of the gates, etc... ), i'd probably have enough for all original costume from original makers - including that $6000 WG at Collector's Firearms.
I can't testify to this shirt in particular, but I can say if you're gonna do a thing you may as well do it right.

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:34 pm

kiltie wrote:
BendingOak wrote:Does anyone buy quality anymore. It's not a walmart shirt.

It was pricey for me when Marc first came out with them but after having a low end one and I'm sick and tired of low end stuff. I shelled out the bigger price tag. Now after receiving it, I can see why it has the bigger price tag on it.
I'd like to have a comic strip bubble coming out of my head with this quote permanently stamped in it ( just with blank spots for inserting whatever product or thing you happen to be talking about at the moment ).
I don't have this shirt and, in fact, it's not even on the front burner ( not even on the stove, really... ), but if I had all the cash back from bits of junk I've spent money on just to replace ( multiple hats... shoulda gone custom out of the gates, etc... ), i'd probably have enough for all original costume from original makers - including that $6000 WG at Collector's Firearms.
I can't testify to this shirt in particular, but I can say if you're gonna do a thing you may as well do it right.

THANK YOU

GeordieIndy · Post by **GeordieIndy** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:48 am

Would love to see a few pics of this shirt!!!

GeordieIndy

Post by **Jens** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:16 pm

Have you tried the search function? Not to advertise my own threads too blatantly (I'm just too lazy to look for more and different threads), but here you will find some more pictures of it.

GeordieIndy · Post by **GeordieIndy** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:34 pm

Stupidly after I asked the question a did find a few pics!!

Must of missed your thread though Jens. It's a great looking shirt which hopefully one day will be on my list!

Thanks!

GeordieIndy

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:16 pm

I've got the AB shirt on my DO WANT!! list, where it's been for some time.

In reply to the comment about the epaulets during the Sallah's house scene, I hadn't noticed them being forward. But don't doubt it.

Randy

Chewbacca Jones · Post by **Chewbacca Jones** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:56 am

BendingOak wrote:Does anyone buy quality anymore. It's not a walmart shirt.

WOW ... $98.00 US. Does the shirt make coffee? Whistle Dixie? Massage your back as you wear it???? Just seems a little pricey to me. I'm sure I'm alone.

I try to buy quality. But it's not always an option. Still, for a non-Indy shirt there are lots of quality options under that price. But for an actual Indy, I think all we have is WPG. I really didn't like mine.

I used to feel as you do, alphared. Still kind of do. But I realized a while ago that I wasn't going to find anything satisfactory that actual fit my mutant body. So, instead of sinking $98 into an AB shirt, I blew $99 on a Magnoli. I'm still waiting on the coffee, though.

So which is "the shirt"? AB or Magnoli?
Or maybe they are both "the shirt" but for different reasons.....

Bingo! I wish I could actually fit into an AB shirt. Otherwise, they seem like exactly what I would want in an Indy shirt. But the sizing is not for me. That's where Magnoli comes in. IT BLOODY FITS! $\:D/$ I should note that I somehow managed to squeeze into a Noel Howard. To this day, I can't figure out how. So that is, in my collection, "the shirt."

Holt · Post by **Holt** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:21 pm

PSBIndy · Post by **PSBIndy** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:24 am

Guys, I tried to order the AB shirt by sending payment via Paypal to kim@flugel.dk

However, Paypal says that's not a valid email address because it's not in the corect format: name@domain.com

Is there a work around for this?

bigrex · Post by **bigrex** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:34 am

bigrex · Post by **bigrex** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:37 am

PSBIndy wrote:Guys, I tried to order the AB shirt by sending payment via Paypal to kim@flugel.dk

However, Paypal says that's not a valid email address because it's not in the corect format: name@domain.com

Is there a work around for this?

Huh, worked for me around Sept of last year, just checked my records.

david3000 · Post by **david3000** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:36 am

PSBIndy wrote:Guys, I tried to order the AB shirt by sending payment via Paypal to kim@flugel.dk

However, Paypal says that's not a valid email address because it's not in the corect format: name@domain.com

Is there a work around for this?

I double-checked and that is the correct email address. It worked for me yesterday.

PSBIndy · Post by **PSBIndy** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:52 am

david3000 wrote:
PSBIndy wrote:Guys, I tried to order the AB shirt by sending payment via Paypal to kim@flugel.dk

However, Paypal says that's not a valid email address because it's not in the corect format: name@domain.com

Is there a work around for this?

I double-checked and that is the correct email address. It worked for me yesterday.

I copy and pasted that email address in the Paypal send money box but it still says not valid.

Chewbacca Jones · Post by **Chewbacca Jones** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:42 pm

I've had a lot of trouble copy/pasting addresses in Paypal lately. Type it by hand, see if it works.

PSBIndy · Post by **PSBIndy** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:49 pm

Chewbacca Jones wrote:I've had a lot of trouble copy/pasting addresses in Paypal lately. Type it by hand, see if it works.

Hey it worked! That's so odd.

Thanks!

Pitfall Harry · Post by **Pitfall Harry** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:17 am

I own the shirt. I've had it for quite a while. I do agree that the color is perfect. I really love how it looks and feels. Considering it's a bit "pricey" compared to other shirts it's worth every darn penny.

I do have one small gripe and that's the epaulets....Now I know it was mentioned above that the placement is supposed to be SA but I'm not a particular fan of where they rest....I personally prefer where the rest on my Todd's Indy shirt, which is right on top of the shoulders.....With the AB's resting a little below the shoulder it kinda gives off the impression that your slouching somewhat....

Like I said though it's just personal taste on my part and it certainly wouldn't keep me from buying another one from Marc.

Satipo · Post by **Satipo** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:48 am

Have the epaulettes been corrected length-wise? I seem to remember the first ones were too short to be Raiders SA.

Pitfall Harry · Post by **Pitfall Harry** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 4:40 am

That's a good question and I don't know the answer. I do believe my shirt is from the first "wave" Marc had made. I wonder if mine are to short. Actually, even if they aren't correct for SA they're still alright and nothing that's going to cause me to go "Ugh, I'm not wearing this again".

Satipo · Post by **Satipo** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:39 am

I hear you, but it's funny how the epaulettes can bug. I have an MBA Raiders that has the epaulettes positioned slightly forward on the shoulder seam, which really gives that slouching look you mentioned earlier. When I watch Raiders, the epaulettes appear to sit square on top of his shoulders, but maybe his shirt is riding back slightly (does the back of the collar hang back away from the back of his neck?).

Pitfall Harry · Post by **Pitfall Harry** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:46 am

Yeah, I think it does. The next time I put it on I'll have to double check and look. I do know that I'm always tugging on it to bring the epaulettes up square on my shoulders.

I'd have to go back and watch the movie again and pay particular attention to the shirt in all the scenes. I always *thought* they were supposed to be square with the shoulder.

Actually, if your Noel Howard shirt had them like this then the shirts were designed that way since he created them so Marc's shirt would be correct.

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:21 pm

I find it odd that they would purposely design a shirt with such an odd epaulet placement.

Wonder why they'd do that?

When I get my AB shirt [someday] I'll have them moved to rest atop the shoulders, or else, I'd be doing what Pitfall Harry does, tugging it up there.

Randy

Kt Templar · Post by **Kt Templar** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:24 pm

The difference is only a quarter of an inch if that. Funny how MUCH difference that makes.

theinterchange · Post by **theinterchange** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:33 pm

It really is amazing. Especially would have a visual effect if someone slumped their shoulders or else had no shoulders. [See Christian Bale, I was really surprised while watching The Dark Knight at how slumped/nonexsitent his shoulders are]

Randy

Pitfall Harry · Post by **Pitfall Harry** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:24 pm

Well, for reference here's a shot of where the epaulettes land on my shoulders wearing Todd's shirt. On me I think it personally looks better than having them land just below my shoulders like the AB does....

If only I could merge both shirts together then I'd have a perfect shirt for what I wanted.

Indyzane · Post by **Indyzane** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:28 pm

I wonder what the AB shirt looks like?

Anyone have a picture? Maybe a full body shot?

Thanks
indyzane

Pitfall Harry · Post by **Pitfall Harry** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:36 pm

I'm looking around to see if I've still got any clear shots of me wearing mine. As soon as I find one I'll post it.