Re-reading the LC write-up I discovered that Cooper and Paramount both produced a fan jacket in the 1980's - separate patterns and makers. As I read it the Paramount jacket was based on a pattern copied from the Adventure Outfitters jacket (Keppler). I have never noticed this extraordinary detail before.
For the release of LC, Paramount/LFL put out a fan jacket based on a fan jacket. I wonder if the archive jacket was a prototype of this jacket rather than a Keppler specifically.
I'm not sure why LFL didn't just adapt the Cooper pattern. Or am I reading this wrong?
Can anyone post any photos of a Paramount jacket? Until this moment I thought all fan jackets were Coopers at this time in the 1980's.
What's the Paramount Jacket?
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Re: What's the Paramount Jacket?
Funny thing is that I just got one of these in my possession. A friend of mine won it at a bookstore during the release of LC on VHS in the late '80s. It's a bomber jacket, but not screen accurate by any stretch. I have yet to find an image of another of these anywhere else in my internet searches. Interested parties will find it in the classifieds soon.
Re: What's the Paramount Jacket?
Interesting. There may well have been 2 or more Paramount version jackets. The one referred to in the write up talks of it begin modeled after Lee Keppler's pattern. This one is an A2 style.
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Re: What's the Paramount Jacket?
Blast to the past! My manager and I each won one of these jackets from Paramount for the Last Crusade display I painted for our store ( worked at Tower Records in Lakewood painting video displays from 89' - 92' ). Still have it to this day along with the painted display hanging behind me in my studio as I type this - good memories from back then! ( I really enjoyed that job ).
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Re: What's the Paramount Jacket?
It wouldn't surprise me. Just think how many licensed hat variants they had on the shelves back then. I wonder if this version was a "contest" version, based on above?CM wrote:Interesting. There may well have been 2 or more Paramount version jackets. The one referred to in the write up talks of it begin modeled after Lee Keppler's pattern. This one is an A2 style.
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Reminds me of the Pepsi jacket give away they had at the theater when LC premiered.
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Re: What's the Paramount Jacket?
Might be one and the same. It seems like this was definitely a "giveaway" jacket, as opposed to a shelf item, based on the bits I'm hearing.
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Re: What's the Paramount Jacket?
Interesting artifact, but that's about all.
I've seen a few in antique stores over the years with the Pepsi logo for around $50 or less, but wasn't interested myself.
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I've seen a few in antique stores over the years with the Pepsi logo for around $50 or less, but wasn't interested myself.
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