These were a really nice offering that I was looking forward to. ACI makes nice quality stuff and this was no exception. Each set comes with a shirt, tank top, and a pair of 5.11 Tactical style cargo pants. The shirts have velcro closures, faux pockets, and faux buttons. The pants have a velcro fly, working pockets (sans the front thigh utility pocket), and draw string cuffs which the real ones do not, but this is a bit of a nice feature for anyone wishing to blouse them into boots. Each of these sets could have used one extra item... a belt.
Midnight Navy Shirt & Pants / White tank Top:
One downside to the shirts is that 3 out of the 4 long sleeve sets have no closure at the cuffs. I assume this was done to allow the customer to roll up the sleeves without having to deal with velcro getting in the way. This however makes no sense that they used velcro on the 4th shirt. Anyway, this problem is easily solved with some thread / fabric glue. I'll wind up sewing the cuffs on this set closed.
Tan Shirt / Black Pants / Black Tank Top:
Brown Shirt / Tan Pants / Black Tank Top:
Red Plaid Short Sleeve Shirt / Green Pants / White Tank Top
I hate the red plaid shirt... I don't mind plaid... just red plaid is horrible.
White Plaid Shirt / Charcoal Pants / White Tank Top:
This white shirt is the only one that came with velcro on the cuffs. I'll probably wind up removing it so that I can make the cuffs tighter or roll them.
All in all, at $24 a set, I am happy with them. As I said, these sets could have used some belts, but I'll just have to pick or make some extras. The first picture in this post has my mini me wearing a Playhouse plaid short sleeve shirt... the faux buttons are a bit big and it has metal snap closures and the pants are the same style but made by BBI. All pieces are of comparable quality, clean stitching, and nice materials. Now my mini me's wardrobe almost matches mine as I have each one of these pairs of pants in 1:1.
Thanks for following.
3 comments:
Looks like a great wardrobe. Where is the coat? boots? and which belt. Will those clothes fit a slim Ken? Where did you buy them? E-bay which shop? I'm just full of questions-sorry.
Thanks Cherokee :)
I do have a couple coats that my mini me can wear. As for boots, the ones I have on him in these pics are Hot Toys Oakley boots. I do have an assortment of footwear. As for belts, I normally use the typical web style trouser belt that the military goes with. They are usually inexpensive from most 1/6 parts dealers online from most of the military figures that get released. Basically, they are nothing more than a plastic or metal buckle on grosgrain ribbon.
I really should do a post on my mini wardrobe :)
These outfits would definitely fit a Ken body. They might be a little baggy though, but in the case of the shirts, certainly easier to tuck in.
I got mine from Good Stuff To Go:
http://www.goodstufftogo.net
But if you search for them on ebay you will find them too.
And no worries about all the questions :) I am always happy to answer any and all questions people have :)
Looks GREAT as I thought they would !
OneSixaddict
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