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Awesome, people are alive...That is awesome. Lets get this site going.. Also, I have a myspace dedicated to the rocketeer...it is myspace.com/therocketeermovie

If you look in the photo albums. Part of my collection is posted in the personal collection album. I just got something amazing today, and waiting to get it in the mail, but Ill post that later.

Extreme, how is your costume coming along? How far ahead are you? As of right now, I'm working on my costume too. I been searching around looking for the best deals to make a costume. If you are looking for something maybe I can point you into the right direction.

Michael

Hey Jaime

Nice costume.. you were the one that custom made your rocketpack right? I was considering buying the Monsters in motion (mim) pack but I will hold off because I just spent a lot on a rocketeer item the other day. You did a great job on your pack. I bought this pack shell that a person molded off of his own pack a few months ago..ill try to add a pic...He molded it okay, just had to improvise a lot. I tried building my own from scratch but I lack in hand building skills.


Living in the UK has disadvantages since everything costs more to ship, and most rocketeer items are located in united states. I think the only item made in the uk is the wested jacket..


try the website http://www.motorcowboy.com/category/rocketeerboots/ email and ask them how much shipping will cost...The boots are over-priced though, but buying actual dehners will cost you a lot more..

or if you have an ebay.com account look up user: theleatherboutique.com (look up user in advance search /items by seller , its a user name not a website) He custom makes jedi boots, german officer boots and other boots..

or if you want a cheap alternative than try ebay and type jedi boots...the boots that pop up are renaissance /jedi boots...They don't last long. They wear and tear easy. But will be perfect for minimal usage.

Your welcome. Everyone was recomending the motorcowboy boots, but I look for cheaper alternatives since the pack & helmet are a lot. And I'm not willing to spend a lot in this economy.

The jacket is from South Beach Leather (http://southbeachleather.com/)... Its the cheapest jacket I could fine. I bought the jacket for $175 on ebay. Abbyshot was way to much, and I didn't want to take the risk of getting the wested since it has to be shipped all the way from Uk. . . the wested looks amazing. The jacket i Have is great. The only problem I have with it is the buttons. They are cheap and shinny. I need to replace them with brass.

I love your pack, I wish i can build something like that without going to mim. My home made one is horrible, and I suck at paper mache so I decided just to save up for mim.

My costume: I have the jacket, helmet, gun, jodphurs, a lesser version jetpack, belt, and as of right now, I'm having the buckles of the harness used in the movie being shipped to me as we speak.

Speaking of the harness, do you have anymore pics of your harness? I'm stumped . Where did you get the materials and how did you attach the pack.? I was going to use a cheaper harness, but decided I want to get as close to the movie harness as possible.

Hey Lance,

How much did it cost to have the jacket made by predicta? I wanted a more accurate jacket since south beach, wested, and abby use a different color than the actual movie jacket.. also what is rpf? I see that a lot along the boards but never figured it out...


yeah, i don't like the motorcowboy boots that much either..i tried looking up the ebay link, but it turned up invalid item number..

I'm still waiting for my "The Art and Life of Dave Stevens Brush With Passion".. There is a limited edition of 200 copies which is signed by dave stevens before he died,. I preorder it months ago, and was postponed twice....So I'm still in the waiting process.. It is suppose to come out on february 20th, so Im hoping it doesnt get postponed again..It is a leather cover with a extra signature page..I had to get the limited edition one. It is a lot of money, but well worth it.

Yeah, I notice the wested and abby shot jacket colors were off, and seem darker. The south beach leather is pretty close, but predicta totally nailed it with the coloring and accuracy. I saw his jackets, and they look 100% accurate. I thought about getting a jacket through him but decided to get the buckles instead.

I found therpf forum, and I totally remember that site..it is so hard to sign up for them. They only let people sign up every 6 months. I miss the sign up date a month ago, so now i have to wait another 6 months.

Leatherboutique looks promising. I found him a couple months ago, but never ordered from him. I know he does german boots. I hate ordering custom measurements because they never fit properly. South Beach leather did boots too for 200, but they have their items made in pakistan, and i really dont want to go through that route again. I kinda dont like the thought of my jacket coming from a swet shop paying people 5 cents a day.

Yeah, I was planning to get the more affordable limited 2000 version of the brush with passion, but i found out there was a limited signed edition. It took me about 2 seconds to decide that i wanted it. Dave stevens last worked signed before he died. One of his last signatures. I just had to have it. I have almost all of the rocketeer prints, and heard that the autograph in this book is on an unpublished work of dave stevens.

Yeah, I won the buckles on ebay recently.The buckles are super hard to find, and supposedly only 6 exist which i find that hard to believe. i know a person that might know the origin of the buckles when i get them later this week. My ex girlfriends grandfather is a world war 2 pilot that lived in germany years after the war was over thats where he met his wife. He still has friends in germany that were pilots which one is a 96 year old priest, so hopefully i can find info on these. I haven't shown him pictures yet since i havent really had any clear photos of them, I want to wait to show it to him in person.

Veedox on this forum owns a set too. Have you seen his costume? His costume is almost 100% accurate. Lucky punk! haha. I think only thing that needs work is his harness. He has the predicta jacket, the mim rocket, mim helmet, and jodphurs, buckles, and dehner ww2 boots. I want to get a 100% accurate costume, but in the end that will cost a much as a cheap car which I am not willing to do. I'm going to stick with my south beach leather jacket and my darker jodphurs. I got darker pants to match the color change of the jacket. All I need is the mim rocket pack and helmet which will be awhile since the buckles put a dent in the ole credit card. Also, I collect other rocketeer memorbilia which takes a dent in the pocket book.If I sold my whole collection ofd rocketeer, im sure i can afford a 100% accurate costume, but i like having the little things like my statues and prints. I havent even included all my items on my myspace page. I have lots more items in my closet in boxes like a cookie jar, rocket pack blue prints, icons marketing ads of the hero helmet that disney was producing until they went out of business and sold the rights to masterreplicas. etc etc

I will get the buckles on wednesday so Ill try to post pics once i get them. I will post pics of the limited 200 brush with passion too when I get that.

That is amazing..I love the detail. I'm strap for cash right now, but if i ever get a mim helmet, I would totally consider having you finish the helmet for me.

I'm trying to get a complete costume by october for halloween, but I will see how the finances goes in this economy. Also, I hear mim takes forever to fill orders.

Let me know when you finish this helmet, hopefully I will have a mim by than.

My email is equilibrium09@aol.com