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BornAgainBatman
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| Posted on 05-02-2007 09:20 |
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I notice a lot of people here perfer the cloth cape over the plastic cape.
Personally, I like the pastic better.
They dont collect dust and other particals as easy as the cloth and the cloth just looks cheaper.
What you perfer and why? |
   
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Tom-Tom
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| Posted on 05-02-2007 10:14 |
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that depends on if the plastic is hard or soft. if soft, maybe. the cloth capes tear easily. im gonna experiment with capes made of shower curtains. they are sturdy like plastic, but flow easily like cloth. plus o know how to make them stretchable. |
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BornAgainBatman
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| Posted on 05-02-2007 11:45 |
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Look at the DCSH Batman S1 and S3 capes. both made from a soft plastic and are very will done.
The best cloth cape i seen has to be the 1St appearance Batman.
Now if we can get capes like 1st App Batman, I may change my mind |
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Caleson
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| Posted on 05-02-2007 11:51 |
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The way I see it, if you've got a figure that's highly versatile in terms of posability, cloth may be preferable. If you've got a pre-posed figure in a dramatic, statuesque stance (Legends of Batman, for instance), a plastic pre-posed cape often looks nice. Unfortunately, it seems that most highly posable figures coming out lately have plastic capes. But they're usually a soft bendable plastic that works well enough.
Tom-Tom wrote:
that depends on if the plastic is hard or soft. if soft, maybe. the cloth capes tear easily. What have you been doing with your figures? Most of my figures as a kid were by Kenner, featuring the wire neck, cloth cape, and I can't recall ever tearing any during play.
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BornAgainBatman
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| Posted on 05-02-2007 12:09 |
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Very good point Cale.
Lets look at everybody favorite Batman, mattle Zip line Batman.
His cape was not all that good.
They should of gave him a bigger/wider cape or maybe a plastie cape.
I hear another retool!! |
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Drunken Fist
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| Posted on 05-02-2007 15:14 |
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For the most part, I prefer soft plastic. It's just pretty rare that a cloth cape looks good, they usually cheap out on it. The FA Batman does have a great cape, it's durable material with a lining and wires for posing. I can deal with that, they actually put some work into that one. Usually, I prefer the same kinda cape we got with the DCSH Batman figures.
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BornAgainBatman
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| Posted on 05-02-2007 15:38 |
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Yes!
I do agree with you DF.
FA Batman and the comic con Batman Begins has the best cloth cape.
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A_Spidey_Fan
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| Posted on 13-02-2007 23:33 |
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It depends I think. If it's for play and for the figures to fit in vehicles, then a cloth cape is probably the best. If it's for display or collectors(I.E.: DC Direct toys) only, then maybe the plastic capes are the best for those.
Me personally, I usually perfer cloth capes, especially since if you play with the figure and move it around, the cloth cape usually moves as well(Just like in the various Batman cartoons and movies). 1 of the things I love to do whenever I use 1 of my cloth cape figures is that when I tie a string/yo-yo rope around his hand to use as a bat rope for him to swing from 1 area to the next, it's always kind of fun to see the cape move as the figure swings. If I do the same thing with a figure with a plastic cape, it doesn't have the same effect because the cape is static and stuck in 1 pose(Only works well if the cape is very open like wings).
Hey Tom-Tom, never would of though of using shower curtains as capes for figures. Let us know how your experiment goes, because I think that may actually work, espeically since it's made of plastic but still movable and flowable(Okay, so flowable isn't a word, but I hope you guys get what I'm trying to say). |
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BornAgainBatman
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| Posted on 14-02-2007 00:57 |
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It depends I think. If it's for play and for the figures to fit in vehicles, then a cloth cape is probably the best
Very Very true.... I forgot to think about that.
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FlaBat
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| Posted on 14-02-2007 19:33 |
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For me, I say it depends upon the figure. A good cloth cape beats even the best soft rubber cape any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Batman Begins Deluxe Collector Edition had one of the best cloth capes there is. The same holds true for the First Appearance Batman too. Sadly the price point of those figures is higher and I bet it costs more to make a really good cloth cape than a decent rubber one.
If the figure is a Legends Of Batman / MacFarlane style, hyperposed figure then the rubber is better, but on a poseable figure cloth is better if you want a dynamic pose or put them in the Batmobile.
Zipline Batman and the first DCSH Batman were the same size, but only Zipline Batman fits in the Batmobile.
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