Okay so I had said I would do a mini review on my Soldier: 76 jacket and here it is~
I bought this jacket from Cosplayforce on Etsy. You can find them here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/cosplayforce
Here are basic pros and cons!
Pros: - The jacket is made of pleather and is fully lined. I wore it out in torrential rain multiple days in a row and it kept me dry. It is also well insulated; I have bad circulation, and I didn’t get too hot/too cold. - It has proper zips and poppers. The zip can be a little finicky but I think that is down to my dumb hands rather than the coat itself, lol. It also has velcro shoulder attachments. - This is a cosplay jacket. As such it includes the gloves. They’re a bit like gardening gloves really but if you were so inclined you could probably wear them in cold weather. - It fits very well and there are no obvious loose threads or misprints. - This arrived very quickly for a coat from China. I am in the UK and it arrived in about two and a half weeks. I still can’t leave an etsy review yet because it turned up that quick. - The store had great communication and will asking about fit and confirm details with you. - There are other colours: you can get the white version or golden version from the same store. Yeti Dad or Bling Dad, you pick 👍 - Big 76 on the back. I noticed some of the other coats I had seen had the 76 in the middle of the design but this takes up the whole back. - You will get some compliments. :P - Makes you 99% more likely to get okayest Dad of The Game
Cons: - I did find that if you get hot in this bad boy, it’s pretty clammy. It’ll likely need hand washing for the lining. - The cost. This jacket was expensive. It was also an extra $20 shipping. That said, see shipping notes in the Pros - These are Asian sizings!!!! Measure yourself against the chart provided. If nothing else, order custom for a bit more and measure yourself. For context, I am a medium UK but I had to order Men’s Large (and could have gone XL if I wanted a loose fit) - No pockets. RIP - May notice increase of young punks on your lawn
I strongly recommend this store for this coat. I would avoid eBay where possible for purchases of this kind of thing unless you trust the seller; Etsy has a great feature in its purchasing that you can leave more comprehensive reviews - including photos - and they were very positive from this store which is why I took the gamble. :) I have been tempted to get the golden one in the future too!
I hope this answers some questions for people and if anyone has others let me know 😎 I was not sponsored to do this also; I have had quite a lot of asks so I thought a post would help~~
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