An Airdrop

"It's a problem with the graphite, sir. The next 10,000 will be up to specifications."
"At least they gave us a discount."
"Quite. In the, uh, meantime, Sir, may I suggest you try to avoid landing on your head?" – Alfred Pennyworth and Bruce Wayne

While work is ongoing to help bring the armor templating back on course, a care package came through across the border via a friend's planned visit, on relatively short notice, which deserves a rather gigantic personal thank you.



Adult Batman Full Mask



Even through a bout of baggage loss and holds, my friends find a way to pull through, which is absolutely amazing.

So for your visual pleasure, I present to you the Adult Batman Full Mask, Adult Batman Utility Belt, and the River Road Pecos Mesh Gloves.

For being the most expensive item on this particular trip, I'm thoroughly disappointed with the Adult Batman Full Mask.  While I completely understand that this is supposed to be a one-size-fit-all kind of item, and that I was probably going to have to make do with some foam lining on the inside, there were a number of manufacturer's imperfections on the item, the least of which being frequent bumps, scuffs and discoloration on the mask's exterior, no doubt due to a bad molding or mold release.

Aside from that, the nose sockets were uneven AND misaligned, and the eye sockets have imperfections in the edges.

A rip above the closure

The worst was the velcro on the back.  Not only did the terrible sewing job start to tear as soon as I tried to undo the velcro to inspect the closure, there was a gigantic dollop of a bump right at the top of the closure, which led the back of the mask to rip as soon as I tried it on for fitting.  Huge disappointment.

And this is supposed to be an officially licensed product.  For $34.99, us amateurs could've done better.  DC, it's time to stop outsourcing your manufacturing to China.  That said, I'm hoping with some work I could still recover this mask and be able to get some amount of use out of it.

River Road Pecos Mesh Gloves

On the bright side of course, the other two items were absolutely spectacular.  The River Road Pecos Mesh Gloves were exactly how I imagined for them to be, and because of the good tailoring, I am almost afraid of ruining it by adding any more features to them.

If I do, it'll be only to add some knuckle guards, and maybe a little bit of resistive thread on the fingertips for the touch phones.

I really can't say enough about these gloves.  They're comfortable, they're an absolute perfect fit (Thanks to the amazing online help at Motorcycle Superstore), not to mention the quality is just superb.  Very cool.

Adult Batman Utility Belt

Last but not least, the Adult Batman Utility Belt.  Overall, no complaints about the item.  The quality of the item is good, and it is exactly as ordered.  Plastic, which is a bit of a shame, as it will probably see less years than it should, but then again, the detail on this thing is just gorgeous.

While I'm probably going to do some work on this item, namely replace the velcro closure at the back with a plastic buckle, and add a foam and velcro lining in the front to accomodate an inner belt, I'm glad this item came as ordered, and will accomodate various standard-sized holsters with little difficulty.