The Mysterious Jacket saga continues... new info!

[Kaotick]

Ok, so I posted this jacket a month or so ago and no one could identify it. I picked up another big lot and found these pants in it. They match perfectly as far as the pattern goes, but are not tagged, don't fit and 8" figure lke the jacket does, and have a velcro closure unlike the jacket... help!!!

Could the jacket be a rare piece for Don? It fits 8" perfectly, is tagged Mego, and is cut similar to the SI/AE BW jacket.

Time to call in the PRO'S!

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And finally, the Green Arrow was a good sport and agreed to model for us!
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[Kaotick]

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[Kaotick]

Still holding out hope someone here can help!

[EMCE Hammer]

Sorry, but I am pretty sure it's a fake. The pants are George Burns from exclusive premiere, and I believe the jacket is too. Looks like they took off the fake pocket and re-hemmed the bottom. Notice how only the bottom hem is in white thread on yours?

[Kaotick]

Thanks for the info! I am sure those are the pants. Finally, some closure, lol!

I just can't wrap my head around someone going to the trouble of taking the pocket off, perfectly sewing a paper Mego tag inside it only using the original holes in the tag... for what?

I got the jacket in a lot about 4 months ago, from the west coast and the pants about a week ago from the east coast, so I'm sure they were never together. Also, as you can see from GA, the jacket is a perfect fit for 8" scale, in the shoulders and everything, but the pants are no where close...

[EMCE Hammer]

I've used the outfit for customs before. The George Burns coat is too short in the arms for a 9" figure, but it fits perfectly on a Mego other than being long. You're right, it doesn't make sense unless you ran into someone who is either really anal about their customs, or someone who likes to play dumb and try to trick people into thinking they've stumbled on to a find. I've seen both types. The tell for me is the white thread on the bottom hem, and to a lesser degree the perfect match on the houndstooth pattern, the buttons, and the shade of white of the fabric. I could duplicate your coat in less than half an hour with a George jacket and any old AJ tag from my parts box. Of course I could be wrong, but from what I can see in the pics I don't think I am.

[piecemaker]

I agree someone customized a George Burns coat for whichever reason.I have found Mego tags inside costumes that were not even sewn in before.The bottom of the Burns coat is curved on the bottom.You can see that same curved cut on your coat,on the inside front(with black thread) someone cut/shortened the coat mainly in the back, folded it over and sewed it again using white thread.So you have BOTH a black and white thread that makes up the bottom hem.Like EMCE said,someones custom or someones really bad fake.

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[thunderbolt]

anybody got that Burns head? I could sure use it for a custom.

[EMCE Hammer]

Mine left the building at Mego Meet

[piecemaker]

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[piecemaker]

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[thunderbolt]

now I got the Burns doll on the cheap, but don't remember what I wanted the head for. Stupid old age. THe suit will be cool for my next Joker tho.

[convoy357]

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Pardon me for noticing,.......but whats going on with Jokers crotch area in this pic? I think this pic displays a bit more info about the Joker than I ever really wanted to know! .......LOL.

[piecemaker]

Pardon me for noticing,.......but whats going on with Jokers crotch area in this pic? I think this pic displays a bit more info about the Joker than I ever really wanted to know! .......LOL.

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Yeah,i was trying to illustrate AGAIN to kaotick that the coat he posted here and now has listed on Ebay as an Unknown,but "original" MEGO jacket http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mego-UNKNOWN-JACKET-For-Vintage-8-Action-Figures-/271201231621?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item3f24da6 305#ht_5772wt_932 is in FACT just a modified George Burns jacket.I think the pinhead holding the jacket closed illustrates more than i intended,lol.