Sunday, November 6, 2011

Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KOs (116) - Bootleg (?) WWE Heavyweight Championship Belt, Spinner Belt

Gotten this at CSC today... Not sure if these are bootlegged or legit versions of the Jakks Pacific belts, but they sure do have KO quality... Price is 2 for $30...


WWE Heavyweight Championship Belt
Hmm... After de-tombing and toying around for some time then realised the front piece is missing a red jewel... the fake leather belt itself seem to be the same for both belts, which means the shape did not follow the front piece's profile... and the side pieces are mounted vertically instead of horizontally... ok, going to make things right later... but will need to cut some patch-ups... hope can find some good materials... "As you can see", the paper for the package is the same for both belts, which is of course the wrong one for this belt... And printing quality is bad.. that is also a reason why I think they are bootlegged versions...


Update:
Managed to reposition the side pieces horizontally, but they are not really aligned to the front piece, slightly higher... All because I am too lazy to cover up 4 more holes, thought will be ugly...




WWE Spinner Belt
Yes, the one John Cena has/had... I mentioned KO quality as the chrome job is not done properly, sprue cutoffs are not that good, and worst is spinning action is not possible... After an initial examination, realised the axle is not secure and wobbles the plate, need to make the axle smaller to fit in hole, or make the hole bigger to fit in more of the axle to stabilize... Will do later, after posting...



Update: Managed to fix the spinning wheel to be able to spin now... not as good as the legit ones seen on Youtube, but at least it goes freely for a few revolutions! Happy... Also swapped the side plates to their right places, and painted a bit (preferred the words "MON NITE" to be in silver though...) ...



... back of the belt, which is also the same for the WWE Heavyweight Championship Belt... Yes, uses velcro... very aesthetically pleasing...


Overall the length is too short for my 35 inch waist... well ,either I need to trim down, or find a way to extend the belt... I think I'll choose the latter... hahaha...

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