Star Wars Deluxe General Grievous Costume - One Color - Small - 1.6 out of 5 stars from 10 customer reviewsOverpriced and inferior
I have to agree wholeheartedly with the reviewer below. For the price, I expected something of much higher quality. And for a product like this to bear the officially-licensed stamp of Star Wars, that's just inexcusable.
The mask arrives folded and is largely unusable. It'll never appear crease-free and I can't imagine my son wearing a sweltering latex monstrosity like this for long anyway. Plus, Grievous' ears have been poorly attached with what looks like a pound of hot glue complete with rock-hard drip marks. I plan on swapping it out with the electronic version. But, really, why should I have to pay more?
As an added bonus, my costume came with a large, visible stain on the cape. I won't even attempt to wash it because I'm sure it'll fall apart. Other than that, the body suit is okay, I guess. But I have my doubts whether several of the attached foam pieces will ever be the correct shape.
All in all, a terrible, poorly-made, overpriced travesty.
Disappointing mask
The body suit is like most "action character" costumes, but the mask is very disappointing and looks nothing like the picture in that it is VERY flimsy and not at all symmetrical. We tried to fold it in half and put it under a few heavy books to make the crease straight and to have the long side portions look even when being worn, but nothing is working. The side pieces are not even glued on the same way - it looks very cheap and the person who put it together apparently does not care what it looks like. Furthermore, it doesn't look "machine-like" - it looks more like the freakish "oozing flesh" or "old man" Halloween masks that you see year-to-year.
My son is almost seven and is fairly tall - his 4-6 costumes from last year do not fit properly as he is too tall, but the Medium 8-10 is too large. We'll have to make-do unless we find another costume, but I do wonder why there is such a jump between children's sizes for this costume. 4-6 and 8-10 is a huge gap...
"Deluxe" is mislabeled! This is the regular version!
If you do an online search for this costume, you can tell by the differences in the pictures that the real Deluxe version of this costume is noticeably different than the one Rubies is trying to sell as Deluxe. This is the regular version, making the price of it not so competitive. I suggest that Rubies is trying to con the customer on purpose - and is getting away with it, considering how many bad reviews there have been at this point. Here's the real Deluxe version: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004XV30SQ/ref=s9_simh_gw_p21_d0_i5?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=142B852YSTVV3BX2TBWV&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_i=507846 Good luck all.
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