Re: UA Designs anyone?

Posted by Patterson from gw.wizards.com on September 16, 1999 at 09:08:33:

In Reply to: Re: UA Designs anyone? posted by DeWayne on September 15, 1999 at 21:52:08:

: : : : : :
: : : : : : : The Cooper Jacket page is now active at Indy Gear.

: : : : : : The picture you show for the Disney version doesn't look like the one I saw yesterday at the Indy Shop. The sleeves had snap buttons and the flap back was pretty small (as compared to the Wested).

: : : : : That's my Disney jacket. I got it for Christmas of '96. I know they've changed them recently. Every time I've been to Disneyland the jackets seem to change a bit. The last time I went they had some that were cut the same as mine, but with a different, lighter leather.(Mine seems to be lambhide or something very close, that's what a expert told me. It's very, very nice leather.) They also had the ones with the snaps that you speak of. I doubt very much the latter are Coopers.

: : : : They're not Coopers. Disney contracts to have them made in China. They stopped putting Coopers into their shops a while back. Its easy to tell if you have a Disney/Cooper; the straps on the Coopers have the D-rings attached on the back of the jacket, with the strap attached near the handwarmer slits. The non-Cooper Disney jackets have the arrangement backwards. The Cooper is consistant with the Wested, other than the fact that the straps are too short and are attached farther away from the handwarmer slits.

: : : : Cheers!

: : : : Patterson

: : : You can also tell a Cooper apart, because the inside label says Cooper.

: : : Hey Patterson,
: : : How did you learn of the source for Disney's production?
: : : You can contact me offline if you like.

: : : John

: : It was very hi-tech, actually - the label says "Made in China". At the time I bought mine back in February of this year, they had only just begun carrying the ones with the snaps on the sleeves. The manager of the Adventure Outpost said they also had a relatively new buyer for the leather jackets. I bet if you contact Disneyland Delivears (pronounced "deliv-ears", they do the mail order sales of park merchandise) they could put you in touch with the buyer. They are very helpful.

: : Cheers!

: : Patterson

: The label(or tag under the TM Indy label)on mine says "Manufactured exclusively for the Walt Disney Company by UA Designs. Dana Point, CA"
: Ever heard of these jackets?

You have an older Disney jacket - pre-February of 1999, right? I'm not sure where they come from. I believe yours has a "made in USA" tag on it, but I believe the materials actually come out of China or Mexico cut and ready for assembly. The actual final assembly is done in Dana Point.

Coopers are all "Made in USA". Wested's are generally all "Made in Great Britain", but Peter does get a good amount of his skins in Greece, I believe.

Cheers!

Patterson

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: : : : : : : : The Cooper Jacket page is now active at Indy Gear.

: : : : : : : The picture you show for the Disney version doesn't look like the one I saw yesterday at the Indy Shop.  The sleeves had snap buttons and the flap back was pretty small (as compared to the Wested).

: : : : : : That's my Disney jacket. I got it for Christmas of '96. I know they've changed them recently. Every time I've been to Disneyland the jackets seem to change a bit. The last time I went they had some that were cut the same as mine, but with a different, lighter leather.(Mine seems to be lambhide or something very close, that's what a expert told me. It's very, very nice leather.) They also had the ones with the snaps that you speak of. I doubt very much the latter are Coopers.

: : : : : They're not Coopers.  Disney contracts to have them made in China.  They stopped putting Coopers into their shops a while back.  Its easy to tell if you have a Disney/Cooper; the straps on the Coopers have the D-rings attached on the back of the jacket, with the strap attached near the handwarmer slits.  The non-Cooper Disney jackets have the arrangement backwards.  The Cooper is consistant with the Wested, other than the fact that the straps are too short and are attached farther away from the handwarmer slits.

: : : : : Cheers!

: : : : : Patterson

: : : : You can also tell a Cooper apart, because the inside label says Cooper.

: : : : Hey Patterson, 
: : : : How did you learn of the source for Disney's production?
: : : : You can contact me offline if you like.

: : : : John

: : : It was very hi-tech, actually - the label says "Made in China".  At the time I bought mine back in February of this year, they had only just begun carrying the ones with the snaps on the sleeves.  The manager of the Adventure Outpost said they also had a relatively new buyer for the leather jackets.  I bet if you contact Disneyland Delivears (pronounced "deliv-ears", they do the mail order sales of park merchandise) they could put you in touch with the buyer.  They are very helpful.

: : : Cheers!

: : : Patterson

: : The label(or tag under the TM Indy label)on mine says "Manufactured exclusively for the Walt Disney Company by UA Designs. Dana Point, CA"
: : Ever heard of these jackets?

: You have an older Disney jacket - pre-February of 1999, right?  I'm not sure where they come from.  I believe yours has a "made in USA" tag on it, but I believe the materials actually come out of China or Mexico cut and ready for assembly.  The actual final assembly is done in Dana Point.

: Coopers are all "Made in USA".  Wested's are generally all "Made in Great Britain", but Peter does get a good amount of his skins in Greece, I believe.

: Cheers!

: Patterson

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