#eBay things

[ghostchasersmagazine]

Found this piece of Drak Pack art on eBay the other day, in a group of other HB animation cels being sold. While I have seen the uncolored version of this art before, I've never seen the characters with these particular colors.

Assuming that these were the intended colors of this piece (at least at one point), my best guess is that these are even earlier designs for the characters.

The Big D design seen here is reminiscent of his design seen in this piece of production art, and likewise so are smaller details like Franky + Howler's hair colors. I feel like if the creators had the idea of Big D being a human-looking monster then it's not unreasonable to guess they could have had the same plans for the Drak Pack themselves at one point.

I also want to note that in the description of this listing on eBay Howler is listed as "Howell", which is an earlier name used for him as seen on his model sheets. Similarly Big D is called Dr. Dred in the listing (though spelled as "Dr. Dredd"), which also matches his model sheets where he's mislabeled as Dr. Dred on some of them. The fact that the seller is listing these characters by their model sheet names as opposed to their finalized ones gives me the idea that this art was created in the timeframe when the designs were still being finalized so those were the names listed with it.

As for the designs and how I feel about them, I think the Franky design here works. I like how his clothes still subtle references the Universal Frankenstein's Monster design, and him having a human skin tone in his monster form works since a Frankenstein's Monster is reanimated human corpse and all that.

I don't like the Drak design as much, but I don't really dislike it too much either. I don't think having him in only dark colors really matches his character (or the finalized version of him in the show anyhow), but I can see it working in a sense of him trying to mimic Big D, really leaning into the "Jr" aspect of his name. Plus, having a human skin tone would work since that's a common trait in vampire designs anyway.

I'm not a fan of Howler's (or Howell's) clothing colors. The khaki pants are too close to his skin color and I just don't like the blue on him.

The only thoughts I have about Big D's design is that I don't like that pale brown cape color on him, but I do like how much more gray his hair is than in his finalized design, even down to his eyebrows. It plays into the whole "great granduncle" thing.

[nostalgicfun]

"Get well Soon" Teddy! 💛

[obsob]

one small step for. kitties

[prettyinpunk]

he what kerrang

[magicalcreeks]

Tim isn’t sporty? Let’s not act like he wouldn’t be on eBay fighting with bidders for rare baseball cards.

[timdoubleyou]

i found jay’s black jacket (an ID guide)

This black jacket is worn by Jay about 9 times throughout Marble Hornets, including his final appearance. And after some weeks of on-and-off research, I think I know the exact make and model.

This post will detail exactly how I found it, and serve as a guide for anyone that wants to find the jacket, whether that's for cosplay purposes, or if you're just keen on collecting items related to MH.

Main post under the cut

Intro

The first step to identifying the jacket was to gather as many references as possible.

I went back to the web series and took screenshots from any entries the jacket makes an appearance. (shoutout to mg549′s very comprehensive MH wardrobe guide, without it this would’ve been much more of a pain)

Jay's jacket is, for the most part, very plain. It's a solid color, full-zip jacket, without any particularly eye-catching logos or other details. I had to look for moments where even the slightest distinction appeared clear on camera, at least as distinct as it can be. Even if it was just close-ups to get the shape of a zipper, or how many buttons are on a sleeve, it was the best I got. While I did manage to find a decent amount of these, there was just one crucial detail that would've made finding it near-impossible; the brand is never shown. Thankfully, I had another resource.

In 2018 Troy Sold a Lot of Stuff

In early 2018, Troy officially announced that MH would be continued in a comic series. To fund the first issue, he held a number of auctions for production items used during the web series on Ebay.

These included items such as Jay’s camera, Brian’s hoodie, A Masky mask, and Jay’s black jacket.

Lo and behold, the jacket listing includes a picture with the brand in clear view. It's from Gap.

Ebay does not archive sold listings older than 90 days. However, Worthpoint, a website for valuing and pricing collectibles, does. Using Worthpoint I was able to find all of these items, (and a lot more, which can be found in this doc I submitted to Archive Hornets)

Identification

With the picture from the listing and the series screencaps, I had a complete ID list.

(Top image is from the Ebay listing, with the contrast adjusted a little for easier viewing. The bottom two images are from Entry #79)

The Gap logo (This specific logo dates the jacket being made anywhere between 1986 and 2009, when it first appears).

Front Zipper (Note the shape)

The two front pockets

The two buttons and pointed cuffs on each sleeve (Second one is a little hard to see but it's jusstt peeping out at the side)

The blue piping in the inner lining

The zipper in the right side inner lining

The gray mesh inner lining

With these in mind, I could now go to the next and longest step-

Finding the Jacket

I combed three resell sites; Ebay, Depop, and Poshmark. My main goal wasn't to actually purchase the jacket, (although, I would like to at some point) but to find a jacket listing that had every identifier, and have a more definite baseline for finding others. I needed to be sure what I had was enough to properly ID the jacket. The references I had stitched together were decent enough, but I wanted to see if there was something better out there.

After tons of page scrolling and tab-switching and comparing and contrasting, I finally got lucky.

(first two images are from crashthecloset's listing on poshmark, last six are from shannfo-76 on ebay)

I haven't bought one myself as of posting, but I feel pretty confident this is it. The jackets were already sold, but every marker seemed to be accounted for. It also revealed new ones, like the reflective pattern and pockets on the inner lining, (zipper on the right side pocket, button on the left pocket) and the materials tag.

With that, here's some final notes that may be helpful if you try looking for the jacket yourself:

Online sellers often describe it as a light jacket, a windbreaker, a 2-in-1, or 3-in-1.

"Gap Mens Black Jacket" is the search phrase I used the most since it yielded a (very) broad result pool.

Most of the jackets I found came from Poshmark or Ebay.

The exact size of Jay’s jacket is unclear. My best guesses are either a US Men’s S or M, since Jay was pretty skinny and of average height. I’ve only been able to find maybe 2 jackets that are a size M, one of which is the first pic in the photoset above.

Gap has sold other black jackets that look remarkably similar to Jay’s, and they do pop up on resell sites. One of these was so similar, the only discernible difference was the style of the logo. I highly recommend making sure it matches the exact one Jay had before purchasing. (It's also more than fine to ask/msg me if you have any doubts!) As long as you know what to look for, you shouldn’t have a problem finding at least one.

One detail that confounded me was this sleeve poking out of Jay's jacket. At first I thought he was wearing a long sleeve underneath, making this shot a continuity error since he appeared to Only be wearing the green short sleeve under the jacket.

@hivemite pointed out that this might be a two-in-one jacket, which has multiple layers for different types of weather. While I have not been able to see the sleeve outside of two shots in entry #79 and #80, one listing I found did describe it as a 3-in-1.

that's about it! hope this helps :)

[puppyeared]

fake ep idea + doodles

[after-witch]

UMM I can't breathe

I got a job offer!!!

thank you tree clowns of good fortune

ALL HAIL TREE CLOWNS OF GOOD FORTUNE!!!

I'm still going to interviews I have planned for next week on the off chance that something goes wrong here lmao BUT.

I'm actually in a state of shock right now. Wtf.

Wtfffffffff.

[furbs-and-prayers]

pandora hearts if they had tattoos (many ideas supplied by my conversation with the lovely @eggubato <3)

[mars-gallavanger]

[ghostchasersmagazine]

A new piece of Drak Pack production art I found on eBay today:

It's one showing off the Drak Whack. I do like the idea of the light that covers them when they transform being in a bat-shape.

It's also another piece of art that shows them in their non-finalized colors, with Franky in his pink shirt/red jacket and him and Howler having their hair colors swapped.

[nostalgicfun]

[whispering-woodlands]

Rinzler house key save me

[vinceaddams]

Up till now I'd thought there was no way to filter by item location on ebay, because that option never showed up for me in the sidebar, and I was super frustrated by it because most of the search results are from the U.S. and the shipping is SO EXPENSIVE.

But it turns out they DO have that option if I use ebay.ca instead of ebay.com? And it's functionally the same website in the same language, but the account I have on ebay.com doesn't work here, so I need to make a whole new account??? I think that's very stupid but I'm glad I can now search for only items within Canada.

Edit: Oh ok I can "link" the accounts, that seems more reasonable and more like they're still the same account.

Just figured I'd post this in case anyone else is having the same problem. Hopefully putting the specific letters for your country at the end of the url will rectify it!

[mildmayfoxe]

WORLDS GREATEST con artist / cheapskate / stud / boozer / dancer / brat / space cadet / bs'er / hypochondriac / nut / burden / losing gambler / playmate / animal / party-goer

[mikeology]

Genesis, November 1974. Photos taken by David Gahr.

(via Ebay: x, x)