"Hot" Items in the Future

Misanthropic_Gods wrote:*Contractor Items (Blackwater especially)

Contractor items. Interesting that you brought that one up. Contractor items are going to be a nightmare in the future. Many times, contractors didn't wear a standardized uniform. They wore civilian clothing and wore numerous different kinds of protective gear and vests. ALSO....Blackwater also had it's own line of gear. Was this ever used by BW operators? Can't say for 100% certainty, but that gear was made for the civilian market in the US. To add to the confusion even more, contractor impressions are a popular theme with air-softers. Don't even get me started on SF items.

Provenance is the key to any item, but it is even more important to get with SF and Contractor items. However, I do agree with your assessment of Contractor items.

Funny story, a lot of the air-soft teams in the Phillipines are big into Blackwater items. They were the shirts and caps around town. Be wary of any Blackwater items coming out of the Phillipines. Good chance of it being fake.

P-E wrote:Here's what I think :

1. Personalized items (arabic embroidery, theater made patch sew on jacket, modified uniforms, armbands, painted helmet,...) issued or truly used by troops.

--> EXCLUDING some sort of commercial items. By example back pack (with camel or other embroidery), some hats (b.e Bob sponge or other same sort of embroidery only made as commercial junk), some theater made patch that are only commercial and NEVER used.

AndrewA74 wrote:Interesting topic. I've been selling patched, named 82nd DCU's on ebay and they've been selling for around $5 with $8 shipping (with one exception, one went for $10) and DCU's seem to be falling. What's scaring me is that the patches themselves seem to be getting more expensive than thier uniforms so I see a problem with dealers stripping the uniforms to get big bucks from the patches and thus the DCU market dries up.
Andrew