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FURSUIT REVIEW FORM

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Your Username
twitter.com/sticksthefox


Name of Maker and Links
http://www.randdfursuits.co.uk/


Your Relationship With The Maker
The maker is NOT a friend


Item Being Reviewed
Character name, type of commission, etc. This will be used to help title the submission on FursuitReview
with digitigrade padding in a toony style as a commission.


Species of Character
Fox





Photos of Completed Product
https://d.facdn.net/art/kibu42/1489.....9-img_8112.jpg


Price Paid
900 GBP paid in installments


Do you have any prior experience with fursuits?
Not prior to this one


How many hours have you worn/used the item(s) you're reviewing?
Give your best estimate.
around 4-5 Conventions


Date Commissioned or Bought
Oct 2014


Date Completed or Shipped
May 2015

Shipping Origin
UK

Did the maker finish the item by the expected date (ETA)?
NO - MULTIPLE ETAs were passed


Did you tell the maker about any issues you had?
Yes, they worked with me to quickly fix the issue

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HEAD
The following questions ask you to explain how satisfied you are with each feature of the head of the costume. If you are reviewing only a set of ears, your answers would also go in this section.

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Wear Satisfaction
Please describe how it is to wear this piece of your costume.
As its a resin head its fairly heavy to wear. Initially it was very hard to get airflow without holding the moving jaw open. This was later rectified by adding to large holes in the nose (that were hidden in the silicon nose itself so looked natural). The single strap used to keep the head in place is very uncomfortable after longer periods of wearing and can make wearing the suit head a bit of a chore

Appearance Satisfaction
Please describe how satisfied you are with how your costume piece looks from the outside.
The look externally is wonderful! Even after many many cons its helded up well. The moving jaw works really well and gives a lot of expression to the suit. Over time small parts have understandible taken its toll (such as the black material strip lining the ring of the eyes, nothing unfixable). Given that its is resin it doesnt hold up well to drops or anything like that as you'd expect (I broke the jaw hinges after it fell off the washing line). But this is to be expected of resin

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BODY
The following questions ask you to explain how satisfied you are with each feature of the body of the costume.
If you are reviewing armsleeves or legs/pants that are seperate from a bodysuit, your answers would also go in this section.
(Appendages, such as hands, feet, tails, etc., are discussed later.)

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Wear Satisfaction
Please describe how it is to wear this piece of your costume.
Body suit initially was too short around the neck area, leaving some exposed areas, this was fixed and patched up seemlessly. The body is very comfortable to wear though a zipper on the inside leg for the stuffing pouch can occupational catch my knee when kneeling down. I feel a more seemless zip would have worked better here.
Its digigrade stuffing pockets are very easy to access making the whole suit easy to wash in a washing machine

Appearance Satisfaction
Please describe how satisfied you are with how your costume piece looks from the outside.
Excellent digigrade look, back zipper has held up well even over time. As with all long haired suits after many uses and washes the fur clumps a little but mostly this is easy to brush out with a slicker brush. This is mostly the nature of faux fur than anything the maker could do.

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HANDS AND FEET
The following questions ask you to explain how satisfied you are with each feature of the hands and feet of the costume.

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Wear Satisfaction
Please describe how it is to wear these pieces of your costume.
Initially hand paws lost their claws and silicon rubber paw pads. These hand paws were eventually replaced (free of charge) with the newer sown, larger paw pad design. These are less dexitrious but MUCH more comfortable and well finished. Feet paws are standard outdoor paws with slip on shoes inside. comfy and easy to get on and off. Over time seams between the toes have come undone but this happened about 2 years into suits life. Soles have now worn down, I think a thicker rubber on the underside wouldn't go amiss, but they have lasted 4 years (which is better than a lot)

Appearance Satisfaction
Please describe how satisfied you are with how your costume pieces look from the outside.
Hand and feet look very cute and fluffy. Have held their shape well

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TAILS
The following questions ask you to explain how satisfied you are with each feature of the tail(s) of the costume.

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Wear Satisfaction
Please describe how it is to wear these pieces of your costume.
A classic belt loop tail. Due to its possition with the back zip its not always that easy to zip up yourself and the holes into the suit for the belt loops have widdened fairly quickly sadly. This makes the tail sag a little and its probably one of the more weak points. However its not uncomfortable in any way as its just a standard belt and tail combo

Appearance Satisfaction
Please describe how satisfied you are with how your costume pieces look from the outside.
The tail itself looks great and has consistently looked great over many years, as said before the holes into the suit for the belt loops let the appearance down somewhat.

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OVERALL SATISFACTION
The following questions ask how satisfied you are with the overall buying experience, including your interactions with the maker and the resulting final product.

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How well does everything fit together and match up?
The whole suit works well, nothing really looks out of place and the proportioning is great!


How easy was it to initially contact the maker for a quote?
Very easy, replied to an email


How satisfied are you with the response time from the maker?
How long did it take the maker to get back to you?
This is the one thing they are bad at, response to emails, updates and ETA changes are incredibly sporadic. The actual turn around time (from start to finish) was actually very quick, but during that time there was very little communication and response to my emails/messages. This put a lot of unneeded stress on the whole process as I had no idea if there were delays or anything like that.


How satisfied are you with the professionalism and customer service and of the maker?
When they communicated they were very kinda and polite, in person they were equally nice, Just the lack of communicaiton was a little off.


How satisfied are you with how long your project took to complete?
Was actually very quick compared to a lot of makers in hindsight. However again with very little updates it felt like a long time as I had no idea really when it be ready for


Are you happy with the product you received?
I feel like my suit was a early day eddition. It was the first of its kind and it shows (internally) in a few places. Externally it looks great and since my suit they seem to have made a lot of changes.


Describe your overall experience with this maker.
Their suits are great for their price range, they also seem to do a lot of interesting and unusual projects and try to work in any unusal design concept. The suits are of fairly good quality and though are far from perfect are happy to help tweak stuff to make it better for the owner. Their main lack is communication, though it has been many many years since I commissioned them so chances are that could have changed.

At the end of the day Im glad I commissioned them, they were a great first suit for me for sure, but there is room to improve, but equally their price structure reflects this.

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FINAL SCORE
FursuitReview scores by having you answer the following question: Would you recommend this maker to another?
Pick one of the scores below that you feel honestly reflects your commissioning experience as a whole, including the quality of your item(s), the appearance, and how you were treated by the maker.

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[YES] Positive = The reviewer would recommend this maker to another
[OK] Neutral = The reviewer may or may not recommend this maker, depending on certain circumstances (reviewer clarifies what these are)
[NO] Negative = The reviewer would not recommend this maker to another, unless the maker significantly changes their practices

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