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Action Figure Final Fantasy VII Remake Collectibles
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thatonenerdlord
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The trade term “genuine leather” refers to bonded leather, which will absolutely degrade over time. Basically it’s the bits of leftover leather and I believe polyurethane?
That’s why the grade of leather is more important than it simply being “genuine”.
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"Genuine" is the lowest grade of leather. But it's still better than pleather.
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Actually “Faux leather” is more durable than “genuine leather”, and usually costs more.
“Genuine leather” will crack and peel. The Sephiroth coat is “genuine leather”, not good quality leather.
From leather article:
"Faux leather is much less durable than real leather. It tends to crack and peel over time, with poor quality pieces losing their original finish in just a few months. Because faux leather is man-made, this peeling and cracking can't be undone."
I don't think Sephiroth coat is real leather.
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I know it seems like a distinction without a difference, but this article is specifically using the term real leather, which is important. That means it’s a normal leather product. “Genuine leather” as I and someone else explained, is leather scraps mixed with polyurethane, but is different from “faux leather”.
His coat is “genuine leather”, but not higher grade leather (often differentiated as “real leather”) which would not peel.
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This is wrong. You're describing 'bonded leather', which is leather scraps glued together.
"Genuine leather" does not have a definition, it is a marketing term.
The problem being, these are all English terms being used by companies who don't use English as their primary language, so the terms aren't being used appropriately. These companies are using "genuine leather" to try and convince you the product they are selling you is of a certain quality.
People are buying products that are described with terms like "genuine leather" and when it flakes they think that means "genuine leather" is low quality. They aren't considering that they were lied to. They don't stop and think "Hmm, this product is low quality, maybe it isn't actually genuine leather."
Actual leather qualities use terms like "top grain", "full grain", or "split grain." But there is no grading authority, or rules set in place that govern correct usage of these terms. So, it's hard to have any serious discussion about it because none of these companies will actually use the terms appropriately.
The reality is, none of these figures will use high-quality leather (whatever grade/term you want to use) because leather is expensive and you're not going to "waste" high-quality leather on making clothes for 1/6 scale action figures. To buy a high-quality leather in such a quantity to make 300 to 10,000 action figures would simply be cost prohibitive.
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Meh, I see “genuine leather” used for bonded leather all the time because it is just a marketing term which lets them get away with making it sound better than it is, so I thought that was a concise enough explanation for the topic (Sephiroth’s coat) when quality leather likely wouldn’t simply label themselves “genuine leather” and nothing else. But you’re right that I should have added that somewhere so people would look for other terms as well, as opposed to just seeing the words “genuine leather” assuming it’s fake and running without checking for other quality markers lol that’s what I get for posting right before bed
Edit: I just realized I actually completely forgot the word OFTEN in that post
“as I and someone else explained, is leather” it’s supposed to be IS OFTEN
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Playing Rebirth and stumbled across this fellow collector. The poor guy only needed a few hundred Gil for a "Fluffy Wuffy" to complete his collection.
I feel like this one was aimed personally at us collectors.
I feel like this one was aimed personally at us collectors.
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They called us outPlaying Rebirth and stumbled across this fellow collector. The poor guy only needed a few hundred Gil for a "Fluffy Wuffy" to complete his collection.
I feel like this one was aimed personally at us collectors.
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