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[briery]

Rainbow lattice sunstone from Australia.

[rogers-attic]

wendy schaals (francine smith) signature is literally the cutest thing ever

[thatrobotkid]

Official “Whatever Happened to… Robot Jones?” promotional notebook, made by Cartoon Network back in 2002. It is unknown how many of these were made, or who they were given to, but they are definitely SUPER rare.

I’m assuming these were made in regards to the series premiering, as it seems they included Robot Jones on some previous CN merch around this time. It’s possible these were also made as merch to just give to employees of CN, or maybe just employees of WHTRJ? Who knows, just a hunch, you know?! 🤷🏻‍♀️

WorthPoint link to the item, which was an old eBay listing:

[windowshoppinq]

Vintage Mattel Turtle Tots

[rockabillyfootnotes]

ronnie self fan club membership card

[ohmyshesintriguing]

Julie’s Charm bracelet

[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 :)

[pngmart]

dollhouse miniature food

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[zanysmurf]

TWO LOST SMURFBERRY CRUNCH COMMERCIALS GOT UPLOADED A YEAR AGO???????????????????????

[cncity]

juniper lee wind chime, candle+incense, and DVD

[scumtumbl]

oh yeah, i guess i never posted them much elsewhere, but a couple of years ago i scanned and uploaded as many of the pepper ann comics from the disney adventures magazines as i could

[spinstadium]

1999-2000 ratings data summaries for Ed, Edd n Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, Cow & Chicken, I Am Weasel and the Powerpuff Girls. 'HH' is an abbreviation for 'households.'

(Source: 2001 Kelloggs Consumer Promotion Event Press Kit, eBay)

[dykeyuu]

every day when i wake up i say to myself “dykeyuu you are not purchasing any sanrio merchandise today” but then i find the deal of the century……..

[thatrobotkid]

Happy very belated 20th birthday/anniversary to these two episodes

Cels sold from the “Popularity” episode. This is one of 4 episodes to have had cels sold, and the episode with the least amount of cels every sold (10). Like always, these come “WorthPoint”

Fun fact: After every RJ episode premiered on “Fridays” at 11, it would re-run on Sunday at 4:30pm. This was the first episode to not have a repeat after its premiere. Instead, on November 9th, 2003 at 4:30pm, a season 1 re-run aired

CN Schedule from November 7th, 2003, showing the new RJ episodes

On November 7th, 2003, the RJ eps, "Safety Patrol/Popularity", aired for the first time at 11:00pm, during the sixth episode of the new “Cartoon Network Friday’s".

[steamboatdreamy]

Images of the 1988 edition of the Smurfs (1981) series bible. Sourced from a sold eBay listing, circa early 2020.

[donut-button]

There’s an interesting feature on the Fox Kids magazine covers, where there’s a white section for something unique to be printed on there on each individual copy of the same issue. This can be seen when you look up a certain issue and the copies will most likely be distinct from another from that section having something different printed on it. 

A few of these can have advertising, the time slots for cartoons shown, the logo of the cartoon or the characters themselves. This is where Sam & Max come in as they get featured on this white rectangle, if you’re lucky. This is a really neat thing to have for your magazine but it also sucks for people that would like to collect different versions of stuff that feature their favourite characters. The only issues I can personally find that have Sam & Max featured sometimes is Autumn 1997 and Summer 1998. I’ll post examples of these below.

Oh and, not just the front has this feature- the back does as well. This applies to the same issues I said before but you can throw in Winter 1997 in there too now.

Sources: These pictures are mostly from ebay listings (that are dead links now) or from an ebay listing archive website. The one exception is the one that comes from mycomicshop.