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Escape From New York Camo

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Escape From New York Camo

Post by DS9ACU Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:01 pm

Hey guys, I just wanted show and ask if anyone knew what kind of pattern, or what it may be based on, Snake Plissken wears in this movie.
Heres a link to a pic:
http://top-10-list.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/escape-from-new-york.jpg

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Re: Escape From New York Camo

Post by bond007a1 Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:23 pm

I figured we might as well just post it up here to make it easier to find Very Happy

PHOTO FROM http://top-10-list.org/

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Re: Escape From New York Camo

Post by panzerwerk Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:06 pm

those look like 80's rocker spandex pants to me , there not anything military or hunting or anything like that .

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Re: Escape From New York Camo

Post by nkomo Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:10 pm

LOL!!!!!!!!! Gotta love that rifle scope on the silencer!!!!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!!

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Re: Escape From New York Camo

Post by Camo_fiend Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:52 pm

Speaking of which, I saw a Mac10 yesterday with an M4 stock and front end grip, with a red dot scope...overkill, I thought. lol!

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Post by Mercenary25 Sun Mar 14, 2010 4:19 pm

nkomo wrote:LOL!!!!!!!!! Gotta love that rifle scope on the silencer!!!!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!!

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Re: Escape From New York Camo

Post by kammo-man Fri May 14, 2010 3:54 pm

Its a completely made up pattern .
I met a guy who made a repo of the pattern at a show a couple of years ago .
He was a nut for the film and went all out in his impression.
I own a SLR with a m-203 made from rubber from the film though!!!!!!
owen

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Re: Escape From New York Camo

Post by nkomo Fri May 14, 2010 4:39 pm

kammo-man wrote:Its a completely made up pattern .
I met a guy who made a repo of the pattern at a show a couple of years ago .
He was a nut for the film and went all out in his impression.
I own a SLR with a m-203 made from rubber from the film though!!!!!!
owen

O,
PLEASE post a pic of the SLR!!!! I'd love to see it!

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Re: Escape From New York Camo

Post by drmatz Fri May 14, 2010 4:49 pm

Is a great movie by the way.

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Re: Escape From New York Camo

Post by kammo-man Fri May 14, 2010 4:56 pm

Lets get Paul in on this also , we were both doing a show a couple of years back and I think we took photos of the guy in his outfit ,
Let me try to find the SLR !!!
owen

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Post n°11

Re: Escape From New York Camo

Post by silversurfer Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:07 am

A number of the high end fashion designers actually make camouflaged clothing that attract the rich and famous. I always thought this was the origin of Snake's pants.

The Rock concert spandex is a good guess too.

Forget Snake, what was the Gal wearing! Smile

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Post n°12

Re: Escape From New York Camo

Post by misanthropic_gods Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:28 am

Ha ha, I just watched this movie a couple of nights ago. Those sure are some funky camo oants.

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Re: Escape From New York Camo

Post by tenewel Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:49 am

I believe the camo was called ASAT. I might be wrong but it was coming out when the original Treebark camo was on the market. There were a lot of short lived hunting and military-type camos during that time.

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Re: Escape From New York Camo

Post by AK101 Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:45 am

Camo_fiend wrote:Speaking of which, I saw a Mac10 yesterday with an M4 stock and front end grip, with a red dot scope...overkill, I thought.

Oddly enough guys put all that stuff one them and a 'slow fire' kit to slow the ROF and they run circles around all the MP-5 guys in competition.

But yea, I agree overkill, but made for a great movie gun as a kid. Laughing

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Re: Escape From New York Camo

Post by shoru Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:01 am

Any news on the pictures? Smile

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Re: Escape From New York Camo

Post by John Brown Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:20 am

tenewel wrote:I believe the camo was called ASAT. I might be wrong but it was coming out when the original Treebark camo was on the market. There were a lot of short lived hunting and military-type camos during that time.

Since this thread has been bumped, I'd like to call your attention to the fact that ASAT hasn't gone anywhere.

It's sold as hunting clothing now, and they also seem to have dropped the gray & red "urban" variant.

I believe this is one of the most functional camos to have arrived in the 20th century.

Smart Hunters Wear ASAT Camo

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Re: Escape From New York Camo

Post by sh4pak Tue May 08, 2012 4:20 pm

Whatever this was, it definitely influenced James Cameron.
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/5467982

USCM camo favored the same flavor; grey/brown/black, with a similar bias-- Jim added olive to it & condensed it-- but I find it hard to believe he wouldn't have at least been paying some kind of homage to John Carpenter when he did it.