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Skip to comments.What are they thinking? (The Easter and Christmas only Church-goers, that is!)
Posted on 04/10/2012 10:09:53 AM PDT by Salvation
On Easter Sunday I had the privilege of serving as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion at the 9:00 am Mass. By the time Mass began it was standing room only in the church. This was not a surprise. I bet it was the same at your parish. When it came time to distribute Communion, another person and I were asked to go to a station at the rear of the church. A line formed among those standing. At a certain point, I wondered why the line did not seem to get shorter and I realized that people were coming through the doors of the church and getting in line for Communion. After Mass, I learned that indeed people were standing three deep on the sidewalk during Mass. Because it was such a beautiful day, the doors were wide open and the music could surely be heard, but how much of the readings and homily and Eucharistic prayer did people hear?
Ive been wondering what made them stay and what makes our brother and sister Catholics who dont come to Mass often and maybe only at Christmas and Easter come on these feasts. On the one hand, if recent studies are correct and a majority of Catholics consider themselves as active if they go to Mass once a month on average, then making sure you plan to go on Christmas and Easter is a no-brainer. But for those who come infrequently, why stand on the sidewalk? Reverend Andrew Greeley, SJ, a sociologist talks about the sacramental imagination that is nurtured in the Catholic mind and that like Baptism seems to leave and indelible mark and so even for the Catholic who is not practicing the faith, his world view is a Catholic worldview. Another priest pondered that maybe if a person calls themselves Christian, then at the very least they see a need to come to church on Easter to represent so to speak!
Always welcomed
Dont get me wrong, I love that the congregation overflowed onto the sidewalk on Capitol Hill. What a witness to the truth that the Easter story has real meaning and continues to capture peoples imagination. When I ask what are they thinking, I really want to know, because if we who are serious about the New Evangelization can better understand what the pull is to come to church once or twice a year than we can use that as a starting point for helping them look more deeply at their own experience. We can better able in our preaching and teaching and conversation make a more convincing argument for how active participation in life of the church will make a real difference in every part of ones life. Fr. Bill Byrne, the pastor, in his homily said that the story of the Resurrection does not just have meaning for a moment but rather calls for a commitment. If you believe the story, you need to make a commitmentto discipleship, to Mass, to service. How did people hear that? Are they still thinking about it today?
He knows as all of us know that it wont be standing room only next week. When we better understand the impulse to come to church once, twice, a few times a year, we can better help our brother and sisters move from impulse to commitment. Any insights you can share with me?
Have HOPE, the seeds have been planted.
Incorrect. Catholics are the original Christians and those who've drifted away from the Bride of Christ of their own accord don't have a very thorough appreciation of the history of Christianity. You also need to pay attention. The post I responded to specifically asked a question regarding Catholic teaching, teaching which is based on Scripture.
As far as I know, the most the bible gets into it is do not forsake the gathering together of yourselves.
Better brush up on your reading of Scripture and not the abridged and heavily edited version of it that you apparently are loosely familiar with.
—This instruction presumes, among other things, that there is a church to tell it to.—
Whenever I see the word "church" in the bible, I interpret it as "the body of believers". And in the example you gave about, I would say your "local" congregation of believers.
—choosing out elders from the assembled Christians for the purpose of ruling over them.—
I am really uncomfortable with that wording. I see them as church leaders. Those that make decisions. Not those who "rule over me". There have been some bad church leaders in every major religion. I'm glad I never saw them as "ruling over me".
—Why do churches not make an effort to get people to come back regularly?—
My church does that every week.
I know from years past how fast the Church fills up on Easter and Christmas, so I make it a point to get to Mass 15 minutes early AT LEAST so I won't have to stand and to obtain a decent parking place. If I had to stand outside for Mass, I wouldn't stay, because I wouldn't feel as if I heard Mass. Also, the church has a simultaneous Mass in the Parish Hall to help alleviate the crowding of the church.
I suspect the people standing outside are the twice a year crowd because they wouldn't realize that they have to get there early, and I don't think they really care if they are hearing the Mass or not, just the fact that they attended at all is enough for them.
—Better brush up on your reading of Scripture and not the abridged and heavily edited version of it that you apparently are loosely familiar with.—
Actually I am familiar with the Greek and Hebrew lexicons.
What you quoted was not in the bible.
I would also appreciate it if you tried to show me the same respect I'm trying to show you.
In case there was any confusion in my original response, what I *meant* was that it was uniquely Catholic, not universally Christian, in the same way that some things are uniquely Baptist and not universally Christian.
I hope it is different elsewhere. But I know it isn't,
Missing Mass on Sundays and Holy Days is still a mortal sin, but many Catholics are either unaware of it or don't care. When we go on vacation, we always look up where the nearest Catholic Church is so we won't miss Mass. We've never missed Mass yet when we were out of town, and I'm 64 years old.
Is that hypocritical?
I never understood this whining from church money collectors. Not just Catholics.
If they were serving Christ, they would be so happy to see the ones who they thought they had lost at Christmas and Easter rather than whinning.
Not on Christmas. At least not where I live. The vigil Masses are more crowded than the ones on Christmas Day itself.
Please tell you wife that as a baptized Catholic she is marked FOREVER as a baptized Catholic.
She is always welcome to come back to the church.....she's just not a practicing Catholic right now.
I personally invite her to come back to the richness of faith.
** they don't use the new language.**
LOL! Sure sign!
Much of it is just for show. Back in the 80s when people actually dressed up for Mass, Easter Sunday was like a fashion show. People I had never seen before would show up with their little ones dressed to the hilt. One particular family who were the rich magnates in the Parish would show up late for Mass with the entire family, and the father would be dressed in a white suit and his family would be dressed in the most dressiest clothes and hats you can imagine. They would also drive themselves there in their white Rolls Royce and park illegally on the medium while the rest of the peons would have to park blocks away. He would never get a ticket because he was friends with the local sheriff, another fact he flaunted.
**Personally I prefer to avoid going on those days.**
Isn't that interpreting Scripture as you would like? YOPIOS?
The ten commandments tell us to keep the Lord's Day Holy.
That should read "median", not "medium".
I went to the 12:45PM. It was busting at the seams. They had video coverage for people in the school rooms. We delayed the Spanish Mass at 2:30.
Thanks, FRiends, for the answer. I though that it was the case. Apparently the consequences of sin don't motivate like they used to.
We always have the video feed in our vestibule and sometimes set it up in classrooms. This year, it was in the youth room.
The idea that the Bible ALONE is the sole rule of faith, isn't Christian.
The teaching can't even be found in the Bible.
Nevertheless, non-Catholic Christians hold many truths, and the Holy Spirit undoubtedly works through these churches to varying degrees.
But only Christ's Church possesses the fullness of truth.
To reject the infallibility of Christ's Church is to reject the inerrancy of Scripture, since the Church wrote, preserved and canonized Scripture.
Hundreds of millions of Christians who actually read and believe the words of God disagree with your religion's decree on this issue...
Churches are packed on Easter, Christmas and the first Sunday after 9/11.
Why does the Catholic Church believe missing Sunday Mass is a mortal sin?
I ask this with great respect, as I can not recall where this is in the Bible?
42 They devoted themselves to the Apostles Teaching and to Fellowship, to the Breaking of Bread and to Prayer.
43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common.
45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.
46 Every Day They Continued to Meet together in the temple courts.
They Broke Bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 Praising God and Enjoying the Favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being Saved.
42 They devoted themselves to the Apostles Teaching and to Fellowship, to the Breaking of Bread and to Prayer.
"They Broke Bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,"
Sounds Like Churches I have been to Indy or Catholic Churches.
The Communion is there every day with fellowship. Sounds like a Famous Church I know.
"I am really uncomfortable with that wording. I see them as church leaders. Those that make decisions. Not those who rule over me. There have been some bad church leaders in every major religion. Im glad I never saw them as ruling over me."
Well, it's biblical.
"7 Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. " (Hebrews 13)
There are other passages as well. If we confess the Bible to be true, we must obey all of it, not just the parts we are comfortable with.
"" Yes, but ... "
Then it's not 'yes' "
Nonsense, a yes, but. . . is still a yes, just with more to it.
For instance, if you rang the bell and I answered, and you asked, "Is your father home," and I said, "Yes, but he is asleep," - my yes is still a yes, I am just giving you additional and pertinent information.
Your religion claims it...You believe it...The reality is, is that the Catholic baptism didn't leave a mark...That's why she got the real deal after accepting Jesus Christ as her Savior
Truth is, a person can quit any religious organization just as one can quit a political party...
Jesus said, Come unto me, and I will add you to my church...Jesus did not say, come unto my Catholic Church to be joined to me...
The ten commandments tell us to keep the Lords Day Holy.
And what is the penalty for not keeping one of the Ten Commandments???
But no...The Ten Commandments are our school teacher...They are not our law...We are not under the bondage of the law, but GRACE...
" Attending church is works."
That's totally Wrong. Amazing. Not unless we are sick.
This all stems from once saved. You believe once saved always. You better talk to the Apostle John. We have to confess our personal sins. It is a requirement.
If not we are in trouble.
Notice 1John1.
8 IF WE( Christians) claim to be Without Sin, WE DECEIVE ourselves and the TRUTH IS NOT in US. 9 IF WE CONFESS Our SINS, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have Not Sinned, we make HIM( GOD) out to be a LIAR and HIS WORD is NOT in US.
IF = Requirement, Condition and Stipulation.
He is writing to Christians. Requirement!
He is also using the Plural "WE." He includes himself.
We do not walk in between the raindrops.
We are not yet pass the Pearly Gates were everything is totally over . The enemy is not there any more.
We are still on earth.
We still have a path to follow.
The teaching cant even be found in the Bible.
First off, you have to read the bible to find out; not just take someone's word for it...
And secondly, it's all over the bible...You come up with a rule of faith not found in the bible, you need to get rid of it, pronto...
To reject the infallibility of Christs Church is to reject the inerrancy of Scripture, since the Church wrote, preserved and canonized Scripture.
In which case, your religion should dissolve itself, since the scripture it wrote condemns itself in so many places...
I am not a Bible scholar, but the Church guides its followers on what is sinful and what is not. I'm not sure mortal and venial sin is referred to anywhere in the Bible, but as Catholics, we are supposed to obey the rules of the Church, and according to the rules, missing Mass is a mortal sin. Just as the case of not eating meat on Fridays a few decades ago was a mortal sin. There are other rules of the Church that are not mentioned in the Bible. I know there is someone out there who can answer this better than can I.
—Please tell you wife that as a baptized Catholic she is marked FOREVER as a baptized Catholic.—
HAHAHAHA! Yeah, the cult's got ya!
She was baptized as a thinking adult who made a choice for Christ, giving her baptism actual meaning. It demonstrated her personal choice to the church.
We don't talk to the Apostle John, but we listen to him...We confess to Jesus, not another sinner sitting in some specific building...
We speak directly to Jesus regardless of where we are on the planet...To connect confession with your religion is outrageous...You confess to a man...Christians confess to God, regardless of where we are at...
No one needs a building or a person who looks religious for confession...That's called among other things, bondage...Bondage to your religion...We are not under bondage...
On the contrary, when going to church is to incur God's favor to merit heaven, it's works.
Have you ever read *The Normal Christian Life* by Watchman Nee?
Here's a good lesson for you...
1Ti 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
1Ti 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
1Ti 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Doesn't it seem odd to you that the scriptures that your religion claims to have authored comes right out and condemns the practices of your religion???
The solution is to get into the scriptures and see what God says for Himself...
The only requirement for salvation is .....
Romans 10:9-13 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 11 For the Scripture says, Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame. 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him. 13 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
—But only Christs Church possesses the fullness of truth.—
I definitely agree with that, though I think you and I mean different things when we use the phrase "Christ's Church".
What's incorrect is the thinking that some *church* is the bride of Christ.
Believers ARE the church, now matter when or where or even if they attend some local assembly of believers labeled *church*.
—The idea that the Bible ALONE is the sole rule of faith, isnt Christian.—
I include the bible and prayer.
And I think it is. Anything else is Mormon. Or worse.
The body of Christ is an organism, not an organization. As such, the organization of the RCC cannot leave a mark of any kind on the soul. The soul belongs to God, not any church.
Regarding Hebrews 13:7 According to strongs, the phrase "those who rule over you" is two phrases in the greek lexicon.
The first phrase is #2233 and means
1) to lead
—a) to go before
—b) to be a leader
——1) to rule, command
——2) to have authority over
——3) a prince, of regal power, governor, viceroy, chief, leading as respects influence, controlling in counsel, overseers or leaders of the churches
——4) used of any kind of leader, chief, commander
——5) the leader in speech, chief, spokesman
2) to consider, deem, account, think
The second is #5216 and means "of yours".
So I consider "rule over you" to be "the one in authority." I like the words better and they have the meaning that more fits with Christ. There is nobody between me and christ, though if we are to have an organization of Christians AS Christians, it needs a hierarchical authority. Someone needs to carry out those responsibilities, even when it includes excommunication.
This is especially true within the context of Hebrews 13.
—The soul belongs to God, not any church.—
I went to my first church for 18 years. When I left it it felt almost like I had left God. Almost. :-)
Since then I've belonged to 6 other churches and tried, for several weeks, three others. One thing I've learned is that most churches have something to offer and I have something to offer them. But some are a better "fit". And we've been members of AG, Christian, "Community" and now, finally, Baptist. I was nervous about it at first, but the baptists in this church, at least, are not at all like all the bad stuff I heard about Baptists. ;-)
In fact, we love the place. They have an engaging bible study and allow all sorts of reasonable questions without calling you a heretic. And they do truly care about each other. That is a biggie for me.
If we were to move, we'd go to a different church. Heck, it could turn out to be foursquare for all I know...
Galatians 2:15-16 15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
Galatians 2:19-21 19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Galatians 3:10-14 10 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them. 11 Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for The righteous shall live by faith. 12 But the law is not of faith, rather The one who does them shall live by them. 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for usfor it is written, Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.
Galatians 3:19-29 19 What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come.
21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. 22 But the Scripture declares that the whole world is a prisoner of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
23 Before this faith came, we were held prisoners by the law, locked up until faith should be revealed. 24 So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. 25 Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.
26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abrahams seed, and heirs according to the promise.
If the Law showed us our need for Christ so that we would turn to Him, it fulfilled its purpose. The Law was not given so that by living it we could earn salvation. If that were the case, the Pharisees would have been saved.
God instituted the Law knowing that we could not keep it and that's its purpose, to show us our sin.
We are not sinners because we sin, we sin because we're sinners and all the Law does is show us God's standard and how far short of it we fall.
Thank you for your reply. Within your answer lies the reason I inquired about the Scripture base Catholic teachings.
For instance and still with respect, though it may sound impertinent,I just don't know how else to say this.
If I am correct in believing that a mortal sin condemns the sinner to damnation, then what happened to those who ate meat on Friday before the Catholic Church determined it was not a mortal sin? Are they still condemned - or redeemed?
Scriptural basis in their teachings is a must for any Church/Religion. To have otherwise may destroy the faith of the people and/or the credibility of the Church.
I won't argue with you grammar-to-grammar, I am not a student of the original languages.
However, the church is indeed ruled by elders, sometimes translated bishops, and what that rule entails may be subject to some dispute, but they do rule.
1st Timothy 3 - "This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop,[a] he desires a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; 3 not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,[b] but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; 4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence 5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);"
1st Timothy 5: " Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine."
Hebrews 13: "Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you."
Not a comfortable notion for our rugged individualist American souls. There is something to be said for rugged individualism. But it is not the biblical pattern for the Christian life.
We are to be part of the church, or congregation, or assembly, or whatever you may want to term it. That includes being subject, to some degree, to spiritual authorities. The way the authorities get their authority is lined out in Scripture, and their authority is not absolute. Nevertheless it exists.
Jesus set up His church for our blessing, not our curse. Church is not always easy, and God says there are false leaders and so on. But He did set it up and we are to be part of it.
Can you be more specific? I would like to know what other churches are doing.
I am not talking catholic. I already comment on another thread with you. So Do you confess to Christ for individual sins. Yes or no.
A long time ago. I read that book.
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That doesn't make us feel any better, and it perpetuates our terrible gun-first fear mongering society.
We understand that we'll never get back to a time when we can live in glorious suburbia with latchkey children (not necessarily a great time to live, anyway, if you were a woman or a minority, but that's for another time).
There's no need to attack anyone, whether it's for his or her opinion or to get into a family's home.
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I live in London, UK. My son Matthew is touring your
wonderful country on the 'Stray' bus and having a great time,
but he phoned me in great distress on Friday saying he had
lost his camera case containing a memory card with over 7000
photos of his trips to Thailand, Cambodia & Fiji.
Stupidly (but that's my son!) he hadn't backed up any of
them. He lost them somewhere between Queenstown and Mount
He is not worried about the camera case, but the memory card
contains all his memories of his 6 month trip. The camera
case is black leather and the memory card an Integral 32Gb
Ultima Pro (SD/HC).
There is a 200 NZD reward for the safe return of the card.
Matthew can be contacted by:
Mobile: 0221269628
Facebook: Matty Elmes,
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Yours in hope!
Janet Elmes (Mrs)
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I'd like to know the best way to create gorgeous mail templates such as Jumsfot's Stationary Mail ones and send them without having to use Safari. Is there a way to do this easily?
I've tried this once, when Apple discontinued the iCards, but I wasn't able to do anything that looked nearly as good.
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Ensuring windows compatibility.
Microsoft has created several guidelines and test tools to ensure any application is compatible with XP SP3 and higher operating systems. Current testing difficulty is at the windows 7 level.
I will present these guidelines in the suggest order of applying them:
- (almost DONE, no /SAFESEH due to some modules like ffmpeg and libmpeg2) Enable the following switches in the project files. (as of 1988699, f7ee8de and 08dacff)
- /GS [This option greatly strengthens the resilience against Buffer overflows at the cost of on average a 3% loss in overall speed.]
- /DYNAMICBASE [This option makes sure memory allocation locations are randomized on each run on supported windows version, as a side effect, this option slightly improves performance of the application on 32-bit systems]
- /NXCOMPAT [This option forces windows to enable full DEP]
- /SAFESEH [This switch will make sure every linked object has an exception handler]
- DONE: Add Heap Corruption Detection (as of 22cd497)
As Microsoft explains on this page we should include Heap Corruption detection to all the exe files in the MPC-HC project.
Heap corruption detection is the ability to fail an application if the heap manager detects that the application has corrupted the heap, or the heap becomes inconsistent. This setting does not only detect heap-based buffer overruns, but certain illegal operations, for example, freeing a pointer to the wrong heap will also fail the application.
Application compatibility with heap corruption detection requires a small code change that applies only to Windows Vista. The following code will fail gracefully on Windows platforms that do not support the function (most notably Windows 2000) and will enable the heap corruption detection option for the calling application when run on Windows Vista/7.
BOOL SetHeapOptions() { HMODULE hLib = LoadLibrary(L"kernel32.dll"); if (hLib == NULL) return FALSE; typedef BOOL (WINAPI *HSI) (HANDLE, HEAP_INFORMATION_CLASS ,PVOID, SIZE_T); HSI pHsi = (HSI)GetProcAddress(hLib,"HeapSetInformation"); if (!pHsi) { FreeLibrary(hLib); return FALSE; } #ifndef HeapEnableTerminationOnCorruption # define HeapEnableTerminationOnCorruption (HEAP_INFORMATION_CLASS)1 #endif BOOL fRet = (pHsi)(NULL,HeapEnableTerminationOnCorruption,NULL,0) ? TRUE : FALSE; if (hLib) FreeLibrary(hLib); return fRet; }
- TODO Pass all the Microsoft Application Verifier tests
The application should successfully run in different use cases with the app verifier running.
- TODO Pass the windows 7 logo test
Pass all the tests in the logo test found here.
- DONE: Optional, get a code signing certificate.
Now that you have passed all the tests you can get a certificate and actually get the logo. Having the logo also means you gain access to Winqual which provides all the data windows collects when the application crashes.


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Adult Last Laugh Clown Costume (ref: 67508)
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Squeeze the final laughs out of unlucky humans this Halloween in our Adult Last Laugh Clown costume.
Costume includes:
The Adult Last Laugh Clown Costume includes a black clown jumpsuit with red pom poms and an attached red ruffle collar.
Also included is a pair of white gloves and a scary Ani-motion clown mask. The mask has a moving jaw, so when you speak, the mouth of the mask opens as well!
Sizes for this costume are:
October 23, 2015, by James M - Merseyside, UK - United Kingdom
The mask is the main part, it's made from good quality materials, the artwork is great. It comes with extra sponge padding (which I needed) that you cut yourself and stick it where you need it, only bad point is the nose. It's a bit of a strange shape and I needed to add more padding to stop it hurting my nose, and I suggest adding a bit of oil to the jaw to loosen the movement up. The suit is a generic clown bag, looks great with the collar and the gloves.(included) but I can't find the saw..
September 9, 2015, by Lee Y - Dorset, UK - United Kingdom
Its pretty good, the mask is the best part with it's soft foam/gel skin, the movement is a little stiff and hard to move unless you weight train your jaw you will feel how stiff it is, other bad part is the nose bridge part could do with some padding. Overall it will scare the BLEEP out of people.
November 4, 2014, by Peter M - Carlisle, UK - United Kingdom
Cannot complain about the scare factor of this costume, outstanding! Only negative for me was that the hard plastic moulding by the nose wasn't padded very well & became uncomfortable after a while. Maybe something for the manufacturers to look at?
November 4, 2014, by David R - Suffolk, UK - United Kingdom
The costume looks good from a distance but the quality is poor and no matter what you do the 'ani-motion' element doesn't work. It's worth pointing out that the mask only covers the front of your face so you'll need a wig unless you don't want to look like your just wearing a mask. The velcro fastenings that hold the back together are useless so you'll need to get someone to pin you into the costume (not great when you need to visit a toilet). The pom poms will fall off. Overall this doesn't merit the expense and I'd avoid at all cost.
October 21, 2014, by Lee C - Clwyd, UK - United Kingdom
I was very impressed with the visual appearance of the mask and I am also very happy with the with the feel and texture of this product. However on the downside I feel that the Animotion aspect of the mask could be significantly improved by bringing the mechanisms closer to the face. I think it is a brilliant idea and I haven't got what I would consider to be a small head and could not get full use out of it, fearing that people with smaller heads may be disappointed!
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