Great Eastern EntertainmentGreat Eastern Naruto Shippuden GE-8676 Leaf Village Headband - Black

WHEN BUYING: Always buy this product new and from the seller(s) who have Prime fulfillment by Amazon, buy from no one else, this will SIGNIFICANTLY reduce the chance of you ending up with a fake counterfeit version of this headband listed under the guise of this listing.BEND THE PRODUCT: Let's dive in, and I can tell you that this product is high quality and met my expectations. Though the picture in the listing may be deceiving, make no mistake, the insignia is not indented into the metal. Though it's a pain, these headbands ALWAYS COME FLAT, so that means you have to manually bend it to suit your forehead (or wherever you were going to wear it) in order for it to fit and not make the headband look like it belongs to a flat-foreheaded-alien; this is a good thing even though this process can take a while, but I guess some people do not get that you are supposed to bend this product to get it to fit. The bidets did not loosen or pop out when I bent the product to fit me, and the back is the same as the authentic blue version of this product. Now, it's true that there is quite a bit of extra fabric on the top of the headband, but I have a tall and wide forehead, so I did not find issue with this feature, and to be honest, all you need to do is fold the extra fabric back if it annoys you that much, and I have pictures of me doing so.COMPARE: I have a few pictures of this product, after I bent it to suit my forehead, next to the authentic blue version of this headband and a counterfeit version (both of which are still flat and not bent to suit my forehead yet). As you can see, this product is clearly much longer than it's blue counterpart, with it being a little over 50+ inches in total length. The ends of the fabric are ot stylized like the blue authentic headband. The featured product also plainly shows how much extra fabric appears on top when compared to the authentic headband, also. However, the backs of this headband and the authentic are the same.

For those of you that are Disney XD'rs and your realm of anime is just that,and sorry this also includes Ego-dubbed anime of cartoon network. If you don't already know about cosplay or otaku, your gonna need to do a quick research on them both. Otaku, simply put, is Japanese for the love of modern visual arts. See wiki. This is a Naruto Cosplay piece, generally for teens-adults.(why? Keep reading ^_^)Purchased thru: AnimewildCosplay is foreign to most people in the US, but to be honest, it's the same spirit the die-hard football fans show with just about any football team. The idea of cosplay (costume-play) is to become the character and act like them. I imagine any cosplay designer poured his otaku love into making their design, this one included. A Genshiken episode about cosplay comes to mind as one of the club members is a cosplay designer.The quality is top notch and the forehead protector is aluminum(or stainless, im guessing) with a mirror like shine. Long tails to tie up, meant to be worn on the head/neck or tied to an arm. I highly doubt it will fit anyone's waist(todllers?).I would have to say that this is a great piece, I would have to frown on those who chose to buy this for roudy children thinking their kids will play with it without it tearing up. BTW I let my, then 6yr old, son play with my military helmet (kevlar) and he broke that too. Point is kids break things.Does that mean your little one will break this? Well it really depends on how much supervision you provide. If you buy it for them and they tear it up is it really the designers fault, or yours?As you probably have read from an earlier post, this will greatly help you with your Rasengan +2, and the likely hood of being labeled an otaku will increase +150.-------+-------Edit: 11/7/2013 item pictured is not the same as the item I recieved in Jan-Feb 2012.

I was very impressed with the quality of this headband. You do have to bend the metal piece slightly to make it look more natural but the length of the fabric is perfect. It was very comfortable to wear.

it was a good last minute costume. there is a bigger part of fabric at the top so keep in mind of that. you can bend the metal part, although it is a little hard. also… i sliced my finger on the metal bc of how sharp it was???? idk.

the product itself is black fabric (long like Naruto's in the Shippuden series) and the plate is real metal with a sort of padding behind it to prevent any roughness with your forehead.I'd imagine it would fit a lot of people seeing that I have a huge head BUT it isn't for every cosplayer. I myself don't do cosplay but, I experimented wearing it like the characters and found out it's best for regular headband wearing(like Naruto and many others), as a hair head band(like Sakura), and around the waist(like Ino).I don't suggest it for Kakashi cosplayers as it doesn't slope very well over the eye and the metal makes it hard fro Shikamaru cosplayers as it was hard to form around my arm seeing that it IS a metal plate.But overall it's a great buy! I recommend it highly for any Leaf Village lover's like myself!!

I was very impressed with this headband!The only problem with it is that there is a bit of extra fabric up top, about 3/4 of an inch, but it hasn't gotten in the way for me TOO badly, but it could always be very easily trimmed, I believe. The fabric is also long and is therefore very easy to tie. Another problem is that it is a bit tough to bend the metal to be the shape of your forehead, but at least the metal is nice and strong.However: It was many days late, and Amazon said it never shipped... but it DID get here and it doesn't seem like anyone else has had this problem but me... it was worth the wait and don't let that stop you from getting this!

Got this for my boyfriend cause he’s a huge naruto fan and it came in pretty good condition. The wrap for the head was long enough for his big head so 10/10!