Since this website opened several years ago, I occasionally receive emails or questions such as these:

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Jayson - $1300 for a real belt?? Are you freaking crazy! I have 12 real belts and I paid $200 for each!

Dean - Is there really that much of a difference between real belts and those sold at events?

fernando25 - What are your belts made of? Why do they cost so much?

I_Want_2MakeBelts2 - I am doing a school project can you tell me in detail how these belts are made?

DudeFlint - I own a store in TN and wish to sell these belts there. Give me the wholesale price for these belts ASAP.
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I have decided to do a comparison and show the difference between "Real Championship Belts" made by Dave Millican / Reggie Parks and the Toys made by Figures Inc Toy Company. 

REAL BELT -vs- TOY BELT

The Strap:  The toy company uses a cheap simulated leather strap which bubbles up when folded and cracks with time:
 


If you dissect the strap you will see it's just a whole bunch of cheap material glued together:





Here below we now have a real leather hand tooled strap made for a real championship belt:



Here's one the toy straps, the detail looks cheap as its machine pressed:



Here on the real championship belt below all the details are done by hand and takes numerous hours:



The Backing: This is the back of a toy belt. Screws that hold the plates down are exposed (and check out those lovely bubbles):



Here on the real championship belt, all bolts are covered with soft leather backing the color of your choice:



The Plates: Here we have the toy companies plates, they are 2mm thin.


Here we have real championship plates which are 4mm thick:



Plates Details: The plates on the toy companies belts are machine pressed and the detail is pretty much dented in lightly:





Here on the real championship belt the details are acid etched deep into plates:






Bottom line: Real belts are not for everyone. These real belts are what the wrestlers in WWE, NWA-TNA and other major promotions carry to the ring. They do not carry the two hundred dollar toys which can be gotten on Ebay, Wrestling Superstore or at wrestling events. Ohh and did I mention they are 24k gold plated? So you ask, why do I show so much hatred towards the figures inc toys? I don't hate them at all. I realize that they are toy, expensive toys which are decent and I own 5 of them myself. When you receive your fist real belt from Dave/Reggie you yourself will see what I am trying to explain. The real belts are just far more superior in quality as they are not mass produced in Chinese sweatshops but rather handmade and take numerous hours of pride by the maker.