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Jungle Jim Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I was going to post in the "Small details that bother you" thread that all the newly-produced Bengals throwback merchandise has a stripe on the helmet, and my question is "Why?" The Bengals never had stripes down the middle of their helmets in the 60s and 70s. One point led to another and I decided there might be enough here for its own discussion...Fauxback:Actual:And then there's the whole issue that neither the 1970s version or the 2013 version are accurate representations of what the team actually wore, but at least the 1970 version had the excuse that it was produced in 1970. This one preceded the one above:Actual helmet:Even when the stripes made their appearance in 1981, the logo didn't match the actual helmet the first few years, but then they got it right when the new helmet template came out...1981:Sometime later in the 1980s:1990s:Actual helmet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Jim Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 Double thread post. Must've happened when I was trying to edit. Please delete this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch B Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 And the "Bengals" wordmark was typically larger in representations of the helmet, but then again the helmet shapes were often distorted in 60s and 70s representations "Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." Dennis Miller   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 i think that "stripe" is actually the center ridge of the helmet, not an actual stripe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycumbee19 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 i think that "stripe" is actually the center ridge of the helmet, not an actual stripeYep. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island_Style Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Yeah, that is just a helmet ridge. Older ones had them all the time. An example.EDIT: You can see a ridge in one of your pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc49erfan15 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I think the severe distortion of the size of the "BENGALS" text to the size of the helmet is the bigger issue.Either way, that might be has to be the lamest helmet design in NFL history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I think the severe distortion of the size of the "BENGALS" text to the size of the helmet is the bigger issue.Either way, that might be has to be the lamest helmet design in NFL history.More than putting a logo on one side of the helmet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number81 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I think the severe distortion of the size of the "BENGALS" text to the size of the helmet is the bigger issue.Either way, that might be has to be the lamest helmet design in NFL history.More than putting a logo on one side of the helmet?No, it's not. http://anyonebutdetroit.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Well, it was the lamest helmet design in NFL history. We have a new champeen, winnah by a knockout.And yes, it's far worse than Pittsburgh's. They at least had a reason for the one-sided thing before it became their tradition. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakfu Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Well, it was the lamest helmet design in NFL history. We have a new champeen, winnah by a knockout.Why is it so lame, and the LT era Giants wasn't? Just the underline?I'm not disagreeing. It WAS lame, and the Giants helmet seemed fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderbread Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Well, it was the lamest helmet design in NFL history. We have a new champeen, winnah by a knockout. Why is it so lame, and the LT era Giants wasn't? Just the underline?I'm not disagreeing. It WAS lame, and the Giants helmet seemed fine.I dont get how its lame, during that time they didnt have the tech that we do now to produce the helmets rhat we do now, and a simple word mark was perfect back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Well, it was the lamest helmet design in NFL history. We have a new champeen, winnah by a knockout.Why is it so lame, and the LT era Giants wasn't? Just the underline?I'm not disagreeing. It WAS lame, and the Giants helmet seemed fine.That Giants wordmark was an official symbol of the team, perhaps even the primary logo (I'm not sure.) It also at least had a little style to it, with the italics and underline. There was also a good reason that they got rid of the NY logo at the time, though it's debatable whether or not that affects how the replacement symbol should be judged. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Why is it so lame, and the LT era Giants wasn't? Just the underline?I'm not disagreeing. It WAS lame, and the Giants helmet seemed fine.I always hated that Giants helmet as well. From the season it was introduced. Seemed lazy to me, as a kid. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illwauk Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 I remember as a kid (in the 80s) watching old NFL films footage of the Giants from the 60s and thinking "Why on EARTH did they ever change?"Oddly enough, the Jeff George-era Illinois helmets never bothered me even though they were essentially the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cupie Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Probably should post this in the unpopular opinions thread... But I love that wordmark on the bengals helmet. :censored:! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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