Five Star Leather Jackets

[Aloysius]

I just took a look at other Bronco contracts they have on their websites and found these:
1st one - it seems that the shoulders on this jacket aren't square, but regular A2 shoulders
2nd - this one also has regular A2 shoulders
3rd - also has regular A2 shoulders
Are these ones a good choice for a Bronco contract? I think that they aren't house A2s, but I was wondering if they are worth watching. If not, I will contact the owner for a quote of a custom jacket. Also, I have a question about the VAT, taxes and possible shipping fees for shipping from 5* to Croatia, in the EU. Do they have a warehouse in Europe from which they could ship the jacket so there is no additional VAT and tax charges?

Don't get the Bronco; I think that model predates them having original A-2s to study.

Their Rough Wear, Dubow, and a few others are patterned on originals.

 

[Canuck Panda]

I just took a look at other Bronco contracts they have on their websites and found these:
1st one - it seems that the shoulders on this jacket aren't square, but regular A2 shoulders
2nd - this one also has regular A2 shoulders
3rd - also has regular A2 shoulders
Are these ones a good choice for a Bronco contract? I think that they aren't house A2s, but I was wondering if they are worth watching. If not, I will contact the owner for a quote of a custom jacket. Also, I have a question about the VAT, taxes and possible shipping fees for shipping from 5* to Croatia, in the EU. Do they have a warehouse in Europe from which they could ship the jacket so there is no additional VAT and tax charges?

5* has $150 Broncos and $350 Broncos. I assume the $150 jackets are from earlier timeline and $350 jackets from the later timeline. The older entries aren't doing them any favors but I am not here to tell 5* how to run their business. It makes more business sense to discard the previous patterns in favor of the updated ones and just offer different levels of leathers to hit certain price points.
If you have a budget in mind it does not hurt to tell them up front, respectfully of course. I see no cost difference of cutting a jacket out of the $350 pattern vs the $150 pattern, the difference is in the material, and to hit certain budgets you may have to sacrifice on certain material. That' for 5* to figure out for you. $150 order is not as good as $350 order but still better than $0 order.
As for VAT and shipping. If you want 5* to ship to you FOB Germany then the cost will be much higher than if you import it yourself. There is no way around that. The way EU calculates taxes is to include the shipping cost to the base figure before the taxes. The most 5* can do is to declare lesser FOB Pakistan value so the base for calculation is a less.