I just looked at AA's website to check out the pics of the suit. Its a very nice suit but it doesnt look like a real ANH suit. Thats not to say its a bad suit by any means. Overall its looks to be a good suit at a good price from a good guy. I still think AA is a good guy overall despite my doubts about the "original mold" claims.
I like TE's new suit, it seems to have nice shoulders and so forth. I have a feeling that the AA suit is made sturdier than a TE. SDS's website says its 2.5mm. Thats pretty thick.
I wonder if it is less detailed looking.
I just noticed that SDS's Hero helmet is also 2.5mm thick. Wasnt the SDS stunt 1.5mm? (i remember reading so on their page)
Doesnt changing the thickness so drastically effect the sharpness of the form?
2.5mm has to be pretty dam sturdy though. I'll give AA credit for that. I'd love to have one of these suits but i simply can not afford one
AA if you're out there and want to do a good deed for a poor man, please send me one and i'll write an honest review
It is hard to say without having one, but it doesnt look entirely right to me. (better pictures might help bring out that classic trooper look) Anyways, It also isnt that bad. So its a nice purchase i think. Now if i could only afford one.
Again its hard to say if its better or worse than a TE. The new TE suits look really nice.
My whole stance on the SDS thing is that I was hoping so much that SDS would bring us drop dead accurate products. I expected to SDS to deliver a product that would just click the old "uhuh, thats the mother f'n real thing baby" switch in my brain. But the helmets proved to be too different in many areas. The flare etc. There are many things right with the SDS helmet but just as many WRONG things about it.
So again my stance on the whole SDS as of current is that damn, i just wish it was the dream come true moment I had been hoping for. Its a disapointment but its not a complete disaster. I mean the products are decent. It's the claims that get my goat. That said i still think AA is a good guy, he's just doing what everyone else has done.
Hell i thought TE's armor was all original until i learned otherwise. TE's helmets are certainly incredible to say the least (same goes for Gino, Meatsock, and authentic props) They're all drop dead gorgeous helmets that seem to be closer to the originals they were cast from.
I just wish the dream was a reality but the quest goes on. Atleast we have some nice products out there to enjoy along the way. And nice is subjective. Ultra detail freaks such as myself will certainly be more picky when compairing items (IE: SDS vs TE vs MEATSOCK, vs GINO, vs GF, vs FX, vs RTMOD, vs ORIGINALS)
But hell, you could do a hell of a lot worse than the SDS armor. So i say to whoever bought it, enjoy it. These wars of details we get into are in the best interest of ALL of us buyers. We just want to full fill that childhood dream to its fullest.
I just wish we could be nicer about it
I still find my SDS stunt to be a disapointment in many ways, but at the same time its a good item. Its from AA, its a very low numbered SDS and it's nice and sharp. Sure it has the stupid looking flare, the ears that look half modified, the flat rear tube... stickers...@$.@$.
But its still unique. It's just not the dream come true moment we all were hoping for.
BTW yes the stomach buttons look too big, the ab armor looks too wide, the chest armor's bevel is too round.