cyberpyrot
Sr Member
Never doubted they would ship my stuff for a minute 
Anovos Stormtrooper.... thoughts?
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robstyle
Master Member
For anyone complaining about warts and all, I have THAT helmet. In fact its so bad it appears someone has sat on it. Sadly this appears to be a horribly assembled bucket as I cant even fit it over my head! Makes me assume the person doing the trimming over trimmed and tried to compensate for it during assembly. The amount of scratches on this helmet is unbelievable. There is also a dip/impression at the top of the bucket.
Having trooped in FX armor and worn LFL suits back during the EP3 era the thickness of the plastic seems correct but I can foresee lots of tears and rips in the armor if anyone is going to troop with this set up out of the box.
Looking strait down center.
The top is so badly warped I had to lean waaaay over to the side just to get both ears to show.
Strait down from the back.
Strait down looking in
Reverse looking strait down in
Cant get the many, what appears to be moisture contamination, warts to show in photos in the white area but they are visible on the teeth. There are also many worms and such everywhere.
Assembly is just plain horrible.
Having trooped in FX armor and worn LFL suits back during the EP3 era the thickness of the plastic seems correct but I can foresee lots of tears and rips in the armor if anyone is going to troop with this set up out of the box.
Looking strait down center.
The top is so badly warped I had to lean waaaay over to the side just to get both ears to show.
Strait down from the back.
Strait down looking in
Reverse looking strait down in
Cant get the many, what appears to be moisture contamination, warts to show in photos in the white area but they are visible on the teeth. There are also many worms and such everywhere.
Assembly is just plain horrible.
Sewbacca
Well-Known Member
Was just reading these posts and Anovos just sent me an email. I ordered April 30th.
"Thank you for your order from ANOVOS! We wanted to let you know that your order (--------------) was shipped via FedEx, FedEx International Ground® on 1/28/2016. You can track your package at any time using the link below.
So for us International orders, it appears they have begun
Everything but the under suit
kman
Well-Known Member
Everything except the undersuit and gloves, which were the only two items where the purchaser selected their own size.
All of the one-size-fits-all parts went in the main Armor box.
This actually just looks like how the real ones were put together. You can adjust it if you feel like unscrewing the ears, drilling out the pop rivet (easy) and retrimming/positioning. Use magnets till you get it right.
Some of the warping is actually due to the the pieces and are "authentic". It would be hard to eliminate all.
You can't put the stormtrooper helmets on without twisting it, is this what you mean?
If you don't want to take it apart, you can at least remove the gaps on the temples by tightening the bolt, the washer will grab the plastic faceplate from behind and pull it together more.
Should be easy to tidy it all up, good luck!
ehollywood
New Member
Picked mine up from Fed Ex tonight
Kerr Avon
Master Member
I don't understand, are you saying you didn't expect the lopsided helmet and assembly as you received it? It's accurate to the movie original helmets as far as I know. And you put the helmet on sideways and then twist it to the front. The instructions in the PDF even says that and it's been confirmed as pretty normal for TK buckets.
Or are you kidding? I'm confused.
Ackbar16
Active Member
I got mine this afternoon! I ordered on May 3rd, and live in western Washington. My kit came without the top card with the assembled trooper on it. Not a big deal since it would have ended up in the recycle bin anyway.
All in all, I'm very happy with it so far. The bucket has a couple of imperfections on it, but nothing I can't live with. I can't say much for the rest of the suit yet, but everything looked good when I inspected it. I can't wait to get started on the build this weekend!
All in all, I'm very happy with it so far. The bucket has a couple of imperfections on it, but nothing I can't live with. I can't say much for the rest of the suit yet, but everything looked good when I inspected it. I can't wait to get started on the build this weekend!
DBoz
Sr Member
I have actually disassembled my helmet and begun cleaning it up. It was assembled completely with screws, 5 on each side, no rivets.
View attachment 583880
I've got a build thread going over at whitearmor.net with lots of pictures if anyone is interested.
http://www.whitearmor.net/forum/index.php?/topic/35115-DBoz-ANOVOS-TK-Build
KrangPrime
Master Member
I'm running out of project space between this and KITT.
I'm not going to be wearing it, just assembling it so I probably won't do much trimming or work on it. my main concern is making it look good assembled.
What's a good thing to put this thing on?
I'm not going to be wearing it, just assembling it so I probably won't do much trimming or work on it. my main concern is making it look good assembled.
What's a good thing to put this thing on?
For a great helmet stand I use a stainless steel paper towel holder I get from Target. I like the design and the base is heavy enough to allow even a heavy fiberglass helmet to rest on it. I usually put a foam ball into the main post to put the helmet on. If you take off the smaller post there's a spot to put a name plate if you like.
http://www.target.com/p/threshold-jumbo-towel-holder/-/A-14152229?lnk=rec|pdp|related_prods_vv|pdpv1
http://www.target.com/p/threshold-jumbo-towel-holder/-/A-14152229?lnk=rec|pdp|related_prods_vv|pdpv1
Timmythekid
Sr Member
"Your ANOVOS order has been shipped!"
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SHOOP THE WOOP!!!! Can confirm May 4th orders to Canada are heading out! Cannot confirm that the Fedex tracker will do anything, as the tracking number is not found.
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SHOOP THE WOOP!!!! Can confirm May 4th orders to Canada are heading out! Cannot confirm that the Fedex tracker will do anything, as the tracking number is not found.
Reelo
Sr Member
Fedex does have an app which works for me with the number anovos has sent me. And I live in Europe, so it should work for Canucks too.
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Timmythekid
Sr Member
I'm thinking that maybe because they just shipped this morning it may not be on the Fedex site yet. As an aside, why on earth did Anovos create more silliness over international shipment dates when they clearly at EXACTLY THE SAME TIME were getting those orders out the door? Needless frustration which could be avoided in the future if social media and shipping can communicate a little better.
KrangPrime
Master Member
looking at the assembly instructions..do I want to trust glue to hold this thing together in parts? wouldn't it just be easier to use the tiniest screws around and paint 'em white to blend in for ultimate stability?
Ordered May the fourth, just received a text from FedEx, mine's coming tomorrow (1/30).
This'll be my first suit since I sold my original FX suit way back in 2000! I'm pretty excited, and impressed with Anovos for getting these orders shipped so quickly.
Time to start gathering hardware for assembly, thought I had more time to prepare, but I'm pleasantly surprised this is shipping ahead of schedule!
This'll be my first suit since I sold my original FX suit way back in 2000! I'm pretty excited, and impressed with Anovos for getting these orders shipped so quickly.
Time to start gathering hardware for assembly, thought I had more time to prepare, but I'm pleasantly surprised this is shipping ahead of schedule!
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