Has any one brought up the fact that all of the "original" suits are re-casts off of parts found throughout years and not even from the molds used for the film? I find it silly that wonky re-casts are being compared to digitally scanned off of a screen used set. Now if RS or TE offered a full set with compleated bucket, belt, holster, gloves, undersuite and neckseal for say $700 I could see that as a great deal. But $1200+ for a bare bones kit??? Yeah, not every one has cash to burn and are on a budget.
Now, there's nothing wrong with the above mentioned suits considering how hard it was to get a full suit pieced together over the years. . I remember back when the only suits were Marco Enterprises... and at that time, hot Damn! Was it any where near accurate? Nope but we did not care cause some one had a set. My first TK armor was a GF that I bought back in 98 and I loved it. Not a recast and not 100% but I had a TK. I bought it for something like $600 and was happy. I simply do not have the $1200+ for a TK.
Now we have Anovos, who has the best "licenced" suit for an amazing price considering what it comes with. Is it 100% prop accurate? Nope but for me, and I'm speaking just for me on this, I love that it's as we "think" we see it on screen and not the real prop look. Some love the real prop look and
that's fine but not for most.
Now when I say most, i'm talking about the rest of the world who are not RPF, 501st, or other hard core group. That's a lot of people. So if you want to sell a "replica" costume to the masses, you clean it up a little while retaining the charm of the original.
That's my 2 cents
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