Anovos Stormtrooper.... thoughts?
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Just for the heck of it some shots of the Anovos next to my RS HDPE Stunt
Dave
Seriously guys, for $350 for a FULL KIT, WTF is everyone complaining about!? This is pretty much EXACTLY what people have been asking for for years! A cleaned up but still accurately asymmetrical TK kit. People today have no idea how good they have it. I paid almost $1,000 for my FX kit way back when. I remember the first time I saw a guy wearing a TE and thought WOW that looks so much better. But they were $2,500+ and very hard to come by.
and now we have this for $350. Seriously, what is there to complain about?
Reelo
Sr Member
As far as I'm concerned, nothing. This is all just nitpicking about stuff 99,9% of people outside of this hobby will never notice.
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And speaking of which... Lookey what just showed up!
Anyone know what's up with the soft parts? body suit, neck seal, gloves? I heard they are shipping separately but does that mean on a later date? or just separate boxes?
Anyone know what's up with the soft parts? body suit, neck seal, gloves? I heard they are shipping separately but does that mean on a later date? or just separate boxes?
cboath
Master Member
OK, i'm extemely detail oriented and I can recount a conversation with ole JDPilot where we were arguing over a dimension to the tune of 1/128th of an inch - so I get being truly anal about detail believe me.
Maybe a trooper expert can do a post to explain all the differences, but what I can see is:
-The RS looks rougher - as in more dings/warts/etc
-I see the Anovos being a touch taller and wider
-edges are a bit crisper
-Eyes on the Anovos seem a bit smaller, but that could be remedied with trimming (i can tell mine could be trimmed more, i.e. they didn't make it to their 'line')
-The bump on the right eye is less obvious on the Anovos
-The vocoder or whatever it's called is smaller on the RS
Personally, I don't see much else. I admit looking at the list, it doesn't seem short, but i wouldn't term any of those things more than minor differences at best. I don't think their target market was die hard 100% mega accurate either.
Honestly, looking at that RS - i can't help but think of the up close photos i got of the maul saber when it went on display in england (i think) just after TPM came out. It looked great on screen, and then those photos...wow...you could see paint runs and glue marks/runs, etc.
I completely see why Anovos doesn't have all the pits/bumps/whatevers. More people than not would think they got a bad one quite honestly. Outside of that, i can see noting differences, but none are worth complaining about frankly. I would be interested in asking Maul, or whomever, if they sharpened the edges or not or if that's what came out of the scan. I can't see why they'd take the time to sharpen them considering it looks like the difference between a 1/8 and 3/32 rounding, so i'd be curious as to the why there..beyond that, the differeces to me don't really rate more than knowing that this was made by this guy and this buy that guy kind of things.
The main thing that stands out to me is the sharpness and harder angle of the eye lips. Second would be the slightly taller grin. But it's such a minor detail compared to how much they got right, especially for the price. I mean Rubies is still selling their POS supreme suit for $1000 and it looks like utter garbage.
tubachris85x
Master Member
If they were shipping them, I wouldn't mind getting the kit version just to build it more accurately to see how it looks. It was pointed out on the FISD that when looking down on top of the frown, on the lower-right side, it's jutted inward and deformed along the frown/teeth
Timmythekid
Sr Member
Funny, I keep meadnering around back to this same point, as yeah, the eyes are really the biggest thing that jumps out at me about the Anovos bucket. My understanding is that the vast majority of the really good buckets that have been on the market since the begining are at best several generations down the road cast from screen-used buckets, and the concerns about sharpness of detail on the Anovos bucket are all about it being sharper, not softer. There would seem to be no good motive for Anovos to arbitrarily sharpen those corners, so is it at all possible that people have just gotten used to seeing softer details on buckets with screen used lineage?
DBoz
Sr Member
The neck seal is in the bag with all the strapping. The body suit and gloves will ship at a later date. There has been no estimate as to when that will be. They did mention that they had more stock of soft parts than hard parts so some who placed their orders later may get their soft parts first. This would imply that the soft parts should be shipping soon, but that is only speculation.
kman
Well-Known Member
^^ Correct, other than the initial general notes about the plans for overall shipping, I haven't seen any mention of the 2nd box of soft parts yet (body suit and gloves only, IIRC).
I have not seen anyone post anything about receiving any boxes of soft goods, to date. LOTS of armor going out right now, in fact I think they're ahead of schedule, but no soft goods as of yet.
Considering how long it's going to take me to build by first set, I'm not in a rush for the soft goods. And the people who really have their building skills dialed in probably already have soft sets of their own...
I have not seen anyone post anything about receiving any boxes of soft goods, to date. LOTS of armor going out right now, in fact I think they're ahead of schedule, but no soft goods as of yet.
Considering how long it's going to take me to build by first set, I'm not in a rush for the soft goods. And the people who really have their building skills dialed in probably already have soft sets of their own...
mortifactor
Well-Known Member
I only look at real helmets :lol
I was thinking it could be the scan was of a helmet with no/less paint remaining. The stripped original RS helmet doesn't look like this though. The scan could have been from an exceptionally sharp pull back in 1976. The main thing though is the moustache. I think that is just how it is cut/painted, however.
after opening mine, I was honestly a BIT disappointed with the thickness of the helmet. It's pretty flimsy around the face area. Seems like I could fairly easily crush the side tubes.
I'm assuming this is so they could get all the detail. Definitely much thinner than the MR/EFX PCR helmet.
But still overall, this is a hell of a deal for $350 and I'm very pleased.
I'm assuming this is so they could get all the detail. Definitely much thinner than the MR/EFX PCR helmet.
But still overall, this is a hell of a deal for $350 and I'm very pleased.
I paid $650 for a used already built FX suit in 2005 and then had to take it apart and re-build it to fit me.
I can't believe I didn't buy 2 sets of this Anovos armor instead of just 1 set.
Timmythekid
Sr Member
That would be one HELL of a lot of paint though
There's something going on there though, and it just seems like a weird, utterly random decision Anovos would have made during production, as the prototype helmets don't have that sharp edge - they deliberately changed that along the way for some reason.
Mr Mold Maker
Master Member
Why not just back the eyes with some ABS fill and lightly round over the sharp edges? You may not even have to backfill it if you just lightly round it over.
If I pick up a kit, it's likely that's what I'd be doing.
If I pick up a kit, it's likely that's what I'd be doing.
Timmythekid
Sr Member
By the same token, and to address the thickness or lack thereof of the bucket and armor, I wonder if the thing could be strengthened with fiberglass from the inside?
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