Can't find Tony Stark's sunglasses from Iron Man 3

Sorry for posting again but, I'm so pleased you have those RT's for reference, as you have cleared up something that's been bugging me for a while.

I always felt that the RT's in the scene had a different gold bridge, in that the small lower bar was not gold.
This meant that the prominent gold bridge shape stood out more in a kinda upside down U.
Mine sometimes look like a gold "square".

The Funko got it right...lol....wonder if they had original RT's to go off...
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Your RT's confirm this (marked red)...
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I also wondered if the gold detailing is a bit lighter on the RT's (marked blue).

I'm off to look into removing that bit gold..hopefully, it's gunmetal underneath!
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The RT's design IMO, may have been originally intended to be "bridgeless", to really accentuate that unusual gold shape.
I think they added this bar later for more rigidity, but kept it gunmetal to kinda cosmetically "hide" it.
 
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Ok, so looking at the pics from gotmeth366 again, the small bar is gunmetal on the front, but still gold on the back...
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Tried to get a close up of some other RT's, which seem to show the "inner" of the bridge to be gunmetal too...
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My Initium...
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Maybe another pic from gotmeth366 could confirm?...Thank you in advance.
 
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UV400 said:
Sorry for posting again but, I'm so pleased you have those RT's for reference, as you have cleared up something for me that's been bugging me for a while.

I always felt that the RT's in the scene had a different gold bridge, in that the small lower bar was not gold.
This meant that the prominent gold bridge shape stood out more in a kinda upside down U.
Mine sometimes look like a gold "square".

The Funko got it right...lol....wonder if they had original RT's to go off...
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Your RT's confirm this (marked red)...
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I also wondered if the gold detailing is a bit lighter on the RT's (marked blue).

I'm off to look into removing that bit gold..hopefully, it's gunmetal underneath!
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The RT's design IMO, may have been originally intended to be "bridgeless", to really accentuate that unusual gold shape.
I think they added this bar later for more rigidity, but kept it gunmetal to kinda cosmetically "hide" it.
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Looking forward to seeing if removing the gold is possible I would do the same
 
Jaymig926 said:
Looking forward to seeing if removing the gold is possible I would do the same
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I think worst case, is that it would just be "metal" under the gold and not "gunmetal".

When I figure out which is the best way to approach removing the tiny bit of gold, I'll let you know dude!
 
Here's a collage of the front and back of that bridge. UV400 is right. Completely gunmetal on the front. I didn't even notice!! As for if the Initium lenses will fit in the RT, I don't know because all of mine are 59mm.
 

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gotmeth366 said:
Here's a collage of the front and back of that bridge. UV400 is right. Completely gunmetal on the front. I didn't even notice!! As for if the Initium lenses will fit in the RT, I don't know because all of mine are 59mm.
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Thanks for the pics!
I'm genuinely thrilled that you managed to obtain a real pair of Roy Towers!
The whole gold bridge part on the back looks a bit thicker/flatter too, with a few differences - the size stamped on the top and a difference in 4 parts (arrowed in red).

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I'm not nitpicking or trying to find "fault" here BTW, I'm just really interested in this piece of vintage eyewear!
I think Jason did a fantastic job with the Concept's once the gunmetal color and size were corrected...I waited and got the 61mm in gunmetal.

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UV400 said:
Thanks for the pics!
I'm genuinely thrilled that you managed to obtain a real pair of Roy Towers!
The whole gold bridge part on the back looks a bit thicker/flatter too, with a few differences - the size stamped on the top and a difference in 4 parts (arrowed in red).

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I'm not nitpicking or trying to find "fault" here BTW, I'm just really interested in this piece of vintage eyewear!
I think Jason did a fantastic job with the Concept's once the gunmetal color and size were corrected...I waited and got the 61mm in gunmetal.

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Let me know if you need/want anymore reference pictures.
 
UV400 said:
Thanks again man!
I would look to keep them in a "flight recorder box" for safe keeping! Lol.
Forgot to ask, where in the universe did you find them, was it on earth?!
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I know!!! I really want to wear them out but I'm afraid!! I have a fireproof safe I was thinking about keeping them in... Surrounded by kryptonite, encased in lead.... Hahaha

I found them on Wednesday on eBay. I got to work and checked for a few things before I started and BOOM, there they were. There was zero hesitation on my part for the $300 price tag. I couldn't not buy them.
 
gotmeth366 said:
I know!!! I really want to wear them out but I'm afraid!! I have a fireproof safe I was thinking about keeping them in... Surrounded by kryptonite, encased in lead.... Hahaha

I found them on Wednesday on eBay. I got to work and checked for a few things before I started and BOOM, there they were. There was zero hesitation on my part for the $300 price tag. I couldn't not buy them.
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That was sooo lucky man, If only I'd kept looking, I might have beat you to it..lol!
You need to play the lotto, you might be on a roll!!
 
gotmeth366 said:
I know!!! I really want to wear them out but I'm afraid!! I have a fireproof safe I was thinking about keeping them in... Surrounded by kryptonite, encased in lead.... Hahaha

I found them on Wednesday on eBay. I got to work and checked for a few things before I started and BOOM, there they were. There was zero hesitation on my part for the $300 price tag. I couldn't not buy them.
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Believe me or not but I randomly looked on eBay for the Roy Towers on Thursday. And even if I’m really happy for you, I’m feeling incredibly unlucky on this one...
That’s a great catch man !
 
gotmeth366 said:
We could meet up for a weekend getaway, have some drinks and talk glasses.
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Awesome, sounds epic, but judging on the size of the collections a weekend probably wouldn't be enough..wondering already how many of those "Quayaustralia" travel boxes I would need ...lol.
Excellent idea, a weekend of drinks, relaxing and talking eyewear in the actual location where it all ultimately comes to an end....epic......ok, so Big Lake in Atlanta is the next vacation!
 
UV400 said:
Awesome, sounds epic, but judging on the size of the collections a weekend probably wouldn't be enough..wondering already how many of those "Quayaustralia" travel boxes I would need ...lol.
Excellent idea, a weekend of drinks, relaxing and talking eyewear in the actual location where it all ultimately comes to an end....epic......ok, so Big Lake in Atlanta is the next vacation!
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Let's make it happen!! Part of the journey is the end.
 
Sat Nav puts it right here....
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Not sure which property it is, (out of 2, either side of Big Lake)....it's either the east or west building, can't really make it out in 3D 'cos of the trees...but it's definitely literally right there, inside the circle!
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What was I just saying about epic photo opportunities!!....Yes, that's just down from the Stark (vacation rental) home by Big Lake!!
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It's gotta be right there.....
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Extra miscellaneous movie fact, the home was also used in the new Godzilla movie too.
 
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gotmeth366 said:
I know!!! I really want to wear them out but I'm afraid!! I have a fireproof safe I was thinking about keeping them in... Surrounded by kryptonite, encased in lead.... Hahaha

I found them on Wednesday on eBay. I got to work and checked for a few things before I started and BOOM, there they were. There was zero hesitation on my part for the $300 price tag. I couldn't not buy them.
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What did you search under?
 
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