EFX PCR boba helmet

[BudaFett]

My helmet arrived and I'm extremely happy with it as a licensed piece. For the price this should be a helmet in everyone's collections!

I'll post some comparison pictures later but the seam is hardly noticeable (especially when displayed) but my biggest issues are the missing paint details and the softened damage details.

 

[Jamesfett]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate EFX.

This is the best Boba helmet ever.

EFX is evil and we should not do business with them.

Moulded from the actual Here ESB helmet!!

EFX should be sued into oblivion.

Amazing paint job

No one should give EFX any money.

As a fett freak this is the best helmet I have ever seen or owned!!!!!!!!

Disney is scum for both the S.T. and allowing EFX to exists.

Although I would love a fiberglass version, layer painted, and fully lined as well this is the heaviest PCR they have made. Nice dark visor, lighted Range Finder.

EFX should be banned from all forums.

The detail is just amazing. I could not be happier with this thing.



Okay so my helmet arrived obviously. I always have very mixed feelings with EFX as they have screwed so many of us. I will never understand how a company can make so many great products and suck so bad at everything else.

I have never been disappointed with any product I have gotten from them. The Biker Scout issues never bothered me and now that they are in the Mandalorian they bother me even less.

How they can make such good stuff and be so bad otherwise will never make sense.

I also really question our giving them our money as they have essentially stolen money from many of us. Biker Scout Legend people have lost a lot of interest in the years EFX has had their money. Disney shows it's feeling as they let this tumor of a company keep the license,....

But I have been waiting since 1980 for this and it does not disappoint. Far cry from my Go-Kart motorcycle helmet I painted into a boba fett helmet, and yes it made it hard to see but I did not care.

 

[Getoninja]

got my helmet a week ago and I love it. The seams, minor crease, indents, mold lines, were not a issue once I had helmet in hand.
But I do have one issue and its the ranger finder's clear piece and battery compartment inside the RF.
The on/off switch is located in the ear, so, I'm assuming the RF Metal Post is hollow, allowing the on/off wires to connect to the ranger finder's battery compartment/LED lights board. If this is the case, EFX could had place the battery compartment and light board inside the helmet next to the ear.
Then only run the LED wires to the RF and made a whole clear piece for the RF. And also had enough room to add a extra LED light for the RF's lens cover.
Other than that, I love the helmet
few pics. and using a Helmet metal stand I bought from Ebay for about $17 shipped

What? a variant, hehe

I was curious about the ranger finder's lens cover and wondered if I could add a picture. And low and behold I added a Lego Luke picture from current Lego catalogue. Lego paper's thickness is close to news paper. And I only used the Lego booklet cause its free and I did not want to damage my collection of reference SW books.
TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK! and maybe some can remove the Lens cover without taking apart the RF and Lens screwed together
My Lens cover had no glued parts.
Remove the screw, !! Watch out for the two springs on the Lens compartment!!
The Lens compartment is made of three parts, Back cover, Lens frame, and clear lens. The back cover and Lens frame are held together by tension, holding the clear lens in place.
This is where its risky, be careful, apply pressure pushing the lends cover out of the frame.
Once removed, use a picture, keep in mine I used almost news paper thin paper
Final obstacle is placing back the two springs, and its tricky.
and thats it.

 

[Snowtrooper]

Clever idea for the rangefinder. Tempted to do it myself.

 

[H0llyw00d]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A couple of amazing PCRs is a good start...

 

[Halliwax]

got my helmet a week ago and I love it. The seams, minor crease, indents, mold lines, were not a issue once I had helmet in hand.
But I do have one issue and its the ranger finder's clear piece and battery compartment inside the RF.
The on/off switch is located in the ear, so, I'm assuming the RF Metal Post is hollow, allowing the on/off wires to connect to the ranger finder's battery compartment/LED lights board. If this is the case, EFX could had place the battery compartment and light board inside the helmet next to the ear.
Then only run the LED wires to the RF and made a whole clear piece for the RF. And also had enough room to add a extra LED light for the RF's lens cover.
Other than that, I love the helmet
few pics. and using a Helmet metal stand I bought from Ebay for about $17 shipped

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What? a variant, hehe
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I was curious about the ranger finder's lens cover and wondered if I could add a picture. And low and behold I added a Lego Luke picture from current Lego catalogue. Lego paper's thickness is close to news paper. And I only used the Lego booklet cause its free and I did not want to damage my collection of reference SW books.
TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK! and maybe some can remove the Lens cover without taking apart the RF and Lens screwed together
My Lens cover had no glued parts.
Remove the screw, !! Watch out for the two springs on the Lens compartment!!
The Lens compartment is made of three parts, Back cover, Lens frame, and clear lens. The back cover and Lens frame are held together by tension, holding the clear lens in place.
This is where its risky, be careful, apply pressure pushing the lends cover out of the frame.
Once removed, use a picture, keep in mine I used almost news paper thin paper
Final obstacle is placing back the two springs, and its tricky.
and thats it.

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lol I like his idea

 

[Kroenen77]

Mine should also arrive this week.
Hope everything is ok with the paintjob and other things.

 

[Brothervader]

Just got mine today! I couldn't be more impressed. I never would have thought that the layered paint job could be mass produced with this kind of quality and detail. The most surprising thing was the shipping time. I ordered it directly from EFX on Sunday and it arrived on Thursday. My opinion of this helmet is the same as everyone else that has reviewed it. It is not light and flimsy. The paint job is beautiful. I'm highly impressed with the overall accuracy

 

[Kroenen77]

Has somebody sources for the inside parts of the real helmet?After a thin layer of fiberglass I wanna build also the stuff inside like the real one.

 

[Peacefrog35]

Try over at The Dented Helmet. I know a few have found mountain climbing helmets with similar liners... A hard hat liner and black duct take will get you started. I was going to go that route at first but it looks much too nice to give it that truly authentic "tape wires to the inside" treatment. Your progress could change my mind though at least regarding the hard hat liner and chin strap. I don't feel that glassing the interior is necessary.

Has somebody sources for the inside parts of the real helmet?After a thin layer of fiberglass I wanna build also the stuff inside like the real one.

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[intwenothor]

Has somebody sources for the inside parts of the real helmet?After a thin layer of fiberglass I wanna build also the stuff inside like the real one.

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intwenothor's accurate ESB interior thread.

Edit 11/12/2015 This started as an attempt to identify the interior helmet cradle of the ESB helmet. I'm goning one to try to replicate the whole of the ESB interior and have renamed the thread. The helmet cradle was identifed in post one and locked down in post 5. Later posts should now...

www.thedentedhelmet.com

 

[Halliwax]

Has somebody sources for the inside parts of the real helmet?After a thin layer of fiberglass I wanna build also the stuff inside like the real one.

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Thank you for sharing I’ve never seen that before

 

[Kroenen77]

Got mine also today...this helmet is so nice.The first thing I was thinking: "Bad times for Bobapainters!"What a nice paintjob for this price.
And so accurate to the Original ESB helmet...it has not every very small scratch..but the overall look is excellent.

And I was surprised how much weight it has.When you look how cheap and thin the plastic of the PCR Vader is.Feels a lot better in hands.
The visor is also not a thin material and build in with screws.

Some fast pics out of the box:

 

[Kroenen77]

Bye Bye big brown spots on the back!

 

[Peacefrog35]

Paint thinner?

Bye Bye big brown spots on the back!

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[Kroenen77]

No no...Alcohol for medical use and paper towels.The good thing is that the good details are not sensitive for the alcohol.

 

[ABE]

Excellent advice, those brown spots do not have the original helmet?

 

[Peacefrog35]

Just not as pronounced. It definitely has brown spots like old motor oil.

Excellent advice, those brown spots do not have the original helmet?

 

[Kroenen77]

And not all spots and damage the helmet has today was on it when they made ESB.

 

[JamesM242]

After watching one of Fuzzual Smuggler's Room vids I decided to make a PVC stand for my EFX Fett helmet: