eFX X-Wing pilot helmet

[voice in the crowd]

Hi Guys,

I saw a pic of the Luke X Wing pilot helmet here -

eFX - SirStevesGuide.com Photo Gallery

Also with the frenzy of the ANH Vader coming out thought the X Wing helmet deserved it's own thread for discussion.

Hopefully more pics will filter through from SDCC.

Not much to tell from the pics posted but one glaring error I noticed was the missing piece slats / grill ? that should be under the front of the mohawk.

Looking forward to more pics and a better look at the paintjob.

Cheers Chris

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Nice. That's about half of a TIE.

 

[Megamicrofish]

I have a real APH but depending on price I may have to snag one of these. It looks like the mic is taped on, hopefully they will correct the mohawk on the production helmet.

 

[Darth Lars]

It is hard to tell, but that looks like fiberglass on the inside.

I hope that they find a better way of fastening the boom mic than sticky tape ...

 

[division 6]

They should not have incorporated the rubber stripping on the bottom as a solid part of the helmet.

 

[Darth Lars]

Actually, the original propmakers incorporated the rubber striping of the original APH-6 helmet as a solid part of their casts. Then they put a different kind of rubber striping on top of that. So eFX's edge is correct.

There are fan-made X-wing/TIE helmet replicas that lack that step along the edge. Dreadnaught Industries' helmet is one example. Perhaps you are more used to seeing one of these.

In fact, I can not find anything that tells me that this is not a cast of a production-used helmet, except for an old statement of eFX's that they would have laser-scanned it and cleaned it up in a computer.
Personally, I wish that they had idealized it just a little bit. The not-so-straight side-burn triangles temples is one detail. There were screen-used helmets that were less wonky than this one ...

 

[Nataku]

Any rumor on price?

 

[kurtyboy]

Will be interesting to see if they made the visor attachment accurate (i.e none of this swivel up and down nonsense).

 

[Art Andrews]

I had a chance to do 360 degree pics of the helmet. Steve did an amazing job on the paint!

eFX - a set on Flickr

 

[Trilogy]

Thanks for the photos, Art. This is looking nice.

Has been any further talk of pricing and release date?

 

[Zenwalker]

I am assuming this going to be fiberglass and not vacu-formed plastic like the originals. I see the strip on the top of the mohawk is not a seperate piece because of it being fiberglass.

Overall it looks pretty good but I imagine the weathering is going to be difficult for them to reproduce in the factory.

 

[GF]

Definetely getting one of those, always wanted a accurate version of this helmet. BRAVO EFX for making this available

GFollano

 

[TV8]

Definetely getting one of those, always wanted a accurate version of this helmet. BRAVO EFX for making this available

GFollano

me too.

 

[danchia]

yeah!

any idea of a release date?

 

[STEVE THE SWEDE]

Hi all, sorry I'm late to the party! I'm a bit stressed for time right now but I'll try and post later and shed some light on this awesome and IMO waaaay over due helmet release!

Steve.

 

[Madmartigan]

Det ar mycket bra, Steve!

p.s. sorry....my Swedish is very rusty. Been years since i studied it...och det kommar inte ihag nu!

 

[oblagon]

Can't wait for this helmet. I'd be great if EFX incorporated this bucket into their CE line as well and produced all of the deco variations.

 

[JoeR]

I am really excited about this and the Vader helmet. I for one will be buying both. It is great that the licensed companies are trying that bit harder this year.

Joe

 

[Trap Joe]

I am really excited about this and the Vader helmet. I for one will be buying both. It is great that the licensed companies are trying that bit harder this year.

Joe

Me too.
I always wanted a good Luke X Wing helmet stand next to my Wedge helmet.
This indeed are two good projects that EFX makes.

Now I´m waiting for an original cast of a Royal Guard and Biker Scout Helmet.
They should do it soon!

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Now I´m waiting for an original cast of a Royal Guard and Biker Scout Helmet.
They should do it soon!

Absolutely agreed and they can do them as injection molded ABS helmets, though I guess the cost of making the molds compared to fiberglass molds would be cost prohibitive in a way.