Licensed Star Wars Costumes from Museum Replicas

[Tyler Durden]

I can't get RS to load either on PC/ FF 3.0.1.

 

[foxbatkllr]

You guys do realize they want to charge $1400 or so for these costumes, right? That's way too much money for something that's just okay looking. That's also too much money for someone just starting out in the hobby.

 

[JBReplicas]

Hmmm I think I'll still stick with the fine artisans here :thumbsup

 

[Jumpin Jax]

You guys do realize they want to charge $1400 or so for these costumes, right? That's way too much money for something that's just okay looking. That's also too much money for someone just starting out in the hobby.

Quick! Someone recast the armor and sell it cheaper to teach them a lesson!cool

Sorry, GF humor.

 

[Master Boda]

I heard MRL will charge $2,000 for the stormtrooper armor,and it will bend if you fall then take it's orginal shape agian.As far as the costumes go they can send them back to India.:sick

 

[defyitall]

Guys calm the f down jeez. I talk to head guy, David, for like 2 hours on Thursday. He knows his stuff and he knows everything wrong with these costumes. These are the first prototypes theyve got back and a lot of the mistakes are from the manufacturers. A lot of the other probles are due to trying to make these things production ready for mass consumption.

He ghave me his info and wants to discuss the Obi-Wan costume and I'm gonna help him get in touch with people to figure out the grapple pouch and the buckle.

They are actually trying to accomplish details a lot of hihg-end custom costumes don't even touch. The boots are lace-up under the spat like the priginals. They are doing the white body, brown neck dickie for the undertunic. He knows they need to add more crinkle to the outer tunic fabric. But the loose weave is pretty close to the movie version. The belts need work and I told him that. I made him aware of the movie dimensions and he wrote them down eagerly. This guy really wants to try and impress us and he knows he's nowhere near that yet. So call off the dogs for now.

 

[jcoffman99]

If they want to impress us, charge a reasonable price. 2k for trooper armor (which they're only making 501 sets)??? Who cares if it bends back? 1k for a jedi outfit? You could get a tailored fit outfit for less. I'll stick with the folks here.

 

[defyitall]

If they want to impress us, charge a reasonable price. 2k for trooper armor (which they're only making 501 sets)??? Who cares if it bends back? 1k for a jedi outfit? You could get a tailored fit outfit for less. I'll stick with the folks here.

You think you can get a tailored Obi-Wan outfit with a full wool robe and accurate leather boots for less than $1000!? I'm sorry but that's totally out of the the question. My ROTS costume has cost me around $1500 so far and my boots are homemade out of old riding boots. I have a wool robe coming that will cost me $250 in the end and custom boots that are accurate would be $300-500. If I ever buy a hero saber hilt that would easily put me over $2000.

I don't know anything about TK armor so I can't say anything about that. But this isn't just a "jedi" costume they are trying to do, it's something specific. Everyone I know with really high end accurate Anakin and Obi-Wan costumes has probably paid over $1000 to get to where they are.

I'm not saying the end result will be glorious I'm just saying the people behind it seem to be trying so give them the benefit of the doubt until the final versions come around. For me, $1500 for a good representation of a face character costume doesn't seem so bad. Provided they get it right. Until they say, "final" I can't get mean.

 

[jcoffman99]

You think you can get a tailored Obi-Wan outfit with a full wool robe and accurate leather boots for less than $1000!? I'm sorry but that's totally out of the the question. My ROTS costume has cost me around $1500 so far and my boots are homemade out of old riding boots. I have a wool robe coming that will cost me $250 in the end and custom boots that are accurate would be $300-500. If I ever buy a hero saber hilt that would easily put me over $2000.

I don't know anything about TK armor so I can't say anything about that. But this isn't just a "jedi" costume they are trying to do, it's something specific. Everyone I know with really high end accurate Anakin and Obi-Wan costumes has probably paid over $1000 to get to where they are.

I'm not saying the end result will be glorious I'm just saying the people behind it seem to be trying so give them the benefit of the doubt until the final versions come around. For me, $1500 for a good representation of a face character costume doesn't seem so bad. Provided they get it right. Until they say, "final" I can't get mean.

You very well may have that much, but I bet it's tailored to your measurements. I've got over 2k in my Vader and am still tweaking it. MY gripe price wise is that we've waited 30 years for something better than Rubies, and they're ridiculously priced. If you have to be 100% accurate then yes you'd pay for it. But I guarantee that I could make an Obi-Wan for less than 1k that 99.999% of the population would say, "Wow nice Obi-Wan". We all know there are here on the boards that could do just as good a job for less, but to each his own...

 

[defyitall]

That's fine. Yes, people here could make it better. But not all of it. I have no problem with a one-stop shop provided it's good. Conisdering there's no good Obi-Wan boot vendor right now I am interested in helping them get the boots right.

 

[KitSmasher]

They had some of their soft stuff on display at Comic Con. Looked really good.

 

[Miana]

Like someone already said, they are prototypes. The guys at Museum Reps let myself and LizardJedi take a bunch of detail shots of the costumes to show people. They were acknowledging that a lot of stuff was not finished and that they know they needed to change things (i.e. Luke's belt, Obi-Wan's belt, Padme's belt, Padme's top, etc etc etc). They also spent a lot of time talking to the costumers and actually listening about what needed to be changed. Most of the costumes are a good start with some errors, but if they keep improving, these costumes might not be bad at all.

 

[hansicle]

If they want to impress us, charge a reasonable price. 2k for trooper armor (which they're only making 501 sets)??? Who cares if it bends back? 1k for a jedi outfit? You could get a tailored fit outfit for less. I'll stick with the folks here.

I would tend to agree with some of these costumes being "overpriced" , but then again it's a one shot deal. I think a lot of times, when people build a costume for themselves, they put it together piece by piece. They may put out $400-$500 at first, with $100 upgrades here and there. Eventually, over time, you put together what you feel is accurate for what's availble. But in retrospect, when you add the total $$$ spent on your costume, you would have put in $1000 or more.

It's the spending the $1000 in one shot, then considering that you may need to upgrade something because you feel there is something better available. What good is a $1000 costume if you have to put another $400 or more into to get it accurate?

If it comes down to the point that "most" of the costume is accurate, and upgrades are unnessesary, then the $1000 may seem more worth it.

 

[defyitall]

Yeah, that was my point. I will keep comments on price and accuracy until they put out pctures of the final versions. Right now, I can't say if $1500 is a good price because I don't know what the fianl piece will look like, be constructed like, or what materials are used.

 

[Jumpin Jax]

I like the Luke jedi getup, but was that $1000 I heard discussed?

 

[defyitall]

Nah, they said like $700-800 for most of the costumes. Other than the armor, the Obi-Wan and Anakin costumes were over $1000 due to the complexity of the boots and the huge wool robes.

 

[Onigiri]

That was only the price for one costume...most are in tne 700-800 range.

You guys do realize they want to charge $1400 or so for these costumes, right? That's way too much money for something that's just okay looking. That's also too much money for someone just starting out in the hobby.

 

[Jumpin Jax]

Nah, they said like $700-800 for most of the costumes. Other than the armor, the Obi-Wan and Anakin costumes were over $1000 due to the complexity of the boots and the huge wool robes.

Crap. And I thought the page I saw online was pushing it asking $400 WITH cloak for the Luke.

 

[Onigiri]

dunno who youre buying from from but I seriously question your assesment.
Not only is your price range for workmanship and materials unrealistic but try finding a reliable costumer in this hobby that doesnt start failing to deliver as soon as they get 'overwhelmed'. Somebody charging what YOU think is a reasonable price for the materials and workmanship and time needed to produce a quality uniform of this complexity is exactly WHY they become overwhelmed and end up robbing Peter to pay Paul. They have to contend not just with fanboy expectations but measure them against fanboy budgets. Champaigne tatsets on a beer budget.

If they want to impress us, charge a reasonable price. 2k for trooper armor (which they're only making 501 sets)??? Who cares if it bends back? 1k for a jedi outfit? You could get a tailored fit outfit for less. I'll stick with the folks here.

 

[Onigiri]

FYI folks I have a wholesalers license with Museum replicas which is why I was talking to them. My hope is that the qulaity is good and that there is enough markup to offer discounts and still pocket some change...fingers crossed.