Re: PIH Production Vader Helmet Up for Auction
Enhanced that 4 U.
Enhanced that 4 U.
Unless you have more info to suggest that this was in fact the helmet that was used for the supposed DP ANH run to which a cast from it was altered into what we know as the GH/Fyberdyne line of helmets, it's still just theory connecting the various lines together.
Didn't really have anything in particular to say with the comparison. Just to highlight a possible connection.
Well it is just really interesting that the DP/Fyberdyne/GH/Jeff lineage is now apparently an offshoot of the Baker ILM mold...all from a copy of one that Don Post received or pulled, and it seems this is confirmed. That's a big change in the upper part of the Vader lineage tree. That would explain why that lineage never had tabs. I thought I had heard at some point that there were tabs and they were removed, but now based on this new information that would not have been possible.
I too saw this helmet recently and was told that the internet experts would not stop this auction. I assume the consignor either has a great reputation or this comes with some type of lineage not disclosed until after the auction.
I would never buy a piece like this because of all the replicas and if there is even any doubt, it should be pulled from the auction.
It's a shame that PIH doesn't listen to the prop community when there are obvious problems with a piece. I was told that there are a lot of politics at play and they take all information with a grain of salt.
It's up to the buyer to prove it's not real, but shouldn't that have been verified before the sale?
Dex
Thanks for the clarification. However, still doesn't prove DP didn't mold the original as well. From an earlier thread there was the recounting that they waited for a helmet to arrive, but decided to make their own - so they could have molded the original again (a third time in that helmets life) and this cast we are seeing now is the cast that finally arrived, but then they no longer needed it. Can't recall which of the many threads that tidbit was posted in, but of course... it was refuted by several people right after... because it was about the 4th pull claim.
Where did you confirm that?
Look, I'm not trying to be an ass. I'm just not seeing a clear-cut slam-dunk that can make anyone conclude that this is the master for the GH/Fyberdyne line. The likelihood and plausibility is certainly high... but that's not confirmation.
The same people who did a mirrored stormtrooper.But think of this, who in their right mind would take something like a DJ or SL and make it look sort of like a Fyberdyne and then try to portray it as an original ANH helmet? They would be nuts. By that logic the auction helmet must be a DP template. :lol