cayman shen
Master Member
It's better than I feared, but a guy with some cardboard, bondo, and a little bit of know-how could make a full Fett more accurate and a few hundred cheaper.
Rubies Supreme Boba Fett
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slave1pilot
Sr Member
My opinion of the Mando Mercs is well known throughout the Boba and Mando community.
here i am amongst them at the Fanboys Movie Premiere in Hollywood last year in my Non-Rubies supreme boba
The shame..
cayman shen
Master Member
I looked into the M Mercs, and some of the custom designs were cool, but there are a lot of things that look reaaaalllllly cheap, and a lot of paint jobs that reflect no eye for color or design whatsoever. Bright, tacky, lost of people wearing soccer pads, and the popularity or repainted Nerf guns is mystifying. They look like...repainted Nerf guns. Eeeewwwww. There's also a preponderance of members who ought to go jogging for their art. I'd say 1 in 10 looks really solid.
JoMamma_Smurf
Master Member
Not a fan of the mercs either.
nerftheherder
Active Member
I think if you could pick up the rubies "super supreme crapola" Fett at a garage sale for say, under $100 bucks, might be fun to turn it into the 1978 Holiday Special animated Fett. Add a little paint, cheesey thigh holster and volla! The helmet looks about the same!:lol
Agreed that the price is way too much! I would love to get started on a Fett as my first "Armor" charecter, but i know it will be a long time work in progress to make it "right".
Agreed that the price is way too much! I would love to get started on a Fett as my first "Armor" charecter, but i know it will be a long time work in progress to make it "right".
slave1pilot
Sr Member
You can do a good Boba for not much more than the rubies.
I spent $1387.00 on the above Boba
granted, I had a ton of freebies and help from friends.
cayman shen
Master Member
That's a good price, and no doubt sturdy quality gear, but I also know if you're willing to do some fiberglassed cardboard, make your own boots, and settle for less quality while still maintaining 90% visual accuracy you can do it for half that: which is to say, the Rubies still ain't much of a bargain!
Your suit looks really sharp by the way. My new addiction is the dented helmet!
Your suit looks really sharp by the way. My new addiction is the dented helmet!
OldKen
Master Member
That's a great boba above at a silly cheap price!
I really didn't like the mando merc idea at first... but I have met a few of them and you know... I would rather see a guy who isn't boba sized in a custom pink mando than a guy who is 5'6 230 lbs in a accurately painted boba costume! LOL!
Let them have fun!
Seriously.
I really didn't like the mando merc idea at first... but I have met a few of them and you know... I would rather see a guy who isn't boba sized in a custom pink mando than a guy who is 5'6 230 lbs in a accurately painted boba costume! LOL!
Let them have fun!
Seriously.
The first licensed helmet I ever bought was a rubies "collectors" clone helmet. I had no idea about anything but the promo picture looked ok to my (at the time) woefully undereducated eye. What arrived looked absolutly nothing like the photo Id seen. It was aweful. I tried calling the company numerous times and couldn't get a refund. Which brings me to my point. How are they allowed to advertise with images that are not of the actual product? In my country at least, this is actually illegal. The product shown must be the actual product being sold. Does this law not exist in the states?
Egon Spengler
Master Member
I like it a lot actually. Wouldn't take much to make it look even better. Too many people hating on this forum. If it looks just like the photo then it's pretty damn cool.
Sixxgunn13
Sr Member
WRONG!!!
Some one on the TDH posted photos of one he bought prior to knowing anything about FETT, he was sorry he wasted his money...
Basically he said he spent $800 on a jumpsuit and vest.. the rest was cheap plastic that was flimsy with a piss poor paint job!
http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/showthread.php?t=33700&highlight=Rubies+Supreme
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NAZGÛL
Sr Member
I agree, for a person thats not a hard core Star wars nerd, it could be an alternative. It needs a lower price though.
And whats the point in bashing the Mandalorian Mercs? As long as people have fun with their hobby, why hate?:unsure
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cayman shen
Master Member
You're right--my comments were snarky. Not everyone has the cash to do a movie-quality suit, and some of the outfits are actually very creative. It's about having fun, precisely.
Eopie Herder
Sr Member
I agree, for a person thats not a hard core Star wars nerd, it could be an alternative. It needs a lower price though.
(from the same thread as above.)
I'm not a big Boba Fett nerd, so forgive my ignorance for asking this, but is the visor area supposed to taper down like it does on the nice helmet in that pic? The Rubies one is straight, the other seems to get smaller towards the bottom. Certainly the paint is a huge difference, no question.
cayman shen
Master Member
No, it's not. It's a major boo-boo in the MR helmet.
The weathering on that rubies is...interesting. A few long strokes of silver paint does not make for realistic battle damage.
The weathering on that rubies is...interesting. A few long strokes of silver paint does not make for realistic battle damage.
defstartrooper
Sr Member
If you're going to repaint it what's the point in buying it ?
The whole point of an out the box costume is surely that it's ready to go out the box, you wouldn't buy a ready to eat chicken and have to cook it yourself.
There are raw helmet kits that aren't all that expensive which you could paint yourself and end up with a far better finished helmet than repainting that thing.
The whole point of an out the box costume is surely that it's ready to go out the box, you wouldn't buy a ready to eat chicken and have to cook it yourself.
There are raw helmet kits that aren't all that expensive which you could paint yourself and end up with a far better finished helmet than repainting that thing.
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