Fedex just delivered mine to Fort Worth, TX. Shipped from Carson, CA on 1/20/2016. 3 days in transit. Opened it up and all looks great. Order # 580X paid on April 12, 2015. For comparison for others who order early. My Anovos account still shows "Unfulfilled" as the status. So don't go by that and think your stuff has not shipped yet.
Surprised at how light weight and thin material it all is. The Anovos helmet is 18 oz compared to my 20 year old Universal Armorer helmet at a hefty 31 oz. since it is much thicker plastic.
Is there anyone else in the verse that has anything from Universal Armorer in Pittston, PA 18640, the guys name was Ernie?
This was long before the internet when you ordered by mail from ads in the back of Starlog magazine and such. I have always enjoyed my old Stormtrooper armor from that guy, vac formed from thick stock. Clean lines, but definitely hand sculpted and stylized, not much asymmetry. Wearing it through the years and recently while displaying the Landspeeder, it draws a lot of positive comments from other troopers. Occasionally I'd get asked if my helmet was a little too big? I'd say that I didn't know, and it seemed about right when I'd compare it against other 501st helmets. But today when I open the Anovos helmet, mine is huge compared to the Anovos, which looks like a kids size helmet by comparison. What do you guys think?
Anovos on left. Universal Armorer on the right.
This is my 18 year old son wearing the armor when we were on display at Wizard World New Orleans 2016. He's 6 foot, 155 pounds and still a little slim in the shoulders and chest to fill it out properly. When I'm in the armor at 6 ft and 185 pounds, the shoulders are set much wider, which gives a better proportion to the armor. But the helmet doesn't change of course, it just looks better on a broader chest.
