Interesting that the marketing for this Helmet said it would be “the most accurate replica possible,” and yet, now that it’s finally in customers’ hands and does not meet accuracy expectations, the response is: “Oh, well of course it’s not perfect, never thought it’d be perfect, compromises compromises compromises, but most people won’t care.”
I don’t think most people paid $700 for a “good enough,” replica. The main appeal of having access to the original molds in the first place is increased accuracy. Without that added accuracy as the direct result, what we’re left with is the term “lineage” as a sort of hollow bullet-point on the box. If several “compromises” are subsequently made, I begin wondering what the big deal about having access to those molds really is. Everyone expected it might be cleaned up in some ways like the ANH Vader, but I don’t think anyone expected that visual accuracy would be sacrificed for the purpose of making the helmet visor functional. Seems like an odd choice for something that will spend it’s life sitting on a stand, IMO.
I can say that personally, this makes me incredibly wary about any statements that may be made about the Legend Stormtrooper, Legend Fett, or really anything else this company produces from here on out.