Qui-Gonzalez
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That first post smells all kinds of fishy.
Original ANH Stormtrooper helmet and Armor - Just the Facts
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Brian Muir
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SC Andrew chases stormtrooper client for £3.5m legal bill | News | The Lawyer
Seems the next court case could be Ainsworth vs his own lawyers!!! Unless he pays his £3.5 million legal fees
1. Lucasfilm won the court case winning 243 out of 246 points - still seeking £4 million damages
2. As Ainsworth's lawyers gained the point that the Stormtrooper is industrial and Ainsworth claimed it as a win he has to pay his lawyer's fee £3.5 million
3. As all the facts came out in court proving Ainsworth to be a liar his reputation - such as it was - was even more sullied and without doubt affecting sales.
Seems the next court case could be Ainsworth vs his own lawyers!!! Unless he pays his £3.5 million legal fees
1. Lucasfilm won the court case winning 243 out of 246 points - still seeking £4 million damages
2. As Ainsworth's lawyers gained the point that the Stormtrooper is industrial and Ainsworth claimed it as a win he has to pay his lawyer's fee £3.5 million
3. As all the facts came out in court proving Ainsworth to be a liar his reputation - such as it was - was even more sullied and without doubt affecting sales.
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Qui-Gonzalez
Master Member
Don't forget the other battle over LFL damage claims for AA selling his wares here in the states. Things are not looking very rosy right now. (Teeee-heeee!)
geordietrooper
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:thumbsup :loveI hope the Mouse takes ALL of his cheese!
jedijim3002
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I've seen his YouTube Stormtrooper building videos. I do like the bad ass machine he is using to make his parts but dude is crazy as an out house rat if he thinks anyone would pay that much for armor that doesn't even look that accurate. You can get much better quality at much cheaper prices almost anywhere else.
Noddy4000
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It would seem he's still in business. Has anyone heard anymore on the legal side re this saga?
Original Stormtrooper: genuine, authentic, quality
Original Stormtrooper: genuine, authentic, quality
deaddog
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I haven't read the entire thread. I have only skimmed thru it. I have heard of this guys lies, etc , etc but I do have one question that may well have already been answered somewhere in this thread. The question is: Are these stormtrooper helmets made from the actual molds? Even if A.A. didn't make them, sculpt them, etc, whatever, do these helmets originate from the actual molds??? Any info would be appreciated and apologies if the answer is in here somewhere...Thanks
geordietrooper
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I'm curious about this too. From what I understand AA claims he made the molds, it has been proven that he did not - Liz Moore did. AA also lost a lawsuit that keeps him from selling the helmets in the States.
But I am unsure if he did have the original molds in storage and uses them to make the helmets. I'm leaning towards they are not the original molds. But I am unclear on this. Is it known? Or is nobody really sure?
geordietrooper
Sr Member
i think its generally thought that his lids have more in common with his so called prototype lids and not the original moulds ( i am talking in relation to the helmets he sells )
i could be wrong though, but that is what i personally believe
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i could be wrong though, but that is what i personally believe
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Well he did have one of those protos he sold at auction. My guess is he cast that or something then altered it to look like(or nothing like) the movie helmets. I'm sure his molds are long gone. Nothing he's shown looks like the screen stuff. He also had proto ties and xwing helmets so enough said. He's a con man. Thing is,he could have obtained and cast originals and just sold them from the "original maker" and people would have loved it too. He just had to admit he had no molds.
Ben
Ben
So AA is a fraud, that I understood.
My question is more about the difference between what he sell and what is in the movie?
Did anybody made some comparaisons?
sskunky
Sr Member
You cannot compare.
AA used a ESB mkii suit and a ROTJ suit that had been reverse engineered to look ANH the reworked the two combinations to look ANH. So it cannot be compared to a real ANH suit. Yes you can put them side by side but it still
Won't be a true comparison. If you want ANH with lineage go with RS. If you want something that looks ANH without lineage go with TM. If you'd like a ROTJ go with me.
Thats a fair comparison. Can you expand on a thing or two? How does TM look so accurate but not have lineage? I have a TM2 and I think there is/was an issue with the forearms (they used the same for left and right IE not correct.) And regarding RS, did they make molds off of an original....I would like to hear that story, sounds interesting.
Just genuinely curious.
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