jkno
Legendary Member
Altmann's is very cool, but it is less accurate than RS Prop Masters, even than LoneWolf.
eFX SCOUT TROOPER HELMET LEGEND EDITION!!
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Altmann's is very cool, but it is less accurate than RS Prop Masters, even than LoneWolf.
Fiberglass has lots of pros against ABS.I think for the most "normal" collectors out there, an RS scouthelmet feels "cheap"alone because the weight.So thats why EFX made the normal edition out of fiberglass.But they failed.
If they are clever..they cancel the legend and release an accurate PCR version like their ANH Vader for all.And ship everyone after the refund for the legend preorder a PCR scouthelmet for free.But I have no clue what they wanna do with all the buyers of the ruined fiberglassversion.:unsure
JetSetWilly
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Wasn’t their original plan to make both Legend and LE in fibreglass? Only the paint jobs were going to be different.
Star Wars Helmets
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IIRC it was always going to be a 'sanitised/clean' Limited in fibreglass and a 'screen accurate/weathered' Legend in ABS.
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Jez
JetSetWilly
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From gino’s blurb on page one. They were both going to be fibreglass.
Because of vulnerability of the seam lines as well as the production and CS nightmare it would surely cause, the decision was made to create our replicas in fiberglass.
Even though the materials will be different (from original helmet), every other aspect of the helmet will be as screen accurate as possible including the overall forms, paint, detailing, accessories, and function.
There will be two different editions, a weathered screen-accurate version and a clean non-weathered version.
We are not quite sure at this point if the weathered version will become the Legend with the clean version becoming the Limited as it happened with the ANH Vader.
For the time being, we're just going to label them 'weathered screen-accurate' and 'clean'.
Both versions will be identical with the exception of the weathering effect.
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vader45
Sr Member
I mentioned this a few pages back but the website stated the Legend will be ABS, so Im not really sure what to think right now.
JetSetWilly
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That was their original plan, both fibreglass. They changed the Legend to ABS at some point.
Keith
Sr Member
Yeah when they noticed people who are only interested in accurate replicas were not interested in their fiberglass scout helmet.
Star Wars Helmets
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So without going through 200 pages, why is this helmet wrong? The jaw is thin, the shield flares too much, there’s a gap between the dome and the visor shield and it’s made of fiberglass. Does that pretty much cover it?
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Star Wars Helmets
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You forgot to mention the gap between the visor and forehead as wide as the Death Star's trench, which reveals the previously-unseen pivot 'bungs' (that resemble ugly boils of rancid puss).
But other than that I’m fine with it
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Jez
I could care less about the stand, personally. I always use the silver bed bath and beyond paper towel holders for helmets anyway. They look like the EFX ones actually and are only $10.
Do we have visual confirmation that every helmet they sent out has that gap? Could that ONE have been badly trimmed?
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Do we have visual confirmation that every helmet they sent out has that gap? Could that ONE have been badly trimmed?
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russellsch
Master Member
Yep. All the photos, from various people on numerous sights, I've seen have it.
matty matt
Sr Member
As far as I know we haven't seen any that didn't have it.
I'll echo the "It's not the materials" argument. The fiberglass MLC v3 I built ages ago (and modified to have the accurate SpeedGlas bolts holding the face on) has minimal gap and no flare. The face mated perfectly to the bucket. Yeah, you can only open it about 45°, but that looks to be about typical for the production helmets.
I'd say about the only thing fiberglass Scout helmets are good for is display. The face is so heavy compared to the bucket that it'll constantly try to tip down while wearing it. I don't get why people think it only feels "real" if it's heavy. Um. In the real world (and presumable in the Star Wars universe), weapon and armor makers have spent literally millennia working to decrease weight while increasing effectiveness. Adding in padding and fans and other internal gear, if a Star Wars helmet weighs over five pounds/two kilos, I'll say they're doing it wrong.
--Jonah
I'd say about the only thing fiberglass Scout helmets are good for is display. The face is so heavy compared to the bucket that it'll constantly try to tip down while wearing it. I don't get why people think it only feels "real" if it's heavy. Um. In the real world (and presumable in the Star Wars universe), weapon and armor makers have spent literally millennia working to decrease weight while increasing effectiveness. Adding in padding and fans and other internal gear, if a Star Wars helmet weighs over five pounds/two kilos, I'll say they're doing it wrong.
--Jonah
