LRZ
New Member
Anyone tried this?
Should I pry mine apart again?
I mean I do get some very faint audio, so there must be some contact.
Hasbro Black Series Rogue One Stormtrooper Helmet
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Should I pry mine apart again?
I mean I do get some very faint audio, so there must be some contact.
StephenMG
Active Member
Sorry, I can't help with info on Hasbro's policies but I agree with you 100% on the asymmetry thing. I suppose it depends on your point of view - some are aiming to replicate the props (in which case the asymmetry is crucial) whereas others, like me, are interested in replicating what the Empire would have used if it was real. To my mind any outfit capable of building a planet destroying space station wouldn't equip its troops with wonky plastic helmets with painted on vents - hence my love of the Black Series helmet seems far more realistic to me.
As to the Rubies First Order helmet - I've received mine now and it does look undersized compared to the Black Series. It's nicely proportioned though and with a bit of work (lenses, mesh, seam filling, repainting etc) will look great on the shelf. It just needs to be on the opposite side of the room to the Black Series tub!!! Looking forward to getting stuck in to it.
Peacefrog35
Sr Member
Toy or not，this helmet is my favorite. It looks more stormtrooper than anything else to me.
That's been my approach for a while now. I had been getting seriously frustrated trying to correct the asymmetry of the original. Most was correctable with a bit of putty and elbow grease (traps and tears, left half of the frown, etc.), but balancing out the earcap brackets and the aerator shrouds was a terrifying prospect and I stalled out until the MR CE came out. As you can see from the picture below, the HBS pretty accurately recreates (ear greeblie aside) the shape of the better of the two original earcaps -- size, length, flare, curve, everything -- and then mirrored it for the other side.
If you find a solution for the lenses, let me know?
Oh yeah. That's the MR CE in the middle. TE2 (with lineage) on the left, HBS Shadow Trooper on the right. The overall diameter of the round part is only about the size of the raised cap on the others, and the bracket is way too skinny front-to-back, and the lower flares seriously lacking.
--Jonah
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MrSouthpaw
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Try putting your mouth right up to the mic and talk. Mine worked fine and was loud when I did that. Without fiddling with or cleaning the contacts.
If you still think it needs better conductivity. Then clean the contacts with a degreaser, rubbing alcohol should do fine. And get conductive grease or another conductivity enhancer.
yaris
Sr Member
Save $20 if you're in Australia. I got mine at TRU for $149, but they're $128 at Zing.
https://www.zingpopculture.com.au/clothing-216686-Star-Wars---Stormtrooper-Helmet-Replica-Clothing
https://www.zingpopculture.com.au/clothing-216686-Star-Wars---Stormtrooper-Helmet-Replica-Clothing
Vandark
Sr Member
sounds better than my usual spit solution!
LRZ
New Member
I had to blow really hard into the mic to get the speaker make any sound. So there must be at least some contact.
And I visually checked the contacts before assembly.
But it doesn't fit me anyways. Probably not gonna mess with it any further.
Hi yaris,
Can you please tell me the outer dimensions of the helmet? I get my mid-december and plan to set it in a glass display case.
(Max. Width, max.width, max height)
Best wishes
xmartin
TrooperXIII
New Member
Hi Martin,
Height (top to bottom): 29cm
Width (base of ear to base of ear): 32cm
Depth (nose to back): 33cm
Hope that helps!
Height (top to bottom): 29cm
Width (base of ear to base of ear): 32cm
Depth (nose to back): 33cm
Hope that helps!
hopefully this hasn't been asked yet 
for those who owns both the black series and MRCE, size wise (inside the helmet/over your head), how does it compare with the MRCE?
personally the MRCE is too small for me, it is especially a really tight squeeze around my temple
thanks
for those who owns both the black series and MRCE, size wise (inside the helmet/over your head), how does it compare with the MRCE?
personally the MRCE is too small for me, it is especially a really tight squeeze around my temple
thanks
If you take out the inner stuff of the HBS, the top of the helmet is a few millimeters less in circumference than the MR CE, but given how far that is toward the top of one's head, it shouldn't make much of a difference. In general, they're about the same size.
--Jonah
--Jonah
StephenMG
Active Member
Well, I've started to butcher the Rubie's helmet! Thread here - http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=269621
thx Jonah, in that case I will save my money, as I am looking for a wearable bucket at an affordable price
I think the only two options, currently, for a Stormtrooper helmet for people with biggish heads are an old FX bucket, extensively modded to make various things more accurate, or RT-MOD.
Alternatively, there are some good pepakura files out there, if one has the skill and patience to do it from scratch, or commission it done...
--Jonah
Alternatively, there are some good pepakura files out there, if one has the skill and patience to do it from scratch, or commission it done...
--Jonah
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