I bought one over the weekend at Toys R US for $40. Without batteries it's pretty light. The gun by itself uses 6 D batteries, before any mods. I'd say the box was probably about 4 to 5 lbs.
I like it! It gives me some ideas for my next custom blaster
The good:
The barrel lights are a nifty idea
The left side light panel is sweet
I like the heat sinks on the barrel
The bad (more like the picky):
The right side light panel requires too many batteries. You could probably use a single RC plane NiMH battery pack to the same effect and it would be rechargeable.
Maybe too many heatsinks over the rest of the gun? Could scratch armor if one isn't too careful?
Overall, great job sir!
That's really not too surprising. I have 2 APH-6 helmets that don't quite look alike either. The first one is an APH-6c that was made by Gentex and the second is an APH-6d that was made by Sierra Engineering. Both follow the spec and military requirements, but there are subtle differences. Sterling probably used different sub-contractors over the life cycle of the production.
I lightly sanded with the 1600 grit, washed, let dry, and painted using Rustoleum for plastic, no primer needed. If I do it again, I'll put a base of aluminum/silver down first so any natural "weathering" from use shows through.
Great question. I saw this same post on the RPF site. I saw one of his completed helmets there too (someone's trying to sell it) and it's nice, but nothing special. At least not compared to the ones I've seen here. It could be a supply and demand kind of thing. I just did a quick browse over there and not too many people sell TK buckets. He's pretty much the only one. Pretty much all the "where can I find" posts all say to come here
Very cool! How many movieclips did you use to make that? I also like the animation on the button hovers, though it doesn't do it for the Academy button (missing actionscript?). Is everything in one swf, or did you load external swfs for some of the animations? Great job, sir!
The Heavy Assault Vehicle/wheeled (HAVw) A6 Juggernaut was in Ep. III at the Battle of Kashyyyk. According to Wookie, it was largely discontinued during the time of the Empire. The B5 served as the successor to the A6. Although it does say the A6 was used at Hoth. EU can be so confusing sometimes. Sheesh.
I completely forgot about the Sentinel. That's a great little ship
I found a couple more from the EU. Here's a rolling transport (again from a video game).
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Heavy_Assau...t_B5_Juggernaut
And a nice "little dropship"
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Y-85_Titan_dropship
I could probably spend all day on wookie
I think the reason LAATs didn't fit into the equation once the Empire came around is because they didn't fit into the Doctrine of Fear. The Emperor wanted everything to be massive and inspire fear. Small, versatile dropships doesn't impress the same as a bunch of huge mechanical elephants. Too bad it doesn't always translate into results.
Well, we see TK's being transported by AT-ATs on Endor (or at least getting off of one while escorting Luke). We can make an assumption that shuttles brought down the TKs from the Star Destroyers to Cloud City. The closest you'll find on-screen is the Snowtroopers on Hoth. If the game TIE Pilot counts, here's this from wookie: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Delta-class...ooper_transport
Otherwise my EU knowledge is a little weak