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  1. 52 minutes ago, mirko_in_action said:


     

    Maybe I'm too stupid... the Legion ID according to Census is my TK ID. I can't set the ID here in the forum. And the email address here in the forum is the same as in the Census. It is also the same email address in the 501st.com forum.
    What am I doing wrong?

     

     

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    It's a little unfortunate that the terminology is so similar but your legion id that we're looking for is 32492.

    https://501st.com/members/displaymember.php?userID=32492&costumeID=124

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  2. 16 minutes ago, TK-22345 said:

    quite liberal, i mean …. it’s easy to get a sporting gun license. Just this. For the rest is not easy ….. but at the custom if they see a metal reassembled gun … mmmh don’t know what can happen 

    A fair question, but worth asking them about. Since it's not functional and they should be able to see that with a simple inspection - it should be fine, as long as it's deactivated to italian spec. You may need a collector license or similar. If it's just parts of a prop and not an actual deactivated sterling it should 0 issues even if they take a look at it.

  3. 43 minutes ago, TK-22345 said:

    Thankyou brother for the super detailed answer. 

    Yeah i live in Italy …. so would be very hard for me to order one of “real “ sterling even if not assembled. Like you said i would easily lose it at the custom. Plus 900 dollars for an aluminium ,quite fragile replica, and not assembled is TOO MUCH . another one is Troopacoola but is 50% metal and 50% resin ( still fragile ) wich i dont like…. at the end i bought the MR one and arrived yesterday. 1200 euro ….. but i see someone sell it for 2000+ so at the end not so bad . 

     

    Ps : LOVELY collection , gratz 

    I'm sure you know better, but all I've heard is that Italy has pretty liberal gun laws, so getting a deactivaded sterling might not be so difficult after all in your case.

    It might be worth looking up.

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  4. 10 hours ago, TK-22345 said:

    well gold price is quite stable, not increase during the time…. 1st of all . 

    sincerely Cant understand this statement …

    i was saying that cause master replica e11 has 3500 pieces only around the world and is out of production since 2004 

    +60% in 5 years. But I was indeed joking, because all that needs to be said about the MR E-11 has already been said. Clearly you you still want one and we won't stop you.

     

    To get good advise you need to be open about what you intend on using it as, because for trooping it's pretty terrible. The only thing it's good for is as a display piece, and even for that, there are more accurate options for less money.

  5. 2 hours ago, TK-22345 said:

    Thankyou very much . I think is the only one made of full metal. Do you think the price will increase more after i buy one? i see someone selling at 1000+, someone at 2k + . In 10 years do you think is gonna be way more valuable? thankyou

    If you're buying metal for for the purpose of increased value over time, I would recommend gold.

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  6. 5 hours ago, stgordon2 said:

     

    In my case, I am not sure it would be worth it to get a refund even if I could. I bought the suit for $200 which is by far cheaper than any of the suits I have seen for sale. 

     

    That said, if the community says it is not approvable, then it's not approvable. I am not sure though that it was a waste of my money. In the future, as my finances permit I would like to purchase an armor kit that could be approved. It's a matter of what I can and can't afford at this time, and this suit was something I could afford right now. 

    Almost anything can be made good enough to be approved. Question is how much effort you need to put in and how you value your time and effort.

     

    It's a bit like trying to make a race car out of an old Volvo. It can be done, but by the time you're finished you've probably spent more time and money than it would cost to buy a good used Porsche to begin with.

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  7. 19 hours ago, TheRascalKing said:

     

    Hell, I triple mine over so that the ends are not exposed where they can fray (though I heat seal them anyways) and it does really reinforce the snap, provided that you have the right post length to accommodate. But the double snap is there in case one fails, and to prevent lateral play from a single snap that is able to rotate. In some areas (like the arms), you want this for mobility, but in others (like the body panels) you definitely do not. The wingnut chart above is an outstanding starting point.

    I kind of like having the snaps able to rotate. And not even once has any of my snaps failed. But I use heavy duty snaps so that might help.

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  8. 13 hours ago, gmrhodes13 said:

    Double snaps can be the difference between trooping and not, especially in areas that can take some strain as you can occasionally have them pull through the elastic.

     

    Personally I find that just folding the elastic over itself at each end where the snap sits works just as well and uses half the amount of snaps.

  9. 45 minutes ago, jkno said:

     

    He should have at least posted some pics. I have a similar E-11, and European demilling genrally means fewer cut parts and also more mobile parts than US. Anyway, this topic is about the Denix MG34. And for people who cannot use real weapons as base for their Star Wats blasters, this Denix replica is fantastic. 

    Indeed, various regional laws make it a mess. I could own a full auto AR-15 lower (which would be a machine gun in the US) without issues, but I can't own a barrel which is unregulated in the US but a firearm here.

  10. 11 minutes ago, Ebio Amisi said:


    Heya!

    My gloves are rubber gloves, not cloth, and I already have cotton liners.

    The issue is that the latex itself is warped.

    I’ve tried heating it and reshaping it be it hasn’t worked.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

    Ah, alright. Well perhaps more glue will keep them down. Otherwise I'm not sure. Hopefully you can reshape them if you try again. Perhaps this video has some tips

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4WKYsX6yak

     

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  11. 1 hour ago, T-Jay said:

     

    Ah, wasn't aware that this is because of security reasons.

    Thanks for mentioning, Glen. :)

    Since your username is public, everyone knows what it is, and thus has 1/2 things they need to log in as you. All they need is to guess your password. Using the email which is not publicly shown, one would have to guess both the email and the password, making things much more difficult.

     

    It also brings us more in line with how "every other site" with a login works. Which is good in of itself. Consistency is good.

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