Okey, i had a look at the article, and the number he quotes is from 2010, mine is for 2011 (which I think was 11.6M USD). So we're both right. The article itself was published in 2011 -"Last year we raised $4.3 million for charities worldwide,"
If you wear the forearms and hold your arms straight down with the dents on the arms facing outwards at a 90 degree angle from where you're looking, the join pointing where you are looking would be the "front".
It has to be from the specific kit people used. It has nothing with the movie helmets to do, since those were re-used from ANH. Some people tend to trim the eyes a little bigger when doing ESB though.
Nice helmet Juan! But you forgot to paint the ear screws.
When fitting arms and legs, don't trim more on the front than what's needed to get the right width for the cover strip. The backs of the parts however can be trimmed as much as you need, and your arms look about an inch too big.