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Recasting aside, I personally don't like the way Anovos conducts business. They are still acting like a kick starter company with pre-orders on pretty much everything with no productions dates set on their other products. They basically want customers to front up the costs of developments. With now a current lead time of a year again for their OT kits and a price tag of $650 it makes zero sense to support them further. You talk about greed, they are now charging more than some vetted armour makers and farming out the work to a Chinese factory.

Oh Maaan, can't the production company seek advise from the 501st regarding costumes etc.. the TK armour shown in the teaser looks like junk, a worse effort than the OT and they had the benefit of being on film to hide some of their sins not super dooper HD. That aside the teaser was epic :-) so I won't let it ruin my day !! lol

Looks dope, get it bought.

I do think the member who advised you was a little out of order but if you are joining a Thai Garrison they are all going to be very small framed and more than likely at your weight you may stand out on a Troop, perhaps thats where he is coming from. Also a point worth noting is they are very to the point in Thailand and will say whats on their mind there is no such thing as political correctness, I am not sure why age would be an issue though. If being a Trooper and looking good in armour is your life long dream why not work on lowering your weight a little while your armour is on order ? you don't have to go crazy and try to look like a stickman but dropping 10kg would not only make you look great you will also be much healthier, win win. You can check out walts trooper factory on Facebook, I believe they make a larger armour and its about with in your budget. Either way I hope you get to fulfil your dream and get a set of Armor. Good luck.

Unfortunately I will have to give it a miss as saving up for this: ---------- Seems like a bargin.

Is it a recast ??

So what's your opinion on the Anovos TK as a kit for the normal price of $650 ?? against what is currently available from vetted makers ?

To be honest I am kicking myself I didn't jump on the first pre-order @ $350 , at the time I just thought it was too good to be true and the kit was was going to be of poor quality. With the amount of hype Anovos have been getting I doubt that will be the case as it would potentially destroy them with the 501st. In hind sight a few flaws at that price I could have lived with as I doubt it would take much to get it upto 501st standard. With the current price though I am not so willing to take a punt on the armour as with shipping, import duties and taxes it is getting close to current vetted armour that is good to go out of the box and I am 99% certain that they will incur some duties for those of us outside of the USA. The thing that I think may well make or break the kit is the pre-assembled bucket and to what standard it is built too, mass producing these to a decent level will not be easy IMHO and I think this may well lead to disapointment for some. Hopefully that will not be the case but having seen some photos of the FO helmets and the varying levels of build I am not so sure. I find it a silly move to not offer the helmet as a kit option with the armour when you can buy the helmet kit as a standalone item. It would have saved Anovos a lot of time and would have made it easier for builders to choose what style they wanted to achieve i.e. Hero/stunt. Reference the delays, well they are kind off still on target, I think they may have gotten bogged down with too many orders instead of capping the numbers available. I do also have a sneaking suspicion they are supplying the armour for Rogue One and this may have taken priority, to me this would make sense. I also think in the coming months you will see a few of these kits (or maybe a lot !!) up for sale on the bay, some maybe as the kits haven't lived up to expectations, some perhaps to turn a few $$ profit from the original price and some as the owners didn't realise how much work is involved in building up the armour. It will be interesting to see what the kit is like when people get their hands on them (soon I hope) as if the kits are of a high standard it may well lead to current armour makers having to have a look at their own pricing scales perhaps. Hope every one had a great New Years.