Johnny O

Ohhh.... the plot chick-ens.

That's better... Felt like I had a '57 Chevy and everyone was more interested in a '12 Chevy Volt...lol. Gentlemen, put the word to the streets... I find it hard to believe there aren't ANY of these still 'alive' anywhere! Come on...'fess up. In someones basement... in a storage unit somewhere... is that show 'Hollywood Treasures' still on TV? lol... Or even old pictures from early 501st troops. At one point, all of us were looking at this thing going...'whoa...I gotta get into this!"

http://www.wpgworkshop.com/wpgworkshop/TK619.html Check this out. Now this particular one is speculated to be from the '90's, mine dates back to 1983. And Sansweet has the only other one known to "exist"? It is fragile compared to today's standards for sure! The picture posted is literally the first time I wore it in 25 years! A little too far gone to bring her back to spit and polish shiny, so I took the dirty route. Gimmie time fellas... I'll ressurect this fossil and make you guys proud. And I gotta post a pic of the original bucket... it is comical.

Stay tuned.... I DO plan to get this guy presentable. Had positive feedback on the "dirt", however in the picture it's all over me like a cheap suit. If ANYONE knows ANYTHING about this Marco Armor let me know. Google TK619... It's the ONLY OTHER marco restoration I've seen out there and he says Steven Sansweet may have the only other existing one?!? And the one he's restoring is circa 1990-ish... I got that beat by 6 years! Hell, I still have 2 marco lightsaber hilts! Crude but you could knock out a grizzly with them...

Have the bells... need knee plate. And better pics... All I really need is the undersuit and some extra time.... Again... it needs fine tuning/fitting/strapping... this pic wat the first time I tried this thing on, after weathering it, in 25 years!!!

yikes... I'll try to get smaller pics...lol. Please disregard the loose fit as I was in process of adding new strapping... and the hand plates HAVE already been replaced. Thanks Steve!

...Well I aquired the armor sometime about 1983-84... still remember the address and had tons of those old xeroxed cataloges! John Marco was his name. It needed a lot of work, and the helmet was indeed downright goofy... but I am still in the process of ressurecting this 'old fossil'! The helmet is a skygunbros... again... totally a work in progress!!! Gaza... teach me o' wise one...lol.