Hey Adam, I may be a little late to your build party but thanks for all the great tips. Unfortunately I was one of those people who thought "Wow this would be fun to be a trooper for Halloween, I'll go big time" and bought something less then stellar before I realized how deep the Stormtrooper rabbit hole went... lol. Now that I'm looking into a second set of armor, it's only money right :/, you have some great tips I'll be using.
A $1K suit is a bit much for maybe only trooping a few times a year, so like so I'm looking for something under $600? I've been looking at ATA but I'm curious what made you decide on MTK? Actually anybody who want to chime in please do.
On a different note, I'm a fellow dealer tech also, or was. Worked for GM for 16+, over 30+ years of service, though I'm mainly in the supervisor role nowadays. Since you first welcomed me into the GGG as a fellow old timers I've been looking to pick you brain on a few things.
Talk soon