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I just thought I should share this story with everyone here, as a salute to what a fantastic guy TE2 is. I had expressed my interest in the anniversary run of anniversary armor but unfortunately had to message **** and tell him that the accounts department (the wife) had declared the purchase economically unfeasable for at least two months. When I explained to **** that even my cries of "but then I won't get the anniversary Tee!" weren't even enough to sway her cold, hard, heart ( ) he said that he totally understood my situation and that if I told him my size he would save a tee-shirt for me and when I do place my order for real he will include the anniversary T-Shirt with when it shipped anyway! Now that's big hearted service and I just thought kindness like that should be posted here for everyone to know. What a guy!

Thanks for that Daetrin, much appreciated. I've been obsessively researching and researching because I want to know that hen I buy my kit it's the right one for me without doubts. (esp since living in Australia shoots the cost of a kit up just by postage alone) It does seem to me to be more about the builder and how carefully they put the kit together than it does about the specific maker of the kit...

That second ab plate you bought what make is it? The button plates look a lot smaller?...

Amen! Worse still it looks like they blew up that truly bobble headed first release hasbro 12" Stormtrooper figure (circa 96)... Maybe THAT'S what you wanna dress up as when you wear this suit...

I'm with you on the ears - especially if you're looking for accuracy, however the brow just isn't an issue for me - I've always like the straight brow and in the OT those wonky brows always bugged me as a mistake by a slack prop master..

Indeed it does. I ask as I am looking to go for elite and am currently making decisions on the appropriate kit for me. I must admit I am a fan of idealised but my biggest concern was that at 6'1" screen accurate armour might be a hard fit, but that I did not want to compromise my attempts at elite. So thanks for that.

Are the elite standards open to all makes of armor? (with the exception of the FX helmet I am aware). Must one have AP or TE2 or some screen accurate armor to apply for elite or are fan sculpts like RT-Mod acceptable provided the details listed in the standards doc are met?

BTW: Are those standard FX ab button plates or have you replaced them?

This is the second FX suit build with modded MRCE that I've seen now and I've gotta say they look really good. Maybe they can't be considered as "screen accurate" as is possible but the more I stare at these pics and some of Jgarretg's build he sent me the more I begin to wonder if this isn't just a damn good set to go for genuinely idealized armor.. Not that this will ever alter my loyalty to RT Mod...

Damn this is looking good! You should go into the vac table business!

Looking good due. Jam some of that oh so awesome black tubing in as per your helmet mod and it'll be looking sooo SW universe... It has been said many times but the inside of your lid looks just too cool..

You will definitely be able to tell the difference. Check out starwarshelmets.com for a good comparison of the two and lots of close up photos!

The Star Wars Visual Dictionary claims that Stormtrooper armor protects them from "the vacuum of space". For short periods anyway.

I can't help but agree with TK-9135. I personally differentiate "screen accurate" and "prop accurate" because of the (often) large difference between what we see on screen, (under lights, make up, camera angles,post prod touch up etc etc..) and what the built prop actually looks like straight from the workshop. You needn't be an expert in the hobby to establish this - anyone who's ever been to planet hollywood know hows cruddy most props look in real life. They may have needed that exact look to get the "screen" appearance as it was - but if one is displaying these things at home or taking them trooping, we don't have the same controls on the viewers focus that a film director has. Thus a prop accurate to what we see on screen is not necessarily the same thing as a prop accurate to the props department storeroom... To me anyway

I'll certainly concede a lack of knowledge here as a newcomer, but having read this on going argument here, in other posts and even other prop forums I've learnt only one thing - I'll never buy armour from either Gino or TE

Oh hell YEAH! how could I forget Dark Forces...man that was the bsuiness...

Course maybe it wasn't in the trilogy... Maybe your friend/relative/lover/neighbor/lawyer got a suit and you went "I got's to get me some o that!" Tell us all your stories people - how did you come to be here?

Was there any particular moment (or moments) in the trilogy that sparked the initial desire for everyone here to get the armor? For me it started when I was 5 and (weirdly enough) it was the end of ROTJ when the Ewoks are playing drums on the left over helmets... something about seeing them off the troopers being handled like that just made me latch on to the idea of abandoned armor and made me go "I MUST have some of that one day..." I mean I always loved the TK's but THAT's what made me realise I wanted the armour for myself...

Haha! I'm with you on that. They couldn't hit water from a boat - the first thing the first stormtrooper boarding the Tantive 4 does is die, en entire legion gets hammered by a bunch of teddy bears.... I mean come on! Elite Troops! But then again Boba Fett is supposed to be the galaxies most feared Bounty hunter and the dude dies by being accidently hit by a blind man with a stick!

Dear General Assembly, If I had the email contact for a certain maker but did not know him personally would it be considered poor form to email, or is a PM the done thing? Thanks, Lucas