mikidymac

Maybe customers wouldn’t keep emailing if the just shipped some DAMN products!!!

I have only seen two people that actually received them. I think it might have been a PR stunt before Celebration to take a little heat off them. Even those weren’t complete kits. There’s actually a build thread above in this section.

More like the Mouse doesn't care as long as they get their license fees and stock for Galaxy's Edge.

I know, I was just wondering if this was the same armor that the pre-orders are getting. Sounds like it is according to Tony.

At that price it should be the completed premium version. The real question is does it have the shoulder and side seams that aren’t 501st approved? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As far as the helmets at Galaxy's Edge, I got a response from Anovos and LFL that the helmets at the parks are from a different supply chain than the Anovos ones. This would explain the liners, stands and different pricing. While this doesn't help me get my helmet my guess is that all of the Anovos resources went to making sure that Disney had product for the opening of GE and put us on the back burner. Although I don't agree with it I can understand it and hopefully now that GE is open they put all of their resources back to those of us in the community that actually got them started. I know it is very far fetched but I still hope they can ship us our crap.

I am not sure how truthful the guy was that supposedly walked in and got a FOTK helmet so I would be a little suspicious. Form what I am hearing it is a pre-order with delivery in 6-8 weeks. Either way though that is a pretty big slap in the face to all of us that have them on order. I think we need one of our members to actually verify what the in-park terms are. I think it will be really ugly at ComiCon for Anovos if you can get them at the park but we are still waiting. It would be interesting to see if they have any legal obligations to us or if at this point Disney is giving them so much money they are just going to screw all of us.

The really, really , really frustrating thing is that the Kylo helmet, FOTK helmet and FOTK armor are Anovos and it is rumored if you order at the park they guarantee delivery in 6-8 weeks. This tells me that all of our outstanding orders either went to or are going to Disney first. By the timeline my suspicion is that the "Container" that was arriving in March with all our stuff then magically disappeared actually went to Disney also.

Anovos sure went quiet after celebration. Even their Live Chat has been down ever since then.

Can you please link them here though so we don’t have to jump back and forth?

I just installed one in my wife's Shadow bucket that is the same as the ANH TK. Everything was top quality and fit perfectly. On her first troop with it she loved it. There were only a couple points she had after the troop but she is 100% happy with it. 1. The speakers out the front could be a little louder but they are small so they can only do so much. 2. The Hearing System could be a little louder as it is still a little hard to hear over the fans but better than nothing. 3. The mic was getting some pretty good feedback. We have not had a chance to mess with it or talk to Tony but another trooper there was having the same problem.

Very cool Troopers. I like mine also. And yes, it actually does have the correct tamper resistant torx screws.

No, but the 2 people that got kits better start a damn build thread to keep the dream alive.

It’s funny or maybe sad how Anovos was sending press releases and apologies every day up to Celebration and now absolutely nothing, no promised updates no updated shipping dates, nothing. Coincidence? Dana, “Joe people are really pissed, we better do something before Celebration “.

I bought Anovos so don’t lecture me about doing research. Just being a smart an impolite person, Tony lol. Weird the forum won’t let me post smart a$$ it changed it to impolite person.

How about the Jimi kits he seems pretty reliable.

It’s a small studio that with enough googling can be found with the Mandalorian but our actual set was a short distance off site in a vacant lot you wouldn’t even think twice about. True Hollywood magic.

That would help but in an emergency isn’t necessary, LOL. It helps to be thin and flexible though.

The best thing from this is how nice everyone was from the bottom to the top. Jon Favreau hit the nail on the head at the Mandalorian panel when he said he didn't know we knew nothing about why we were there and that we worked so hard. The first morning they jumped immediately into filming and most of us had no clue what to do and the crew seemed a little surprised. I think that it was Dave Filoni that told everyone we were 501st not extras then the crew realized we needed a little more direction than normal. From that point on I think our group nailed it and that we knew how to hold a blaster and move like a stormtrooper should as Jon said. The union extras kept having to be told by the crew to hold their blasters like the 501st. Towards the end of the first day we were doing some pretty involved work and one of the production assistants started to get a little frustrated with us since we were not catching her cues. Myself and a few other 501st said, "we have fans running and we can't hear you". She was surprised and asked, "what fans?", so we explained we had bucket fans so we can see. So from there she used hand signals for us and away we went. In the end I think we were in armor for well over 12 hours at a time, to the union extras it was just another paying job and no big deal to us it was a once in a lifetime experience. And yes, some of us now know how to use the restroom in full armor without making a mess.

I’m not 100% sure but I think it was mentioned it might have been borrowed from Rogue One. It was thick and heavy and made of polyurethane. The buckets were heavy and the back strip and detonator was one piece like the FOTK. And lots of white tape.

True but I’m sure the actors and extras unions wouldn’t go for that.

The union workers were really cool. It turns out that the group that were troopers were military vets. They were pretty surprised how lite our armor was, we had fans in our buckets and couldn’t sit down.

Yes, who would have thought being too accurate would have been a problem.

I think it is best to play it safe at this point since they have been so great. We probably shouldn't say anything more than what is seen in this picture at this point. So OT TK obviously, E-11 blasters and no holsters. The guys in the background were the actual paid extras that had been filming before and after the 501st was invited. Basically the only reason there were no holsters was because at the last minute they saw we all had holsters but the actual actors you see in the background that were supplied by the prop department didn't have enough for all of them so we all had to remove them. It was a mad dash to get all the holsters removed and not delay filming.

Yes, we were asked not to tell anything and it has been so hard to keep quiet but so rewarding. As more is released we will be able to share everything with our brothers and sisters but until then we have to respect what LFL and Disney asked of us. This picture is official now so I can at least say..... notice there aren't any holsters?