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Hi everyone , I've just bitten the bullet and ordered my set of AP armor. Mark.

Hi I have this bucket in my collection and it is pulled in quite a thick ABS hence the soft features. It is signed inside with GLA Prototype No.1 and signed by someone I can't decipher. I know it needs a little work here and there to make it good, I just haven't had the time recently. Wife and daughter etc.. Does anyone here recognize it at all as I am trying to find out its history. I have attached a couple of pics...... Mark.

wow guys, Thanks again for your very knowledgable input. That certainly clears a few things up in my mind as I was really stuck on what armor to get. So TE2 or AP seem to be the most screen accurate? I think from what I have learnt from my limited time here that I will steer clear of AA for my armor needs and I hope as soon as TE2 does a new run he will put me on the list Thanks again guys. I had truly underestimated how good this forum really is and how much I really didn't know! I know now I will have to spend a great deal of time trawling through the various threads so as I don't keep going over old ground. Please excuse me the newbie!!! Mark. Mark.

Ok, That said I did speak to AA the other day and he didn't entirely lose his battle with GL and is still able to produce the armor. I bought Two of his buckets a couple of years back and he is at present replacing the face of one due to yellowing, apparently from some chemical that was used in the early runs. He is doing this free of charge so you can't say fairer than that! I still don't understand why certain other makers are regarded as more accurate when AA originally made them in the first place? As far as I am aware the designs were in fact changed slightly from the originals by AA and his father as they were not vaccume freindly. This is why there is an arguement about who owned the copyright. If not I stand corrected. I only know what AA has told me, wether that is what I wanted to hear or not , I'm not sure. Thanks to you great people for disscussing this with me. Mark

Hi everyone, I just wondered if someone could clear up the confusion I have over all the different Armor/ Bucket producers. I worked for a couple of years for a friend of mine who owns/runs a modelmaking props company here in England and have produced various items for the Newer Star Wars films. But while working on those I was fortunate enough to work with some tallented guys that worked on the original films and they were all convinced that AA and his father made all the Stormtrooper Kits used in the first films. I just wondered why alot of people did not think his kits were that good. Is it the price or quality? Mark

Hi, can I ask who did the original casting and are the kits still available for sale? Mark