Harbinger

The film suits had ‘Newey’ on the bases so IMO this is actually more accurate.

Sounds like they changed ‘em. I will have to swing by my Tandy store as well, I hope they haven’t cut corners...

Never heard of using those, but some single (or double) cap rivets work well and are fairly easy to apply.

Congrats Dave! Enjoy your new book.

Congrats, you earned it.

Another vote for Rob (Imperial Issue).

As far as I know, he still offers them for sale on his website: https://mrnostripes.bigcartel.com

I would contact the seller if you are having difficulties.

If there are multiple examples of return edges on the wrists I agree on removing the restriction for L3.

Going all-in, nice. Eyeing that backpack for my build too, let us know how it goes.

If you click the "Pages" tab in the navigation bar (but not one of the dropdown items) it takes you to a garbled newsletter/old front page thing.

Email them first, I'm not sure if they have anything smaller than 11's left. AFAIK I bought the last pair of 9's back in November.

On thinner armors (less than 2mm) it does seem that using ABS plates can lead to deformation of the plastic (non-permanent!), from mine and others experience. Some people have had the webbing cause discoloration of the armor, but I think it was found to be because of using sub-par cheapo stuff from Amazon/eBay etc.

It's a lot better than before - I remember a couple years ago when they gave out those coupons for "in stock" items only they were essentially having a 20% off key chain sale.

I just freehanded it, IMO stencils require a lot of prep for good results.

If you are referring to the links in the merch and other sections you will need to request 501st access here:

I agree with Chris, make sure your handler/spotter is aware of the situation and try and avoid being by yourself. Very hard to be able to have a phone on your person and still accessible in armor. In fact, I have just given my phone to them on more than one occasion.

Another FO trooper. Yeah! Welcome aboard.

My hunch is the CSR people are getting their wires crossed and are talking about the OT kits. I don't know of anyone who has received their FOTK kits. I would love to be wrong though. EDIT - And yeah, if these get delayed past the point they can be built for Episode IX I think they're going to see cancellations en masse.

They have said that they are improving the thickness and quality of their ABS for future runs, so you may be right.

Yeah, I agree that at the new (made in US?) pricing it keeps them out of the running for a lot of people. I heard that they've recently stopped offering international shipping, though, so you may be out of luck either way.

They seem to moving most of their production to the US, I guess they are just as sick of the delays as their customers.

I still get a bit of helmet wobble, may have to try this.

Nice work. Going to build a full TD any time soon?

UV will yellow most plastics, I don't know about fading of the ink but it can happen. They might make cases that block out UV light but those might be pricey.