The Dark Side

It would be ok for display purposes buddy. There are 3 lots of potential ROTJ helmet runs on the cards including mine so you shouldn't have any problems finding one! Joe

I have owned 3 CO helmets and neither were very accurate at all. The ear pieces were way off. Personally I don't like FG helmets at all. You would be much better off going with a Styrene TE ROTJ which are spot on. There are a lot of CO rip offs floating around as well. FG armor would only really be any good for display, mine was very very heavy and prone to cracking/breaking. With regard to removing the moulded trim, I think it would be a such a pain to do and would need so much filling and sanding, that it would be much easier to just buy a different helmet. Just my 2 cents worth. Joe

Troopermaster set sold. Thanks guys. Joe

The AP helmets have a sort of lip all the way round, that makes them a lot easier to cut. I just marked a pencil line all the way round and cut to that if that makes any sense. I don't think there is any 'easy' way. This is by far the most annoying part of assembling a helmet joe

I have a set of Troopermaster hand plates in ABS. Drop me a pm if anyone wants them. Price is what I paid $30 I think. Joe

Some screencaps of the opening scenes: Joe

Hey Ian The previous owner had the helmet restored and added the silicone, now this is gone it looks a lot better, much more like it should do. They buffed the helmet to restore the shine, it has now since yellowed again. I personally would never have touched it but each to their own, I am just chuffed to be able to own an original, it was a lifelong dream, I expected it to take me at least until I was 50 not 28! LOL Here are a couple of pics pre-restoration of the mic tips: Joe

Hey all Here's some pictures of my original ROTJ background studio helmet used in the Death Star scenes of Jedi, this came directly from the set in '82 and was with the same owner until I acquired it about 3 months ago. Interesting point to note is that the frown has squared ends, there is a mixture of rounded and square ended frowns in the helmets used in Jedi. The mic tips are recast from ANH/ESB tips and so are about as sharp as the replica tips cast from Matt G's ANH helmets and differ from the 'location' helmet mic tips which are larger. It is also a lot bigger than my ANH TE helmet, the lenses are useless and you can barely see through them Here is a pic of mine pre-restoration , mine is on the left, JB's in the middle and David O's on the right (Note all three of these helmets share the same 'tell' on the interior): A pic when I first received it: I have now removed the replica ear and the silicone between the ears and face and cap/back piece. Pics to follow. Enjoy Joe