Rennny Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Is this a real AP helmet? I was planning to probably grabbing an AP lid whenever I managed to get a hold on a AM Lite Kit, so was using random ebay-fu and ran into this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stormtrooper-ANH-helmet-/170829192210?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c6369c12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonnenschein Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Don't think so. The eye "defect" is not pronounced enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locitus[Admin] Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 It's a recast. The first sentence alone gives it away; "This mold is from the AP mold series". There is only AP, not a line of them. Secondly, no real AP helmet is cast in resin, they are all vacuum formed ABS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rennny Posted April 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Gotcha! Thanks guys, quickly taken care of =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyInWhite[TK] Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 It's a recast. The first sentence alone gives it away; "This mold is from the AP mold series". There is only AP, not a line of them. Secondly, no real AP helmet is cast in resin, they are all vacuum formed ABS. Exactly my cues. And the ear pieces are flush and sealed. Also there is the fifth eye tooth taken out, so it wouldn't really pass muster anyway without filling that in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK bondservnt[501st] Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 I think he just coated the inside with resin. it looks like a recast at that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK_LEPER Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 It doesn't even look like a AP recast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troopermaster Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 That helmet is one of the TE fibreglass SFS recasts made from resin. I recognise it easily because I have one that I bought a few years ago on the RPF believing it to be a geniune piece. It is definitely NOT an AP. This particular one looks a bit more squashed than mine and may even be a recast of a recast? They are very heavy and more of a display piece than to wear for trooping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin-X[TK] Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Agree with all the above. I'd avoid this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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