AA helmet?

[SCTrooper[TK]]

His signature can't possibly fetch this much.. The brow trim looks like door seal on an old car.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Prototype-Stormtrooper-Helmet-From-the-First-Star-Wars-/201029755177?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ece4ea129

[Minuteman]

15 k for a vaque pledge with a COA of the man selling armor from the "original moulds".

This guy knows how to amuse me at 1:00 AM in the morning

[Tolo[TK]]

And I quote Charlie Brown: Good Grief...

 

 

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[pattrooper]

Oh ya I will take 2 which I,m sure he has. 

[Turrican]

That looks a lot like the prototype helmet below.

Which would means, that it's a real preproduction piece.

 

http://www.starwarshelmets.com/unfinishedstormy.jpg

 

Above, an unfinished Stormtrooper from Andrew Ainsworth's personal collection, sold at Christie's in 2002 . Fabricated in white painted vacu-formed plastic with black rubber details, simulated vents and clear plastic eyepieces (one missing) -- made for the 1977 20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm production Star Wars; accompanied by a black and white photo of a group of Stormtrooper helmets and a corresponding black and white still. The above sold at Christies in December 2002 for $7,144. Looking at the photo it's missing its ears!

 

Read more about it here.

http://www.starwarshelmets.com/Original-stormtrooper-armor-helmets.htm

 

 

Here the original auction:

http://natedsanders.com/prototype-stormtrooper-helmet-from-the-first-sta-lot24520.aspx

Edited February 2, 2014 by Turrican

[SCTrooper[TK]]

Ok, I didn't realize it had the ridges on the back. I have seen the helmet before, but from a different angle. 

[Locitus[Admin]]

Ah, those "prototypes". It's been debated several times, and no doubt that they are old, but it's more likely they were made after ANH rather than before, as something AA did on his own and not related to the production.

[bpoodoo]

And it's a tedius debate, but indulge me on adding a visual data point.  As a relative newbie to stormtrooper history, it's been difficult to know who and what to believe, but the story which is consistent and logical is usually the correct one.  I get a headache when I try to research AA / SDS, and how history seems to get augmented or revised.  These prototypes are in a class all their own in terms of the confusion they bring.   I've recently been told that a "prototype" (whatever it is a prototype of) is the basis for the SDS line, and on that I agree.  I agree based not solely on anyone's assertion but by comparing images.  One would think that a "prototype" should look like the first helmets produced (say, like a Move Along, Stop That Ship, or one of the other first-produced Tunisia helmets).  Neither the other Christie's "prototypes" nor this one looks like those Stunt helmets.  Instead, the "prototype" bears a strong resemblance to contemporary SDS helmets, such as this 2013 SDS battle spec I just photographed from a similar angle.  It's like a prototype that ages backwards.   How curious.  And illogical.

[Locitus[Admin]]

Those "prototype" helmets are not prototypes. They were made by AA after the movie was already made and have nothing to do with the production of star wars.

 

An actual prototype looked just like what ended up in the movie.

[bpoodoo]

Now that's what a prototype should look like! Thanks for posting.

 

 

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