zebrabuse Posted August 13, 2014 Report Posted August 13, 2014 A friend showed me this item for sale in their magazine, and I was intrigued by the mixture of bubble lens and stunt frown, and whatever that brow material seems to be. So I looked it up and found even more unique features such as the ribbed texture on the back of the lid. It also appears from their online catalog that it's been up for auction three times without a buyer. Any thoughts or info on this? It would make for quite the conversation piece in your bucket collection... http://natedsanders.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=26072 Quote
Sonnenschein Posted August 13, 2014 Report Posted August 13, 2014 As I understand it, this is a fake prototype, made by AA for the court. Quote
zebrabuse Posted August 13, 2014 Author Report Posted August 13, 2014 As I understand it, this is a fake prototype, made by AA for the court. Now that is interesting! Quote
Locitus[Admin] Posted August 13, 2014 Report Posted August 13, 2014 Nothing prototype about it. You can read some more from Lindsay, the wife of Brian Muir, the sculptor of the armour here: --------- Quote
zebrabuse Posted August 13, 2014 Author Report Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) On 8/14/2014 at 2:51 AM, Locitus said: Nothing prototype about it. You can read some more from Lindsay, the wife of Brian Muir, the sculptor of the armour here: ------------ Great link and thank you. I remember this story, I just didn't know it was still in play. Edited January 14, 2021 by gmrhodes13 link not working, removed gmrhodes13 2021 Quote
Locitus[Admin] Posted August 13, 2014 Report Posted August 13, 2014 Yeah, it's the same story every two years or so when someone tries to sell one of them. Quote
F1guy Posted August 14, 2014 Report Posted August 14, 2014 So what's the story? I couldn't see the Facebook story. It's not a real lid? Quote
Locitus[Admin] Posted August 15, 2014 Report Posted August 15, 2014 So what's the story? I couldn't see the Facebook story. It's not a real lid? To sum it up, it's more like something Andrew made after the first movie while messing around in the workshop. Fast forward 30 years and he realizes those could be worth something, so he calls them prototypes and people go nuts, making him rich. Quote
F1guy Posted August 15, 2014 Report Posted August 15, 2014 To sum it up, it's more like something Andrew made after the first movie while messing around in the workshop. Fast forward 30 years and he realizes those could be worth something, so he calls them prototypes and people go nuts, making him rich. Oh I see. So he makes it look different enough that it's noticeable, but not enough that it looks out of place. Sly move. Quote
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