look at this and try not to laugh

http://www.80stees.com/products/Boba...ble-Helmet.asp
"This Star Wars collectable is a replica of Boba Fett's helmet cast from the original Lucas Film molds. Fett's Mandalorian helmet is recreated in rigid plastic, with a smoked viewplate and moveable antenna." the paint job shows that these are made on a convayer belt, with cheap workers,your guys' helmets are %110 better,and i would well spend money on some of these scratch builds, over this one. i guess i just wanted to post this to give everybody on this beautiful site a pat on the back. you guys are some of the most resourcefull geeks, ive ever met. And without your help none of my many boba pieces would be either complete or for that matter started. so in other words "thanks" much appreciated slimguy379

sorry can't help but laugh.

the shape's all wrong, no way is it cast from original moulds.
Isn't that false advertising?

It's the Rubies or DonPost 95 Helmet.

Not DP 95 - that's actually a much nicer helmet. Everyone is pretty familiar with this Rubies garbage, but what is funny is that the damage around the mandible on this one looks like it was applied with a rubber stamp.

Yikes...

Aw man... if they'd taken 1/3 of the price.... maybe ok as a childs halloween costume... but man oh man

ya, that is a Rubies....dont even go there...i did, and regreted it...then found TDH, and ya, have to agree with thread maker, so much better here!!

Its says from Lucas Film molds, doesnt say movie molds. The F being capitalized means they are referring to the company and not the movie

Gotta learn to read like a lawyer when you buy stuff online.

my god,whoever made this should be put before a firing squad at dawn.

Yeah it's like a fake Rolex...look closely and the Helmet says "Bobo Fett"...LOL!

hey guys, lets tell people about these kind of helmets...when you click on the link in the first post, youll see the product, and then youll see write a review...from experience with these, we need to let others know about how bad these helmets are...

Originally Posted by Bountyone

"Cast from the original mold" somehow I highly doubt it.

I wrote a review

they must have deleted it. There isn't a review anymore.

ya, i wrote one too...how convienent for them to be able to edit the reviews to show only good ones...

Man, I'm giving up painting. I could never hope to achieve that kind of perfection.

*Sigh* Anyone have any ideas for a new hobby?

Hmmm...Maybe they meant it was cast from something found on an old loaf of bread in the Skywalker Ranch Cafeteria.

The authentic weathering was done by throwing it down a flight of freshly painted silver stairs.

On the other hand you should check out some of the cool T's on that site. Some great Boba shirts.

Now that bucket just makes my stomach hurt hahaha

Originally Posted by Bubba Fett

On the other hand you should check out some of the cool T's on that site. Some great Boba shirts.

i do my own screen printing, so i really dont buy many shirts. if any of you have good designs give me a holla

Originally Posted by superjedi

Man, I'm giving up painting. I could never hope to achieve that kind of perfection.

*Sigh* Anyone have any ideas for a new hobby?

that's a good one...

The dent looks like someone has kissed it wearing silver lipstick!

Hmm, my review got erased too. Interesting...

still... rubies isn' t all crud... I mean I used the Rubies Jango Fett for my first Fett and I believe there's still someone enjoying it.

the Boba is bad though...

still... I think I could make it work... could...

I just left a review. Let's see how long before it gets tossed too.

Originally Posted by RBF

still... rubies isn' t all crud... I mean I used the Rubies Jango Fett for my first Fett and I believe there's still someone enjoying it.

the Boba is bad though...

still... I think I could make it work... could...

I'm really enjoying your first helmet Rick!!!
You did a GREAT job!

Well... from a "certain point of view" it could be argued that the helmet indeed can claim its origins from an original casting of the PP2.... I know... I just have to ruin everyone's fun....

I think the DP 96 is pretty good... but I'm rusty at it though... the 97 was bad... which is the one Rubies copied from DP and with the 95 and 96 theirs some differences depending on if it's a white or green interior. (need some help here... pro's?)

overall, they're all not too big, but if your not either, you can get away with it.

I'd go for that one, if it is reasonably prized.

alot of people say it's better to cash up and buy the better props at once, but I found my first bucket irreplacable in terms of the painting skills I learned of it. I was able to use those skills in my second (which was a BM) and it shows.

thanks DF

You certainly could have done worse, but most people don't look at the DP standard lines as very good quality helmets. Still, you can rework it and turn it into something good. The biggest problem I have seen is the tenancy of these helmets to warp over time.

Originally Posted by Dman

Whilst on the subject of what is or isn't a quality helmet, can I get someones take on a bucket I just bought on eBay. Other than the paint job what do yall think? It's a Don Post 1996 reproduction hemet.

2:48 Eastern Time and 0 reviews.

How odd.

Hey, what's wrong with Garden Gnomes and their plots for world domination?

*veering completely off topic for a moment*

OK, so we all have a neighbor we despise, right? Right, well, here's a plan I've had for scaring them away either to another neighborhood or to the nearest psych ward. Get a lot of garden gnomes, and place them just outside their property, all facing in towards their house (preferably, the front door). Then, in small increments, move them closer, like maybe 4"-1' a week. Now, you'll have to do this completely in the pitch black of night, but keep moving them, bit by bit. Eventually, when they get close enough, have a battalion surround their car with their spades painted a shiny silver, all facing the car, and the rest facing doors and windows, and have all their eyes painted red.


EDIT: yeah, I'm a nutjob, aren't I?

Well I sent them an email saying what they say is misleading. I just dont think it's cool to have someone think they are getting an accurate helmet from "lucas molds" when it's just a rubies piece of junk. They took out the mold part and sent me an email asking if I was the one making all the bad reviews haha. I never even made a review. I believe they actually put the reviews up now. I see 3 that are bad reviews. Their description now fits the helmet well.

Originally Posted by ART ANDREWS

You certainly could have done worse, but most people don't look at the DP standard lines as very good quality helmets. Still, you can rework it and turn it into something good. The biggest problem I have seen is the tenancy of these helmets to warp over time.

they are made of a very soft sort of vinyl... plastic...

can't the warping be prevented if you put in some fiberglass on the inside, or doesn't it cure well on the inside of the bucket?

Originally Posted by superjedi

Man, I'm giving up painting. I could never hope to achieve that kind of perfection.

*Sigh* Anyone have any ideas for a new hobby?

I was thinking, Competative Underwater BB Stacking. I hear its big over in the orient.

Originally Posted by rdhawk

Hey, what's wrong with Garden Gnomes and their plots for world domination?

*veering completely off topic for a moment*

OK, so we all have a neighbor we despise, right? Right, well, here's a plan I've had for scaring them away either to another neighborhood or to the nearest psych ward. Get a lot of garden gnomes, and place them just outside their property, all facing in towards their house (preferably, the front door). Then, in small increments, move them closer, like maybe 4"-1' a week. Now, you'll have to do this completely in the pitch black of night, but keep moving them, bit by bit. Eventually, when they get close enough, have a battalion surround their car with their spades painted a shiny silver, all facing the car, and the rest facing doors and windows, and have all their eyes painted red.


EDIT: yeah, I'm a nutjob, aren't I?

It just might work...

Originally Posted by Dman

I like how they changed the description but not the price. Good thing you folks caught this and posted warnings so people don't get unwittingly ripped off.

And the gnome thing, just creepy! If it were my house, I'd be out there with a baseball bat destroying the little bastards.

And for every one you would kill, 5 would take its spot. An endless army of insanity....


OK, I'll go back to my corner and keep scratchbuilding my Jodo Kast...

Originally Posted by Dman

I like how they changed the description but not the price. Good thing you folks caught this and posted warnings so people don't get unwittingly ripped off.

And the gnome thing, just creepy! If it were my house, I'd be out there with a baseball bat destroying the little bastards.

how is bastards no converted to *******?

@Slimguy379: Sorry, was unaware that was a "bad word"... edited!

Originally Posted by facechubb

Now that bucket just makes my stomach hurt hahaha

my stomach hurt too jejejejje

Sooooo....i take it im the only one that bought one of these beauties?...........like hell i did, i laughed so hard a lil bit of wee came out.

To be honest they look like they have been vandalised by 4 year olds.

I was thinking of buying the Rubies Jango (one piece set) and working it over to become a Boba, and I am hearing mixed reviews. What do you guys think? RBF do you have pics posted of yours anywhere?

I dunno It's not so bad when you convert it to a Bobble head Jodo Kast for your 7 year old son. He won 100.00 in a costume contest the day after halloween. Here's his helmet

do you think it would pass? :>

Has that helmet been altered much? It looks like it flares out really far on the bottom.

Yea it's almost a Cylon, LOL

I guess they were embarrassed by it. It's not there anymore!

http://www.80stees.com/products/Coll...per-Helmet.asp

If they've taken the Boba down, their Stormie's nothing to be proud of either. Also cast right from Lucas Films molds, so they say. Looks like it was put in a vise for a while :P