My new helmet

Best of luck Son of Knight with your helmet. Just remember to take your time and follow all of the great advice on this board and it'll turn out fine!

Now for you tylerdurden! I'd love to hear your reasons for bursting our bubble on the conventional wisdom concerning the origin of the Mystery helmet. Normally I wouldn't buy it, but your credibility on these matters is without question so...what do you know about the Mystery helmet that I don't?
 
First, I'd like to say without the help of several good friends and associates, I would not have half the knowledge of Fett's back history.

Perhaps my post came off slightly more controversial than I had intended. To reiterate, I am extremely positive that the Mystery Helmet is not cast from the ROTJ helmet. I do believe that the Mystery Helmet and the Don Post Deluxe are derivatives, in one way or another, of a real helmet, though not a screen-used helmet nor a "stunt helmet."

I'd also like to add that through conversations will various people who were involved at Don Post studios and also LFL licensing that the long-held belief that LFL "required certain pieces to be altered and inaccurate" appears to be largely unsubstantiated.
 
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And back to my original point. After much researching, this helmet, which is stamped 2002 Rubies, is in measurements only a few mm's off from the original measurements. And if by any chance is still "too small in comparison to the movie helmets" then I don't want anything to do with it because it would make anyone, with the exception of a 450 lb man, look like a bobble head.

No one is disputing that the "standard DP is smaller than the movie helmet." This one is different. The olny thing wrong with this helmet, with the exception of the picture above out of focus and for some reason really squished to the vertical...is that it does need to be widened a little to match the width of the original helmet.
 
I'm sorry to break this news to you but the real Fett WAS a bobblehead. :lol: :lol:

I'm not going to tell you to do something you don't want to do... just trying to make sure you understand all the options and reasons for most going with a larger, fiberglass version. I'm sure you can mod it out and make it look cool. :)
 
Yeah, Fett was a bobblehead in that thing. Just watch the movies with that in mind and you'll realize how big that bucket really is. I didn't even notice it was that big until someone pointed it out.
 
Alright...this is last I'm going to post (unless someone says something stupid) about this. It's absolutely pointless to have this arguement. Please don't attempt to lecture me about the movies and prop building. Yeah, you're prolly older than me. And I spent seven years of my non-existant life studying SW. I don't see how Boba "<b>was</B>" a bobblehead. It wasn't <i>that</i> big. Excuse me for being a young uneducated kid who apperantly doesn't know anything.

I was stating simple facts about the helmet SoK bought.

For clarification to Boba...Slave_1: SoK has the helmet...I am simply the smith of his armor. Unless you're talking about the ORIGINAL helmet. So, pending dumb comments...I'm done.
 
Use the advice of hundreds of people who've researched Fett for years or don't. I really don't care! Our point to you was that the REAL Fett helmet was larger than a Don Post. If you don't care that's FINE! Don't call our comments stupid just because you don't care about those facts. There is NO ROOM in this forum for people to come in and start disrespeting the members here. If you don't want to seek advice or opinions than why are you here posting about it?

Take my advice... don't push away help when its offered for FREE.
 
This is what a real ILM helmet looks like on a regular height and build human. You can squish the front and back of just about any helmet to the approximate width of a real ILM helmet, however you would do so at the expense of the volume and total shape of the helmet. The Don Post and Rubies helmets simply do not have the same size and volume of a real helmet.

I like to think that TDH members are open-minded enough to evaluate a claim backed by proof instead of immediately dismissing it completely. However, at this point in the hobby, there are certain indisputable truths that have been proven time and time again by solid, irrefutable evidence. The size of Don Post and Rubies helmets compared to an ILM helmet is one of those truths.

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I didn't mean to start any arguements here. I was just trying to figure out helmet sizes and such. It is interesting that the others are larger than the rubies, because, in my own opinion, in looks rather large. But in searching though older threads, from what I can tell the other kinds of helmets look only slightly larger. But that is neither here nor there. I think that this rubies will fit my needs just fine. And I appreciate the help from everyone.

I just put a layer of fiberglass inside my helmet and it seems to be holding it's shape quite well. I think I might put another layer in there and/or sand it, because, being my first time working with the stuff, the end result was workable, but ruff.
 
DarkFlipDog said:
For clarification to Boba...Slave_1: SoK has the helmet...I am simply the smith of his armor. Unless you're talking about the ORIGINAL helmet. So, pending dumb comments...I'm done.
WOW! that was a little rude! :angry you can just kiss my :moon
 
Okay...it's time for more clarification...and an apology.

To BobaFettSlave_1: That comment wasn't directed at you. It was a general comment that I forgot to double space. I apologize for the mix up or if you were offended by my lack of ability to type.

To tylerdurden: If thats a cast of the original...that looks REALLY familiar.

To the general populous. Again No one is disputing that the volume or size of the DP is smaller than the original. The 95 is small, the 97 is smaller and crappier. This bucket is stamped 2002. And having found the measurments of the original, the 'mystery' measurements (also from TK-409's site) and measuring this helmet...they are the same. As I have been trying to say in the past week. If you don't believe me, thats fine...I'm just telling you my findings.

So...now I'm done. Hopefully this will end this pointless conflict.
 
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To tylerdurden: If thats a cast of the original...that looks REALLY familiar.

It is most certainly a 100% original casting of a real helmet, as every scratch and feature can be matched to its source helmet. I'm not sure what you are trying to insinuate about it looking "REALLY familiar." But I'd like for you to elaborate because you brought it up.
 
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simply saying this helmet that SoK bought looks exactly the same on me.

Very well then. If you get a chance to take a photo wearing your helmet that more or less matches the pose in the photo above, please post it so that we may compare the two helmets.

I'm sure a number of members here would have interest in a Rubies helmet that could potentially look exactly like the real helmet.
 
No, that was being used as an example of a helmet modeled after one from the movies. I'll post one of my helmet on my after the fiberglass dries.
 
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