rubies oddity found!

hey guys and gals

i was over to a local shop helping them put away an order and came across a shipment of rubies helmets, as we were pricing them , i noticed one of the boba helmets was GREATLY larger than the rest ( barely fit in the box), this of course intrested me so i immediatly tore open the box and tried it on, and its like 3 inches bigger than the others......so i bought it straight away and hurried it home to compare with the otehrs i have in my collection, and its the biggest one here!!...bigger than my 97, 96, and even the 95!!........could this possibly be a C.A. re-cast ???......its the typical lousy wavy rubies cast, but its size is impressive, and i wanted to know if anyone else has one this big??.......???????

what's the size like front-back? Is it ridiculously long or is well-proportioned?

I haven't heard anything like it before, if you can post pics I'd like to see it

Phil

There was no Fett C.A. helmet to begin with. Do you mean the Deluxe??

Pics, if possible, would help quite a bit.

Yes....side by side comparison pics if possible with the other helmets at the shop. Please.

Yes to all the above, and where did this happen? What state/province etc.?

Sounds most unusual.

Pics would be great.

Si

Could it be that Rubies are listening to the Fett fans and starting to produce a half decent lid,

we'll have to wait and see, maybe jango will be next

bojanglefett, i sent pics via e-mail from rknightandkarr account......sorry guys i dont know much bout computers and dont know how to post em here, or i would, the guy i got this puter from just tought me how to e-mail 'em........8)

* hanhunter , sent em to you also......

MMM pics sent to ya e-mail as well...........journeymanprotector your next........

* AND SENT!!

How about posting some pics.

It's hard for me to tell with the compressed graphics at work, but it appears to be just as long front-back but it evens out the proportion by being very wide. Is that right? I can't see it well...





Phil

i dont know how to post any other pictures, as i sai dmy computer skills are not to good......the front to back is 9 1/2 " on the jango and 12 1/2" on the boba........is this any help??

What is stamped on the back of it?

Strange..It really appears to be larger. But isn't the Jango helmet smaller than the regular Rubies Boba Helmet ?

Edit: It would be nice to compare the proportions of the helmet too(front view, side, etc) Any more pics?

-Micke

i can take more pics but the jango helemt is larger than my 97 post...not by much, but larger....i recently recieved another jango rubies helmet in a trade deal that is smaller, but the one in the pics is the larger one......??????

an oddity to be sure.........now teh ? is wheatehr or not i should begin modifications ( glass the inside, replace visor, ect) or leave it alone as a rarity............??????

on the back its stamped :


to the left of the key slots:

c 2002 lucasfilm ltd.
all rights reserved
used under authorisation
rubies costume co inc.

but on teh right of the key slots is some raised area, looks like where the post info amy have been?

i compared it to my otehr don post helmets and where the info is written on those helmets you can see on teh new rubies helmet where in teh mold that area was filled in as it is sort of raised in those areas, like they filled in teh info that was on the molds....i can make out a little of it, and what i can make out, letters, ect....are a dead on match to my 96 post...??????............as i said an oddity to be sure........8)

Do Rubies use Don Post molds???

We NEED more pics

well someone tell me how to post em here and i guess i could post them , but as i have said, MANY TIMES NOW , i dont know how to do that........8(

ii can send more pics to someone via e-mail and they could post 'em, i guess?

rknight wrote:
well someone tell me how to post em here and i guess i could post them , but as i have said, MANY TIMES NOW , i dont know how to do that........8(

ii can send more pics to someone via e-mail and they could post 'em, i guess?

Follow the link below and follow the instructions. Courtesy of Secol. Make sure images are less than 100 Kb.

http://200.72.134.171/cdref/tdh/

rknight wrote:
well someone tell me how to post em here and i guess i could post them , but as i have said, MANY TIMES NOW , i dont know how to do that........8(

ii can send more pics to someone via e-mail and they could post 'em, i guess?

RKnight,

I'm your huckleberry. Send em to me and I'll get em posted.

Stay safe.

Tim.

Thanks for the pics! It does appear to be larger like you stated. I don't know if you know the shop owner....but if you do, is there a way to check his shipping invoice for the item # for the helmets. Maybe, by chance, there will be a part/sku # for the helmet that we can all use. Only if the shop owner doesn't mind though. It's just an idea....don't get into any trouble.

ok , i inquired and the helmets were billed as a quantity @ $$........no individual #'s for each helmet.........i know this is no help........8(
-i tried..........8)

You should try to do some shots straight on. At that perspective, it's hard to tell how much bigger it is, if at all (the one closer to the camera is *always* going to look bigger). Put them both on a shelf, and take the picture looking at the fronts, with both helmets the same distance from the camera.

I'd like to take a look at the Helmet comparrisons too, this sounds like one hell of a break if Rubies is listening to our pleads

out of town for a few days, will send more pics when i get home......8)

- and the helmet IS NOT for sale........thanks for the offers.....8)

you know I saw a helmet on ebay the other day, in the tv & movies collectibles and props section, that was a rubies, but looked like a DP shape,& with a better paint job. even with gold on the rangefinder! I haven't seen any production helmets like that myself...although someone who was selling it could have put in a bogus pic to sell it faster, I'm not sure though...

yea people get shady on ebay, thats why you have to ask ??? before bidding. i bid on a nice lookin helmet(in the pic anyway) then thought about it and asked the guy if it was the one in the pic. turns out it was a DP 97 and the pic was of the real thing! but the helmet i recieved wasnt that bad off, i just gotta get motivated to restart work on it again!

If you guys buy helmets on Eay, please ask the seller of which year is it made and if the pic is from the actual helmet being sold.

About the pics above...looks like the cheeks in the helmets are kinda warped, but still a good looking bucket and the size, which is strange, but better for you. Good hunting!

Robert

it can go the other way with e-bay.....i bid on a fett " mask".....the dude borrowed a pic of the soft warped helmet, mask...looked horrible....i was expecting that for my 22 bucks, and got a 95 post!!

sweet !

Most of the Rubies Fett helmets I see on ebay have a DP deluxe pictured. I mentioned to one guy about that, and he sent me this huge response listing his credentials as a mask seller, and assured me it was the helmet in the picture. So....bid like crazy because they're only $60!!!

From this pic, it almost looks a bit bigger in comparison -



I really hope Rubies did answer our praise, by making us better/bigger buckets -

I wanted to point out that my last post up above was overflowing with sarcasm. but also, yes it does look bigger, but it's a forced perspective. Forced perspective can make you look as tall as the 4 inch Fett figures if you just hold it closer to the camera. That's why I suggested having a pic of the two helmets equal distance from the camera. If you shot a picture at that angle, with the rubies Jango helmet closer, and one of the movie sized helmets behind it, the Jango will look bigger too. A lot of photography is about perspective.

so then , let me get this straight......your saying i'm intentionally mis-leading people , due to the camera angle??.....i'm a lousy picture taker, so sue me......but i think you're calling me a liar, and i dont take to kindly to that......i'll be home in the morning, and will take and send more photos......and you'll see that it IS bigger....i've had it looked at by 2 local star wars "experts" , who can verify its size, and odd shape.....so if thats what your saying better be prepared to apologize...........

in public, which is where you have seen fit to slap me......

I don't think anybody here is calling you a liar, it's just the pics you took are alitte...ehhh...not so good

Maybe if you took a pic from the front with more light, we can make a better assumption -

and , as i said , i was , and am now , not a good picture taker............i will take more today as i am now home and will send them off to be posted here..........still trying to decide weather to modify this bucket or leave it alone...........

I never said you were a liar, jeeeeez some people on this board need to settle down. I was giving you tips on photography. Since you are a self-proclaimed bad photographer, I was helping out some. hey, excuse me for trying help you prove the size difference.

ok, got the pics taken, who wants to post them for me??...i dont know how...8)

no takers? ill do it if no one is available.

sent the pics to journetmanprotector

recieved my dark green welding shield today....still wondering if i should modify this bucket or leave it alone....what do ya'll think??

Here're the new pics. I think it's clear the the Boba is taller, certainly. It may be wider, but does not appear to much longer and if so only by an inch at most I think.






Phil

I don't know if this helps any.

At San Diego Comic Con last year I talked to the sales rep for Rubies. He stated that the Rubies Jango was a new sculpt and that the Rubies Boba Fett was taken from the Don Post molds.

That would make sense. It would help if we could see this oddity next to an original DP or two

The jango is pretty small,

Phil

ok.......well i still say its much larger than the others i saw.........and the pics dont due its size justice....8)

- aint no big deal anyway......just an oddity.

* replaced the visor a few minuites ago.....8)
* will re-paint later to jedi specs..and add leds to the rangefinder......looks sweet!

Almost looks like the Jango Helmet could fit inside the Bobe Helmet -

All I have to say is, nice score