That's not $700 US, that's $700 AUS and, it's the real thing. That's why I am so sad. This seller was not an ebay regular, because they lived in Austrailia, where many of the costumes were made, and was "given" the item by someone who worked for LFL. It would have been a steal. Thank you for posting it JangoUri, I wouldn't have ever bid on it or asked the seller questions if you hadn't. Unfortuneately the person who outbid me is a "collector" someone who wouldn't appreciate it like a costumer. They would appreciate it only for it's rarity, not for construction, and replication. Unlike me, who would go over it millimeter by millimeter. And, I only sculpted the left one because of a particular event, which I had stopped sculpting, because Judz Dwedd let me borrow his- - I was in a pinch on time, and couldn't finish. BTW, he gets applauded for helping out a fellow zammer in a time of desperate costuming need. (my original gauntlets broke) Awwwcrap, please, don't pummel me with questions about gauntlets right now. And, I am surprised DCB didn't see it and snag it, cause he's more of the ebay guru than most of us. His t-shirt biz must be entirely exhausting him.