TO CLONE, OR NOT TO CLONE. THAT IS THE QUESTION
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. I am a huge fan of the STAR WARS movie Saga… all 6 films. But I am strictly an Original Trilogy Collector.
Although I gave considerable thought to having a clone / Jango-esque head sculpt on my custom Fett figure, with a helmet engineered to be removable, I decided against proceeding in this direction.
There are two reasons for this:
1) I wanted to look upon my Boba Fett figure as faceless and anonymous… just as the character was in the OT.
2) Although I was confident that I could successfully increase the size of the helmet to be wearable by a clone head sculpt, I realized there was NOTHING I was going to be able to do about the resulting chewing gum helmet syndrome. This is the condition that exists with the current Vintage Collection Boba Fett figure helmet, where it is too soft to hold its shape since it is fashioned out of soft, rubbery PVC plastic.
The same thing would happen with any available helmet sculpt if I Dremelled it into a wearable helmet. The walls of the helmet would become too thin, and it would warp terribly when worn by the figure.
Unacceptable.
I also considered making a mold and hard resin casting of a Boba helmet knowing that a hollowed-out resin helmet would hold its shape fine because it would be solid and NOT be rubbery.
This idea was rejected because during the inevitable shrinkage of the molding and casting process, I would lose 1% - 2% of my original helmet’s overall size.
Again, unacceptable.