TE SFS helmet- recast or original?

[KaanE]

An accurate stormie helmet is usually more expensive than accurate fett helmet, don't ask me why... And there are a lot more of accurate stormie helmets than fett's.

 

[Metadude]

You'd think accurate fett helmets would be worth more due to less of them around

 

[Fett 4 Real]

Higher demand Id say on the storm trooper front, there are probably 20:1 at least to the Fett man.

 

[Metadude]

That's insane

EDIT: Just compared my helmet with images from this FS thread> http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f31/rare-sfs-set-stun-stormtrooper-helmet-aka-te-ultra-42485/
I've checked each and every detail on my helmet and what I can gather is that this is indeed a TE SFS helmet. OR a very detailed, VERY well created recast- every minor detail looks exact.

EDIT 2: I've checked some of the imperfections on the raw cast kits that people have gotten, and this helmet has the EXACT same marks and dips

 

[KaanE]

So it's a recast, I can't remember TE doing resin casts or any other full size SFS made out of resin.

 

[Metadude]

Seems to be a very high quality recast

 

[KaanE]

Seems to be a very high quality recast

Yep, usually ugly pieces are recasts but not all the recasts are ugly.

 

[Metadude]

Still, it may be a recast- but it is an awesome addition to my collection of star wars things has some lineage in a sense

 

[KaanE]

That's for sure, I don't really care it's a recast, not that I support them but if it's already done, well... It's done.

 

[Metadude]

It's like a fresh cake that was baked then another cake was made to look exactly like it, but it didn't taste as good

 

[Metadude]

Anyone else have input?

 

[Fett 4 Real]

Most storm trooper stuff is recast of something or another.

 

[locitus]

Most storm trooper stuff is recast of something or another.

Indeed. We have TE to thank for that. But there are at least people with some "rights", like AP and TE2. And then of course there's TM with his own sculpt and RS with their own 1st gen cast. And CFO with their ROTJ stuff. So there's still some hope.

 

[Metadude]

It's gonna be hard telling what's recast and what isn't

 

[locitus]

Patience and keen eyes my friend.

Oh, and about 14 pages worth of flame war in a thread on FISD where they try to clean up the TE-linage history before Gino and TE join in start to battle it out.

 

[Metadude]

Ha ha, flamewars over a helmet

 

[locitus]

Well, not the helmets so much, but what they claim really happened many years ago. Here's the thread if you ever feel the need for some drama.
Sign In - First Imperial Stormtrooper Detachment

 

[Metadude]

I'll give it a read... oh ****, I have to sign up

 

[locitus]

Well, it's a nice forum. If you're going to do stormtrooper-stuff you might as well sign up. Although I think the signed-in only thing is temporary.

 

[Metadude]

I'm not gonna be doing a trooper, I just merely wanted to get an idea of where the helmet came from