MR Stormtrooper Helmet

Got this as a present from wifey ( thanks dear! :)), but didn't have time to get the pics up for it! This is the Master Replicas limited edition "Hero" ANH Stormtrooper Helmet, 1:1 scale. It's cast of the "Hero" i.e more detailed helmet used in the ANH movie which had more details for closeups. MR cast this helmet off a "Stunt" version, as Lucasart wouldn't allow them to tear down the original Hero version helmet of course. But both versions had the same moulding way back then.











The helmet comes with two pairs of lenses (grey and green) and can be swapped out. Interior of the helmet is fully padded too. There were supposed to be 2,500 copies of the helmet made, but only 1,048 finally made it to the market. Interesting to note is that the helmet is asymetrical, much like those used on the screen. (the left side of the helmet seems to be smaller than the right). But this is as the helmets were cast back then. The ABS releases later from MR and eFX were the idealised versions, i.e symmetrical versions. I'm not a purist, so it doesn't bother me! :p








The first 500 pieces also came with a limited lithograph which is pretty cool.... :)









Later eFX also released a same LE version which was identical to the MR version, only major difference was the stand supplied with the helmet.