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I am by no means any kind of expert on anything,

But I think the seperate top cap & back piece seem odd

The "real" TK helmets are one piece in the back

Maybe it was cobbled together by the prop team

He does have several items that seem very authentic

who knows, could be

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that´s a prototype helmet made by A.Ainsworth. i think it was sold at Christies a couple of years back...

please visit Jez´s website and klick on "Real Original Helmets" and then on "Overview of ANH Stormtrooper Armor and Helmets"...

tons of information...

KLICK HERE!

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Yeah i have seen it on Jez´s lovely site too.

Its the same pictures, on Jez site as used on the swedish owners site.

I have seen it a few times in real life, so he owns the helmet.

It makes good sense, that it was sold to him in 2002.

It was around 2004 i saw it.

I guess the helmet he owns, is the same one seen on Jez site and sold in 2002.

And therefor a real prototype made back then by AA.

If you need more info, go:

www.starwarshelmets.com

And look under:

The "Real" Stormtrooper Helmets & Armor

Here is another shot, of another prototype by AA.

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Cheers.

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Guys

There's a brilliant article by Jason De Bord and Mr Ainsworth's nice little money spinner

'Concept Helmet' over on originalprop.com

Here's the link and its well worth the read :)

http://www.originalprop.com/blog/?p=3242

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Good ol' AA laughed all the way to the bank with those little babies :D

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Are you sure it isn’t the space-Stormtrooper prototype helmet. I had a look at some pictures not so long back and there is a different variant of Stormtrooper when the flacon lands in the death star, any chance this was originally going to be used for that shot?

i´m quite sure it were standard stormtrooper helmets (maybe even sandtrooper helmets, since the tunisia scenes were the first to be filmed...) !

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Agreed....spacetroopr has a 'behind the scene' picture with an actor(bucket off)somewhere,though you can see it clearly that it was the 'stunt' and no ribbed tubes

Have you guys ever seen the spacepack made by japaneese sculptor? i think its accurate :unsure:

Hi rocko :lol:

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ahhh... thanks Erik, i couldn´t find that picture!

You're welcome boss B)

John Danter also made a spiffy space pack. I have one, and will post pix once the kids are in bed.

LOL!! :lol: ,i think i knew why

curious.....cant wait

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i´m quite sure it were standard stormtrooper helmets (maybe even sandtrooper helmets, since the tunisia scenes were the first to be filmed...) !

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oh yeah....both are the same guy right? forgot where i rad that :mellow:

is the first concept bucket can be called as Mcquarrie's concept? (you know...wioth umm...lightsabers and shield one)

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Pappy

Ralph McQuarrie's concept paintings and drawings was the inspiration for most of the

costumes for the original trilogy, including sandtroopers B)

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As I said in my earlier post, Rolf's pictures are of Andrew Ainsworth's cobbled together

helmets that were never part of any of the Star Wars films, and definitely not a

'space trooper' helmet of any kind.

Now is the helmet thats in Rolf's garrison a 'prototype / concept' helmet?,

well all the auction houses that sold them at the time were happy to portray

them as such, because Mr Ainsworth was the person who vac-formed the 56

helmets for the original film.

Was the public aware of all the facts regarding these helmets at the time?,

good question :unsure: .

I personally think it was a case of 'smoke and mirrors'

They may not have lied about what they were selling but they didn't give the details

of the bigger picture. :angry:

As the saying goes Caveat emptor - Let the buyer beware

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oh yeah....both are the same guy right? forgot where i rad that :mellow:

is the first concept bucket can be called as Mcquarrie's concept? (you know...wioth umm...lightsabers and shield one)

I'm guessing you read it in the making of starwars book, that's where you see the drawing/ sketch of the stormtroopers waiting around the corner, to ambush a "bearded han solo and friends", holding a shield and a lightsaber too bro'.. :blink:;)

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Wow I like it man,very similar with the spacepack,well....um it is the spacepack,nice aquisition paul :lol: can see it clearly bro,how it attached or mount? Like a good ol' sandy?

Holla bill :D ,oh yes how can I forget,AA's on the 1st picture,with 3 separate parts I guess :unsure: after Mcquarrie's drawings are done.

Now that's a hard part,awareness,sometimes we don't have patience to do that,too much of the 'darkside' perhaps? :D

By the way,is that yours?! :blink:

Holla J,yes I'm torchering my english capabilities to read that,a good book the making of starwars is

If you're on the corner,don't with a lightsaber,but with your 'GUN' :lol: :lol: watercooled ones for a hot touch.

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