eFX Scout Trooper Helmet delay

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eFX Scout Trooper Helmet delay

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Got this email yesterday from Brian from eFx. The wait continues....

March 25, 2015

Dear Freddy:

First, I would like to thank you for your patience on the release of our Biker Scout helmet.

We have run into a manufacturing issue, which is causing this delay. As many of you know, the facemask was never intended to be a feature to be used in the filming of ROTJ. According to Nilos Rodis-Jamero, it was only as a convenience to the actors so that when they wanted to take a break, they did not have to remove their helmets. So, the proper engineering was not necessary to accommodate this feature for the actors.

After extensive reliability testing of opening and closing the face mask many times, the hole begins to become deformed and thus ultimately becomes very loose. This is because the facemask does not lift straight up due to geometry of the sculpt of the facemask and dome, We have established that this is primarily due to the fact that the surfaces are parallel. Thus, the challenge is to resolve this problem, yet not affect the geometry of the original sculpt!

Now that the factory is back from the Chinese New Years holiday and at full capacity, we are working diligently to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. And, we hope to start shipping by Comic Con.

Thanks once again for your patience and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this delay may have caused!

Bryan
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Least you'll get to see the prototype "in the resin" at Celebration!
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what about now is it here now?
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oota goota wrote:what about now is it here now?
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From the latest EFX newsletter -
Scout Trooper Helmet - Limited Edition Update
First, an important update to our customers who placed a pre-order for our Scout Trooper Helmet. In case you did not read the update on our website, we received the final pre-production sample from the factory and both Lucasfilm and us have approved it for production! So, we are working diligently with the factory to prepare everything for production!

We will have an update on the Legend Edition soon!
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Yikes. Such a long wait time, shame.

Scouts have great buckets though.
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