Ohhh My Brain is starting to Hurt!!

Quite a few, but also some measurements were kindly provided by helmet owners...

Thomas where did you hear the VP came from a ROTJ casting?
Were you told this or is it a conclusion you came to yourself?

It came from an original mould in Elstree studios - it wasn't copied from a helmet.
All the cleanup was done by the guy that did the cast - when it came out of the mould the tabs were completely intact for instance.
Any missing detail is due to the fact the prop maker cleaned the cast for promo use as opposed to the detail being absent in the mould.

Hi,

Anson the clean up work on the VP master was not done for promotional work I believe it was done because the prop maker was going to clean up the master and the paint it for a display piece for himself he just didn't bother cleaning it up that much and left it sitting for years in storage.

The LFL mould was used for the VP master and there was a helmet made for the promotional work from the VP master that got painted and fully finished off and was used for the promotion in the early / mid nineties. I might have a (bad) pic of the Vader that was used in the promotion from a magazine of that time. I will look for the pic.

I have no idea how much clean up the one used for the promotion had done to it but I would imagine a lot to get it looking good for the public to see.

Just for a bit of clarity.

Cheers Chris.