CSMacLaren wrote:
Sorry if this is off topic, but if the VP and TM share the same source, then how did one get smaller than the other?
The source is the screen used ANH helmet... unless I got it wrong. It was molded and produced something like the TM helmet...
Then a TM helmet was molded for ESB with the dome mech addition that the ring could be screwed onto was done (unless that was custom done for all the ESB helmets - I'm still not completely clear on that - in which case they didn't mold the TM, but just used TM casts
(I'm only using the TM name in this instance as an example)).
Then either a new cast was made from the mold of the TM or a new mold was made for RotJ. If made from a TM or a cleaned up raw cast ESB... it could be generationally smaller - I don't know how it works in the movie biz, but recast model kits are measurably smaller than the original they were cast from.
And I highly doubt that the original molds still work today.
And David... I think you got it right. Something is definitely not right in that line-up and hope SL will clarify things soon.
However... is this topic about fan-made helmets or movie helmets?