So, like I suggested in the last post, when I started looking for armor I checked out eBay (tempting, but can be Very Risky), etsy (a lot less risky, but really just best for parts and pieces - I'll cover that more later), whitearmor.net (highly recommended!) and joined the First Order Stormtroopers Facebook page.
It was on the First Order Stormtroopers page that I saw that one of the guys was looking to sell a Jim Tripon Flexible Fiberglass FO TK kit that he had. He said he had bought it and realized he just had too many projects going.
That was great news for me!
His pricing was fair, but more than that he was a) a guy in the same country I'm in and other guys vouched for his honesty; b) had the kit boxed and ready to go.
Note: These kits, even the ones made by a big company like Anovos, are often made at time of ordering, so they can take A LONG time (some people have been waiting for Anovos kits for years), so do your due diligence and be prepared to wait a few weeks . . . at least.
So . . . I bought it!
It arrived beautifully packaged in under a week.
His pricing was fair, but more than that he was a) a guy in the same country I'm in and other guys vouched for his honesty; b) had the kit boxed and ready to go.
Note: These kits, even the ones made by a big company like Anovos, are often made at time of ordering, so they can take A LONG time (some people have been waiting for Anovos kits for years), so do your due diligence and be prepared to wait a few weeks . . . at least.
So . . . I bought it!
It arrived beautifully packaged in under a week.
I really regret not taking a picture of the inside of the box (a video would have been even better). Jim Tripon is kind of famous for how efficiently he packages a set of armor, but I was just two excited to unpack everything. (Plus, let's not lie, this is a lot of money to spend, especially on line, and I was worried not everything would be in the box or as described. My apologies to Jim Hall, whom at the time I did not know at all.)
It's not as big of a box as one might expect. (20wx22x16h)
I unpacked everything and set it out on the Kitchen Table. (My wife was surprisingly understanding!)
This picture shows some of how things were packed and the box in the background.
Here's everything slightly better organized.
And I call this picture "The Obligatory New Raw Helmet Selfie"
I posted these pictures on our Family Messenger and on The First Order Stormtrooper Facebook Page.
These are the response GIFs from my boys:
from Crew
From Reef
Let the Fun begin!
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