Star Wars Helmets

Hi Amy, all good points. Yeah the front-heavy thing is something I’ve tried to stress In my review's etc lest someone was considering it as a costuming piece - which it absolutely isn’t (but then understandably most people are wary of costuming with such an expensive lid I suppose). Interesting what you say about the visor tint. In 'the good old days' of EFX I would’ve put this down to them precisely matching against the screen-used helmets. Now I’m not so sure and wonder if the China factory just bought whatever they could find! Though I’ve handled original Scout helmets, I wasn’t able to compare side-by-side for my review but maybe in the future sometime Anyway, you’ve got a good display piece - although I would absolutely recommend the RS over and above it if you can get one. Cheers Jez

Amy, as Andry has said it’s a decent enough display helmet which will most likely retain its value over time - and may even increase. However it absolutely couldn’t be used as part of a costume as the weight on the front is just too great It’s certainly not something any of us could have reasonably predicted. Previous EFX have been on the whole excellent over the years. It’s just a shame they now seem to be going off the rails Cheers Jez

Thanks guys, yes unfortunately the downside in this hobby is that you occasionally come into contact with people who have clear certain "agenda's" (shills or otherwise). For anyone still waiting for their Limited, or who have preordered the Legend - and you need the Licensing contact at Disney then please let me know. It clear to me that EFX can only motivated by pressure from Disney. Cheers Jez

Good point. IMO what happened here is that the helmet we have now is Exactly the same as the first prototype EFX made over four years ago. They realised they had problems with the difference in materials, its impact on the pivot and the opening/closing etc - so they just put it to one side so they could concentrate on more fun projects (cus trawling around the archives and then making casts and one off prototypes is always more fun, right?) So they delayed, one factory went bust, whatever until a load of pesky disgruntled customers contacted Disney - who then promptly asked EFX "wtf guys". So EFX then digs out the shitty prototype moulds and starts production - and I’m sure showed the Licensing team some neat PowerPoint slides on how great the Legend was going to be (spoiler: it’s not, it’s going to be the same as this - imagine a scout version of the PCR Stormtrooper helmet, only $900!). Then cue the ex EFX employees and shills keeping a face Kellyanne Conway would be proud of, telling everyone what a great job they’d done, Rinse and repeat in a year or so for the "Legend". We got duped! Cheers Jez

Yep this nails it for me too. The EFX is a crushing disappointment since was clearly rushed out by EFX as they had Disney on their backs. The problems you see now are the same ones they had four years ago. I don’t have a Lone Wolf (although have heard great things) but the RS PropMasters I have is incredibly, and save for a slightly different hard hat liner is almost indistinguishable from the screen-used helmet I reviewed a few years back. I also have an Altmann's I bought over ten years ago - which still holds up extremely well and is a great trooping helmet - though suffers just a little in the accuracy department. I too haven’t handled any of the others either (except the Don Post!) so cant comment on any of those - but I’m sure they’d give the EFX a run for its money! However, if someone had told you four years ago that the EFX would only be vying for 3rd/4th best Scout helmet you wouldn’t have believed them. It just shows how the once-mighty EFX has fallen. Thanks for the kind comments about my site Cheers Jez StarWarsHelmets.com

Really great work - well done! Cheers Jez