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https://youtu.be/tuXbGWRD17k

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WHOA! awesome!! never thought I'd see this happen.

very cool! did he state whose armor kit that was?

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It's definitely TE armor, but he didnt say so. Or did you mean who own the kit?
apparently theres gonna be a full edited video of the build at some point.

He did say he had to make the fiberglass look aluminum, and you could see the TE imprint on the tail pad, so that must be one of the TE/Chef "official casts" that was posted to TEs Facebook a while back.

Or recast fiberglass nickatron TE colonial marine armor.
I messaged chef on June 1st and he said they haven’t started on that yet. (I’m on the list for a set) it’s not fiberglass but plastic abs. And he also said he wouldn’t do kits because he wanted to limit the potential threat of recasting.

That's surprising since he actually has done an episode with Terry English for authentic Excalibur armour. I can't imagine he would have to resort to recasts. He had an 'in' with the man himself. Maybe a special one-off?

I’m not saying Adam is recasting. I’m talking about the armor. I can see the TE mark but the armor is fiberglass. The only TE fiberglass armor out there (a few years ago) was from Nickatron who recasted his own TE armor and sold some kits. I have one. Adam probably got it second hand or directly from Nick a while back? Like I said from messaging chef for a update on the plastic TE armor, this is what he said to me.

Chef:
Morning.

We've not got round to completing that project yet.
Too busy with other stuff.

When we catch up, we'll get you sorted out.

We will probably only do fully built sets, only to deter the recasters a bit.

Edit** this is to my knowledge, and I may be wrong but chef has never done fiberglass kits? He’s always done plastic kits. I owned a bunch of his stuff over the years.

Another edit lol* I just checked my recast Nickatron fiberglass armor and it doesn’t have his marking on the tail plate. So I don’t think it can be it? I wonder where that armor came from. I’ll message Rob and see if I can get more info.

This thread is gonna be a doozie. That armor did look hefty, could have been one of those chef/Te fiberglass kits. I bet we will find out when the final video is released. I sure do wish the video had some more enthusiasm. It looked like he was doing someone a favor by making it. That bright green, ewwww.
Imagine if anybody ever consulted the members of this board first. wont ever happen. ha!
Bacta, to my knowledge Nickatron only made the one kit for himself and never intended to have to sell it.

There are probably NDAs involved in things. I lay odds adam savage was careful to not set false expectations on things. I would also say he is painfully aware of the recasting issues on things.

But I would also say that adam savage may end up releasing exacting measurements on how to do it yourself.

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Thanks seven!

I totally believe you and am with you Bacta. I was just saying I don't think a man of Adam Savage's means and connections would even need to dig up 20 year old recast sets. I'm still thinking this is classic 'celebrity special treatment' fully endorsed/enabled by Terry (or more likely his team). In the end, I am sure the final video will reveal all secrets.

True.. I want celebrity special treatment haha. But yes that armor looks nice, and fiberglass. I definitely want to know more.


I agree with seven the color… Adam should have printed out photos to get the color and pattern correct.. CRINGE… he has the skill to get it looking accurate.

I remember when he posted the ghostbuster gear video and was talking how big of a fan he was. He attached the elbow pads to the knees. Hahahaha oh Adam.

This comes up as 'Members Only Content' which is a shame as I'd like to see this one.

Harry

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shoulder lamp build

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijosoNfEBP4

maybe someone has inroads with adam savage? Now the question to ask is, what is his service number?

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Adam's "replica builds" the last few years have been incredibly disappointing. It's as though he just doesn't give a crap anymore and is simply cranking out content.

His lamp is a replica of a replica from Prop Store, for cripes' sake, and yet he's using parts some of us would give our eyeteeth for. I can only brace myself for the disaster of a motion tracker he's promising.

Imagine all the inaccurate threads and arguments in the comments that will be appearing on The RPF very soon. God I'm glad I have the Aliens Legacy to come and hide from the world in. *hides real parts and locks front door*

I've posted a link to the Legacy on Adam's shoulder lamp video, see if we can't get him in here for some chat

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The fact he reeled off several forum names at the start of the video and neglected us was a bit of a gut punch. Hopefully he comes around!

Nobody knows about us and that might be a good thing now that i think about it.

Thing is we come up in google searches all the time. Could he have done it on purpose to keep us off the radar? We need to see if we can run him down at a con and get him one of our cards.

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Tested likes to push The RPF and TDH as *the* forums.... make of that what you will.

“...make of that what you will”


Pfffft.

^^