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I mean, yes, but also there are manufacturing considerations. If they can't produce them at a low enough unit cost to be able to sell them at a price point that appeals to their target market, they won't. Can't vacuum form these, and injection molds are super expensive, so they'd probably be fiberglass like the rest of the "Premier" line, which the cosplay community tends not to favor. Same argument for the armor, so I doubt we'll see them hit the mass market. But we can hope.

12/2/23 - Carrie Tingley Foundation Cookies With Santa 89th TK troop, 44 for 2023. Official event selfie! Four of us attended... ... and TK9-Mabel. She got to troop also. This event was Festival of the Trees in years past, but the organizers did cookies with Santa this year instead. More personal, more time with the kids, and only Santa and the 501st. Most of the garrison was preparing a float for a local Christmas parade, so it was a light turn out for this event. But it was still fantastic. The personal time with the kids was... well, I don't wanna say "great" but it felt like I was doing some actual good. Spreading smiles. Helping. Like I was at my post or something. Mabel spread a ton of smiles too. She was the star of the show. Santa took a break from his big chair and hung out with us Bad Guys for a while. He suggested we MIGHT be on the good list this year. We didn't stay on the good list very long unfortunately. Mabel and I couldn't resist. After 2 hours, she was pretty tired and ready to stop trooping. We all agreed with the tiny dog that our tanks were empty. This is her post-troop happy face. On a somber note, we discovered that Mabel has cancer in her little snoot (the puffy spot on her right side). That's been causing health issues for all her little life. She's only 2 years old. It may be a treatable kind and we have a vet oncology visit this upcoming week. Until then, I'm trying to make each of her days as good as possible, full of treats and trips out.

10/28/23 - Boo at the Zoo 86th TK troop, 41 for the year CREB 5435 - 27th troop and 12th for the year BOO AT THE ZOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I love this troop. Always such a good time. We had lots of TKs, lots of Jawas, lots of rebels, and lots of fun. Mandos don't like spiders. It's a thing. I rode the carousel! I didn't break my butt! We met some REALLY tall people. Really, my daughter and I are standing. ... We trooped for like 5 hours. My daughter and I were the last standing. She went back to change and I realized I didn't get to see the elephants yet. The elephants in the ABQ zoo are in a back corner and they have a huge habitat. It's apparently one of the best in the nation (or possibly THE best one). Lots of happy elephants. Acres and acres to play in, most of which is visible around the huge habitat. There was no one at all present. Just this adorable little lady and her snack box. (I think this is Rosie) She and I hung out for a good 5 minutes all by ourselves. She ate nom-noms out of the treat cage. I took some pix, then removed my bucket and just existed with her. So peaceful. One of my top 3 zoo moments in my life at any zoo.

10/27/23 - Rice/Laforce Wedding 85th TK troop, 40 for the year, and I wore my HWT! Wedding troop!!! And this one was extremely fun. The bride and groom were Jedi and TK. The groom received his armor just days prior to the ceremony. Master Kai kept her eye on me. Fellow honor guard. And the TKs with the groom. He's VERY tall for a TK but looked great for his first suit up and the ceremony.

Oh haha! Gotcha No need to apologize, I appreciate the discussion and the nod. I'm often the one playing devil's advocate in these situations, so I can fully appreciate where you're coming from. But I still do feel that DN produces several helmets that fall into the same bucket of, difficulty to produce and having a small audience. I don't have false hope and I don't want to give anyone false hope, but it certainly can't hurt if we all speak up. If we organize and make our voice heard, even if it's just like maybe 15 of us, the worst they can do is nothing and then we're in no different situation than we are now, you know? I'll leave it at that for now lol

125 troops and 7 years in my Anovos TK and still going strong! 12/7/23 - Tampa General Hospital Reindeer Reunion Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Event: #187 Event Name: Toys of Hope Holiday Party Location: Oheka Castle - Huntington, NY Date: 12/5/23

Sorry, Mark Von Ohlen, their Brand Manager (though he just got a promotion, I hear...). Also, another sorry - not to imply any negativity with my comments. If anything, my thoughts just highlight the importance of the incredible work you (and Nico) have done to enable the community to have a highly accurate model available to print ourselves. I often just can't help playing devil's advocate or pointing out additional info/viewpoints. Additional updates look incredible!

11/18/23 - 2nd Annual Toy Drive for Haven House (1 of 8) 87th TK troop, 42 for the year We don't have much in the calendar for November, but there's EIGHT of these toy collection troops for Haven House. It's a fantastic cause. The first troop was extremely rainy. I was soaked after 15 minutes. We called it shortly after I arrived to work the 2nd shift. heh 11/25/23 - 2nd Annual Toy Drive for Haven House (3 of 8) 88th TK troop, 43 for the year This troop was frigid. Almost freezing and we're all standing in the shade the whole time. I brought something warm. Jedi cloak!!! It looked pretty decent and in-universe. I stayed a bit warmer. But man... so cold. The hand warmers I taped to my chest and the ones I shoved in my gloves didn't help a lot. We called this one early too.

Okay, I'm SUUUUPER behind on updates. I'm gonna have to phone some of these in so I can get caught up. 10/26/23 - Make a Wish Spooktacular Trunk-R-Treat 84rd TK troop, 39 for the year CREB 5435 - 26th troop and 11th for the year Mandos are friendly, right? They certainly like TKs, right? TKs aren't good at stealth. Or hot-wiring police cars. Don't ask me how I know. Fortunately Mr Pool helped me out of that tricky spot. And then I helped my daughter get some candy. This WAS a Trick-r-treat event after all and her bucket needed some tribute poured into it.