Darth Vader 1:1 Star Wars Concept Helmet EFx Signed By Ralph McQuarrie 27/250 For Sale
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Darth Vader 1:1 Star Wars Concept Helmet EFx Signed By Ralph McQuarrie 27/250:
$12327.00
”Ten thousand?! You could almost buy your own ship for that!” - Luke Skywalker
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This is an extremely rare (no exaggeration here), highly coveted Darth Vader Helmet, made by eFx under license from Lucasfilm Ltd. pre Disney.
If it doesn’t look quite like what you remember seeing in the movies, it’s because this is the look of Darth Vader as conceived and illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie under direction of George Lucas, which helped to bring about the look ultimately sculpted by Brian Muir.
The Darth Vader conceptual Helmet you see here was digitally realized by veteran sculptor Jay Kushwara, with the approval of Ralph McQuarrie. (Kushwara also sculpted the highly praised Animated Series Batmobile for DC Collectibles)
Unlike the familiar Black (and yes gunmetal grey) Vader we are all used to seeing, the color on this concept helmet appears as a dark metalflake BLUE that comes out beautifully in light just like the original painting!
McQuarrie’s illustration of Darth Vader, which was also the cover art for the first novelisation of Star Wars, is shown in the pix for comparison.
A numbered metal plaque, with plaque holder, (#27 out of 250) which is hand Signed RMcQ by the late great Ralph McQuarrie, accompanies with this set.
Limited to 250 pcs worldwide, It sold out within minutes!! It has never been worn and was only briefly displayed!
Darth Vader, or McVader, as he was affectionately called by the producing team, comes complete with all paperwork and packaging.
Will be shipped in its original brown shipping box.
Pictures are of the actual helmet in this tiny chip on the front center of the display base’s edge. I used bright light so it’s visible in the picture. It should have been touched up at the factory, but was missed. It’s so negligible I didn’t even notice til I finally removed it from the box for display, but I didn’t bother to touch up since it’s as easy as taking a paint marker to it. It’s pictured with the plaque.
The original certificate it comes with has a pop out gimmick but they were all defective so it doesn’t slide out smoothly and efx never got around to replacing any of them.
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