Well, like I said, I have not seen anything from the actual new production myself yet. I have just heard a few things from collectors so far.Ronin wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 8:18 am Right. but Kit also mentioned the other helms had rivet changes that were wrong from 2015 that were supposed to be corrected.
I hate to have to pass on these this time around but, it's hard to buy them knowing they're an inferior version even if only slightly.
The issue in 2015 was primarily rivets. Some were added where they were not before, and some that were small and flat before, were made slightly larger and domed. There were some steel bands that were a bit uneven too. They were fixed on the approval samples this time around, but I don't know if they followed that in production, other than the Gondorian helm. There was also an issue with the wing crest shapes on Isildur's helm in 2015. They did make new tooling and correct that this time. I can't imagine they did not use it in production, but I have not see it yet.