Most expensive part sacrificed for a custom.

Yup, this cost me a whole Hamilton to replace:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An expensive enough mistake. I didn't know how rare the dark grey visors were till it was too late : (

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~MCN Moderator of the Minifig MOCs Forum~

I too cut up one of them Phar.... havent done anything with it yet either, but I think I will eventually.

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Emily J. Brownlow

MCN Supervisor Moderator

Leader of the Sneaky Forum Ninja Assasination Squad

~Custom Cast Helmets and Hairpieces~

Maybe one of these days someone will actually make "wing" adornments to go on the side of helmets. Hmmmm.

-A

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"Hmmmm....I wonder who will make that"
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BrickForge Custom Brick & Minifig Accessories

My Jango Fett helmet/jetpack.

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MCN Moderator of Customizing Tips, Techniques & Questions

mine would just be one of those pearl grey mandalorian helmets, but it is still WIP until I can find a good grey paint.
It was only $4.50

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~Crazy Boy / Ollie  
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an episode 2 clone helmet...i tried to cut of a part from the face and put in a visor but it went utterly wrong and i had to throw the piece away... :( the trooper itself cost me around 12 dollars

But then i think " oh well! its only a clone trooper!" ;D

TC

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"This is the judgement of the righteous, scum!"

I would never be so blasphemous as to defile a perfectly good lego part by CHOPPING IT UP LIKE A SAVAGE!!!! ;-)

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Ethan, how come your dark gray visor cost you so much? The Bricklink going price seems to be 2-3$

Just cuious ; )

~Amanda

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My B-Shelf (Under Construction)

That's bizarre. Oh wait, when I ordered it there were very few US sellers and those that had them had minimum order. Even filling the order to the minimum, it rounded out to about 10 dollars. Basically, I still blame Rec for giving me the idea to remove the holder ; )

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~MCN Moderator of the Minifig MOCs Forum~

i too cut up a jango fett helm thats a 40$ figure... 

and i painted the jet pack!! too lol

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Not a custom minifig but I painted a three headed dog top head piece white to put onto a dragon body when making a taun-taun. I really regret it now, because I have about five dragons but only one three headed dog.

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Merkle

Mine was when I slashed a ep3 clone helmet to pieces, because my fav head was stuck inside. :'(

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"Who told you to die? Keep fighting!"  Comissar Otto Xavier

Man I hate it when that happens. I ruined one of my favorite modified helms that way. It wasn't the most expensive in terms of money but it was a lot of effort that almost got thrown away. What head was it that was so important?

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~MCN Moderator of the Minifig MOCs Forum~

It was a head with a decal that i had made. It had a comlink and stuff like that. I put it in, and remembered that ep3 clone helms need a black head to represent the visor. and since there was a decal, it was stuck in tight. i Tryed plyers, hot running water, nothing worked. so then i used my pocket knife to cut of the helm, and then saw that the decal was ruined from the water. ;'(

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"Who told you to die? Keep fighting!"  Comissar Otto Xavier

yeah, sorry about that, but luckily you can get a whole lot o clones from the battlepacks.

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stewie for govenor.
just call me Matt

Now, I've been out of the country for a bit, but when I decided to segregate a Mandalorian Helm, Boba Fett packs were still far cheaper and far more prolific than the (then newly released) Jango Fett packs...so I just chopped one of those up and repainted it.  So, you know, $4 or $5 there.

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Chinese knock-offs are terrible.

I can't believe you savages cut up a Jango fett piece. He is my favoite character, AND I HAD TO TRADE MY DARTH MAUL FIGURE FOR IT!

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I am the chosen one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(but of what?)

An off topic question: The Darth Maul head I have isnt in very good shape, (the red looks pink) does anyone have an idea how to make it like new again? Should I paint on some red over top or some thing? Thanks in advance.

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"Who told you to die? Keep fighting!"  Comissar Otto Xavier

If you can still see the head, make a decal of it and use it(That's would I would do) 

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I am the chosen one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(but of what?)

I can't believe you savages cut up a Jango fett piece. He is my favoite character, AND I HAD TO TRADE MY DARTH MAUL FIGURE FOR IT!

If you traded a Maul for a Jango you got the better deal. Mauls come cheaply on bricklink.

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That's good, cause I left out the cape and hood in the deal!But still, I have never ruined a piece for a custom......yet

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I am the chosen one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(but of what?)

Holy, you got Jango for Darth Maul that came without hood or cape?!?!? That is a good deal.....................

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"Who told you to die? Keep fighting!"  Comissar Otto Xavier

I'm special!(also, the guy I was trading with knew nothing about lego.)

Actually, now that I think about it I once took apart a yoda head for the ears, but I screwed that up.

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I am the chosen one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(but of what?)

 

ok......WHERE CAN YOU FIND THOSE?? I would give an arm, a leg, and a couple toenails for some of those silver mando helmets.

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The illustrious JBF...no comment, pls.

Yeah.... I had about 8 of those mando silver helms, 1 Jango helm, and 2 Boba helms. I kept the Jango and Boba helms, but I cut up all but two of the silver helms. Four of them that I cut up seem to be usable, and the other few I'll use for "spare parts". I wish I would have kept most of them in one peice....

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Keep Customizing!

-Jon

Where'd you get'em?

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The illustrious JBF...no comment, pls.

I'm going to e-mail the person who I got them from and see if it's ok that I tell everyone. K? BTW, they cost me $0.75 a peice. :)

EDIT: I e-mailed the owner of the store (Amazing Bricks on Bricklink), and she no longer has any more in stock. Darn. Time to break out the silicon mold kit!

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Keep Customizing!

-Jon