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Obi-Dawn Kenobi
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http://windlassstudios.com/t-land-starwars.aspx
http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/You_Say_You_Want_Great_Licensed_Star_Wars_Costumes_112698.asp
Museum Replicas Joins With Lucas Licensing for Star WarsECollectibles
New Agreements Begin This Month for Collectible Replica Clothing and Armor
Fans and collectors will find new lines of collectibles from Museum Replicas and their new licensing division Windlass Studios in 2008; it was announced today by Museum Replicas. Lucas Licensing’s STAR WARS replica clothing and armor licensee will assume the design and production of the high-end, collectible ensembles and full sets of the iconic armor including stormtrooper and bounty hunter armor.
Museum Replica’s line will debut in the spring and continues the remarkable popularity of high-end collectibles for discerning STAR WARS enthusiasts. The line will feature replica clothing and armor of such unforgettable characters as Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Maul, PadmEAmidala, Anakin Skywalker, Boba Fett, Han Solo and Princess Leia.
Newly formed Windlass Studios will develop, manufacture and distribute collectible, limited-edition replicas of full-sized and wearable ensembles. They expect the first ensembles to be available for pre-order in the spring while the armor is set to be unveiled for the first time at San Diego Comic-Con International in July.
The STAR WARS clothing and armor collection can be seen in person at the Museum Replicas/Windlass Studios exhibitor booths at the International Costume Show Las Vegas, San Diego Comic-Con International & Atlanta Dragon*Con 2008
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www.windlassstudios.com
What does everyone think about this? Will the quality be up to costumer's standards?
I'm really curious about the Padme costumes and how accurate the detailing will be.
edit: This sounds interesting (taken from an interview with a MR rep):
CP: Will the costumes be replicas of pieces that were used in filming or will they be idealized versions of what people 'thought' they saw on-screen? (This is always a bone of contention among collectors)
RC: They will be as close as is humanly possible to the screen worn versions. …Again with all the bells & whistles. Keep in mind that in the 70’s, there wasn’t the thought to keep wardrobes around for posterity or an after market of collectors like today. Throw in that some garments were true one-offs like Padme’s gowns (we’re doing some of those too) or the past decades may have seen a particular textile go extinct so that’s why we say as close as humanly possible. A few things just don’t exist any longer in any way for reference. What is extremely rare and very cool in our opinion is that we also plan to make all layers of an outfit, even the ones you don’t see on screen. In addition most fans don’t realize all the little unseen details that were done to the various outfits to get the garments to look right or sit perfectly depending on the scene. These little details will be there also. Some of the material is still being made from the original outfits, but most isn’t which means we need to custom make many of these garments from scratch. The research we are doing with Lucasfilm makes incredible accuracy still possible though. Naturally as the films evolved and interest grew more and more of this valuable reference was kept safe and these incredible outfits have been made available to us
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Sounds like Lucas has had enough of us making this stuff instead of buying it, and those that make and sell Star Wars costumes. As you know, Lucas would NEVER do anything to hurt his loyal fans...
But he's sold the license to these guys and rubies (Who are coming out with a Supreme Deluxe Stormtrooper, like the Supreme Vader), and now it's out of his hands. When MR or Rubies takes someone to the cleaners for copyright infringement, Lucas can just say "I'm not doing it, they have the license, it's their right."
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Miana Kenobi
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I'm actually really worried about these. They say they're going to be as close to screen accurate... but I have a sinking feeling that they won't be.
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Their clothing quality is usually decent. Sometimes poor. Occasionally great. I'll be interested in seeing what they do on this - luckily I live about an hour and a half from their store, so I forsee a road trip later this year...
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Well.....we can use their now-gone(??) LOTR Line as an example of the level of accuracy they're gonna give us for SW.
Certain thing will still be made inaccurate to differ it from the original or cut cost but at least its quality will be 10x (or 100x) better than Rubies stuffs.
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Sister_Sola
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This sounds very interesting! I'm curious to see how they come out. Using original fabrics left over from production on some of them? Did I read that right? I'd get an Amidala as a collectible just for that!
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Darth_Eagle posted:
Well.....we can use their now-gone(??) LOTR Line as an example of the level of accuracy they're gonna give us for SW.
Certain thing will still be made inaccurate to differ it from the original or cut cost but at least its quality will be 10x (or 100x) better than Rubies stuffs.
I'm not familiar with the company in question; those of you who have had experience, please elaborate! :~)
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Obi-Dawn Kenobi
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I don't know if I've ever seen any of their LOTR costumes in person or not, but there are some photos of them on page three of this thread at RebelScum:
http://threads.rebelscum.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=3089892&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=3&vc=1
But I do vaguely recall people saying that the LOTR costumes weren't as nicely made as some fan made ones, so I suppose we'll just have to wait and see. *shrug*
I am excited to see the mannequins they will offer for displaying these. Those could be really cool!
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It'll be interestingto see which costumes/costume pieces they offer.
I'm crossing my fingers for a Ceremonial Luke jacket of decent quality.
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Sister_Sola posted:
This sounds very interesting! I'm curious to see how they come out. Using original fabrics left over from production on some of them? Did I read that right? I'd get an Amidala as a collectible just for that!
That caught my attention, too. There's specifically two fabrics out there that I would LOVE to get my hands on. I might actually purchase the gown, if they make it. Who knows?
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I think this is great! Most of the people posting in here are very meticulous when it comes to the details, it's important that there are a lot of people out there who care more about getting something that makes them feel like they are part of Star Wars. Even if these costumes were just better than the Rubies I would say it was great and I would look forward to seeing more people in SW-costumes. If they turn out to be really good costumes and have original materials in them, well then it's juat a wonderful bonus.
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Gosh, I don't know how I feel about this. I think part of me may feel a little like some of the Vader costumers felt when Rubies started to make the Vader costume. I've alway liked knowing that for the most part, what I see fans wear at conventions has been fan made and not mass produced. I also really hope that all of Museum Replica's research is coming from LFL, and not from the fans who have worked very hard to track some of these fabrics down and have openly shared these sources on the fan groups. *sigh* That's just the way life works. Even their comments about some fabrics no longer being around sounds like all the stuff we fans have been commenting on (Leia, 70's Quianna, *cough cough*)
On the other hand, I do remember a lot of the LOTR stuff was not all that accurate. So I'm kind of stunned they claim all the little details will be there when the correct fabric covered buttons were missing on Frodo's pants, and the Arwen wedding gown was made out of such poor quality velvet that the pile literally rubbed off of the garment and had bald spots after a few wearings. 
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