The 501st, for those not aware, are a group of guys that do pretty awesome Star Wars costumes. They decided to do a huge charity auction of custom stormtrooper helmets at the Star Wars Celebration convention (which I unfortunately haven’t attended yet) and raised an absolute ton of money. Check out all the helmets here. [...]
I’m not sure if I find these godawful looking or cool, but I do know I won’t be able to afford them, since they’re a custom with a limited run by Diversitile. I will admit, the arc reactor is a super nice touch.
There’s certain franchises that have so much merchandise that you simply get fed up with how they’re willing to slap their product on everything. Star Wars passed that long ago, but Star Wars does have one pretty unique edge on most other overmarketed franchises…sometimes they’ll come out with something so hilarious and downright awesome that [...]