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To answer some questions.....
The Donatello head cost me $250. Lance at "XDFX" only made (1) turtle head sculpt...all he does to make a different turtle, is add the different colored bandana, and a scar for Raph. I have talked to Lance about doing a movie 1 "Shredder Helmet", and he said that he'd love to do it...but only if he could change one thing. He never liked the huge size of the "mouth piece" of the helmet from the original movie, and he told me that he would only build me a Shredder helmet if I allowed him to scale down the size of the mouth piece. He told me in an e-mail that he could do the Shredder helmet sculpt/build for about $1,500. I still have that e-mail he sent me...but maybe he will charge more now...that was about a year ago.
The turtle head is very thick rubber/latex and is hollow/empty inside. There is NO fiberglass core or any foam support inside. The eyes are painted to look real...they are NOT glass. You see through the mask exactly like the actors in the turtle movies...through tiny slits under the bandana below the eyes. The head is pretty solid and does not "squish" in easily at all. It will stretch to go over your head, but ALWAYS maintains its form/shape.
The (2) pieces of bandana that hang down in the back, for some reason are very "curly". If you want the cloth to lay FLAT like in my pics, you will have to spray "starch" on the bandana pieces in the back and IRON them for about 15 minutes...then put a few heavy books on them over night. The next day, the bandana pieces should be very flat and look great!
The original turtle costume mold built by XDFX is mostly still OK. The areas on the mold that are ruined is the fore arms, upper torso/shoulder/bicep area, upper legs, from the knee to the crotch. Other than that, the rest of the costume can still be made. Here is the breakdown that Lance gave me on the pieces I ordered.
1) The Head...$250
2) Neck Piece...$100
3) (2) hands...$150 (for both)
4) (2) lower legs with feet...$200 (for both)
5) (2) leather wrist bands (2) leather knee pads...$105
Obviously, I did not order the shell. Lance told me that the shell mold was still OK...but VERY expensive...$1,000.
I also plan on ordering the other 3 Turtles' heads from Lance over the next year to display. I wore the head for about 2 hours on Halloween night and after about one hour, I was sweating so badly that my sweat was somehow pouring through the bandana of the mask between the eyes, and sweat was running down the outside of the mouth of the head. It looked like "Donnie" was drooling over April.
I'll try to e-mail a few more pics of the head to Nelson, so he can post them for you to see.
- Trevor
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