Sorry if I had not been participating to this forum since almost 3 months but I had to take a break with my hobby for professionnal and familly reasons...
This being said, I found a few days ago on a local fleamarket a HUGE darth vader head. It is vacuum formed. But it doesnt mention any producer, date or whatsoevre. I would like to upload the pics but I did not succeed...
Moderator please help :O)

Welcome back.  Have you got the picture uploaded to photobucket or?
I remember a promotional item for a tyre company or something like that :scratch: 
Bill will know.

Thanks James. Ah Ok - Photobucket is the way to go wit the upload. Sorry, sounds like I came back from another planet. I will have a try.
Ok Here are the links, not sure if this is the proper way to do it /
https://s771.photobucket.com/user/sgtblueberry/media/TIG/DSC_0045_zpscdeb1fe5.jpg.html

Its really BIG I placed a DV figure near to it so you can have a better idea of its size! I am curious to hear for whick kind of promo this had been used.


Alex



https://s771.photobucket.com/user/sgtblueberry/media/TIG/DSC_0048_zps0baa17e7.jpg.html

Don't have any info on that big DV head, just wanted to chime in and say it is really good to see you back here, Alex

I hope things are going better for you now.

Cheers,
Marco

Maybe something custom, I remember a guy selling stormtrooper helmets that looked similar mounted in a frame on ebay?

Hi Alex,

When using photobucket, you can click on the 'IMG' link next to the picture to grab the link.
Paste the link in a post and voila!





And this is how it's made

Nice work on the video Fred  

and good to see back at TIG Alex

http://forum.rebelscum.com/t965808-2/

Thanks for your warm welcome guys !!! I really feel like home here!
Thargoil and James thank you for both the movie and link (and how to properly post the pics!!), and this great to know where this pieces comes from.
So its not a licensed piece but it still displays cool!

This is certainly an odd piece. These have turned up over the years, largely due to them
being reproduced from the original form(s)
I've tracked them back to being used as store displays at a few places in the UK. One was
an ice cream type of shop, and the other was a tire shop. (like I said, "Odd")
They are cool display pieces, and turn up with a fair amount of regularity. Usually I tell
people that $40-50usd for a nice example is a good price.

Bill

Thanks Bill!

I paid 25€ (ie about 40USD) on the fleamarket. The head is in good condition but dusty. So I guess it was not the deal of the century but I quite like it as it is really a cool display.

Alex

Jedi Blueberry wrote:

Thanks Bill!
I paid 25€ (ie about 40USD) on the fleamarket. The head is in good condition but dusty. So I guess it was not the deal of the century but I quite like it as it is really a cool display.
Alex

Absolutely Alex - if anything, it's certainly an eye catcher. The displays were designed to use two
of these, shot in a white-ish plastic, and positioned back to back inside a lighted frame (really showing
off that high relief/3D effect of the Vader helmet)
As you can see in the pic above, there isn't much you can't do with these. (The coffee table is AWESOME !!!)
The only downside really is just how large they are. Great pick up for the 25/40usd !!

Bill

found one here on youtube...