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Despite how many official preorders shipped in the last couple weeks I still grabbed a few of the new aliexpress bootleg clones, because ARF troopers are my weakness and hasbro hasn't put any out in over a decade. The bootleg-original helmets look great, they seem accurate in design and scale as far as I can tell, but they have a pretty severe flaw in that they made these brand-new helmets removable ones that still have a clone head underneath. There's some warping on the visor of my "Phase II" ARF, which will probably be fixable with some hot water, but would've not been there in the first place if the helmet wasn't still a softer plastic so it can be removable. This seems like a guarantee they won't ever switch to the non-removable official phase II helmet, which sucks and will definitely be a dealbreaker for some people; that being said, at $11 I still like these guys enough to be glad I got them, and I'll pick up some more later, because at hasbro's current pace we'll never ever get these kinds of obscure clones within this decade.
