# Stormtrooper armor

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormtrooper-armor/130474>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 2, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormtrooper-armor/130474 "2002-10-02T01:25:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![joemama24\_98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormtrooper-armor/130474/1 "2002-10-02T01:25:04Z")

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Has anyone built or purchased a Stormtrooper body armor suit, a la Star Wars? An example can be seen here:

[http://www.toysrgus.com/images-repli/marco-stormtrooper.html](http://www.toysrgus.com/images-repli/marco-stormtrooper.html)

I see these going on e-bay for several hundred dollars (for the good ones). Can anyone offer tips as to how/where to get one (cheaply)?

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**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormtrooper-armor/130474/2 "2002-10-02T02:39:42Z")

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Click on ‘Build your armor’ here : [http://www.501st.com](http://www.501st.com)

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**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stormtrooper-armor/130474/3 "2002-10-02T03:38:55Z")

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[This site](http://www.studiocreations.com/stormtrooper/main.shtml) has some instructions, and links for purchasing ones others make. But I don’t think they’re exactly being mass-produced, so prices aren’t going to be too low.