Original Tron Helmet

I love the TRON movie from 1982. I always thought the Identity discs were cool but kinda cheesy looking. But the helmets a freaking awesome. Like most props of the past, the Tron costumes were put together from found items (example:the graflex flash used to make lightsabers). So when I found out that the Tron Helmets were made out of Cooper SK 2000/2001 Hockey Helmets I snatched one up.

This should be a fairly easy project; buy the helmet, clean it up, and paint it. The hardest part was forking up the shipping cost to get my helmet to the US. Good luck finding one in the US. All the ones I looked at on ebay were from Canada.

Here is my helmet. I bought it knowing that it was missing a side bumper. I intend to make two new bumpers.

I stripped it down and discovered that one of the two halves was in less than good condition. That shouldn't matter much on the finished product.