LA, I don't understand your view on this. There is more proof that is contrary to AA's claims than there is proof that anything he has said, aside from doing the original pulls, is factual. Will it take Lucas himself coming to this board to prove this guy is not being entirely honest?
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By you taking your position, you are also admitting there is no middle ground and AA is dead on right in what he is doing.
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Then let me make it clear since I guess the many threads haven't. My view is that he is innocent until proven guilty. Beyond personal opinion from both sides there has been no proof finding him guilty of anything. He has done nothing more than nearly any other seller of armor has done in the past or present and yet they are constantly forgiven for their sales pitches, delays, early mistakes, etc. He has presented pictures, information, and details about the armor, the shop, and other films that nobody had even the smallest clue about prior to his coming forward. Sales pitch? Sure, he's making money, like some others here (and not). I've seen a lot of crap on this forum, and others, that frankly nobody said a word about, but because he is who he claims to be he's been declared a fraud BEFORE anything changed in his stories, descriptions or anything else. Plus he has, as others have, amended his statements. We here know each other and have time to present our reasons and statements on a constant basis, this forum, he doesn't.
And as I've already pointed out to date nobody at all has come forward with any proof about who did what for 30+ years and even now, so far, LFL only has five possible pictures to show. If that's the "proof" then AA's multiple pictures of him with the helmets, working at his site, the Alien, and others at least should be "proof" he has worked on the films in some capacity beyond "pulling." Plus it is very well known that to be "on the cheap" US filmmakers do things in England to save money, including using third parties to do odd things (and they did a lot of odd things for Star Wars...heck Dykstra never built a camera before and look what he did!).
Am I dead set to the point of just slamming people for their opinion? No. I greatly respect Gino for his work, in fact he and have talked through PM about some of this. I even (believe it or not) respect Trooperexpert for a lot of what he's done. But I do NOT appreciate having the fact that I and others believe him being slammed and insulted and derogatory or false statements ONLY BECAUSE we think he is who he says and/or like his products. That is where I have a problem. Heck, there was one thread that lasted a LONG LONG time talking about Trooper armor, histories, AA, etc. and it lasted so long because nobody insulted anyone about their personal opinions.
Now I have always said and still say that if he's proven to be a liar I'll admit I was wrong, but the last time I checked people are innocent until proven guilty. That's why I said, some long time ago before he even got sued, that the only way the truth will come out will be when he does get sued and the courts take it over. We might not even then learn everything, but I can still bet we'll learn enough to know the truth either way and also get some more information on the film and outfit we all love so much.