Riddell mini-helmet were a set of helmets made by Riddell, a sports souvenir company.
Although primarily focusing on sport-related helmets and equipment such as football helmets, Riddell produced some based on the Star Wars franchise. Only five were created before they were replaced with Master Replicas in 2003/2004, which included Darth Vader's helmet, which had both the mask and helmet removable, as in Return of the Jedi, Boba Fett's helmet, a Return of the Jedi–era stormtrooper helmet, Luke's X-wing helmet, and C-3PO's head. The stormtrooper helmet was the rarest, with Boba Fett being second rarest. Plans for a TIE pilot helmet were considered, although since Master Replicas took over, they couldn't get further than the prototype stages.
Each helmet also came with some blueprints that described the in-universe functions of the helmet. The blueprints for the stormtrooper helmet first mentioned the Reifflex cellular padding, according to Daniel Wallace in his tie-in blog to the release of Star Wars: Darth Vader: A 3-D Reconstruction Log.
External links
aokforums propden post containing the five blueprints on thepropden.aokforums.com (backup link archived on August 24, 2020)
the TIE Pilot blueprints on Gus Lopez' website. (backup link archived on February 17, 2010)- Riddel's Mini Helmets on the Star Wars Helmets website (backup link archived on August 28, 2009)