It's not all wine and roses when it comes to toting stormtrooper armor around. This week's edition of Troublesome Tuesday is Armor Transportation!
Often overlooked or never even thought of is how that Stormtrooper you see showed up where he is. As this isn't Star Trek he most certainly didn't "beam" there. You might have seen him arrive and never thought twice. Looking just like an ordinary guide except for one crucial difference. the sound of plastic wheels rolling around on the floor.
What you might refer to as the "Home Storage" section of your local department store is a Stormtrooper's Armor Storage and Transportation Paradise! Those big "tupperware totes" often found in someone's attic or storage unit are ideal for armor storage. Many have wheels on the bottom so they can easily be drug behind you and roll along with your steps. 4 or 5 people walking together all dragging home storage totes behind them is a sure sign of a Stormtrooper Squad about to get ready.
Consider the size of the totes, car pooling also becomes a careful game of jenga... how many troopers and their armor can be fit into each vehicle. Sometimes a trooper goes through nightmares to get themselves and their armor to an appearance. There are even horror stories of troopers flying and having the airlines lose their armor for days or weeks.
So if you expected a stormtrooper to just drive up in his car, lock the doors and march into a convention or event.... you are 99.5% mistaken (some can). Almost all Stormtroopers will have to tote their armor behind them and change on-site to entertain you and the public. That's this week's Troublesome Tuesday... got a request for a future Troublesome Tuesday? don't forget to email me at thatstormtrooperguy@gmail.com
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