wookieewok said:

Rubies has always been a third-rate licensee. Up until now, costumes have always been a DIY thing. Museum Replicas will finally offer a licensed alternative to serious costumers.

I'll believe it when I see it.

A lot of people had high hopes for the Vader costume as well. There was a lot of talk on the 501st forums at the time that it would give a lot of people a, relatively, cheaper way in (the costume was about $1000, typical good Vader costume usually runs over $2000). Then they saw the costume. There was actually talk about not letting people in who used that costume as their entrance costume because it was so inaccurate. Thankfully it was decided that since it was licensed that it had to be permitted.

I remember seeing a photo from Comic-Con of someone wearing the licensed Vader costume. I'm not huge on accuracy, but even I noticed that it was the licensed costume and not something home made (the guy didn't tell me before he showed me the picture).

I'm sure the same thing will happen with costumes from Museum Replicas. They'll be heavily scrutinized and, unless they're totally accurate, everyone will know them immediately.