Are ya'll ready for the deep dive reveal that no one asked for ?!!? (but if you are like me, now you want one)
I think I found the Weyland Yutani Hard hat.
Seen in the background of colony scenes and a bit more clearly in continuity photos, you see these distinctive hard hats.
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suspected HEDGARD Type 2 Plus model hard hat.jpg [ 161.93 KiB | Viewed 125 times ]
We sell a fair amount of safety equipment here at my work and I am pretty familiar with numerous brands of hard hats, but those have never looked familiar.
On a whim I started searching just the UK ebay for vintage hats and think I got a hit. Sure enough, this "HEDGARD" Type 2 hard hat looks the part, sports a "Made in England" label and is a 1987 unit, so surely company was in full swing during filming.
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hedhard type 2 plus example.jpg [ 124.3 KiB | Viewed 125 times ]
There is a 2nd type of hard hat I have yet to identify. The Welder in the colony has a different type. The front is obstructed by the hand-held welding shield he carries, but there are definity softly contoured and closely spaced 'ribs' on the top of his hard hat. The search for that continues, but I suspect that it too was either British or European. I may never find either one of them here in the states... sad face.
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Weyland Yutani Colonist - welder.jpg [ 114.02 KiB | Viewed 125 times ]