Cool Custom Prototypes

I’ve been following this seller on eBay for a long time. I’ve even purchased helmets from the seller. He make great custom pocket helmets. His ebay handle is TravisTomMark.

The white helmets were made by TravisTomMark. They show alternate logos and facemasks. I particularly like the Lions and old Ravens logo with the gold facemask. Well done!

For clarification, some prototypes are a design a team seriously considered using, but never did. Other prototypes are fun helmets collectors make on their own. Underneath the white prototypes are some photos of prototypes I have made and are in my collection.

Dolphins & NFL Draft Pocket Helmet Drop

A cool throwback to the helmet the Dolphins wore in 1966. And then again sporadically between 1969-73.

Between 1966 and 1979, the Dolphins wore the same helmet, but with two different logos. In one logo, the Dolphin is inside the ring. In the other logo, the Dolphin is outside the ring. In the early days, the Dolphins would sometimes wear the two different logos in the same game.

In 1966, the Dolphins wore both logos (inside and outside). Then, in 1967 and 1968, the Dolphins only wore the outside Dolphin logo. The inside ring helmet came back in 1969. It was worn until 1973, when the Dolphins returned to the logo with the Dolphins on the outside.

The inside ring logo was used again for game in 1994 as a throwback. However, that helmet had an aqua facemask, not a grey one. The style with the inside-ring + grey facemask not worn again until 2015 as a throwback. The Dolphins have worn this throwback every year since. This is the throwback the Dolphins just dropped.

You may be wondering about the outside ring logo. Well, that hasn’t been worn since 1979. It would make a fun throwback. And maybe the Dolphins could wear both the inside ring and outside ring in one game!

This is the 6th “limited edition” throwback Riddell had made in 2024. There have been 7 alternate “limited edition” alternates, for a total of 13 limited editions.

Other 2024 throwbacks that have not been manufactured in 2024 include: Chicago (1936-37, three orange stripes), Dallas (1960-63), Jacksonville (1995-12), New York Jets (1965-77), San Francisco (1989-95), and Tenneessee (Oilers, 1975-96).

Other 2024 alternates that have not been manufactured in 2024 include: Arizona (black), Cleveland (white), Denver (white), Green Bay (plain yellow with grey facemask), Houston (2 helmets), Indianapolis (black), LA Chargers (2 white), Minnesota (white), NY Jets (black), and Washington (black). There’s also a small backlog of 2023 alternates.

Riddell also released a speed style helmet in honor of the draft in 2025 in Green Bay.