OK, seeing as I am a Daft Punk nut, I will clear a LOT of things up...
1. The picture in the first post is of Guy-Manuel De Homem Christo, one half of the MUSICAL GROUP Daft Punk. He is wearing his actual helmet. Either that, or it is one of the two actors who portrayed the group in their film, "ELECTROMA", wherein they mass produced the helms for the extras to wear (the story was about humans becoming robots, thus no human faces anywhere)...
2. The picture of the crappy motorcycle helmet one is from a Halloween competition a year ago for some online zine; two girls one the contest, even though their helmets were not that superb.
3. The site you linked? Yeah, they made the Helmets for Daft Punk back in 1999 for their second album, "Discovery". These, however, were not "performance" helmets. They were "promotional helmets". They had TONS of LEDs and Electronics involved inside of them, which allowed them to do fantastic things. The site you linked originally would sell them for $14,000 -- however, interest gained and they raised the price. That is one reason they're $64,000. Another reason is to deter most people from trying to buy the helmets, as Daft Punk (the musical group) retains rights to the likenesses. Because duh, it's them.
4.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyBHb3gfr2Q
Video of the "Discovery" helmets in Action. Worth $14,000, as the company that made these (that you linked to) made all the electronics to do this -by hand-. And yes, they do now charge $64,000.
5.
http://www.thedaftclub.com/e107_plugins/fo...topic.php?26602
The Daft Club Forum. Thread on making Daft Punk helmets. 150+ pages.
6.
http://www.thedaftclub.com/e107_plugins/fo....php?26602.1640
Look for a post by CRTSHCTR on September 09 2008. He Vac-formed some visors for his Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo helmet.
And that's all for now.