Do you know of an original prop that has been lost or destroyed forever? The main one that comes to my mind is the large alien captain prop in Alien that a crazy person burnt up years ago. What original prop do you know of that has been lost forever?
The original full-size X-Wing from A New Hope. Heartbreaking story.
Anybody know what happened to the Planet of the Apes spaceship? An inquiring chimp wants to know.
The original full-size X-Wing from A New Hope. Heartbreaking story.
Whats the story Willie?
didnt the top gun props end up in a diner, and then the diner went up in smoke
^ what? I've seen so many prop costumes floating around. How is this possible? Which Dredd props were you referring to?
Some of the dredd props etc were instorage at ellstree years ago, costumes and the abc robot, as well as the guns and other bits, don't know if its still there.
Jabba ended up being burnt on the lot while also at ellstree, to big to store
ave4uevoli said:
well as soon as you find anything to do with the Movie costume can you let me know, ive been looking for years
Didn't they loose a jaws in the ocean, while filming?
The predator 2 hero helmet was stolen. Some predator 2 weapons also...
Movie Prop - Predator II, Mask - official website of THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT
Keith.
There's a prop warehouse just off the M25 around London and the last time I was there, they had a full sized X-Wing fighter and a few other props from Star Wars. I was told that while many are replicas, a fair number were in fact original, but I'm no expert and couldn't tell.
Other original items they had were The Mystery Machine van from the live action Scooby Doo, a couple of armoured sci-fi type vehicles from a movie I should know**, but don't, two ships from Space Above and Beyond and one of the motor bikes from Judge Dredd. They also had a boat load of smaller props, weapons and gadgets from all manner of movies such as Bond and so on, all piled up on row after row after row of shelving units.
The best thing about all of this is that you can hire the stuff if you want, which would be good for taking measurements and reference photographs if needed.
Holluba
**Having just thought about it, I do know that one of these vehicles was used in the movie, Children of Men, but it was built for a much earlier production, possibly from the very late 1990's to early 2000's.
A friend of mine worked on Star Wars ROTS in Sydney, he had the task of cutting up and skipping a number of props from all of the movies including a Yoda puppet from Empire, he kept the right hand.
Just about every set of a film is destroyed. I pretty sure all of the lifesized ships from Star wars were destroyed (included the only complete millenium falcon from ESB).This happens because they are to big for the archives to handle(imagine maintaining a lifesize millenium falcon).
A lot of the clothing and weapons in the original star wars trilogy was modified military clothing and weapons that were rented from various costuming companies. So they have been lost from the renting companies not maintaining what items were in certain films.
I know a lot of props from disney films that were made before the archives were established were either lost or destroyed. Luckily, many props have been found hidden in disney warehouses of there various departments.
This x-wing was not an original. It was made by disney for promotional purposes. I've seen this and taken a picture with it at a Star Wars weekend many years ago (I sadly lost the pic when my computer crashed). After seeing this one I can tell it's not an original and is a little to small.Jm419 said:
^It's gotta be one of those 3/4 scale ships that were used to promote a VHS video release in Europe. One used to be at FAO Schwarz in Orlando, and some fans bought it. Another is maintained by other fans and makes appearances at conventions.
I've seen 70s-era pics of it decaying in the Fox backlot.Jessica said:
I'm sure I'm butchering this story - I think Brandon may know it better than I - but "back in the day" whenever it was - whoever had the full size X-Wing reached out to a bunch of aviation museums around the world to see if they'd like to have/display the full size "prop/set" from Star Wars. A period went by where there were no takers/no space/couldn't afford to transport it - so the decision was ultimately made to trash it. 24 hours after it was broken up and thrown in the skip, I think it was an aviation museum in the mid-west who called and said they finally cleared room for it, and could pay to have it transported to the States...
Others may know this story better then me, but heartbreaking nonetheless - how could would it have been to preserve the original?
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