Welcome to PROPbay.com! 02-13-2013, 12:48: Hello vimeo! + Overlay Play Video + more!

We now feature two Top 100 Rankings at PROPbay!

First you can see the Top 100 Items voted by the Community:

This is a Top 100 list of the best ranked Items voted by PROPbay visitors, sorted by oldest items first in case of draw. This list is REALTIME and each Item in our database accepts votes from everyone visiting it, including yourself! You can only vote each item once though.

To do so, surf our database of Items, click the Item you want to rate and in the Item Details, open the popup menu to rank the particular Item based on your taste:

Click once on Vote Now and you're done!

Second Ranking is even more interesting: it's a Top 100 PROPbay User Ranking based on a certain number of parameters and show a ranking based on User's collections uploaded to our database.

We won't disclose which parameters we monitor but if you surf the ranking list you may notice users with many Items and a low ranking vs certain users with few Items but higher rank.

We don't want to create any discrimination here, just have some fun and at the same time, reward those loyal users that decide to share their collections, spend time screenmatching them (hint! hint!) and creating nice, complete listings with us, while still being active within the site! So for example someone uploading just 100+ pages of a storyboard set may not rank better than someone uploading just 3 screen-matched items...

In order to preserve ranking fairness and server integrity, this particular Ranking DOES NOT update in real-time but once/twice a day only.


You can now reach both rankings from the header of any page by clicking the image of each ranking title (and at the same time see the Top 5 performers on each category) or by the text links in the footer!

Hope you like them!

Now, can you make it to the Top 1??

Start uploading your Collection now and invite your friends to register and vote for your Items

bolsoncerrado said:

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We now feature two Top 100 Rankings at PROPbay!
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Now, can you make it to the Top 1??

Start uploading your Collection now and invite your friends to register and vote for your Items

So having a bunch of friends sign up just to bump my item to the top is cool?

Tim

As cool as inviting some to yourprops and "favoritize" mine?

Not sure what your intention was with that comment? Make our site better?

Doesn't putting an item in one's favourites on YP simply give you quick access to them for viewing (sort of like a browser favourites list) ?

You havent checked YP's header top right "ranking"?

I think that ranking is simply based on the number of items per user (?)

Im talking of the "top items" list... From YP site: "This top 100 prop list is based on lists that registered users can add their personal favorite movie props and costumes to."

Id ask you to discuss this in another topic though...

VERY cool! I need to get my collection posted up out there! Good excuse to take new photos!

bolsoncerrado said:

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Come and try our new Smart AutoComplete!

Now all our "movie name" fields feature an smart AutoComplete function that will present you movie names as you type them. Not only that but will sort them in the way you type the name, but still displaying the rest of movie names containing that keyword! So, yes! it will also search in the whole movie title!

So say you want to see which movies were made in 1986, just type 1986 in the movie name field and you'll get the list!

Or say you want to see items only from Bond movies! just type bond et voilà! You'll get the list of all Bond movies to choose from!


Additionally, now our Item Details view features an IMDB shortcut through its logo which, if clicked, will take you to that movie's page.

We also have added the date the Item was uploaded to PROPbay and the amount of visits it has had!

Hope you all find these features cool, we're very proud of this baby!

Cheers!

Art Andrews said:

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VERY cool! I need to get my collection posted up out there! Good excuse to take new photos!

Please do... I'd really love to see more STARSHIP TROOPERS stuff on Propbay !!!



Fred

SithLord said:

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Can we discuss props from Propbay here?



It claims this is screen matched and it isn't. It isn't even an original prop.

I see no problem as long as this is kept in a respectful and educated manner....

Can you shred some light into this?

We will appreciate, of course.

Thanks!

SKIN JOB 66 said:

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Please do... I'd really love to see more STARSHIP TROOPERS stuff on Propbay !!!



Fred

Yeah! I second that!! :P

[FONT=Verdana]Nice site Man, when I get around to it, I'll be putting some stuff up too
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[FONT=Verdana]I think what Thomas meant was that the Vader isn't screen used. But it's still one cool piece of SW history and was used in Vader posters of the ANH era and for the ESB teaser poster too. I've been lucky to have spent some time with that Vader and it's one of the coolest things I've ever been in contact with. Makes my Vader look like ****

Cheers,

Kraig
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Theres certainly a match in one of the pics and hes not claiming it was screen used... But for promo posters and such.

So lets say its a poster or promo match hehe

We may have to change it from wardrobe to promo instead...

bolsoncerrado said:

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We may have to change it from wardrobe to promo instead...

Yes, I must underscore one of the cool things on Propbay is that you can list promotional and crew items (such as press books, posters, lobby cards, crew gifts, etc...).
I personally really appreciate this area of the site because these items are also part of the history of a film and they can be very interesting themselves !



Fred

bolsoncerrado said:

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Theres certainly a match in one of the pics and hes not claiming it was screen used... But for promo posters and such.

So lets say its a poster or promo match hehe

We may have to change it from wardrobe to promo instead...

Oh, don't get me wrong, I have no problem with it staying where it is. It is Wardrobe, it's been matched to the poster and the description's accurate and not misleading. There is no way in the world anyone could mistake it for the screen used ANH Vader costume.

Cheers,

Kraig

But under "Screen Matched" it states "Yes". That implies it is both an original costume and seen onscreen during ANH. Neither of those is the case. It is a small thing but that one "yes" means quite a bit in the context of the definition of screen matched provided by the website. And the description states that there is the possibility that some of the parts were screen used. None of them have been shown to be screen used, nor is there evidence I've seen so far for that (but I am always willing to see such evidence if there is). One may always speculate, certainly, but for ANH it was easy because there was the one costume seen onscreen. There was quite a discussion on the Prop Den about the suit and some of the components don't even match the ESB movie poster suit. The helmet does seem to match and that is what makes it stand out as a promotional suit. But a promo suit will not by definition be original nor screen-used, and this suit is neither. A promotional item is a replica. Yes a promotional item could be original, but in most instances props made for promotions are not unless they are leftover production material. Certainly it is a stunning promo suit, probably the only complete ANH promo suit in private hands.

yakcam said:

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[FONT=Verdana]But it's still one cool piece of SW history and was used in Vader posters of the ANH era and for the ESB teaser poster too.
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What ANH era Vader poster does this suit or helmet show up in?

The image before it was flipped and messed with to become the ESB teaser was used as a poster too.

Cheers,

Kraig

Wow!

It's been a while! Besides that, we haven't got anywhere but keeping updating this site with a few more features and preparing it for upcoming NEAT stuff you'll see in the next few days...

First of all: we've moved to a brand new dedicated server with TONS of RAM, CPU power and HD space, along with higher BANDWITH and updated software to latest versions.

Thanks to this, now PROPbay goes High Definition!

That's right! We've increased our image upload resolution to 1920 x 1080 max (width x height) and not only that but we now allow you to upload UP TO 9 IMAGES per item!

Should you find your life grail, just be sure to snap every angle of it and share it to the world here, at PROPbay!


Also from our Upload Manager, we also protected listings from getting NO IMAGE associated: you now won't be able to remove all the images in a listing unless you upload a second image first. This protects viewers from viewing an item without any picture associated.


Another important change has been implemented in the RATINGS SYSTEM: Now you can't rate "negatively" an Item. We feel ALL ITEMS deserve its corner in our hobby, from smallest background objects to big grail old Items. Hence instead of:

* Terrible
** Bad
*** Average
**** Good
***** Excellent

we now feature:

* Not Bad
** Nice
*** Very nice!
**** Awesome!
***** ASTONISHING!

Ranking the items as you visit them help keeping our Top Items Ranking alive since it's updated in realtime!


PLUS all these bugfixes and updates:

- If item is edited Today/Yesterday, show it instead of date.
- Show Last Edited only if item was ever edited.
- Now Top Users Ranking won't show users with 0 items uploaded (bugfix).
- Now ratings given to items refresh in realtime without reloading the whole page.
- Now once you rate an item, drop down no longer appears again, showing what you voted.
- Solved bug with attaching images on quick mode.
- Solved bug on Top Items minibanner in header when displaying the '...'.
- Solved bug with cron so Top Users Ranking was not properly updated. Now it updates twice a day.
- Solved bug on Top Items so deleted Items are removed from minibanner as well.
- Cosmethic changes on Top Items Ranking list.
- Improved autocomplete engine.
- Improved image display scripts.
- Internal bugfixes and code optimization for new server's software.


Stay tunned for MORE features in the next following days!!


The PROPbay Team
Original Movie Props and Wardrobe Online Database and Marketplace - PROPbay.com

Two major new features and an Invitation come in this Update!

First, you can now filter your Search Results using our new field called Username. As name suggests you can now search Items from a specific collector, see how many wardobe pieces has that user listed and how many of them are now For Sale by combining one or more of our Search Filters!! Best of all, this field has auto-completion ENABLED! So you don't even need to remember the exact name or even type it in full, let Autocomplete do it for you!


Another feature is: you can now subscribe easily to our daily e-mail digest of New Items Added to PROPbay.com and New Items Added to its Marketplace!

Yes, you can now choose to opt-in into our internal auto-generated mailing list of New Items uploaded to our site, delivered straight to your e-mailbox, so you don't miss any! And that works for both the overall list and the Marketplace.

Just go to our Main Page and on the upper left part of the Index you'll notice two envelopes you can click to choose your subscription type(s) and periodicity.

Be the first to know when an Item has gone up for sale at PROPbay.com! And with the peace of mind you can instantly opt-out at any time without further intervention.



Finally, as a seam integration with the above, we now feature a WISHLIST! The Community can surf our database of Items and add as many of them to their own Wishlists (integrated in everyone's 'My Account' space), so in the event owner of any of these Items put the Item up for sale, you'll get an Instant Notification delivered to your Private Message mailbox! If additionally you have enabled the 'Receive Email Notification of New Private Messages' option enabled in your Account Options, you'll also recieve an e-mail Alert, so you can have the first spot in line for the Item sale!

Not only that but we now also build a Ranking of the Top 100 Most Desired Items of PROPbay! This Ranking is built in realtime based on how many times an Item is found in everyone's Wishlists!

Is your taste matching everyone else's? Who will be the next owner of that precious treasure that was just uploaded today? Probably you, with the aid of PROPbay's WISHLIST Feature!


Hope you like these new Features and find this site a useful resource for your preferred hobby!


The PROPbay Team
Original Movie Props and Wardrobe Online Database and Marketplace - PROPbay.com

Just a heads up to show you pics of my recent WB tour:

A visit to the Warner Bros. Studios - PROPbay.com

Hope you like them!

Very nice!!!

Most honored Art!

I just edited to add some comments to most of the places