Your 1st screen used prop and what got you into it?

PHArchivist said:

---

Also from Propstore, I have two foam pumpkins used as set dressing in Sleepy Hollow; mundane props, but CLEARLY seen on screen, sitting on a barrel just outside a doorway.

I had a photo of this handy...

I love those Pumpkins - Very cool

PHArchivist said:

---

I had a photo of this handy...

Very cool Rob... great pic!

Tom

ART ANDREWS said:

---

My first was a set of Starship Troopers armor. While I know it isn't unique or special, the fact of having something that wasn't "close" or "almost accurate" but was actually impossible to get more accurate was such a relief and such a pleasure that it has prompted me to buy more and more and more.

Same here...I got mine from someone who worked at Sony through a third party....later I found out it was Jose...aka Got Maul.



Derek

I recieved props from Terminator 3 and Mummy Returns.

Well a lot of my stuff is cast from, and is usually small pieces, screen used i have a couple of foam latex head pieces from alien nation, AVP small set tiles and mould, and recently a pair of vampire feet used in dusk till dawn, odd collection but i like em!

Well, I was introduced to 'collecting' over30 years ago ,by my uncle ,now deceased who worked in the industry , I can't really remember my first prop , but I have a fair collection split between Sci-FI TV & film , costume pieces, studio scale models , hero type handprops etc I think my first were some Starwars bits , then BBC Dr Who ,then Startrek TV & film , Planet of the Apes , Terminator, Aliens ,I have a few actual screen used small items mainly, but it's really big business now and prices so high, so I tend to go for good quality replicas or pieces that need restoration. A couple of favourite are a John Carpenter ape mask POA, a klingon tricorder STSFS, and a Darth Vader Stunt Mask& helmet SW ESB !

do i understand this right you own a SCREENUSED Darth Vader stunt mask plus helmet from ESB???

A Bat'leth from Voyager, wielded by B'Elanna. I had a thing for her at the time.

Well if i remember correctly,my first wasn't a prop but a wardrobe.
It was Arnolds prison outfit from Running man. It was the drab green jumpsuit with hard hat. And i think there was a shirts as well becasue he had the top half of the jumpsuit around his waist. Its been a while.
I wish i still had that. Sold it to Star Wares years and years ago.
My favorite piece was Bruce Campbells stretched appliance and Evil Ash's Bonehelmet from Army of Darkness. Sadly i sold both of those as well.

Wasn't sure whether to post in this thread as I don't have much. But for what it's worth:

I used to collect all the replica patches, and I eventually got one or two screen-used ones at fairs.

That was it for several years until my wife* recently bought me a Space:Above and Beyond pistol - the solid version, not the rubber one. It's not on display yet... I need to make some sort of stand for it.

She trumps me though, with her complete Gladiator praetorian costume. That stands proudly on a mannequin in the dining room!

*I love her very much.

Mike, your wife has good taste!

My first screen used (prop/wardrobe) piece was also a Praetorian Guard from Gladiator.

Well technically it was just a Praetorian Guard metal sword, but I "had to" have the rest of the costume to display the sword... right?

Now he proudly protects my replica sci-fi prop collection.

My first screen used prop was one of the locator spiders from Minority Report. I used to be a collector of limited edition dvds and liked to enhance my displays with the odd statue or model but when looking for a scale model of the Lexus concept car from MR, I came across this on Evilbay. I didnt go for it the first time around but when the guy listed it a second time for a far better price, I swooped and won it. This was my first prop and after that.....everything changed. Out went the fancy dvds, in came the props!! :thumb:

I have been working in the film industry for 22 years. I started collecting stuff a few years ago and before that, when I saw stuff, I never had that "I have to have it" feeling. I just thought, cool stuff. For instance, back in the late '80's my boss at the time was a guy named Bob Keen who was the workshop supervisor for Stuart Freeborn on Jedi. He was in charge of Jabba the Hutt and had worked on a ton of movies before I worked for him. Very cool in itself. I remember the first time I went to Bob's house he showed me his 'junk' room. It was a 6 x 10 room filled with all the stuff he had collected over the years. Little things like an original Taun Taun head from Empire, masks from the '70's Flash Gordon, a couple unpainted skins of Yoda, miniature pieces from Aliens, stuff like that. It was literally in a big pile on one side of the room. At the time I was like 'cool, but what a mess' now I would wet myself. I have no idea if he still has all that stuff.

Oh, by the way, my first screen used piece was the CIA break-in equipment in the Fairfax Fire Dept case from Mission Impossible i picked up in '02. Sadly, I dont have it anymore.

luke moonwalker said:

---

flash gordon (1980) gold rifle... I saw it on ebay and couldn't resist. I've been hooked ever since. i've had quite a few things that i bought and sold as i focused down the collection... Right now it's mostly flash stuff, stuff from kevin smith flicks, and some wrath of khan costumes.

Nice!!!

My first screen-used prop was a rulebook from Doctor Who - Paradise Towers (1987?)

I bought it at a convention auction and it comprised a basic paperback, some green sticky-backed plastic for the cover, black card for the inner ,and one of those tacky red ballpoint pens on a spring flex designed to stick on your phone. Plus some letraset.

I sold it several years ago, but now own a pair of Doctor Who banknotes from The Runaway Bride.

Cheers

Doug

My first screen used prop was a wooden rifle used in Beneath the Planet of the Apes back in 1973. Price: $20

Soon followed by a complete hero Apes gorilla costume. Price: $100

Still got 'em - but boy do I miss those days!

Ron

My first was a rifle from "V'. I think I walked around the house with it and studied it over and over. A couple of years later I got a "V" pistol to go with it. I remember thinking when I got both "this is it!? These screen used props are kinda pieces of crap!" What is weird about them that if they are sitting in a weird way in the garage in the heat they start to warp. But heating them up just bends them right back into shape. I'll have to dig them out of a box in storage and take some pics someday.

My first prop was a Vin Diesel screen used shirt from the Chronicles of Riddick. I got it at the Propstore of London.