Tom Baker Sonic Screwdriver SHOCKING EVIDENCE!
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greatwazoo42
Master Member
I have his second attempt at a McGann, it's VERY good.
Quinn Merrick
Well-Known Member
So, five pages and no "shocking evidence"...... when does it get here?
Quinn Merrick
Well-Known Member
Two infraction points issued for not reading the entire thread before posting.
I've been following this thread since the first post. The only thing "shocking" is the lack of evidence.
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Straker
Sr Member
Yeah i seen that on eBay and kicked myself for not saving some cash ahead of time. That collapsing bit is bloody excellent! Please, you must post some detailed pics of it! i simply must get a good look at that wonderful idol of geek worship! XD
Exactly!
...no wait...
greatwazoo42
Master Member
Not to toot my own horn too much but I helped him with the details using loads of screen captures, image isolations and a diagram that Phase Pistol did (with his permission, of course).
I do have to post some shots of it.
Straker
Sr Member
You you lucky devil you! XD BTW, does THAT sonic havea working activation sleeve too? I always wondered.
Yes you do! :angry Do eet! Do eet naow! :lol
greatwazoo42
Master Member
Newp, it just telescopes and looks dayumed cool.
Straker
Sr Member
Telescoping is just as good i think. ^_^ Unfortunately I think we may had hit the wall in trying to identify if ANYTHING matched up in any way to the Sonic prop and could therefore been made from pre-existing parts XP I've read five other forums threads and they gave up too in as little as one page some places. XP
phez
Sr Member
I shot BoatBuilder an email and he said to look at the local hardware store. I figured if it was that easy we would have had this found by now but I was wrong :lol
Here is what you are looking for, about $2.00 at True Value hardware store. It is a dead on match (color and all, it is really close to the color of the powder coated heads on Russ's Sonics). It screws right in using the screw that came with the Sonic. They are hanging with all of the rest of the magnets no less (This is obviously a ploy to confuse the found object prop activist who is required to over think the location of even the simplest object :lol).
Here is what you are looking for, about $2.00 at True Value hardware store. It is a dead on match (color and all, it is really close to the color of the powder coated heads on Russ's Sonics). It screws right in using the screw that came with the Sonic. They are hanging with all of the rest of the magnets no less (This is obviously a ploy to confuse the found object prop activist who is required to over think the location of even the simplest object :lol).
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defstartrooper
Sr Member
Cool now i have to find a UK stockist :thumbsup
Jack T Chance
Sr Member
Too cool! Sounds like C.T. got his information wrong on the size!
BUT... it's still the wrong color. Sure, it's fine if you're doing one of the variations that had the red magnet on it. But the most commonly seen variation of the 4th Doctor's sonic screwdriver had a BLACK magnet on the emitter head. Anyone had any luck finding them in black yet? :confused
Well, we have no idea as we don't know what size the original emitter was. Russ's version is too small, so he may be right.
Jack T Chance
Sr Member
If I Remember Correctly, he said the 12.5 mm/½" magnet wasn't small ENOUGH. But I might be remembering what he said incorrectly.
I think I'll check Home Despot and Lowe's, see if they carry any of the black ones.
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Well Russ's version takes the 12.5mm mag and Russ's version is too small.
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phez
Sr Member
Why do we think Russ's is too small? Do we have any form of a measurment off of it (not a story of a measurment, like a photo with a ruler [and not one that nobody can see
]) that can be used as refrence. It seem like a bit of a quicidence that a found item that has not changed much and that is still currently avalible matches the size of the bullet on Russ's Sonic dead on (and looks exactly like the screen cap's) but that it is the wrong size. What is the source of the info? I am not trying to be confrontational, I would just like to know if there is a real known size for the bullet what is it and what is the source of the info.
From reading "Ectropy's" post from pg.7 it sounds like only one sonic head may have had the magnent added for a specific scene (the red one that matches these in the screen caps). For all we know the parts on the other heads may not have even been magnets.
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