Your biggest prop "MISTAKE"?

I was wondering what prop did you buy that after a little while you thought to yourself "What the hell was I thinking"?

I personally don't really have any of these since I am very selective about the props I collect.

How about you?

If I can break the rules of the thread, today I was regretting a prop I SOLD, a screenused Prime Directives Robocop helmet.

An MR TOS phaser. For what they cost they are poorly made.
I have a new appreciation for my DS/AA TOS phaser.

On the other hand...
The MR TOS Klingon disruptor is very nice.

I was offered $120 for a fiberglassed plain jane ODST helmet from Halo 2 back when pep was young and people didn't do a whole lot of building themselves.

I turned it down.

Only sold the finished and beautiful helmet for $80 with molding rights about a year later. Pretty much just materials cost when you included the electronics and the visor.

Very few I regret but a couple (especially the MR .45 minis) that I wonder why I spent so much time looking for them for "completeness" sake. The two biggest off the top of my head were the 1st release blue tray Luke ROTJ and the 1st release Obi-Wan weathered .45s. I have more regrets for things I didn't buy! =)

My biggest mistake was giving my money to Icons for an MIB neuralyzer that I never saw...

Sean

My biggest mistake was giving my money to Icons for an MIB neuralyzer that I never saw...

Sean

No regrets here and I would do it all over again!

A rubies Bat man cowl many years ago. Good god Rubies are the kings of making cool things look like ****.....

Hmmm...


I guess this story kind of falls into this category-

In 2003 I went through a Matrix toy phase. Bought the deluxe APU, deluxe Sentinel, and 4 figures. The deluxe sets were about $35 bucks each, and the figures $10 each.

Had a nice little set up on a bookcase in my basement-





(I kept the APU in the box.)

I liked it for a while. But maybe a year later the novelty had faded... And my wife constantly complained that the Sentinel made her think the wiring was falling out of the ceiling.

So I sold all of it on ebay. Got more or less what I paid for them. No loss. Cool.

Until in 2009 I went through that phase all over again.

I had to have all of them back! Except they were now rare and expensive on ebay. I think I spent over $250 buying the APU and Sentinal, and the entire set of 11 figures.

The whole time I was kicking myself thinking "YOU HAD ALL OF THESE ALREADY! YOU IDIOT!"


Kevin

No mistakes yet as I'm pretty selective. SSgt Burton I love that display. Remember me when your phase ends again as I'd be very interested in them.

Buying an Ood head, thankfully it wasn't much, butceven so, I only made half as much reselling. Lesson learnt : make it yourself!!!!

The MR classic comm. I really grew to hate that fat bottomed communicator. Finally sold it off a year or so ago.

Benchwarmers.
Screen used, but only about 20 people saw the movie.

X-Men Cyclops Replica Sunglasses. They don't fit at all! I thought the packaging was nice.

Anyone know what they are worth?



FB

Franz;
X-MEN - CYCLOPS VISOR - MARVEL COMICS PROP REPLICA

Probably our screen used spartan. Didn't really purchase it as an investment, but after seeing prices fall pretty drastically, I can't help but be a little bummed that if we decided to sell it, it would be at a considerable loss. That is what you get for buying something when it is hot...

I Find myself buying alot of useless props from movies I really never liked to begin with.All in all most of the props I buy are on impulse and then I look back at it and say "What in gods name am I gonna do with this now .The prop at the time was just too cool to pass up I guess.So to answer your qustion brad about 95% of my prop buying is a mistake unless it's BTTF and Dexter for the most part and I'm just plain nuts to begin with and have a prop problem

Pitbull said:

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I Find myself buying alot of useless props from movies I really never liked to begin with.All in all most of the props I buy are on impulse and then I look back at it and say "What in gods name am I gonna do with this now .The prop at the time was just too cool to pass up I guess.So to answer your qustion brad about 95% of my prop buying is a mistake unless it's BTTF and Dexter for the most part and I'm just plain nuts to begin with and have a prop problem

This had me dying I can see the T-Shirt: "I have a prop problem" with the RPF logo above it.

I would soooo buy that shirt in a heartbeat WAIT... I don't even like Therpf Oh hell with it if the shirt looks good I'm in

GeneralFROSTY said:

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This had me dying I can see the T-Shirt: "I have a prop problem" with the RPF logo above it.

My biggest mistake would be my Tallpoppy Studios Charmed Book of Shadows. The artwork was the biggest letdown for me, looks nothing like the show. If I'd held off on buying it, I could have spent the £190ish on many more props. Like a Farnsworth!

Not buying the Ebony Raffia fabric to make Jack Sparrow's frock coat the last week it was available.

When I painted my ANH Darth Vader helmet I was in a time-crunch as I painted it the week before packing up and driving to the San Diego ComicCon.

I had never tried the dry-brush method with the gunmetal, and I had sprayed the black on Wednesday or Thursday (before leaving the following Monday). On Friday after masking off the helmet I decided to spray the gunmetal, I was afraid if I messed it up I would not have enough time to repaint it. I also sprayed the gunmetal on the ANH armor.

A year or two later when I got more accurate armor I brushed on the gunmetal and I could not believe how easy it was. I've often thought of repainting the helmet but no one really notices except here. Bugs the crud out of me though.

Wishing I didn't have to sell my MR Jango Fett Westars

Giving Mike Glover any money.
Laffo.