Rick,
What happened to the MIB1 guns after you made them? Specifically the hero versions. Did Sony keep them?
I ask because I was the Technical Video Supervisor for the Miss Universe Pageant and in the summer of '97 we were in South Padre, TX for the Miss Teen USA pageant.
During this pageant, the musical portion centered around all the girls doing the Will Smith "Men In Black" dance number since the movie had been so popular. All the girls dressed in black..using the toy neuralizer as a prop....dancing around and what not.
Anyway...the host of the show was to come out dressed as an MIB agent...holding the big gun.
Our props dept was able to procure a gun from Sony for the host to use. It was the "Shotgun" that Tommy Lee wielded. (Not the tri-barrel.)
From what I recall...memory may be foggy...but I swear it was all metal. It weighed a ton. It had moving parts (you could cycle a round like a shotgun). I must have played with that thing forever. Really cool.
One of the handles was missing the black grip portion. I don't recall a working trigger...just the trigger guard.
I recall that the front of the gun looked a lot like a found piece...like a chrome rear light housing off an old vintage buick car or something.
Does the MIB gun I was able to play with sound familiar? I don't think it was a replica. I know when the package came in for the gun it stated it was straight from Sony based on the paperwork.
What happened to the MIB1 guns after you made them? Specifically the hero versions. Did Sony keep them?
I ask because I was the Technical Video Supervisor for the Miss Universe Pageant and in the summer of '97 we were in South Padre, TX for the Miss Teen USA pageant.
During this pageant, the musical portion centered around all the girls doing the Will Smith "Men In Black" dance number since the movie had been so popular. All the girls dressed in black..using the toy neuralizer as a prop....dancing around and what not.
Anyway...the host of the show was to come out dressed as an MIB agent...holding the big gun.
Our props dept was able to procure a gun from Sony for the host to use. It was the "Shotgun" that Tommy Lee wielded. (Not the tri-barrel.)
From what I recall...memory may be foggy...but I swear it was all metal. It weighed a ton. It had moving parts (you could cycle a round like a shotgun). I must have played with that thing forever. Really cool.
One of the handles was missing the black grip portion. I don't recall a working trigger...just the trigger guard.
I recall that the front of the gun looked a lot like a found piece...like a chrome rear light housing off an old vintage buick car or something.
Does the MIB gun I was able to play with sound familiar? I don't think it was a replica. I know when the package came in for the gun it stated it was straight from Sony based on the paperwork.
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