Toys used as props.

[dbuck]

At about 5:50 into this clip is a crossman pellet gun being destroyed. DeStrOYer88 5/9 - YouTube

It was an extremely low budget 80's shocker with Lyle Alzado and Tony Perkins. I used to have the exact same pellet gun.

 

[Krel]

Pop gun made by Edison Giocattoli used as a belt tool in Aliens.

That was also used as Smart Gun module in "Aliens".

David.

 

[augofett]

Art Asylum TOS Phasers used on DS9 for the episode Trials and Tribbulations. Not sure on the communicators.

That episode was aired in 1996, so that´s about ten years before the AA phaser was released.
The AA phaser was used in the Enterperise episode " In a Mirror, Darkly"; unmodified. Ypu can clearly see the seam that goes across the toy,, the screw holes and the tab slot on the Phaser 1.

 

[Monkey540]

Yes they did. The morphers and blasters where toys.
This is even confirmed by Jason Frank (Tommy) himself.

Thank you for the backup. Cheapest prop replicas ever.

 

[ItsTheRocketeer]

Yes they did. The morphers and blasters where toys.
This is even confirmed by Jason Frank (Tommy) himself.

I dunno. Maybe in the later seasons, but definitely not 1

 

[Monkey540]

I dunno. Maybe in the later seasons, but definitely not 1

Most definetely season 1, the morphers and blasters are from the sentai Zyuranger toys, re-labelled as Power Rangers. Tommy's morpher is a dragon buckler, japanese toy.

 

[Gphalen]

Would make sense since the "Dragon Buckler" from Japan is the Morpher from the original series in Japan. they most likely used tons of old set pieces and toys in every season and the movie as well. Doesn't`t make the show any less or more than it is/was. I believe they still have some kind of ranger show going kind of like the ugly version of transformers I see commercials for the odd time.

 

[Arch27]

The short-lived series Terra Nova used Nerf Guns for the military weapons.

 

[sapper36]

Star Wars Episode 2 used the Qui Gonn Role play lightsaber as a prop for the padawans

 

[Robiwon]

Ah, my bad. Looked back and found out that those "phasers made by HMS For the deep space nine episode Trials and Tribulations". The AA were based on the HMS design from what I remebered.

That episode was aired in 1996, so that´s about ten years before the AA phaser was released.
The AA phaser was used in the Enterperise episode " In a Mirror, Darkly"; unmodified. Ypu can clearly see the seam that goes across the toy,, the screw holes and the tab slot on the Phaser 1.
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[Bronson BB]

Toy G1 shockwave hanging from the bridge ceiling in Alien.
http://www.therpf.com/f9/transformer-toy-aliens-106179/

Handheld Space Invaders used in several places in Firefly, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Enterprise.
fireflyprops.net ? View topic - Recurring Handheld/Wall Mount prop

 

[Monkey540]

Would make sense since the "Dragon Buckler" from Japan is the Morpher from the original series in Japan. they most likely used tons of old set pieces and toys in every season and the movie as well. Doesn't`t make the show any less or more than it is/was. I believe they still have some kind of ranger show going kind of like the ugly version of transformers I see commercials for the odd time.

The overall series never ended, they've been going strong for 20 years. but it's a new group of rangers every year, and most recently, every 2 years. Using up footage from 2 sentai series with the same cast. The one for next year is pirate themed.

 

[brivette007]

These have been covered many times before, but...

Goldeneye used a Tiger handheld game as a door decoder, and a PC Commander joystick as a remote mine.

BTTF2 had Radio Shack Archer Space Patrol walkie talkies.

 

[red4]

Would make sense since the "Dragon Buckler" from Japan is the Morpher from the original series in Japan. they most likely used tons of old set pieces and toys in every season and the movie as well. Doesn't`t make the show any less or more than it is/was. I believe they still have some kind of ranger show going kind of like the ugly version of transformers I see commercials for the odd time.

The only show-accurate items that were used in the movie were the 2 plates that make up the front of the morpher. They made a master copy of the plates permanently attached to the docking cradle, and cast that in resin for each Ranger. No other aspect of the props or set pieces came from the show, unless somebody can analyze the briefly seen Saba prop.

 

[augofett]

The old AMT model was used back in ´66 as the damaged Contellation in "The Doomsday Machine".

 

[dbuck]

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The old AMT model was used back in ´66 as the damaged Contellation in "The Doomsday Machine".

And as the Enterprise outside the space station window in the Trouble with Tribbles.

 

[runnothide]

The show Terra Nova converts a lot of Nerf guns into its props.

-- Looks like someone already said this -- my bad

 

[red4]

Star Wars Episode 2 used the Qui Gonn Role play lightsaber as a prop for the padawans

Those look almost like Pringles cans in adult hands. I doubt they really used them for the padawans. Can you post an image?

 

[red4]

Has anyone mentioned the De-evolution gun from Super Mario Bros?

 

[CB2001]

For a major battle sequence in one of the seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the visual effects crew bought multiple copies of the Klingon and Romulan vessals from the Playmates TNG line.

For Dark Star, a modified Major Matt Mason action figure was used as a miniature for effects shots of the crew in EVA. The previously mentioned M-16 Toy in The Green Berets was also used, heavily modified of course, for the role of the laser unit. The space helmets used were part of Ideal Toys' "S.T.A.R. Team" toy line produced from 1968 to 1971. The talking bombs were made out of plastic model kits for cars and trucks. The elevator controls was a pop-up toy calculator.

Cloak and Dagger used an Atari 5200 cartridge as an important prop.

Several Super Soakers were used as alien blasters and other misc. tools in Farscape.