Thermal Monitor from Universal Soldier - IDENTIFIED!

Art Andrews

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This one is killing me.

These are the wrist mounted heat sensors seen in Universal Soldier.

They are actually quite bulky, appear to have a metal body and buttons that one would associate with a recorder. They also have a flip open lid, but that may have been added later.

Some if not all of this must be a found item. Would LOVE to find one of these!

Keep in mind, this movie was filmed in 91, so it is not likely to be any kind of MP3 player.


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Re: Help me identify the heat sensor watch from Universal Solider

Bought and paid for! YOU JUST MADE MY DAY!!!
 
Re: Help me identify the heat sensor watch from Universal Solider

Universal soldier I believe...GM
Oops my bad missed the first post...
 
Re: Help me identify the heat sensor watch from Universal Solider

I figured since it was strapped to his wrist, it probably had something to do with the
super sentai series in japan or as we call them power rangers.
 
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jhk1982 said:
I figured since it was strapped to his wrist, it probably had something to do with the
super sentai series in japan or as we call them power rangers.
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Simply amazing. Thank you so much! You have made my whole day!
 
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I mean... come on. Mystery solved in less than an hour. Thank you again, so much!

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Re: Heat sensor watch from Universal Solider - IDENTIFIED!

That's pretty funny. A slightly modified toy. How do they get away with some of this stuff?
 
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OOH! Love it!!!!!!

Nice work!

-Rylo

PS: I never type in bold; that's how cool I think this is!
 
Re: Heat sensor watch from Universal Solider - IDENTIFIED!

Art, curious to see what you do with the inside. Looks like a simple cutout (square insert) was dropped in the light up window.
 
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@Rylo, we are doing a group of these, so I'll have them cast up, and then start cutting up the castings to make them like the original. The one thing I really want to figure out is whether the top is a flip top or not. In the movie it LOOKS like the lid snaps open on a spring, but the toy doesn't seem to be spring-loaded. So... what I want to do is see if it is just movie magic that makes it LOOK like it is spring-loaded or if it truly has a spring on the lid.
 
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I'll have to watch the movie again. Always enjoyed it. I'm guessing the aforementioned movie magic on the lid.
 
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Rylo said:
I'll have to watch the movie again. Always enjoyed it. I'm guessing the aforementioned movie magic on the lid.
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Crud... it actually DOES look like it is spring loaded... :(
 
Re: Thermal Monitor from Universal Solider - IDENTIFIED!

Learning more. There definitely WERE a few mods made to the toy. Going to try to list them out as we go.

First, the easiest one, the red spring-clip on the back of the monitor was removed as seen in the photos below.

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The wrist strap appears to simply be a length of coyote/tan 1 1/4" nylon web strapping (usually used on web belts) with a 1" bit of velcro sewn to it.

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The two red spring clips hold the top of the monitor to the bottom. For the movie, I believe they removed the back clip as shown above, and then flipped the front clip upside down and cut a groove in the top so the clip holds the lid in place.

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