Adam Fails
Well-Known Member
Okay so, sorry if this is in the wrong place - it's about props so I couldn't decide if it was OT or not? Also sorry if this thread already exists, but I tried searching and failed at finding it. Just like I fail at everything else in life.
Anywho, last week I was in Exeter in Devon, and their museum has just been re-opened. It's pretty good, you should go check it out if you're in the area which I highly doubt any of you are.
So in amongst the displays in one of the rooms was this sign, and as soon as I saw it I thought it'd be perfect for a thread on the RPF:
What do you collect? Screen-used props? Replicas? Both? Is your collection there to be looked at, or to be handled? Do you specialise in Indiana Jones props only, or do you collect a wide variety of things from infinity & beyond? Most interestingly (to me) I want to know why do you collect?
Is it because you're a big kid who likes having the perfect toy from TV? Are you on some level acting out fantasies of being in the movie from your childhood, by owning the same costumes and props from whichever media they're from? Do you like sparkly shinies? Have you got a secret (freudian) fetish for weapons? Do you collect objects that are beautiful and display them as pieces of art & craftsmanship?
Come on, tell me. I want to know.
I started my collecting because there's just something so inexplicably cool to me about owning something that is famous and has power. I've not got many sci fi replicas, everything I like is magical, powerful or sparkly. Also it's a healthier addiction than crystal meth, so why not.
It'll be so embarassing if nobody replies; take pity on me and let me know why you have what you have!
Anywho, last week I was in Exeter in Devon, and their museum has just been re-opened. It's pretty good, you should go check it out if you're in the area which I highly doubt any of you are.
So in amongst the displays in one of the rooms was this sign, and as soon as I saw it I thought it'd be perfect for a thread on the RPF:
What do you collect? Screen-used props? Replicas? Both? Is your collection there to be looked at, or to be handled? Do you specialise in Indiana Jones props only, or do you collect a wide variety of things from infinity & beyond? Most interestingly (to me) I want to know why do you collect?
Is it because you're a big kid who likes having the perfect toy from TV? Are you on some level acting out fantasies of being in the movie from your childhood, by owning the same costumes and props from whichever media they're from? Do you like sparkly shinies? Have you got a secret (freudian) fetish for weapons? Do you collect objects that are beautiful and display them as pieces of art & craftsmanship?
Come on, tell me. I want to know.
I started my collecting because there's just something so inexplicably cool to me about owning something that is famous and has power. I've not got many sci fi replicas, everything I like is magical, powerful or sparkly. Also it's a healthier addiction than crystal meth, so why not.
It'll be so embarassing if nobody replies; take pity on me and let me know why you have what you have!