A difficult exchange...Pulse Rifle for Starship Troopers

[Jeeves]

So, a year or so ago, Matsuo made me what I consider to be one of the NICEST PULSE RIFLES ON THE PLANET. All real steel, no fake parts, aluminized resin shrouds, parkerized to match. Here she is.

Nice, no? To boot, this was NOT an easy build, and Matt did some extra work on this to make sure it all stayed in one piece. So, what did I do with it? SOLD IT. thumbsdownthumbsdown :confused

Well, here's the deal. Something came up I just couldn't refuse. Price was good, time was right, all I needed was the money. I came up with a plan to sell - fortunately I was able to sell to a friend. (a GOOD friend). This friend lives within a few hours of me, so I can still visit the pulse on special occasions. SO although I don't own it anymore, I don't feel like I've lost the enjoyment of it.

And here's what she went for: Starship Troopers armor - A - grade, worn by Dina Meyer. All parts are [to the best of my knowledge] from the same suit. It's an unusual suit, as it has a combination of armor sizes, and is missing grenade pouches. This is from the set used on "Big K" and the oddness of the parts is due to the fact that this set was worn with the comm pack - which I unfortunately don't have. I also didn't get the hero helmet...which was sold earlier (and was beyond my means, anyway). Anyway, SST is one of my favorite movies of all times, and this suit was worn by one of the leads...and the best looking one, IMHO! A few of the items are signed by Dina, and all are consistently marked for production as a Dizzy Flores suit.

The display is not final - I just tossed it on a mannequin - and the hands and a few other things aren't done. Also, this is just a messy corner of my messy prop / bike / gun workshop room. Will have to work out a proper display later.

Oh, and I know that the scabbard is on the wrong leg...I put it on that side because it just displays a little better.

Any suggestions for a display would be appreciated!

Thanks for looking...
-R

PS - there is one more screen-used prop floating around in the pictures of the SST suit. The first person who correctly identifies it (item, and the movie it is from) gets a free Weyland-Yutani die cut sticker, courtesy of ME. :cool

 

[Griefboy]

Nice score Jeeves! I was very seriously considering buying this set. I own Dizzy's live-fire Morita and it would have been nice to bring the two together again. Enjoy! :thumbsup

-G

 

[Michael Bergeron]

Love it.

That said all I really notice in those first two pics is a transformer flipping me off! :lol

(I know it isn't actually a transformer but it looks similar in my uninformed world)

 

[CMANavy]

Awesome. Where did you get the mannequin?

 

[epilepticsquirl]

That's a hella nice suit. Absolutely love SST.

I also loved BSG, and that gun is screaming at me. Is that a working version?

 

[saxe coburg]

Looks great man! :thumbsup

But... your chin strap is on upside down :lol

Really though, it was common to see them upside down, even on-screen. Speaking of the chin strap, it's a little odd to see a B-grade helmet with the rubber bayonet/"pork-chops" with out the snap rivets. That detail is almost only found on A-grade helmets. So that's kind of cool

Did by chance did you get the belt pouch that held the radio backpack hand-set?

 

[saxe coburg]

Oh and is the BSG squadron headhunters wall sign screen used?

Kind of like the ones shown below?

 

[Jeeves]

Thanks, folks, for the compliments! Let me address some of the questions from the top down....


Mods, thanks for making my title more understandable. :lol

Griefboy we should keep in touch! If one of us wants to sell, how about giving the other guy the first crack at it? I would indeed like to get all of the parts of this together eventually - including the comm pack.

Orangeblend, LOL, that's Great Mazinger, and he's actually just pointing, but you are right it looks like he's flippin' the bird from that angle. That's my "japanese stuff" cabinet - well all but 2 things in there are from Japan.

CMANavy, Mannequin is from Ebay. Used, about $90 bucks shipped. Search for "egghead" mannequin. This is a female one, of course, to fit Dizzy's size, but all female mannequins seem to have feet molded for high heels. ugh. Hacksaw solved that problem, though. :thumbsup

epilepticsquirl, That is a Matsucorp BSG season 1 blaster with the false wood grips. It is a stunning piece - WIP buildup for a friend. . . I will hate to let it go. Will post a thread on it when it is done.

Saxe, DOH. Thanks for the info. That's how the helmet came...I guess the strap may truly have been backwards in production. Thanks for the info on the helmet as well - interesting. Also, I was unaware of the radio pouch...will have to ask the seller about that. I suspect it's with the owner of the comm backpack...whoever that might be. I'll have to take a look at those scenes again to see if I can spot it.

Also, Saxe, good guess on the other screen-used item, but nope, that's not it. (wish that WAS a screen used plaque, though.) My friend (not bobatrek) did all of the plaques from scratch using screen refs, and the auction catalogs. He even stuck in the damage where he saw it...I'd love to print up a whole set of 'em, but they get pretty expensive.

Thanks again!
-Raj

OH, and here's a hint - the PRIZE is related to the screen-used item. Cmon folks, focus! LOL.

 

[streetjudge79]

Hmmm screen used Dizzy outfit or replica aliens gun.. .easy choice! Always go with the screen used!

 

[Scapey]

Is it a jar of fuller's earth from one of the Aliens miniature sets?

Hmm, or is that just a scented candle?
LOL

 

[Jeeves]

Rev. Scapegoat...sorry that IS a scented candle, and it is not screen-used.
Should I give out another hint, or just keep the prize for myself?

-R

 

[Organic Mechanic]

I think another hint may be in order. I looked for some time and came up with BUBKISS! :lol

 

[Jeeves]

Agreed, because this is hard. I don't think the prop itself is hard to spot - we all know what screen-used junk looks like. It is hard, however, to identify what it is, and what move it is from. One hint already given above, second hint is here:

Holden: Describe in single words only the good things that come into your mind about... your mother.
Leon: My mother?
Holden: Yeah.
Leon: Let me tell you about my mother.

 

[Art Andrews]

Nailed it. Screen Used always trumps replica! Not to diss Matt's gun as it is GORGEOUS, but come on... you are talking about a principle's outfit!

Hmmm screen used Dizzy outfit or replica aliens gun.. .easy choice! Always go with the screen used!

 

[Jeeves]

The nutty thing is that this suit sold for less than what real steel PRs go for on the open market. Now, I certainly didn't pay full price for that pulse rifle, due to YEARS of scrounging for parts, and due more so to the generosity of Matt. Still, I like to think that my buddy got a great deal on a pulse rifle (I charged him exactly what I paid for the suit), so was a great deal all around.

 

[Clutch]

You can always build another PR. Can't build MI armor.

 

[themanwith2reds]

Its a killer pulse for sure. Are those the HCG shrouds them you had on her??
I would have done that deal as well.

 

[epilepticsquirl]

It's those two dinosaurs isn't it! They're the only things that look kinda outta place!

 

[saxe coburg]

It's those two dinosaurs isn't it! They're the only things that look kinda outta place!

I was thinking the same thing, but what do they have to do with Weyland-Yutani and Leon talking about his mother?

 

[rollerboi]

Is it that gun frame? Blade Runner, Leon's gun (one of em anyways)

edit: doesn't really look like Leon's or Deckard's, so I'm wrong. Haven't seen any of these movies in forever. So much for a free sticker.. :cry