I have several airsoft versions of movie firearms, bought purely for display (and occasional handling
).
I live in Japan and, when I get frustrated by the hassle and cost of importing replicas from the States, I remind myself that there
are some advantages (from a collecting standpoint) to living here -- for example, being able to purchase airsoft pieces like these easily, and without the orange barrel plugs.
Here are some of the pieces in my collection with which I am most happy:
Hudson: Mad Max Sawed-Off Shotgun (from THE ROAD WARRIOR, a.k.a. MAD MAX 2)
Marushin: M1887 Shotgun (the "Rosebox" shotgun from TERMINATOR 2)
Marushin: COP .357 ("Leon's Gun" from BLADE RUNNER)
Tanaka Works: S&W M29 .44 Magnum (from DIRTY HARRY)
Tanio-Koba: VP-70M (USCM pistol from ALIENS)
Hudson also makes a chrome-barrel version of Max's sawed-off shotgun, as seen the original MAD MAX (it's a "model gun" rather than an airsoft, meaning that it fires caps instead of gas-propelled BBs), and Marushin makes a black version of the COP gun (which I think made an appearance in THE MATRIX RELOADED. Is that right?). Hartford makes a handsome airsoft version of Deckard's blaster from BLADE RUNNER, but it's not screen-accurate. It's got some awful misspellings on the barrel (perhaps in order to avoid legal action by Steyr-Mannlicher?).
Most airsoft models are issued in ABS, but upgrades like wooden grips and metal barrels and slides are available for a lot of them, either directly from the manufacturers or as aftermarket parts.
I've also got an M-41A Pulse Rifle based on a conversion of an airsoft Thompson submachine gun, but I won this in an auction and am not sure who made the conversion parts. Maruzen makes a nice Walther PPK/S, which is a close but not exact match for the PPK used by Connery in the early Bond films.
Sorry I don't have pictures of any of my items for you. Most of my stuff is boxed up right now because of a shortage of display space. :confused
