Bradleyfett
Sr Member
After doing a good bit of research and purchasing several incorrect units from ebay, I can finally announce that I have ID'd the correct ice cream maker used in TESB on Bespin and Dagobah.
The correct unit is a 4-quart Ice Cream Maker consisting of a plastic bucket, a metal canister with plastic lid and a stirring unit that goes inside canister, and a motor unit. The bucket has a wood-grain pattern molded into the plastic and comes in various colors (I have a yellow and red one). The motor unit comes in (at least) black and white.
It seems the same unit was sold under different brand names: Dolly Madison, Sears, and Sunbeam (and perhaps others).
There is a similar unit sold under the same variety of brand names that has a nearly identical motor unit, but the bucket is wider and shorter, making it the wrong proportions for the prop.
The unit is dated 1976, but the research seems to indicate that the same unit may have been produced well into the 80s.
Now the pics:
A few more here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10867551@N00/sets/72157623691399221/with/5184492553/
Mark
The correct unit is a 4-quart Ice Cream Maker consisting of a plastic bucket, a metal canister with plastic lid and a stirring unit that goes inside canister, and a motor unit. The bucket has a wood-grain pattern molded into the plastic and comes in various colors (I have a yellow and red one). The motor unit comes in (at least) black and white.
It seems the same unit was sold under different brand names: Dolly Madison, Sears, and Sunbeam (and perhaps others).
There is a similar unit sold under the same variety of brand names that has a nearly identical motor unit, but the bucket is wider and shorter, making it the wrong proportions for the prop.
The unit is dated 1976, but the research seems to indicate that the same unit may have been produced well into the 80s.
Now the pics:
A few more here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10867551@N00/sets/72157623691399221/with/5184492553/
Mark
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I didn't know that Luke and a black guy from bespin were using Ice Cream makers for .... I don't know for what they've used ice cream makers...
