They do dry out over time... Which I found interesting since the vials have gaskets... The food coloring, or highlighter water, doesn't seem to stain the vials... Just add some water back into the vial and it will rehydrate the color... I just did that to my Rylo can last night when filling the new Paragon one... Just let the water sit overnight then shake... Here's one I haven't yet shaken... You can see the "color concentrate" at the bottom...Woah. Just got mine. This thing is incredible. #25 of 3500! Absolutely blown away. Want to put some Dino DNA in there, and saw the post on insta about making it using water and yellow food coloring. Question - is there any concern the food coloring will stain the vials over time? Not that I plan to change them out or anything...but I remember also seeing discussion of some people using yellow alcohol. But then there was a concern of evaporation. Just trying to make sure I use the best option! Want to take care of this beautiful piece! (Just saw the post about the highlighter water..another cool option. Is there a consensus on what's the most screen-accurate?
Great Question. The answer is lengthy but hardly scientific. I'll try and cliff-note it.I too received my Cryo can today. Beautiful piece and I couldn’t be happier.
Rylo, in looking at your site it appears this might be the largest run, at 3500 units, that you have offered to date. Could you speak to how you go about determining the size of a run?
Thanks, man! See my reply just above this one on what I use.Woah. Just got mine. This thing is incredible. #25 of 3500! Absolutely blown away. Want to put some Dino DNA in there, and saw the post on insta about making it using water and yellow food coloring. Question - is there any concern the food coloring will stain the vials over time? Not that I plan to change them out or anything...but I remember also seeing discussion of some people using yellow alcohol. But then there was a concern of evaporation. Just trying to make sure I use the best option! Want to take care of this beautiful piece! (Just saw the post about the highlighter water..another cool option. Is there a consensus on what's the most screen-accurate?
The labels are perfect— a problem with a lot of other replicas have been the labels getting caught on the edge of the centrifuge holes either because the holes are too tight or because the label material is too thick— this is perfect on both.Oh, and regarding filling the vials. Again, there's never been a hard and fast rule. Yes, I like water and food coloring. I've never had a problem with it staining the vials, evaporating, etc. I get it though, it's fun to come up with new ideas.
Aaaand, as far as vial labels go. I prefer a clean, "As New" look that wraps around the vial. The hero ones are stuck on rather haphazardly and cut short. We gave you two sets so you can decide for yourself. lol!
-Rylo
I'm relatively certain where we see that "threaded hole" on the inside is either a failed attempt to make it screw (which is why the top of the central tube has threading at the top) or just from them gutting the inside of the can, since even with this prop it looks too short to reach the top of the can like that. Although that part of the can seems like spun metal like the other cry parts— maybe you're on to something and it's an insert that's lower than the top?? It's interesting. I always wondered why the top was threaded like that.I'm curious about a couple of things, just more inquiring about all the history behind the real ones and such. It seems that, finally, there's a real one being sold on Heritage right now (the first one that actually looks legit that I've ever seen outside of the studio, from the Planet Hollywood collection). Some of the vial stickers are different, which made me wonder how many different labels might have been used in the big cryo prop that Nedry opens to steal from, so there might be a lot more than just the ones we know...
And, at least on the prop at Heritage, I was surprised to see there actually is a piece inside the outer can that the cryo mechanism actually screws into... Could this be the prop Dodgson shows Nedry when we first see it? He does seem to have to actually unscrew the thing during that scene...
Would be neat to see photos of all the different ones they made for the movie...
Got mine also. Where can you check what # it's out of??Woah. Just got mine. This thing is incredible. #25 of 3500! Absolutely blown away. Want to put some Dino DNA in there, and saw the post on insta about making it using water and yellow food coloring. Question - is there any concern the food coloring will stain the vials over time? Not that I plan to change them out or anything...but I remember also seeing discussion of some people using yellow alcohol. But then there was a concern of evaporation. Just trying to make sure I use the best option! Want to take care of this beautiful piece! (Just saw the post about the highlighter water..another cool option. Is there a consensus on what's the most screen-accurate?
On the outer plain cardboard box.Got mine also. Where can you check what # it's out of??