Hello, I am new to the movie prop scene, but I purchased a life size alien from mars atttacks awhile back. I was wondering if anyone knows much about these guys. I am guessing they were the ones laying around in scenes. This guy is a little over five feet tall. Any info would be great about this props like how much are they worth. He just hangs out in my dining room peeking around the corner to scare people.
Mars Attacks life size alien
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I'd never seen one of the stop motion puppets. I'd love to have one of those. I believe that a member here had something to do with producing those originally.
Amish Trooper
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Nothing like having a martian leer at you while you eat. lol. Cool piece
handler
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lol I was thinking the same thing. Really cool prop, though.
Tiki
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I saw a whole bunch of the full sized aliens on set while working on the film - and I wanted to have one SO bad! I produced a number of alien props for the film, and was able to visit the White House set on a few occasions to drop off parts and shoot a few scenes. Never saw the full sized aliens being used - they were always stacked on hand trucks or stashed under blankets on the side of the set. My guess is they were for eye lines and as a visual aid for the human actors. I've got a pull out of the stop motion alien puppet (the version without the spacesuit), and someday I'll get the time to paint it up 
hi there i was wondering is the mars attack fosale
AndreaLothbrok
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I'm not sure as to a life size alien from Mars Attacks, but I did hear of a scree-used stop-motion puppet from this same film selling for 6K!
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This is a very cool piece, Tim! Did you work on this film?
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This is a very cool piece, Tim! Did you work on this film?
Dfrazee,
This looks like the display alien made by Global Effects inc. Global built 2 autopsy bodies and modified the space suited aliens for the film. I don't know who made the space suited aliens but they had arms that were too long and Global shortened them. The only other full size alien bodies were the autopsy bodies, one a full alien, the other a fake looking human body with an alien head. The full body had a cavity in the head and chest, with a wood and rope armature. These were sculpted by Conor Mccullagh (face off winner). The piece you have appears to be a display piece that was made for Global's office from a casting that was to be used for the film, but ultimately not needed.
This looks like the display alien made by Global Effects inc. Global built 2 autopsy bodies and modified the space suited aliens for the film. I don't know who made the space suited aliens but they had arms that were too long and Global shortened them. The only other full size alien bodies were the autopsy bodies, one a full alien, the other a fake looking human body with an alien head. The full body had a cavity in the head and chest, with a wood and rope armature. These were sculpted by Conor Mccullagh (face off winner). The piece you have appears to be a display piece that was made for Global's office from a casting that was to be used for the film, but ultimately not needed.
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