CB2001
Master Member
Much like my "Items you didn't know you had that were props (sometimes until too late)" post, I've decided to post this particular topic, as I know that some people over at the ASAP forum had done this particular method in order to make prop replicas (and I know some of here have done this too, as I've seen posts, such as one with someone converting a toy phaser for the latest Star Trek movie to a screen accurate prop replica). So, I guess I'll start off with a simple story of what compelled me to make this post.
Recently, I checked out the two-disc edition of "The Dark Knight" from the library at Full Sail. And on the second disc, they talk about the construction of Batman's suit. One day earlier, I had been at the nearby Target store (after checking the CVS pharmacy, to which someone gave me a heads up on purchasing a Michael Myers mask for $10 from there, with no avail) and walked through the Halloween section they already had up. While walking through, I spotted an official Batman from "The Dark Knight" adult costume, typical of fabric and stuffing. After seeing the featurette on the making of the film, and that section about the Batman suit, I wondered if it could be possible to purchase the adult custom and somehow add onto it to make a close to accurate replica. After a couple of hours of thinking about it, I came to realize the odds of doing a conversion of an adult custom to screen accurate prop would be impossible due to the materials that the adult costume was made out of. And then I thought about other props, especially from ASAP forum that started off their lives as official merchandise that was barely screen accurate until a lot of prop makers got their hands on it (and I even recalled how for a major "space fight" sequence in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", that model makers actually purchased a lot of the old Playmate toy ships and converted them to be use for filming. And I recalled a YouTube video where someone took a Don Post Michael Myers mask and try to make it look more screen accurate to the one in the first "Halloween").
So, here's the question I'm posting here: have there been any official merchandise (i.e. clothing, toys, etc.) that you converted over to make into a screen accurate or semi-accurate replica? If so, did you like how it turned out or would you do something different with it?
Recently, I checked out the two-disc edition of "The Dark Knight" from the library at Full Sail. And on the second disc, they talk about the construction of Batman's suit. One day earlier, I had been at the nearby Target store (after checking the CVS pharmacy, to which someone gave me a heads up on purchasing a Michael Myers mask for $10 from there, with no avail) and walked through the Halloween section they already had up. While walking through, I spotted an official Batman from "The Dark Knight" adult costume, typical of fabric and stuffing. After seeing the featurette on the making of the film, and that section about the Batman suit, I wondered if it could be possible to purchase the adult custom and somehow add onto it to make a close to accurate replica. After a couple of hours of thinking about it, I came to realize the odds of doing a conversion of an adult custom to screen accurate prop would be impossible due to the materials that the adult costume was made out of. And then I thought about other props, especially from ASAP forum that started off their lives as official merchandise that was barely screen accurate until a lot of prop makers got their hands on it (and I even recalled how for a major "space fight" sequence in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", that model makers actually purchased a lot of the old Playmate toy ships and converted them to be use for filming. And I recalled a YouTube video where someone took a Don Post Michael Myers mask and try to make it look more screen accurate to the one in the first "Halloween").
So, here's the question I'm posting here: have there been any official merchandise (i.e. clothing, toys, etc.) that you converted over to make into a screen accurate or semi-accurate replica? If so, did you like how it turned out or would you do something different with it?
