New Elstree Studio documentary with discarded Graflex.

[Skelatorious]

A great documentary of the studios as a whole. Of course Star Wars gets a decent amount of discussion. The son of a previous studio manager during its hey-day (Andrew Mitchell) found a discarded prop when Star Wars was wrapping.

This is discusssd just after the 26min mark.

 

[joberg]

Great vid for sure; TFS with us Skelatorious

 

[Serenity]

Grip residue?:

 

[JoeG]

Is this Andrew guy the same person who tried to pass of a fake Luke ROTJ reveal saber as production made? If so I'd take any claim he makes with a giant grain of salt.

 

[thd9791]

Damn, that top has been demolished!

I will say the bubble strip thats too wide for the clamp to close is neat, but I can't figure out whats happening with that D ring.

 

[thd9791]

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2 rivets on a D ring clip

Leftover superglue from T tracks

 

[Ridire Firean]

Hmmm, looks like an Early Folmer Glass Eye and Red-Button.

 

[Ridire Firean]

I'd take any claim he makes with a giant grain of salt.

Well, he got two movie names wrong in the 6 minutes of the video that I watched, so, I'd say definitely add salt!

That X-wing though!!! I thought my appliance box X-wing was neat, how cool would a real one have been to play in!!!

 

[Halliwax]

Haven’t watched the video but nearly had a heart attack when I saw the d ring!!

Then saw the posts about this guys past history... not cool

 

[JoeG]

Paul Harrison was the guy I was thinking of. He was the person at Elstree trying to pass off replicas as production made pieces.

Revisting the Elstree Props “Return of the Jedi” Star Wars Lightsabers: The $50,000 Question (Original or Replica?)

 

[Halliwax]

Idk... watching this. The guy has pictures of himself playing on all the props..

I also see crap on the lower tube.. I have a gut feeling this is real...

Maybe I WANT it to be real....

 

[Halliwax]

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2 rivets on a D ring clip
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Leftover superglue from T tracks
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Crazy isn’t Tom.. can you imagine if this is true!!

 

[Halliwax]

Also looks like something under the bubble strip..

 

[BlandoCalrssian]

Really hoping its not real, thats a lot of Graflex bottoms that cant be undrilled

 

[teecrooz]

Well, it pretty much lines up with the Empire of Dreams blurry footage I posted a while ago. Off-center clip, which is why I always told people it was a mistake to drill their flash until better reference was available.

I’m not saying this is correct, just gives me further pause to not drill my vintage flashes until better reference is available.

 

[Halliwax]

Well, it pretty much lines up with the Empire of Dreams blurry footage I posted a while ago. Off-center clip, which is why I always told people it was a mistake to drill their flash until better reference was available.

I’m not saying this is correct, just gives me further pause to not drill my vintage flashes until better reference is available.

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Dang.. that’s a tough blur lol

 

[teecrooz]

Lol, maybe someone can embed the video from the Facebook Graflex Addicts Group. The video in motion and there is an attempt at a sharpening that both still makes me to believe it was off center.

 

[BlandoCalrssian]

Anyone else now see two rivets/screws on the toe pic saber?

 

[THX1138]

Wow, I have a feeling that is a real prop that he found in the mud on the lot. Notice how the lever isn't closed much at all and the 7 bubble LED is quite yellowed. In many photo's, Luke's Graflex has a lever that is barely closed! I wonder if there's 7 strips of glue residue on it???

 

[THX1138]