re: ** New Members: Please Introduce Yourselves Here! **
Hi all!
I've been following the forum for years, and decided that it's time to join.
My name is Brian. I am a huge fan of movies, especially Star Wars, James Bond, Jurassic Park, and Back to the Future. I also love video games, my favorite franchise being The Legend of Zelda.
When it comes to props, I never really had the money to really get into it (still don't), but always loved props. One of my first 'replicas' was a wooden hoverboard from BTTF2 that my dad made for me. It was much smaller than the actual one, but as a child, it was awesome! I still remember playing with that with my brother while wearing our BTTF sunglasses from Pizza Hut.
Later on, I really got into Jurassic Park. I remember going to the JP exhibit in Cleveland and wanting to take home all the props on display: the tazers, the NV goggles, the Barbasol can, among others.
The only props I personally tried to make were some lightsabers; one using chrome piping, and the other out of machined aluminum on a lathe back in high school that I never finished.
Currently, my little collection of prop replicas / collectibles includes:
Star Wars: Force FX ANH Vader Saber with removable blade (with Luke's on its way), Don Post Darth Vader helmet, a MR scaled Anakin ROTS Saber, and a homemade Obi-Wan costime from TPM (unfortunately, I was 12 when we made it, so it no longer fits).
James Bond: Non-firing Walther PPK (it's a cap gun from Japan that strips down like a real gun, fires plug caps loaded in fake bullets, really cool), and an Omega Seamaster-inspired Goldeneye 007 Watch (a promo for the game back in 97).
My want list includes:
The Barbasol cryocan (hoping that Rylo, Nicksdad, or someone new will start a run), a 10,000 volts sign, the baby velociraptor (someone made an amazing replica cast from Stan Winston's original), a Stormtrooper blaster (even if it's the MR scaled one), the Golden Gun (FE's is awesome but too darn pricey), Marty McFly Jr's hat (can be had for cheap, just have to stop being lazy), and I'm sure there are other props I can't think of.
I hope to learn some stuff here, make some friends, and have some fun!
