Prop Replicas you didn't know you had (sometimes until too late)

[The Kreator]

I've got the exact phone (even same color) as the one used by Nancy in the original Nightmare on Elm Street. The one where Freddy's tongue comes out and licks her face. Still have it around somewhere, and plan to sculpt the mouth/tongue on it eventually.

It was our main phone when I was a kid for years until wireless phones got cheap and commonplace. But I kept the phone and used in my room up until I graduated high school. Always thought it was cool it was the same one.

 

[Contec]

Looks like she likes it I picture a whole scene in the style of Scary movie with this :lol

 

[mrsmartypants]

I had the Nike shoes that Kyle Reese wore in Terminator. They were black with the silver velcro strap.

I threw them away in 1991 because they didn't fit anymore.

FB

Yep, I had a couple of pairs of those myself. They show up in another movie as well...one of the breakdance movies - Breakin' or Beat Street.

 

[brainiacfive]

Back when I was a kid, I had one of those Star Trek Walkie-Talkie communicators from the 70's. The ones with the pull-out antenna and the red/green button on the side to make the alert sounds.

It was probably my first prop replica, because I realized that if you covered (I wouldn't remove it) the Trek insignia with blue tape it looked just like the remote controller Fred Grandy used to flip open his computer console in the wax musum in the kids show Monster Squad.

More recently I realized the robot remote control used in the recent Stepford Wives was the same model as my tv remote. And no, I did not turn around and point it at my wife to see what would happen (though the thought DID cross my mind...).

 

[Kenobius]

I've been looking to build a Tom Servo for awhile now, that's your clue.

During the holidays, I was helping my mother go through some old photos and was looking at some old Christmas ones. There was one of my brother gleefully holding up an NES. I thought that was cool, but in the next photo, we're both holding onto a Tyco Turbo Train set. The same set that had the car that was vac'd and used as the black do-hickeys around Servo's bowl skirt.

As my friend and I say, "it was a Lost moment."

 

[Jedi Loreen]

I have that razor that someone pointed out was used as the basis for a comlink in Phantom Menace. One of these days, I'm going to make a resin cast of it and add all the little doodads they stuck on it.

I have/had a couple of those, and used them, so I recognized them right away, the first time I saw TPM.

Most people are familiar with the green razors with the rubbery grips, but many don't know that there was an all plastic version. The one I have is a light red color, the outer part has glitter embedded in the plastic, the grip is translucent. I don't know what happened to the green one I had.

These were taken a few years ago with a crappy web cam:

I really need to make a Jedi Communicator out of it. I think I have enough greeblies collected to do that. I took it apart a year or two ago so it will be easier to paint with 2 different colors like I want to do.

 

[g05ty]

Not sure if this counts but a few years back i was watching the movie "airheads" and noticed that Rex (Steve bucemi?) has the same tattoo as me and as his isnt real i guess it could be called a prop lol :lol

 

[Lear60man]

I'm kinda a bag prostitute. I like luggage so sue me. Im watching a rerun of Voyager and notice a backpack that Tuval (sp) is wearing on an away mission. Hit pause on the DVR and yup, confirmed. I have the same Tumi T2 silver backpack stuffed in a closet collecting dust. I think they stopped making them in 2002.

 

[Bonded Hawk]

About 18 years ago I bought a sword cane at a flee market. A couple of weeks back I was watching Sherlock Holmes and recognized it. I had to dig it out of the attic.

Bonded Hawk

 

[runnriottt]

While in the Navy, I personaly tossed 6 Cases of Dosimeters over the side.

Lonepigion sold a set of 4 for 70 Bucks.

Screen accurate. 6 Cases.








Oh well.

 

[androidandy]

A few years ago when I was living in the bachelor pad with two other guys we had poker nights, and I picked up some cool ashtrays for a buck a piece at the thrift store for the cigars. A year or so later I saw the same ashtray in Blade Runner as the one that Gaff made his origami chicken from in Bryant's office. I went searching the house for them and couldn't find them, until my roommate's girlfriend said she put them in the kitchen cupboards behind some of their stuff. I quickly bought some other cheap replacements in case they needed them, and took them back. The rest is pretty much history on those.

I also had the polaroid SX-70 sonar camera that was used in the Esper, but sold it before I knew that it was in my favorite movie. I did sell it for a lot of money at the time, but they are much harder to come by now.

Andy

 

[forceflow]

Great thread, cool stories. There's only two i can think of off the top of my head, I procured a American Eagle Dazed n Confused t shirt from a rather unpleasant roommate and saw the brother in Just Friends wearing it. I did a spit take when i saw the trailer. It's my favorite T-shirt.

Not sure if this counts; I think the moment i switched cell phones one summer Entourage premiered and E had the same phone. My friends and people always joke how i remind them of that character, funny thing is i cracked my screen and like a week later in the season finale Vince throws the phone cracking the screen in the same spot.

 

[Contec]

At work we used the same cell phones that they use in AVP2.

 

[Alkerseltzer]

I had the Radio/CD/Cassette player that one of the groups of people were listening to in Joe Dirt. I thought it was so cool because if it. though, by that time the disk reader was near dead, but back then i still listened to tapes. i miss bein that age:rolleyes

 

[SomewhatSavvy]

Recently I was watching Legend of the Seeker and realized that I own the exact same backpack that Kahlan wears throughout the show. It's modern, made by some Australian company. :lol

Also I collect vintage cameras and realized I have the vintage camera at the end of Indy 4 (a hawkeye, maybe? I don't recall now). I was in the theater going, "Hey, I own that camera."

 

[mtsbspidey]

A few years ago I wanted a new chess set, so my wife got me glass one for Christmas because she thought it looked cool. She just happened to get me the exact one from the end of the first X-men movie.

 

[CB2001]

Wow! I'm surprise this post has been resurrected! More great item infos, guys.

 

[YenChih Lin]

Back in the heydays of TNG, I bought a nice silver/blue UFP pin, which was used as one of Data's medals, the close-up was never see properly, but with the help of the CG cards, I saw that and still have it today. The other two were a TOS movie admiral star and a another pin which was sold then, I guess it's a Klingon rank pin.

 

[DS Operative]

My mom used to have the hair dryer that was used to make the vibro axe used by Lando(?) and the skiff guards in ROTJ. Because she never used it anymore I was going to swipe it and put it up on eBay, but she must have thrown it out a long time ago.

 

[arkangel]

Unless the item is iconic or at least somewhat recognizable to even the most discerning sci fi / fantasy fan, I fail to see the cool factor.

"Hey I have the same reebok sock used by emilio estevez in the breakfast club"
Umm... ok..

Don't get me wrong. I've seen the most obscere Star Trek props replicated here, but they were done with a passion for the source material where other fans could identify with and relate.

To find a "prop" for it's own sake makes little sense to me.