Props lost or destroyed
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Scrap Droids
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I have a buddy that is a carpenter that about 15, or so, years ago he worked for a company that was hired to build various movie sets. Before he was allowed to work on any set every member of his union had to sign an agreement that stated that they were to never, under penalty of termination and prosecution, to take anything off of a set. He told me he destroyed dozens of productions sets, and threw to numerous to count props into the dumpster. Its a sad story really.
Despite being completely true, you can't say things like that here. You'll make the prop people cry.
TheWhiteGrail
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The small desktop model of The Time Machine from the 1960 film of the same name was kept after filming but subsequently lost in a house fire in the '70s I think.. I real shame.
DD28
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Rik1138
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Propstore sold the Heart of Gold model recently... It was mounted on a stand and still lit up... Damn cool. SOOO pissed I missed it (it was sold by the time I saw it), but I suspect it might have been out of my price range anyway... :cool I think I have pics of it somewhere...
That and a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster glass are all I've seen from the original TV series...
I believe Bob Burns has this (along with the full-sized one). He has some pictured here:
Bob Burns Time Machine 1
Some are replicas, and he doesn't state if any of them are the screen-used one or not...
I have an 85 Yamaha XT200 That I believe is the same model that was used in the first Rambo movie, First Blood where he was running from the Sherrifs to the hills and then ditched it on the rocks. Would this now be considered a replica prop? When you find or have something that was used in a movie and is the same model and year....what can you do with it?
I use to go pass the body shop where the Land Master used to be parked.. where is is it now..Great shots! Thanks.
Ah, so the red stripe in the one Maiden photo is tape. Interesting. And that George Barris is so humble and honest (and such a good grammarian). But I guess technically you could say he "paint" it. :rolleyes
The boneyard spinner above has the YI on the side, so I guess we know which one ended up there. But am I seeing things, or does the "Latta Spinner" have a two-piece back hatch where the others are a single piece? (I'm sure all this has been discussed and debated and dissected elsewhere, but it's just so much fun!)
That's not the Logan's Run hovercraft on the Maiden cover, but here's a shot of it at Dean Jeffries' next to the Landmaster.
And continuing the threadjack, here's a fascinating little film I just found. I anticipate spending many hours at DT's site: Blade Runner: Spinner Vehicles | Douglas Trumbull - Immersive Media and Visual Effects
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Its hard to get a good look of the bike in the film but as you can see from this screen capture it is the same bike.
Same model of bike or same bike bike?
Dean sold off the LandMaster years ago after doing a restoration on it. I do miss driving by it when I have to drive up that damnable Cahuenga Pass.......
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Avolow
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I remember visiting the Forest J Ackerman home a couple times in the early 90s. Man he had the stuff! Hearing the stories of how he paid a kid $10 in the 60 for the original Creature form the Black Lagoon mask that was given to him by his dad that worked at the studios or seeing Lon Chaney Jr's make up case, and other things was just awesome. So much so I made the trip twice. I remember he had the Martian arm that fell out of the ship at the end of the original War of the Worlds just poking out of his book shelf and the Talos statue from Jason and the Argonauts setting in his basement. That man had a lot of movie history. I remember him saying back then, both times I was there, that if anyone would put together a museum for his collection and house it for the public to see he would hand over the whole thing, lock, stock, and barrel. I see now his stuff is all over auctions for sale. Really sad that a museum could never be assembled to keep it visible for the fans.
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Was the Spaceballs car / ship just a refit of the Logans's run car? They look almost identical, to my untrained eye.
Yes it was.
jhagga2006
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Sets from 66 Batman tv series...when Batman cancelled another network was interested in picking up the series, but they had dismantled everything and the idea was kanked....
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DominoDoggy
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This was a thought provoking thread. If you think about it, the vast majority of props are destroyed because sets are broken down after production wraps. Whatever isn't recycled is trashed. It makes sense. The film industry produces so much stuff that we could never archive it all or put itmuseums.
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