Ripley's Screen-Used A L I E N NOSTROMO Jumpsuit, on Auction, Starting: $85,000

[ID10T]

What is going on?

I've been reading the epic phaser auction thread, and now we see this... I was just coming here for some pictures to capture the amount of weathering on the patches but now I'm disgusted.

Besides the noted details, the red/gold "pin" above the wings was a glued on patch in the film as far as I am aware, not a metal pin- in the promo photo above you can see it's missing and only a glue blob remains.

Really disappointing.

 

[Axlotl]

The wing patch alone is all kinds of wrong.

 

[PoopaPapaPalps]

So, is the gathering consensus is that this is a fan reproduction?

 

[joberg]

I'll grab my popcorn...seems to me that, looking closely at that costume, some of the details don't add-up Maybe that's why it's back on the rack!

 

[ID10T]

I have no idea so I'm asking: Did the item sell once before and it is now be offered by the new/current owner? Or is this something that came out of the woodwork all of a sudden?

 

[NostromoCrew]

Are there the same amount of lacing loops? Looks like less on the auction item.

That seems to be in check, 11 tabs for every side. Consistent with G-4B suits. I believe the suit up for auction is an authentic G4-B suit, I just doubt it is THE suit Sigourney Weaver wore.

 

[NostromoCrew]

What is going on?

I've been reading the epic phaser auction thread, and now we see this... I was just coming here for some pictures to capture the amount of weathering on the patches but now I'm disgusted.

Besides the noted details, the red/gold "pin" above the wings was a glued on patch in the film as far as I am aware, not a metal pin- in the promo photo above you can see it's missing and only a glue blob remains.

Really disappointing.

A correct observation. All the garments I was from the Bob Burns collection were glued on. One can see it clearly across the board. Yellow glue to be specific.

I have no idea so I'm asking: Did the item sell once before and it is now be offered by the new/current owner? Or is this something that came out of the woodwork all of a sudden?

Unclear, but I'm always suspicious when they do not provide close-ups, of the patches for example.

 

[Bigdaddy]

Don't worry guys, EXPERTS that have IMPECCABLE credentials have authenticated this as the missing 5th flight suit nobody ever heard of.

On another note: that production photo made me fall in love with her all over again!

 

[ID10T]

On another note: that production photo made me fall in love with her all over again!

She was quite the hottie before the turn of the century...

 

[NostromoCrew]

Military jumpsuits don't usually flatter the female figure, but Sigourney, in that suit! wow.

 

[CessnaDriver]

Military jumpsuits don't usually flatter the female figure, but Sigourney, in that suit! wow.

Yeah, those lacings end up giving a corset effect.

 

[joberg]

She was quite the hottie before the turn of the century...

Still hot in my book FYI for the fans: Ash's G-4B suit was different than the other crew members: lacing was also put on the suit's sleeves by the costume dept.

 

[ID10T]

She does look better at 71 than most look at 61.