Six Million Dollar Man Prop Research

[PHArchivist]

Cool..!

 

[Borg69]

I'm surprised there isn't more Bionic love here. Too old??

 

[tag777]

How about the belt buckle Steve always wore?

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That's amazing!

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Could we see a pic?

 

[Ronpur]

As a space patch collector and fan of the Six Million Dollar Man, I have always searched for any info on a patch used in the show. I finally found one for his Apollo 19 mission when Steve Austin give a flight jacket to a kid who was building rockets. It has his Apollo 19 patch on it. Details are hard to make out, but so far, I have got the general shape worked out, and I am not to sure about the two other names.

 

[Ronpur]

They also used some real patches for the episode The Deadly Replay. I have obtained that one and had a S. Austin name tape made.

 

[Ronpur]

So, working with some patch designer friends of mine, I am trying to get it looking more realistic:

 

[RobertJSawyer]

To me, the names on the Apollo XIX badge look like:

AUSTIN
MALLOW
ROSE

 

[robn1]

Last name definitely Rose, second name Mallon or Fallon.

 

[chazzychaz]

I found this buckle a few years ago

 

[Funky]

Nice find, Are the any makers marks of any kind on it?

 

[chazzychaz]

Nice find, Are the any makers marks of any kind on it?

No, I drunkenly searched ebay one night and BINGO

 

[chazzychaz]

Nice find, Are the any makers marks of any kind on it?

No sorry. I found it on ebay

 

[RobertJSawyer]

As a space patch collector and fan of the Six Million Dollar Man, I have always searched for any info on a patch used in the show. I finally found one for his Apollo 19 mission when Steve Austin give a flight jacket to a kid who was building rockets. It has his Apollo 19 patch on it. Details are hard to make out, but so far, I have got the general shape worked out, and I am not to sure about the two other names.
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I asked over on the Facebook "Fans of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman" group if someone could check the German Blu-ray release of the season-four SMDM episode "Danny's Inferno," which is the one that shows the jacket and the patch, to get a better screenshot. Here's the shot a fine fellow named Seamus Carey provided. The three names are AUSTIN, FALLON, and ROSE.

 

[PHArchivist]

I wonder if its not too late to research the props made for Steve Ausitn's rebuilding? After all, it has been 38 years... But with the release of the entire series on DVD, I have a renewed interest.

Oh wow...

49 years now...

 

[toddstanton75]

Im a huge fan of the Six Million Dollar Man and also have been fascinated by the arm used in the production of the series. Here's a work in progress CG model that I'm creating using the screen captures as reference. In my opinion, I think the arm used was a ordinary myoelectric prosthesis decorated with circuit boards, wires, and metal gear: I've wracked my brain trying to figure out the reason for the sprocket in the forearm but came up with a solution using "creative license" by adding a stepper motor but perhaps there really is one there that's hidden lol.

It's my hope to make this into a 1/1 scale prop replica.

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Hey! I just found this thread. Did you ever make the arm? I would love to see it. I want to build one myself. Would you be willing to sell the design files?

 

[toddstanton75]

Im a huge fan of the Six Million Dollar Man and also have been fascinated by the arm used in the production of the series. Here's a work in progress CG model that I'm creating using the screen captures as reference. In my opinion, I think the arm used was a ordinary myoelectric prosthesis decorated with circuit boards, wires, and metal gear: I've wracked my brain trying to figure out the reason for the sprocket in the forearm but came up with a solution using "creative license" by adding a stepper motor but perhaps there really is one there that's hidden lol.

It's my hope to make this into a 1/1 scale prop replica.

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I posted a reply but didn't see it post. I am interested in producing an arm as well. Any interest in selling your design files?

 

[Murdoch]

OK here are some screen caps of the bionic parts:

Arm from the pilot episode

Arm from the pilot episode

Arm from the credit sequence

Leg from the credit sequence (reportedly the same as used in Beguiled)

Eye from credits

Eye seen better in the pilot episode

Note poster on the wall showing the threaded eye

None of these links work

 

[Lost in Trek]

None of these links work

Those links are 11 years old.

 

[Murdoch]

One can hope.

 

[pengbuzz]