They Live props..John Carpenter

[propologist]

You know you love that movie....cheesy 80's greatness , The big hair of Roddy Piper and that plaid shirt, anyway I am making some props to go with my Roddy piper and John C autographs . Would like to find some of the original props but who knows where they are...maybe the aliens got them. Now that would be a con costume..someone go as an alien and someone go as Roddy...grab the bubblegum.

Here's what I have so far :

Money
Magazine , almost finished ( need to bind and add filler)
VHS tape cover ..love those 80's
soup labels ( doing three various food items)
record album/cover ( KFC cover as stand in/measuring )
store sign ( with normal on reverse)
regular sign

not shown : cigarette pack , beer can label and wine bottle label.

just fun stuff . In looking/capping through the blue ray i burned the other night , they never used the same fonts on anything..from impact to everything else.

 

[Coz]

Hah! Thats great! Were the sunglasses Wayfarer knockoffs in the movie? Been a while since I've seen it - one of the great 'forgotten' Carpenter movies.

One prop you gotta have, tho - an empty bubblegum pack!

 

[Funky]

Within the last 3 months I have seen a bottle prop, a left alien hand and an alien mask on Ebay. From what I recall, everything was screen used with paperwork and surprisingly cheap! So the stuff is out there.

 

[Cenobyte]

Now you need a PKE meter from Ghostbusters

 

[propologist]

Within the last 3 months I have seen a bottle prop, a left alien hand and an alien mask on Ebay. From what I recall, everything was screen used with paperwork and surprisingly cheap! So the stuff is out there.

crap , i must have missed them , i still search every few days

 

[obiwan2]

Gotta love the stuff from the 80's! thumbsup

 

[Apollo]

Great collection so far from a Classic! :thumbsup

 

[mikeymike]

I have come here to...

AMC has been replaying this lately on TV. Awesome flick. It's even better if you were a Duke Nukem fan back in the day.

 

[Forestmoonstudio]

Great movie... The props look awesome!

 

[Trekkie313]

Now you need a PKE meter from Ghostbusters

NO! Just no.

 

[propologist]

NO! Just no.

while I really enjoy the movie ..No ..i want one for GB , but not they live.

oh and someone had posted somewhere about the sunglasses , i think IndyMogul maybe ...the site was http://www.defensedevices.com/ and they where like a 1.75 . they look real close , I would like to get a real pair or a close one.

 

[d_osborn]

one of my favs! i remember seeing a screen-used mask on a prop forum at one time... i was thinking it was the RPF, but i could be wrong.

i love your replicas! great job! i ran across a fantastic graphic artist's portfolio a while back... he did a custom THEY LIVE poster that was killer!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonschaefer/3969022155/in/set-72157618840130552/

 

[propologist]

very cool poster...love the font posters . I've never seen a mask , but hopefully i will find on oneday. screen used would be pricey but would like something from it. just a classic.

 

[Satxer]

I want...no...I need those sunglasses.

 

[TheRealMcFly]

I've had this on my compy for years, and just watched it (again) the other night.

That "PKE" gets around... now if only I could find that shoe polisher at the flea market.

So which came first the 'bubblegum' line in the film, or Duke Nukem video game?

I'm with Satxer... NEED the glasses.

 

[MooCriket]

Very cool Propologist. Loved this classic cheese fest of a movie

"Life's a _____ and she is back in heat":lol

 

[Jonesythecat]

Those must be the easiest props to reproduce... I love this film, I had no idea there were props around.

 

[propologist]

Those must be the easiest props to reproduce... I love this film, I had no idea there were props around.

yeah they where , Like I said oddly after looking through the dvd caps , they never used the same fonts all the time. they would use one for the main signs and then for the props they where all various and different.
I wonder why the paper props never survived. I want a mask and hands as well.
One of these days when we buy a house I would like to have a food shelf with things like this and other related props in the kitchen..kinda a guess the food prop and from what movie.

 

[Jonesythecat]

Yeah one of those masks should be a cracker! Don't remember ever seeing one that showed up. Maybe Carpenter has one at home.

 

[nickytea]

Friend of mine did a "They Live" design for an art show. At SDCC last year, John Landis bought a print!

Here's the link: http://goblinfishpress.bigcartel.com/product/they-live-print