During the 2005 series of Doctor Who with Christopher Eccleston he had a sonic screwdriver, new design, new prop. Anecdotally this was somewhat prone to breaking. Tie-in merchandise for the show included a toy sonic screwdriver with lights and sound. Being a toy, this was quite robust, although it was somewhat larger than the one used on screen. By the second series, when David Tennant took over, apparently they just used the toy version on screen all the time as it was less prone to breaking during filming.
Matt Smith was reportedly upset that his prop sonic screwdriver (a new design from the Eccleson/Tennant one) is not as good as the toy version....
The only show-accurate items that were used in the movie were the 2 plates that make up the front of the morpher. They made a master copy of the plates permanently attached to the docking cradle, and cast that in resin for each Ranger. No other aspect of the props or set pieces came from the show, unless somebody can analyze the briefly seen Saba prop.
I can't remember which episode but also in SG-1 the security force on some planet they were visiting were using repainted Nintendo Zappers that had the end of the barrels cut off at an angel as their weapons.
The Zapper's barrel already ends at an angle.
The Zapper's barrel already ends at an angle.
Yes but in the show they were cut short and I want to say they had a small brass tube added as a "barrel" for the gun.
Those look almost like Pringles cans in adult hands. I doubt they really used them for the padawans. Can you post an image?
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Here you go - It was from a multi piece role-play set that had a saber, braid etc. It's next to a MR Qui Gonn in the pic. You can see them in the Padawans hands when Obi Wan is asking Yoda about the missing planet.