Your Indiana Jones Displays - Lets see 'em

Liberance said:
Always loved your display. The desk idea is very unique. But you do have enough stuff to fill a whole room! I briefly entertained the idea of having the guns myself (at least the Webley and the S&W, being the story-relevant ones) but again, they don't really fit and where I live even owning a deactivated pistol is a legal headache, plus police are required to mark them in a way that ruins the look.

Fun fact: introducing Mutt's switchblade into the country is supposed to be illegal but I managed to get that one without issue. However I was stopped at a port while carrying the Sting sword replica from The Lord of the Rings that I have hanging near the Indy stuff, and they almost took that from me. Thankfully they eventually let me keep it.



I'm amazed you managed to get stamps of any sort from Hatay. I had a lot of old videogame console boxes lying around that I keep for collecting as well, and I decided to wrap them all as vintage packages to leave on top of shelves around the office. I was afraid to put too many stamps on them though! Looks like in real life there were never enough, that's good to know.



I searched and searched for a small glass dome for the watch, like some other folks have here. I eventually found one I used for Lao Che's diamond some time ago. In the end, both ended up being better without it for my set up. Both clipboards are vintage, easy to find and look great. So are the postcards and letters from places Indy visited. As roger says, reprints just don't have the same patina and feel. I should probably age that Barnett college ID card too, cause the minute you put something modern next to the real stuff, it sticks out like crazy.
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Yeah, it is pretty amazing how easy it is to get guns in the good old USA. I have a Curios and Relics FFL license which allows me to buy almost anything that is over 50 years old. I am not a "gun guy" however. I just own these 2 and don't really have an interest in buying more. A lot of people here in the states like to fire these antique guns but I do not as I rather like having fingers and I think I should miss them. I don't know if you guys heard about the Bapty revolver from Raiders that was sold to a British buyer. It had to be deactivated per EU rules which basically destroys the gun. The ejector was removed and the cylinder counter-bored so a cartridge block could be welded in place. The ejector no longer functions and holes were drilled in the barrel to fill the barrel with a permanent barrel block. Seems a shame to do this to a piece of history regardless of how one feels about guns. If I had been wanting to buy it and lived in an EU country, I would have not bought it knowing what would have to be done to it.
 
rogerpir said:
Yeah, it is pretty amazing how easy it is to get guns in the good old USA. I have a Curios and Relics FFL license which allows me to buy almost anything that is over 50 years old. I am not a "gun guy" however. I just own these 2 and don't really have an interest in buying more. A lot of people here in the states like to fire these antique guns but I do not as I rather like having fingers and I think I should miss them. I don't know if you guys heard about the Bapty revolver from Raiders that was sold to a British buyer. It had to be deactivated per EU rules which basically destroys the gun. The ejector was removed and the cylinder counter-bored so a cartridge block could be welded in place. The ejector no longer functions and holes were drilled in the barrel to fill the barrel with a permanent barrel block. Seems a shame to do this to a piece of history regardless of how one feels about guns. If I had been wanting to buy it and lived in an EU country, I would have not bought it knowing what would have to be done to it.
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Considering the UK is the place to get the Bapty, he could've bought a regular vintage gun. If it was an actual gun from the movie that was in working condition, it's a shame regardless of whether it was going to be fired ever again or not. But yeah, that one in particular made me forget about the guns. Get a firearms license just so I can import one of them, modify the barrel, deactivate it, get it marked... too much hassle just for a decorative item. There are replicas, but they don't look right. Again, the more genuine stuff one has, proper materials and such, the more you need to keep up the standard or the whole thing collapses. I looked into the ammo as well, inert, but even that has to be modified in a way that defeats the purpose.

But hey, it doesn't matter, I have the David Morgan. Which was also almost taken at an airport once. Not the sort of thing I'd give up easily though.
 
kevin926 said:
Where are we finding the death mask please
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I’ve been making this on my Etsy for the past few years

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Liberance said:
Considering the UK is the place to get the Bapty, he could've bought a regular vintage gun. If it was an actual gun from the movie that was in working condition, it's a shame regardless of whether it was going to be fired ever again or not. But yeah, that one in particular made me forget about the guns. Get a firearms license just so I can import one of them, modify the barrel, deactivate it, get it marked... too much hassle just for a decorative item. There are replicas, but they don't look right. Again, the more genuine stuff one has, proper materials and such, the more you need to keep up the standard or the whole thing collapses. I looked into the ammo as well, inert, but even that has to be modified in a way that defeats the purpose.

But hey, it doesn't matter, I have the David Morgan. Which was also almost taken at an airport once. Not the sort of thing I'd give up easily though.
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Congrats on the David Morgan. Mine is just a regular Magnolia whip. I have been nervous about getting a high quality whip because of the very long wait times. The longer the wait, the more can go wrong. 6 weeks becomes 6months becomes never. I did invest in a herbert johnson hat (the Cairo). I would love to have a david Morgan whip
 
Took me a few years to find this one ... Henry Jones Sr.'s open face Jean Pierre pocket watch….but I finally caught a break on eBay.
I acquired the hunter version (theoretically seen in the motorcycle sidecar) a couple of years ago but the open face version (biplane scene) is the only one pictured in the Archives book
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Adam C. said:
I just received a Set of 3 Remote-Controlled, Light-up “Sankara Stones” a few weeks ago which were made by MIMIC. It takes a little while for them to be made, but they are well worth the wait. They look absolutely outstanding in person! Pictures just don’t do them justice. They have a very weighty ‘substantive’ feel to them, too. Highly recommended! :thumbsup

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(This came up on the front page and I clicked hence the reply to a seven year old post)

I got a set of Mimic stones from an eBay purchase, which included a few other items. I concur they're excellent and the best thing is the lighting system is not something that will break and you're screwed. It uses readily available remote control dimming candle sets with many varieties sold on Amazon and elsewhere. You can rig up an AC powered light if you want as they just have a rubber stopper in the bottom you can easily squeeze a small wire around or drill a small hold through the stopper. It might not be quite as impressive as some other more accurate light pattern systems, but it'll never become a door stop or forever dark display if it breaks either (shown in bookshelf displays below unlit and lit)

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OH! The various figures are cool. I LOVE the glowing ark with the face melting guy in front of it ! Awesome. Brings memories back of the movie.
 
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