Screen-used VX Sphere - restore or not?

TomSpinaDesigns

Sr Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Jul 20, 2008

• #21

Congrats on the pickup Rob! I know that's a real favorite of yours.

I'd say leave it unfilled... I think it will display very nicely as-is and that filling it with something might lead to complications in the future (potential leaks, "black globs", etc.).

congrats again!
Tom

 

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rmschneider104

Sr Member

• Jul 20, 2008

• #22

Leave it alone gets my vote.

 

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Jumpin Jax

Sr Member

• Jul 20, 2008

• #23

I remember seeing that up just a few days ago. First thought was "Man, empty it's just a sludgy ball. Needs some green!"

 

hollywoodhardware

Sr Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #24

Well Rob, you're asking this at a REPLICA prop forum. I bet if you ask it at the MPF, you will get different answers

I would leave it the way it is.

Thomas

 

giric thren

Well-Known Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #25

Re: To restore, or not to restore...

while it is yours, IMHO that if you refill it, it would be like the person who had a ANH trooper helmet and sanded most of the paint off. I say keep it as is, and put a replica filled and the actual prop empty.

 

hydin

Master Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Jul 21, 2008

• #26

Re: To restore, or not to restore...

I would NOT refinish it, but instead display it next to a replica piece.

Something where you can see the "hero" piece and have it labeled as such, and a "Stunt" replica version next to it.

Original movie props, I think, should be kept in that condition. Some things are a little harder to display (old latex masks, rubber appliances, etc) since they don't hold up well, but this would be something you can replicate fairly easy and I have enough faith in you to know the display would look pretty cool

 

franz bolo

Sr Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #27

What is a VX-Sphere?

FB

 

tgreco

Sr Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #28

PHArchivist said:

One thing that may keep me from re-filling it is that there is a large, harden black glob of the original aloe vera inside the sphere. I got the same hardened stuff with some of my older replicase.

To have this black blob suspended in the new gel may look bad...

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that was going to be my question

does the old gel disolve into the new gel, or do you have floaties...

if it leaves floaties, I'd leave the real one as is, and clean and fill the replicas

 

LordFett

Sr Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #29

franz bolo said:

What is a VX-Sphere?

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In the movie "The Rock" they had missiles with a biological weapon contained inside a sphere. This is one of the spheres.

 

PHArchivist

Master Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #30

Yeah... What he said...!

 

PHArchivist

Master Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #31

Consensus is to go with a duo-display, original/replica, and I agree - that'd be best.

Here's some of the reps I've made in the past. Interestingly, the original is slightly bigger than mine...

 

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tingjunkie

Active Member

• Jul 21, 2008

• #32

Tough choice. On one hand, you want to "Stand down!" and not mess with it. On the other hand, you "can not give that order!" Intense. :lol

One vote for leave it as is here. Sounds like the new aloe you put in will just evaporate in another 3-10 years, and then you will have even more (and non original) crud in the ball. At the very least, leave it for now and think about it for a month or two.