Do you coincidentally own a copy of something that is used thinly-disguised or undisguised as a movie prop? It must be something used as something other than its real purpose. For instance, if you have a hat that looks like a hat that someone wore in a move as a hat, this is not the thread or it. But if you own a coffe grinder of the type used for Mr. Fusion or an electric razor of the type used as a Jedi communicator, it does.
For example, I have one of these (not my photo) which a Jawa used to attach a restraining bolt to R2-D2 in SW:ANH.
(Inspired by the “what movie prop do you want” thread.)
About a decade ago, there was a sitcom on ABC called The Goldbergs, about a family in Philadelphia during the 1980s. I remember that the opening credits showed their television set and VCR, which I recognized, because we had the same model JVC VCR with colorful buttons.
I’ve helped with a movie or two by designing and printing posters that were used. No one wanted them after the shoot, so they’re in my basement (somewhere).
The director of one asked, just the other day, “Hey, do you want your name in the credits?”
I nonchalantly said “Oh, okay, if it’s no trouble.”
But I was very non-nonchalant! Having my name scroll by in a movie’s credits happens to have been one of my childhood dreams.
(Not quite the same as the above, but I just had to tell the story!)
It was a non-electric razor, but the point stands. (My wife used to use that style, so we used to own an accidental movie prop, but I don’t think that Gillette makes it anymore.)
In Blue Thunder, Roy Scheider had a very distinctive wristwatch. It had an LCD display that mimicked the hands of an analog watch. I had that same watch. Took it off to wash dishes when I worked at Domino’s, and when I went to get it, it was gone. I always kinda liked it, and it seems to be a bit of a collector’s item now.
In the movie, Scheider uses the faux-analog mode as a countdown timer (when he’s driving his car out of a parking garage, I think). It didn’t actually work that way, but made for a good visual, I guess.
Okay, this is mostly TV (but they did make a movie) - I own an early “official” replica of Barnabas Collins Cane- in “German Silver” I am pretty sure, but silver plated. Pretty cool.
I don’t have it any more, but the G1 Transformer “Shockwave” shows up in Aliens. The prop-makers used the figures to make some of the futuristic-looking equipment in the medical lab.
Some second hand or consignment store, many years ago. Got a great price, but cheap copies can now be bought for even less. My friend asked me to go to a rather fancy (but not black tie) play with her, so I wore a suit, no tie, a plain silk scarf , a fedora and that cane. She liked the look and we got compliments,
Not me personally (I’m not into owning either movie props or guns) but I was just reading about the classic Star wars blaster pistol, as wielded by Han Solo, which is based on a German Mauser pistol.
Apparently star wars fans like to convert the mauser pistols into prop replica. This is irritating historical gun enthusiasts as the mauser pistols themselves are now rare antiques and they don’t like that the few remaining models are being converted into Star wars blasters.
