# What movie prop do you accidentally own? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 3, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170 "2026-03-03T22:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/1 "2026-03-03T22:51:16Z")
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. [![](https://i.ibb.co/5CZdTGw/IMG-5547-zpsat6ecmoc.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/5CZdTGw/IMG-5547-zpsat6ecmoc.jpg) (Inspired by the “what movie prop do you want” thread.) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/2 "2026-03-03T23:58:46Z")
I have the chest plate from the _Dark Star_ spacesuit. Several, actually. [![](https://www.slashfilm.com/img/gallery/john-carpenter-directed-a-cult-classic-sci-fi-comedy-before-becoming-a-master-of-horror/l-intro-1749277896.jpg) ](https://www.slashfilm.com/img/gallery/john-carpenter-directed-a-cult-classic-sci-fi-comedy-before-becoming-a-master-of-horror/l-intro-1749277896.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/3 "2026-03-04T00:32:52Z")
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. [![](https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/500115352_10228629568341001_7820692953345093680_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=a0f3c3&_nc_ohc=1zqQyD-jquwQ7kNvwGSGYyk&_nc_oc=AdmwWv-eDxI0V8vmDE9W5r0CPbypU5c-g5kbfjs3_DV139lQ37eQZ2JoKZ_g93H3CCY&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&_nc_gid=djf_IMv7_VuHm9j72BJEhQ&_nc_ss=8&oh=00_AfyTMjz-zxX6Tlj8plq2SRbFzkNGjsjGph_h1qs1W5ExuA&oe=69AD6B01) ](https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/500115352_10228629568341001_7820692953345093680_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=a0f3c3&_nc_ohc=1zqQyD-jquwQ7kNvwGSGYyk&_nc_oc=AdmwWv-eDxI0V8vmDE9W5r0CPbypU5c-g5kbfjs3_DV139lQ37eQZ2JoKZ_g93H3CCY&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&_nc_gid=djf_IMv7_VuHm9j72BJEhQ&_nc_ss=8&oh=00_AfyTMjz-zxX6Tlj8plq2SRbFzkNGjsjGph_h1qs1W5ExuA&oe=69AD6B01) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/4 "2026-03-04T00:40:32Z")
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!) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/5 "2026-03-04T00:41:18Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > an electric razor of the type used as a Jedi communicator 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.) [![](https://i.redd.it/v58x8bh4qjt31.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/v58x8bh4qjt31.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/6 "2026-03-04T03:24:25Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/7 "2026-03-04T04:15:16Z")
In conjunction with the other thread, (not me but) my friend had Luke’s lightsaber, that is, a Graflex flash. > **[Star Wars Lightsabers Were Originally Made from Camera Parts](https://petapixel.com/2011/07/11/star-wars-lightsabers-were-originally-made-from-camera-parts/)** > > The original lightsabers used by Luke Skywalker were created from the flash handles of 1970s-era Speed Graphic press cameras. ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/8 "2026-03-04T04:25:39Z")
Not a movie, but I have three 1964 Jim Beam Christmas edition glass whiskey decanters, A.K.A. I Dream of Jeannie bottles. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/9 "2026-03-04T17:00:07Z")
Mjolnir is propping open a door as we speak. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/10 "2026-03-04T17:35:53Z")
TV prop, but I think the old-style black wristwatch I own is a dead ringer for the one that Michael Knight uses to contact KITT on _Knight Rider._ ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/11 "2026-03-04T17:48:14Z")
I’ve owned several of the parts used to create the [MST3K bots](https://www.astroreverb.com/bots/), incluing the hockey mask and the barrel o’ monkeys. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/12 "2026-03-04T18:08:19Z")
I have a dime just like the one Clint Eastwood used to braze the spoon-tool in “Escape From Alcatraz”. Same year even. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/13 "2026-03-04T18:27:20Z")
There’s a Tracball racquet oddly visible in a scenery foreground in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Found it, it’s even more obvious than I remember. > **[Reddit - The heart of the internet](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/7k8wpz/in_star_wars_the_phantom_menace_a_tracball/)** ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/14 "2026-03-04T19:20:25Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/15 "2026-03-04T19:32:36Z")
Oh that IS neat! Do you recall from where you got it? ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/16 "2026-03-04T20:19:09Z")
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. [![](https://u.cubeupload.com/psiekier/G1shockwaveinaliens.jpg) ](https://u.cubeupload.com/psiekier/G1shockwaveinaliens.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/17 "2026-03-04T20:24:14Z")
One of my favorite Transformers. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/18 "2026-03-04T22:08:16Z")
> [@Raza](#): > > Oh that IS neat! Do you recall from where you got it? 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, ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/19 "2026-03-05T02:16:33Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170/20 "2026-03-05T02:41:40Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > 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. They convert replicas. I have one (not converted) that fires BBs. Very cool. Altho the C96 in great shape, matching serial numbers and such is fairly rare, there were much cheaper copies made, like the Chinese. $300+/ Badly used Mausers - well they made well over 1 Million. $700+. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-do-you-accidentally-own/1028170.md?page=2)