# What movie prop would you like to own (and not sell for a profit) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 3, 2026, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155 "2026-03-03T08:54:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/81 "2026-03-04T00:06:59Z")
Thought of another one for the man cave: the B-52 cockpit from _Dr. Strangelove_. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/82 "2026-03-04T00:19:42Z")
Peter Jackson has one Kong armature – he did a stop motion of that vs his pterosaur\* armature. It is probably on the DVD extras – I couldn’t find it with a quick search. Brian \*Pteranodon? pterodactyl ? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/83 "2026-03-04T00:50:17Z")
A sandman’s Weapon from _Logan’s Run_. The prop contained a carbide lamp mechanism, and shot real flames from the muzzle. I have read that they were quite tempermental, and frequently burned the actors. I would probably limit myself to imaginary flames when I played with it. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/84 "2026-03-04T00:57:06Z")
1973 Ford Falcon XB GT coupe from Mad Max ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/85 "2026-03-04T01:21:18Z")
Here it is: > **[91B65CB9 5864 4900 86ED E928B6639F80 1 105 c hosted at ImgBB](https://ibb.co/4wMKGhvW)** > > Image 91B65CB9 5864 4900 86ED E928B6639F80 1 105 c hosted on ImgBB ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/86 "2026-03-04T01:33:50Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Actually, as pianos go, it’s tiny: 39 x 41 x 22 in. Thanks! I could fit that in my place easily. Hmmm … ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/87 "2026-03-04T01:35:07Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > I’ll take Sauron’s helmet, please. Seriously, I was going to say the Sauron’s full plate armor set (including helmet) from LoTR. As a runner up, the Book of G’Quan from Babylon 5, it’ll take up a lot less space. ---
**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, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/88 "2026-03-04T02:14:46Z")
The knife from “That’s not a knife. This is a knife.” ---
**Author:** ![cieskokid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cieskokid/32/5374_2.png) [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/89 "2026-03-04T02:21:48Z")
Pulp Fiction, whats’in that brief case?!🧐 [https://www.digitec.ch/en/page/the-legendary-pulp-fiction-briefcase-what-was-in-it-15601](https://www.digitec.ch/en/page/the-legendary-pulp-fiction-briefcase-what-was-in-it-15601) ---
**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, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/90 "2026-03-04T02:57:29Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > Rosebud. With scorch marks… BTW, I’d love to have a lightsaber, but only if the blade actually worked (laser/plasma/energy that somehow ends three feet from the hilt). I’m afraid all we earthlings would get is light-up plastic… ---
**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, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/91 "2026-03-04T03:04:09Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Seriously, I was going to say the Sauron’s full plate armor set (including helmet) from LoTR. 20 inches tall! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/92 "2026-03-04T03:30:53Z")
Unrealistically it would be cool to have the Electric Mayhem’s bus from _The Muppet Movie_. Especially if it was drive-able. But that actual prop is long gone - even Disney couldn’t find it (and would a 1966 bus be drive-able today?) Realistically how about the signed copy of _Tom Sawyer_ from **It’s A Wonderful Life**? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/93 "2026-03-04T03:51:13Z")
In **Creepshow** (1982), there is a jade-green ashtray used in all the stories (in the first one, it was a murder weapon). I don’t smoke, but it would make a good conversation piece. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/94 "2026-03-04T03:54:26Z")
> [@velomont](#): > > One of the space suits from 2001 (either a moon suit or a Discovery suit), though I think that I’ve read that they no longer exist. Adam Savage made a replica. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/S6J6t6bv3aE/maxresdefault.jpg "Show and Tell: Adam Savage's 2001: A Space Odyssey Space Suit!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6J6t6bv3aE) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/95 "2026-03-04T04:06:14Z")
The town model from Beetlejuice - but I’d have to put it in the basement because we don’t have a big attic. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/96 "2026-03-04T04:26:37Z")
Some of the gadgets from _Star Trek_ would be fun to own. I was once on a tour of the actual set of the bridge of the “Enterprise” and held in my hand some of the gadgetry – the communicator, tricorder, and phaser, for example. They looked like the pinnacle of super-advanced technology on TV, but I was surprised at how crude they looked close up. They were only good enough to look good on TV. Close up they looked almost like cardboard mock-ups, but would still be pretty cool to have while watching ST:TOS! On second thought, to hell with this small level of thinking – I want the whole bridge of the Enterprise relocated to my basement! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/97 "2026-03-04T05:42:20Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Sam’s piano from _Casablanca_. It’s a little big, though, so I’ll be happy to settle for the Maltese Falcon, from _The Maltese Falcon_, of course. I have a copy of the Maltese Falcon, bought from New York’s Mysterious Bookshop forty odd year ago. One of the most pleasing things about owning it has been the regularity with which people ask, “What is it made of?” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/98 "2026-03-04T05:49:47Z")
“The stuff that dreams are made of.” ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/99 "2026-03-04T05:51:37Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > One of the most pleasing things about owning it has been the regularity with which people ask, “What is it made of?” Is that how you got your user name? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/100 "2026-03-04T05:53:37Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > “The stuff that dreams are made of.” Beat me to it! That’s the perfect answer for the Maltese Falcon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155.md?page=6)