# What movie prop would you like to own? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117 "2006-12-06T20:33:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Firebringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@Firebringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Firebringer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/61 "2006-12-07T14:55:18Z")
Don’t know if ‘Holo Deck’ would count as a prop. Failing that however I’d go for a Tri-corder from Star Trek (with operator manual). They seem to be able to do virtually anything. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/62 "2006-12-07T16:00:05Z")
The Bowie knife from _The Iron Mistress_ ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/63 "2006-12-07T16:15:03Z")
If anyone was about to mention: Dr. Evil’s ring The Billy Zane “Phantom” ring and belt Antonio Bandera’s “Zorro” sword Captain Kirks’s belt buckle from “Wrath of Khan” The coin from “Pirates of the Caribean” I have held the originals and the creators are friends of mine. The bidding will now comence 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/64 "2006-12-07T16:18:10Z")
The hand-painted backdrop scenery that Sydney Laurence did for films back when he was a hungry artist. They’d be worth HUGE amounts today. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/65 "2006-12-07T16:34:48Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] _kicks self_ [/QUOTE] That’s OK. I’m pretty sure it’s broken anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/66 "2006-12-07T16:35:38Z")
The claim slip on which Bogie scrawled “OK - Rick” from _Casablanca_. A communicator from the original _Star Trek_. The eponymous sword from _Excalibur_. Morant’s slanted-side Australian military hat from _Breaker Morant_. Aragorn’s sword Anduril from _The Return of the King_. Daniel Craig’s cufflinks from _Casino Royale_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/67 "2006-12-07T17:32:11Z")
Milton’s red stapler, from _Office Space_ Crocodile Dundee’s knife The broken, crawling Terminator from the end of the movie ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/68 "2006-12-07T17:44:25Z")
Someone already said the puzzle boxes from the Hellraiser movies so I guess I can’t have that. I guess I’ll take Mustang from Bullitt. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/69 "2006-12-07T17:47:00Z")
[QUOTE=Missy2U] I guess I’ll take Mustang from Bullitt. [/QUOTE] The one with the magic regenerating hubcaps? That would be handy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/70 "2006-12-07T17:50:10Z")
[QUOTE=Lissla Lissar] I’d really like .. all of Inara’s outfits from _Firefly_ … [/QUOTE] [Here you go.](http://www.fireflycostumes.com/costumes/inara-heart-of-gold/)The designer sells some of the originals she made on her own site. Me, when I was younger I’d love to have [the mermaid costume from the movie " Splash".](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3c/Mermaidtwo.jpg/280px-Mermaidtwo.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/71 "2006-12-07T18:23:32Z")
WOOHOO!!! I get the Ruby Slippers! I want the tin mans heart toooo. And a flying monkey! I want the box found in the wall in Shawshank Redemption. I’d love Tara, from GWTW. I’d like Sonny from I, Robot. I’d like the love from “What Dreams May Come” Also available in handy George Burns and Gracie Allen sizes. ---
**Author:** ![Hook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@Hook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hook)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/72 "2006-12-07T18:36:12Z")
I still want the \*\*Last of the V8 interceptors \*\* from **Mad Max**. Unfotuantely George Miller was so short of cash after filming finished, all of the vehicles were sold off since noone gave any thought to their future value. It would be worth a motza now! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/73 "2006-12-07T19:01:56Z")
[QUOTE=Hook] I still want the \*\*Last of the V8 interceptors \*\* from **Mad Max**. Unfotuantely George Miller was so short of cash after filming finished, all of the vehicles were sold off since noone gave any thought to their future value. It would be worth a motza now! [/QUOTE] Is this the car you mean? Don’t give up hope just yet… > **[Pursuit Special](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pursuit_Special)** > > The Pursuit Special\[N 1\] is a fictional muscle car, a Ford Falcon (XB) in the Mad Max franchise, driven by the titular character. It appears in Mad Max, Mad Max 2, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the comic book prequel, as well as both video games. The first vehicle called the Pursuit Special shown in the film is a 1972 Holden Monaro (HQ) V8 coupe, stolen by Nightrider (played by Vince Gil), an escaped cop killer, who dies in an accident during a chase with the Main Force Patro... ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/74 "2006-12-07T19:09:15Z")
Uncle Buck’s bowling ball. From TV, I would like the “disturbingly realistic” Norseman head from _Freaks and Geeks._ ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/75 "2006-12-07T19:39:48Z")
A couple of paintings: The painting of a GI holding a baby by the foot in one hand and a rifle in the other while he’s standing on one leg with his other foot behind his head in front of an exploding jeep (IIRC) from **Airplane!** _and_ The painting in \*\*Vertigo \*\* of the painting of the fancy Spanish lady in the museum with Jimmy Stewart’s girlfriend’s head in place of the original. that’s all! ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/76 "2006-12-07T19:40:42Z")
I want the "time machine-from “THE TIME MACHINE”; also, that hot B+W bikini that ursula Andress wore in “THUNDEBALL”. i’d also like the maltese falcon form “THE MALTESE FALCON”! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/77 "2006-12-07T19:41:40Z")
Natasha Henstridge from Species ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/78 "2006-12-07T19:55:33Z")
[QUOTE=The Mad Hermit] Milton’s red stapler, from _Office Space_ [/QUOTE] Due to the popularity of the movie, they’ve put the “Red Swingline” back into production. You can get your own here: [http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/61b7/](http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/61b7/) TPS Reports are not included. ---
**Author:** ![Rebecca\_DiMwitter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a87d85/32.png) [@Rebecca\_DiMwitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebecca_DiMwitter)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/79 "2006-12-07T20:46:43Z")
Nobody but me wants the Ruby Slippers? I’d also take the diamond necklace from “The Diamond Necklace Affair” before it was cut up…maybe it was too ostentatious for Marie Antoinette, but not for ME! Hmmm, wonder if b/f would like me naked except draped in the above two items…luxurious! –Beck ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/80 "2006-12-07T20:49:31Z")
[QUOTE=madmonk28] The Dude’s bowling ball from **The Big Lebowski**. [/QUOTE] You should have asked for the rug, man… It just brings the room together… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117.md?page=5)