# What Movie/TV Prop Would You Love To Own? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580 "2013-08-30T15:27:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/1 "2013-08-30T15:27:18Z")
I am talking about the actual prop from the movie, not a real life time machine or flying car or whatever it was supposed to represent and/or do in fiction. Which prop from a movie or TV show would you love to have at home? Red Ruby Slippers from Wizard of Oz? The Ring from LOTR? So, assuming money was no object and you could buy any single prop from a movie or television show, what would you want? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/2 "2013-08-30T15:44:55Z")
[Any of these.](http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-900&va=iron+mistress+bowie+knife) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/3 "2013-08-30T15:50:15Z")
If a set counts as a prop, I’ll take the full-size _Firefly_ set. If not, probably a type II phaser from _Star Trek_ TOS. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/4 "2013-08-30T15:50:53Z")
The Maltese Falcon. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/5 "2013-08-30T15:54:25Z")
Pee Wees bike from Pee Wees Big Adventure. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/6 "2013-08-30T16:01:14Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > If a set counts as a prop, I’ll take the full-size _Firefly_ set. > > If not, probably a type II phaser from _Star Trek_ TOS. _Movie._ Duh. Well, the first choice still stands, since the rebuilt the set for the movie. So, if not the set, I’ll take the chess table from the Millennium Falcon. I know it doesn’t do the thing, but it would be cool. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/7 "2013-08-30T16:07:48Z")
A pod from 2001. No space for it, but it would be cool. Forest J. Ackerman lived this fantasy. I visited the Ackermansion 35 years ago, and he had display cases with stuff like Bela Lugosi’s cape from Dracula and pieces of the original King Kong. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/8 "2013-08-30T16:13:36Z")
The sandman’s Weapon, from _Logan’s Run_. It contained a carbide lamp mechanism, and shot real flames from the muzzle. (I have read that they were temperamental little beasts, and often burned the actors.) Glamdring or Anduril, from _Lord of the Rings._ The Maltese Falcon. The medal that Bela Lugosi wore around his neck, when he played Dracula. Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory equipment, both Universal and Hammer versions. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/9 "2013-08-30T16:14:37Z")
The hula lamp from _Joe Versus the Volcano_. Also, the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/10 "2013-08-30T16:15:16Z")
Zoe’s sawed-off lever-action rifle from _Firefly/Serenity_. Coolest weapon of all time. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/11 "2013-08-30T16:20:08Z")
leg lamp. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/12 "2013-08-30T16:27:30Z")
Hugsy the Bedtime Penguin Pal ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/13 "2013-08-30T16:29:43Z")
The map and/or doubloon from The Goonies. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/14 "2013-08-30T16:30:39Z")
Apparently, the item I would most like is actually listed online from its previous auction: [a rod puppet of the ALIEN creature used in the third movie](http://www.proparchives.com/science-fiction/science-fiction-1990s/alien-3/screen-used-alien-filming-miniature-from-alien-3). Not only am I big fan of the movies, but having an articulated puppet makes it much more interesting than a static prop. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/15 "2013-08-30T16:31:42Z")
I would like my very own Tom Servo. Second choice: the “motion lantern” with the witch designs from _Sleepy Hollow_. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/16 "2013-08-30T16:32:55Z")
The Gump from _Return to Oz_. It’d match our other furniture very well. and Ming the Merciless’s ring from _Flash Gordon_. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/17 "2013-08-30T16:38:04Z")
I dunno – there’s a lot of cool props, but I think it would be ultimately disappointing to get it home and find out your cool sci-fi blaster is really carved from a piece of foam hot-glued to an old hair dryer and covered with sparkly bits and knobs from antique stereos. Wouldn’t mind the Delorean from BTTF, though. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/18 "2013-08-30T16:48:26Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Wouldn’t mind the Delorean from BTTF, though. Speaking of rides: James Dean’s Merc in _Rebel Without A Cause_ Steve McQueen’s Mustang in _Bullitt_ The Corvette from _Route 66_ (TV show) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/19 "2013-08-30T16:52:27Z")
Rosebud Bond’s Wather PPK Indiana’s whip ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/20 "2013-08-30T16:55:37Z")
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