# 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:** 3
**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, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/41 "2013-08-30T19:03:53Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > I believe you would also need the Book of Armaments in order to use it properly. For example, what number should you count to before throwing it? How would one know? You’re right. I know that five is right out, but I’m foggy on the rest. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/42 "2013-08-30T19:41:52Z")
The hand from the Outer Limits episode Demon With A Glass Hand. It’s a life-size hand presumably made from lucite or something similar filled with futuristic (for the 60’s) technological bits. ---
**Author:** ![Apocalypso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/43 "2013-08-30T19:46:46Z")
When I was a teenager I was in a mall and saw the box from Hellraiser for sale. “Oh cool, the box from Hellraiser”, I thought, and promptly purchased it. However, the box was just a thin hallow cheapo plastic box with the design only on the surface. So I guess the box from Hellraiser, but the real one. I’d prefer not to be killed by pinhead or open any demonic portals though. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/44 "2013-08-30T19:48:20Z")
Any of the weapons used by Illya and/or Napoleon from Man From U.N.C.L.E. The Aston Martin DB4 from Goldfinger. In pristine condition. The 12-string guitar Gretch built for Mike Nesmith for The Monkees. The 12-string Rick George Harrison used in “A Hard Day’s Night.” ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/45 "2013-08-30T19:51:53Z")
Almost forgot- The Gynecological Instruments For Operating On Mutant Woman from Dead Ringers. They’re just soooo creepy. [Current | The Criterion Collection](http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2194-instruments-for-operating-on-mutant-women) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/46 "2013-08-30T20:08:49Z")
One of the Elvish swords from LOTR. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/47 "2013-08-30T20:49:43Z")
The stuffed gator from The Big Easy – “If I can’t have you, can I at least have my gator?” ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/48 "2013-08-30T21:01:05Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Pee Wees bike from Pee Wees Big Adventure. The bike’s not for sale, Francis. ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/49 "2013-08-30T21:03:27Z")
The Grail Diary from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. So cool… ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/50 "2013-08-30T22:14:57Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > The hula lamp from _Joe Versus the Volcano_. I would be satisfied to own even an accurate, functioning replica of this, complete with music box function. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/51 "2013-08-30T22:18:56Z")
I want Kirk’s captain chair to replace my desk chair. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/52 "2013-08-31T04:42:25Z")
The Dropship from Aliens. And a Pulse rifle. Ash’s metal hand and chainsaw from Army of Darkness. A Stargate and DHD A Viper from Battlestar Galactica. Any series. The stargate would become my front door. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/53 "2013-08-31T05:36:19Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > The Aston Martin DB4 from Goldfinger. In pristine condition. If I pick the Aston Martin from Thunderball, do I get that rocket belt in the trunk? Because if I have to choose, I’d probably just take the rocket belt. ---
**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 31, 2013, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/54 "2013-08-31T06:03:01Z")
I thought of a better choice. Some of the “furniture” from **Soylent Green**. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/55 "2013-08-31T06:25:44Z")
Data’s head. ---
**Author:** ![Beelzebubba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/56 "2013-08-31T10:00:51Z")
I refused to watch the show “Charmed” when it debuted in 1998 because I despised Shannen Dougherty. After three seasons of backstage brawls with co-star Alyssa Milano, Dougherty finally gave up and quit the show. I was flippiing channels during the fourth season and happened to catch a glimpse of Piper (Holly Marie Combs) in action. Piper’s magical power was the ability to decrease or increase the speed of molecules- simply put, she could ‘freeze’ time or she could blow up shit! And I the moment I saw her flick her hand and take out a dozen demonic creatures with one big blast, I was hooked! Piper always drove a Jeep SUV from the very first episode. The first season it was a gray, very plain/basic Jeep Cherokee ('90-ish model). The second season, it was a much newer and nicer looking Cherokee ('96 or newer, top-ot-the-line model). At some point in season three, she gets a dark blue 2nd-gen Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited (made from '99-'04). She drives a dark blue Grand Cherokee all the way until the finale at the end of Season 8. They never mention whether it’s the same Grand Cherokee she drives for almost six years or if she has traded for an identical looking one along the way??? The show originally had three dark blue Grand Cherokees- a '99, '01 and '02 model. In Season 6, Episode 6, the '99 model was destroyed in a scene where Piper is in a wreck and a gas leak eventually causes the Jeep to explode. They used the '01 and '02 interchangeably for the rest of the series. I’m probably the only Charmed fan who is also a car nut (imagine Rainman as a car enthusiast), but the '01 and '02 have different styles of wheels. In one scene she could be driving the '02 and in the next scene it’s the '01. They used to rotate the '99 in as well, but it and the '02 had the same wheels so they were literally identical in apperance. My second favorite vehicle out of the 12 or so that I’ve owned was my '95 Jeep Grand Cherokee. It’s 2nd only because I was fortunate enough to own a '94 Acura Legend which I still think was one of the most over-engineered and perfectly built cars in history! But I always wanted a 2nd generation Grand Cherokee and, even before I saw an episode of Charmed, I was smitten by a color they called “Midnight Pearl” (Dark Blue). I originally fell in love with Holly Marie Combs on her first series, “Picket Fences” (1992-1996). It was an awesome show with a then-unknown Lauren Holly (Director Jenny Shepard on NCIS) as well Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker and Costas Mandylor. So the girl I love (Holly Marie Combs) plays the most awesome character on Charmed (she can blow anything up with a flick of the wrist) and she drives the exact Jeep that I love… To this day, I’ haven’t bought another Grand Cheokee but I’d still love to have one from the body style. I’ve often wondered where those two from the show are today. I’d love to buy either one of them, but the '01 would be my pick if given a choice. The '01 Grand Cherokee Limited had a 5-spoke wheel design that was only used for a single year. They reverted to an older and less attractive cross-lace design for '02…but if Piper drove it, I would love to own it… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/57 "2013-08-31T11:13:40Z")
The obscene music box from _The Stuntman_ The rear-view mirror that Raul Julia snaps off and throws out of the car, saying “What’s-a behind me is not important” in _The Gumball Rally_ Barnabas Collins walking stick from the series _Dark Shadows_ The three-bladed sword from _The Sword And The Sorcerer_ Whatever was in the car trunk in _Repo Man_ Whatever was in Marsellus Wallace’ suitcase in _Pulp Fiction_ edited to add: Lucas McCain’s rifle from _The Rifleman_ ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/58 "2013-08-31T12:35:35Z")
Sam Lowry’s Messerschmitt from Brazil, assuming it was a different prop that was burned up. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/59 "2013-08-31T12:46:35Z")
Some friends of mine have many facsimiles of the props listed in this thread. For me, I want the [book](http://www.therpf.com/f9/never-ending-story-book-77355/index14.html) from _The Neverending Story_. This [book](http://guanolad.deviantart.com/art/Pixar-s-Up-My-Adventure-book-268486214) from _UP_ would also be extremely cool. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/60 "2013-08-31T13:56:40Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > The hula lamp from _Joe Versus the Volcano_. Me, I’d take the luggage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580.md?page=4)