# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/81 "2013-09-01T01:38:12Z")
[I’d take this in a minute.](http://www.di-customcars.ca/projects/Partial/Mad%20Max/MadMax1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/82 "2013-09-01T01:46:19Z")
Maria, the “sexy robot” from Metropolis. (And, yes, I actually do have a “sexy robot” in my living room, modified from a department store mannequin to look like one of Hajime Sorayama’s sexy robot paintings.) ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/83 "2013-09-01T09:33:40Z")
Scotty’s [space toaster](http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x11hd/themenageriepart1hd311.jpg) from TOS The [talismans](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/KISS_talisman_box.jpg) from _KISS Meets The Phantom of the Park._ If I can pick a car, I’d go with the [Family Truckster](http://stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/files/1/5/9/Bitmap_12.jpg) from _Vacation._ ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/84 "2013-09-01T11:16:27Z")
The Batmobile. The Adam West one, not one of those poseur things from the movies. And Errol Flynn’s **Robin Hood** bow. Give me those and I will fight crime with them. Also, the milk dispenser from **A Clockwork Orange**. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/85 "2013-09-01T17:41:50Z")
Wahlberg’s prosthetic schlong from the last scene in _Boogie Nights_. I’d settle for “The Ring” from _HELP!_ ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/86 "2013-09-01T17:58:27Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Wahlberg’s prosthetic schlong from the last scene in _Boogie Nights_. Are you going to put it “in use”? ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/87 "2013-09-01T20:04:25Z")
Elrond’s [microscope (?)](http://harebellblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/fantastic-film-tv-costumes-part-v-elves.html), displayed in his study at Rivendell. In fact, the travelling show of LOTR artifacts included quite a few lovely items. Or a certain hammer & shield–although [somebody else](https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/6661677312/h8BDCCCDB/) has first dibs… ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/88 "2013-09-01T22:01:35Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > Are you going to put it “in use”? I doubt it would be big enough to fit me. (Thanks for the straight line.) ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/89 "2013-09-01T22:10:49Z")
> [@Hook](#): > > Also speaking of rides: The last of the V8 Interceptors from Mad Max. Yes, second place the Batmobile…any of them. And I’d like the Ark of the Covenant also. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/90 "2013-09-01T23:34:39Z")
**The Maltese Falcon** , as already said **Klaatu’s "Gift to Earth** frpm **Day the Earth Stood Still** The Krel music player, and a couple of dials from the Krel Lab from **Forbidden Planet**. And one of their blasters. The ray gun from **The Hidden** The Pan Am Shuttle “Orion” model from **2001: A Space Odyssey** \* The Martian Leader in its glass ball from the original **Invaders from Mars** \*Kubrick famously had all the props from 2001 destroyed. They found part of the Space Station in a field outside London ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/91 "2013-09-01T23:49:53Z")
The Iron Mistress bowie knife The original Alien head Lyndsey Lohan’s traveling outfit (with bag) in “The Parent Trap” Steve Mcqueen’s Mustang GT Max Detweiller’s Mercedes convertible (or was it Capt. von Trapp’s) Henry Higgins’ study fully re-created Jack Wild’s Artful Dodger costume Fred Astaire’s main outfit in “Top Hat” Joe Buck’s cow hide trunk A certified filmed John Wayne cowboy outfit Mchale’s PT boat ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/92 "2013-09-02T01:15:56Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > For me, I want the [book](http://www.therpf.com/f9/never-ending-story-book-77355/index14.html) from _The Neverending Story_. ooh, good one! i second that. my first pick would be the ruby slippers, but i wouldn’t say no to a lightsaber, or the one ring, or the heart of the ocean, or a harry potter wand… ---
**Author:** ![ruh-roh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ruh-roh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruh-roh)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/93 "2013-09-02T02:47:03Z")
I’ve got a Maltese Falcon reproduction. Sits on the fireplace mantel. Huey, Dewey, or Louie from Silent Running. Any of the major props from the original “Outer Limits” show. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/94 "2013-09-02T03:05:55Z")
Clint Eastwood’s poncho from\*\* The Good, The Bad and the Ugly\*\*. Throw in the matching pocket-watches from **For a Few Dollars More**. One of the orignal X-Wing models from **Star Wars**. A Proton Pack from **Ghostbusters**. The Glaive from\*\* Krull\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/95 "2013-09-02T04:09:58Z")
[Ted Striker’s painting](https://gndn.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/teds-painting.jpg) in Airplane! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/96 "2013-09-02T04:19:31Z")
Mrs. Cretin would get… Groucho’s duck. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/97 "2013-09-02T13:43:18Z")
The Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies from “Allo Allo”. Excalibur from “The Quest For The Holy Grail” ---
**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:** [September 2, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/98 "2013-09-02T15:15:30Z")
The cookbook from the Twilight Zone episode “To Serve Man”. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/99 "2013-09-02T18:20:44Z")
The _Memphis Belle_ would be cool. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580/100 "2013-09-02T19:20:23Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The cookbook from the Twilight Zone episode “To Serve Man”. While not quite the same, author Karl Wurf wrote a cookbook entitled To Serve Man- A Cookbook For People. Owlswick press published it. It used to be available on Amazon for about $10. A quick search only turned up a signed first edition, used, for $50. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-prop-would-you-love-to-own/667580.md?page=6)