Posts Tagged ‘prop store’

New, at the Prop Store of London: an Alliance uniform cap. But the description puzzles me:

A purple cap with a triangular patch on the front made for the sci-fi action film Serenity. The cap is similar to the version worn by the Alliance soldiers onboard the Operatives ship when it is attacked by the Reavers. One size fits most.

"Similar to"? Is it an actual costume prop or a replica? The price ($59) suggests it's a real costume prop — too pricey for a home-made or licensed replica, I would think — but maybe one that never saw screen time, which would cost much more.  And it's listed under Props, instead of Replicas. The Prop Store is usually better about such distinctions. Maybe they couldn't conclusively identify where it was used, so declined to say either way?

Whichever it is, it's a nice looking cap for your purple-belly friends.

The Inara Shuttle ornament from Dark Horse is seriously cool and great for your desk, shelf or Christmas tree, but if you really want an authentic model there's only one place to go (besides Joss' house): The Prop Store of London.

This is a model of Inara's (Morena Baccarin) shuttle from the 2005 science fiction movie Serenity. [...] This model has been scratch built from resin and styrene, and crafted with incredible detail: painted silver with small, colored accents; doors, windows, and valves etched into the model; and the words "Firefly Class Shuttle" written on the side. There were three of these shuttle models created for the production, but this one was not used. The model measures about 19" x 8.5" (48cm x 21.5cm) and is in excellent condition. This item is presented in a custom-fabricated acrylic display case, with a laser-cut mat featuring the film title and movie images.

Granted, it is a bit more expensive than the ornament — by about $4,470 — but it's a beautiful piece of the show and I hope if you buy it, you'll let me look at it and sigh wistfully.

New at the Prop Store of London, the Operative's outfit.

A costume worn by The Operative in the sci-fi adventure Serenity. This excellent costume was worn by The Operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor) in scenes near the end of the film on Mr Universe’s planet where he tries to stop Mal broadcasting the message. It consists of a pair of black trousers, a black top, chest armour which is made from rubber sprayed a dark bronze colour, a thick leather belt and gauntlets, which are also the same colour as the chest armour, a pair of black boots (size 9) and a leather sheath that is strapped on to his back and has the handle of his sword sticking out of the top. The sword handle has been glued into the sheath and so can’t be removed, it is made from hard rubber and some of the silver paint has flaked off in places.

I'm almost certain I've listed this before, but this set is listed as having been worn by the actor onscreen, which makes this a bigger deal. Buy it and use it to freak out Nathan Fillion at the next con!

Remember in Serenity when it spiralled down through the massive air battle, whoosh! and dodged all the other ships, zing bwow! and then got hit with the EMT thingies zap! and Wash barely managed to control it well enough to slide it into a big hanger where it got all bashed up, smash crunch!?

This is one of the things in the hanger that it hit.

This is a hanger vehicle miniature model from the 2005 sci-fi adventure movie Serenity. When the crew is being chased by Reavers they must crash land or “glide” the ship into the hanger after they were hit by enemy fire. The Firefly ship lands in the hanger knocking out scaffolding and comes to a screeching halt next to this all terrain vehicle. The miniature is 9” long made of plastic model with 5 wheels and bound together with screws. This miniature vehicle is in good condition.

Remember the Operative sword The Prop Store of London offered, way back when? Possibly their very first Serenity prop?

The owner, faced with hard times, is selling it on eBay.

SERENITY / FIREFLY FANS! This is the item you've been waiting for! Unfortunately, for some (me) these fun (crap) economic times have lead to some interesting items coming out of the woodwork. I purchased this sword almost the instant it came up for sale. It was the very first Serenity prop to go through the London Prophouse. It comes with the certificate of authenticity and is in great shape. This was the stunt sword used in a lot of the fight scenes in the movie. You can trace a lot of the dings and scratches straight from the screen to the sword. Replicas are well and good, but this is your chance to own an actual piece of a very important movie. Can't stop the signal.

OK, I really need to stop browsing the Prop Store of London, because I keep finding things I have no chance of affording but desperately need nonetheless even though I didn't know it was possible to buy them seconds previously. Like this.

Freakin' Tank Girl's costume.

This is Tank Girl's Costume from the 1995 movie Tank Girl which was Based on the British cult comic-strip. Tank Girl (Lori Petty)our heroine fights a mega-corporation, which controls the world's water supply and this costume is featured in the final battle scenes. The outfit is comprised of two sock elbow pads, chaps, custom vest, bulls-eye t-shirt, choker, and red shorts. All of the items are tailored to fit the petite 5'8"(173cm) actress. The pieces are all in good condition.

Huge fan of this comic, the movie, and Lori Petty. The only thing better would be a costume with two big missle-head bra cones on it, but one must be prepared to settle for what's available.

Which is freakin' Tank Girl's costume. Tank (presumably) not included.

And, while I was tootling around the Prop Store of London, I found another cool little item for the foyer. Remember the Buffy episode where they went to see the Incan mummy princess only the Incan mummy princess grabbed this kid and mummified the dude so that people saw him later and said, whoa, this mummy has braces, and the Incan mummy princess pretended to be an exchange student with guy clothes and fell in love with Xander and had a little problem with sucking the lives out of his schoolmates but couldn't suck his life cuz she loved him, and all? This is the mummy with the braces.

The Mummy with braces was featured on the hit Joss Whedon tv show, Buffy: the vampire slayer. In episode 4 of the second season entitled "Inca Mummy Girl," a male student tampers with the mummy's plate and awakens her. In turn she mummifies him and leaves him in her sarcophagus. Measuring approximately 5ft 5 inches tall,(165cm) the foam over plastic mummy is outfitted with a brown and green burlap wrap, Necklace, braces and a full head of hair. What every modern day teenager would look like had they been mummified. The mummy is in fairly good condition.

New — again — at the Prop Store of London, a stunt costume for Jayne in the bank heist scene. This has been marked as sold for some time and is now available, so maybe the deal didn't go through and it's back on the market? If so, now's your chance.

A stunt costume worn by Jayne in the sci-fi adventure Serenity. This costume was worn during the high action bank heist scenes near the beginning of the film. It consists of a blue t-shirt with a Japanese design on the front (labelled ‘Casey Stunt Jayne’), a pair of green combat trousers (labelled ‘Stunt DBL Jayne).

If nothing else, go check out the closeups to get the details on the shirt.

Over at the Prop Store, Zoe seems to be going through her closet.

A costume worn by Zoe (Gina Torres) in the sci-fi adventure Serenity. This fantastic costume was worn by Zoe in scenes at the very end of the film. It consists of a pair of brown trousers and an pink coloured long sleeved top with poppers that fasten under the crotch. No sizes marked.

You can tell it's for Zoe cuz her name is written inside the collar. I'm guessing Wash did that, to avoid mishaps.

Now available at the Prop Store of London.

The Prop Store of London launched a redesign of their site. Not a major change — still looks and handles about the same, so you won't have to relearn anything – but the listings are tighter, easier to scan, and they got rid of the dropdown options for categories for simple menu links, which I like better. It also seems to be faster, which is always nice.

You can still get the complete description by clicking on the item, and now there are options to send to a friend and ask a question about the item. And links now include the name of the item instead of the number, which I assume means that all my links are dead now. Ah, well. Progress marches on…

Now if they'd just start up an affiliate program, I'd be all set.