I've seen a few pieces of equipment that had been
turned into movie props:
completely gutted so only the visible exterior esthetics were in any sense
intact. Sometimes it was done to reduce weight to make them easier to
manoeuver, or they were filled with xmas lights or some such. One never knows,
but I wouldn't anticipate much if something had been through a movie prop phase
during it's existence.
Very true. I have had quite a few things that were once props. A
couple years ago I purchased all the electronics from that DeNiro bomb
"The Good Shepherd" - mostly radios and lab equipment. Except for a
few key pieces the prop guys wanted untouched, some equipment was
crudely modified - and I mean CRUDELY - if DeNiro wanted more lights.
Likewise, I purchased one of the Thinking Machines CM-5s that was used
in "Jurrasic Park". Contrary to what the movie fansites say, the
things were not real CM-5s. They were built up on CM frames made for
machine orders that were never fulfilled. The triple wide racks were
empty, except for one of the shelves had a power supply installed to
run the blinkenlights. Even the blinkenlight panels were fooled with -
mounted in non standard ways, with a good deal of the rows of lights
covered with black gaffers tape. Apparently there were too many
lights!
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Will