Mysterious Stranger wrote:
newwavepop wrote:
sgartz wrote:
I've got a buddy who works on this show. His descriptions of their prop library of vintage toys made me very jealous.
where do the props come from though? that's what I always wonder when I see actual vintage but new looking things in films and shows.
If they don't have them in a prop warehouse in the Valley, they get them from the same places we get them, ebay, local toy stores, etc.
I got the impression from talking to my friend that the prop master did exactly that: hit eBay and some of the vintage toy stores in the area. Some of the local prop-rental houses have vintage toys, though: one of the places I frequent has a smattering of '80s Transformers for rent, and another place has a vintage C.A.T. or Consumer Distributing tank (I can't remember which one, but I recall looking into it after seeing it several years ago).
What I really want to know about this show is whether the production considers the vintage toys "assets." All productions require the prop master to keep a record of what's purchased for the show and to turn in the receipts, but the production doesn't concern itself with the whereabouts of every little item: they usually identify the higher-ticket items (electronics, mostly) as assets and assume that everything else is expendable. At the end of a season, the production gives the prop master a list of assets to catalog and put into show storage; things that get used frequently but aren't assets also go into storage, and everything else just kind of floats away. I'm curious to know if the production values something like the Flagg, since it's far more valuable than any electronic item we've ever bought, but is something that they're unfamiliar with and probably don't associate with what is traditionally considered an asset. And if any of the assistants on that show are toy enthusiasts, I guarantee that they'll be walking to their cars on the last day with a bag full of figures and vehicles.
I just said a post by Dark Jedi makes sense. I am going ice-skating in Hell tomorrow.