Movie props

Do you ever wonder what happens to some of the items used in the movies, or movie props as they are called? Well, I found an interesting video telling about a few various movie props . Take a look at this:

http://omg.yahoo.com/yo-show/a-peek-at- ... 24558.html

Is there any particular movie prop from any particular movie that anyone here would love to have, if you could find it and if you could afford it??

Me, I would like to have some weapons or other things from the Lord of the Rings !!:) Whatever ! But surely very very hard to obtain such items.

Yeah, I can image how hard it would be to get certain movie props from some movies. I would image that the actors in the movies might be allowed to have some of the props.

There are probably various sites where you can get replicas of various movie props, etc. Seems like I recall years ago not long after the "Lord Of The Rings" movies came out that we received a magazine in the mail that contained many various replicas of items seen in the movie. I think I remember some jewelry items that may have been in the movie and also numerous swords, etc.

That guy has some neat things. I mean, Yoda's cane? That's a pretty rare thing to have.

Personally, I'd like to have one of the Captain America shields. I used to want one of the Batmobiles until I read that there was a required contract that prevented the owners from displaying them or driving them. All you can do with one of those is just lock it in a garage and forget about it.

Yoda's cane ? Great one ! Unfortunately about the batmobile : a contract ??Very strange but understandable...in a sort of way.

I've seen replicas of various wands from the Harry Potter movies in comic shops. Pretty cool stuff, IMO.

Yes ! A wand from Harry potter !

Say what.....you mean if someone bought a Batmobile then they couldn't drive it????? If that's the case, then I have to wonder what is the point of even getting one then. Driving it would be half the fun of owning it. That's an unusual rule, one would think. I wonder if they have that rule on other celebrity cars that have been for sale, say for instance, the Dukes Of Hazard car or others? I'll have to look and see what I can find out about that.

On an interesting, and kind of related note, here as I was just searching for some info on Batmobiles, here's an article I found regarding Batmobiles possibly being copyrighted, etc.:

http://blogs.findlaw.com/celebrity_just ... ks-so.html

I wonder if something like this law might also apply to other movie props, etc.??? What does everyone think about this?

A Batmobile ? Imagine driving it in the streets : especially here in my city in France : impossible to take a lot of the streets ^^ And I'm not sure it's authorized especially due to security problems...

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Say what.....you mean if someone bought a Batmobile then they couldn't drive it????? If that's the case, then I have to wonder what is the point of even getting one then.

Well, this would apply only to official Batmobiles, like the ones actually used in the movies. The contract stuff I read was specifically for one from the Keaton movies, if my memory doesn't fail me. I imagine the restriction exists mostly so that Warner Bros. can be the only ones make money off appearances. There could be safety issues, too. Those things were not built for regular streets, so driving them could actually be illegal in some places.

Custom built replicas are another matter; as long as those are street legal, I don't think anyone can stop them from being driven.

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On an interesting, and kind of related note, here as I was just searching for some info on Batmobiles, here's an article I found regarding Batmobiles possibly being copyrighted, etc.:

I'm not surprised. Well, actually I would have thought this would come under trademark laws rather than copyright. Same results, though. The Batmobile is an iconic part of the Batman franchise. Warner Bros. has to actively try to protect that franchise or they could lose the ability to stop mass production of unofficial Batmobiles.

It could certainly apply to other props that have distinguishing features. In that linked page, I saw another link about a similar suit involving Power Ranger Halloween costumes, so there's an example right there. The costumes cannot be copyrighted, but important marks that are recognizable as being part of Power Rangers - the helmet designs, logos, the diamond shapes - those are another matter. Something like Yoda's cane is probably not protected like this - it's just piece of wood. Captain America's shield is a unique, easily recognizable item that would be protected, though.