This is an update to the prior article (Research & Dialogue About Importing Firearms to the UK), which raised issues and questions related to the implementation of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 in the UK and the affect of this legislation on prop collectors and dealers. [Read more…]
300: Did They Reuse Props/Designs from Other Films? – Update 4
This is an additional update to these articles:
300: Did They Reuse Props/Designs from Other Films? – Update 1 – Update 2 – Update 3
Here are some comments from David of Back Lot Props, reposted from his reader comment posted in Update 2: [Read more…]
300: Did They Reuse Props/Designs from Other Films? – Update 3
I have received some correspondence from Steve Knight of RareProps.com, and I offered to post any comments he would like to make in regards to these articles: [Read more…]
300: Did They Reuse Props/Designs from Other Films? – Update 2
I received an e-mail from Steve Knight of RareProps today in regards to my article inquiring as to the possibility of props from other WB productions being reused in the film, 300: [Read more…]
Research & Dialogue About Importing Firearms to the UK
I’ve always been interested in the laws, rules, customs, and perspectives revolving around the importation and/or ownership of “live fire” (i.e. “real”) firearms into the UK.
Because this is a varied, multi-faceted topic with many different opinions and areas of expertise, I thought it would be interesting to open a dialogue of sorts, though a blog doesn’t lend itself to such. In any event, I’ve been corresponding with Adam Bosman (sharpsticks on the Movie Prop Forum) about these issues. As a UK citizen, he has done some research, which he has given me permission to share here: [Read more…]
300: Did They Reuse Props/Designs from Other Films? – Update 1
This is an update to yesterday’s article, “300: Did They Reuse Props/Designs from Other Films?“.
I opened a new discussion topic about this on the Movie Prop Forum yesterday to see if I could find out any additional information from the membership there – 300 Props, Swords – and received some interesting information – an answer to the question posed in the title of the article (Answer: “Yes”). [Read more…]
300: Did They Reuse Props/Designs from Other Films?
There is a current eBay auction in which a sword is being marketed as “the Hero Bronze sword used by Ephialtes in the film 300”.
The auction (Item # 300126771921), “FRANK MILLER 300 original film prop Hero sword Ephialte“, from eBay seller “www.rareprops.com” (RareProps, also selling on the website www.RareProps.net), shows a photo of a sword that appears to be of the same style of swords also used in the film, Troy. [Read more…]