Twelve TV Props I’d Pay Millions to Own
Last week, when everyone was flipping out about possibly winning $600M in the lottery here in the US, I got to thinking. What would I do if I was seriously, stupidly rich? Like, I wouldn’t bother bending over to pick up a $1,000 ingot on the ground rich.
With infinite wealth you’d hope that the person with it would be charitable, the way a Buffet or a Gates has been with their almost limitless fortunes. But what if you were forbidden from giving ANY money away to anyone, and had to spend it all?
With my love for TV, I thought about what pieces of television history I’d like to own. Famous props that could make up an entire room of my 100,000 square foot mansion. Here are the items I’d pay ungodly amounts of money to own forever.
The TARDIS – Doctor Who
Why not start big? The TARDIS might be one of the most iconic inanimate objects in TV history, so of course I’d throw down a million to have it as the centerpiece in my collection. And then I’d remove the back wall, so when you walked into it, you’d get the giant inside set, which I also would have bought.
The Octagonal Key – Smallville
Through ten seasons, there was perhaps no object that was more central to practically every grand plotline of Smallville than this damn key. It was destroyed, rebuilt, forged in Kryptonite, but always kept turning up as a plot point like a bad penny.
World’s Best Boss Mug – The Office
I actually own one of these now, and I imagine that NBC makes a fortune selling these at their store in NYC, but to actually drink my morning cup of coffee out of the original mug? Fantastic.
Swanson Shotgun – Parks and Recreation
Since I can’t have his mustache, I figured that I had to take Ron Swanson’s desk-mounted sawed off shotgun instead, where it would indeed adorn my own workspace.
Hiro’s Katana – Heroes
Everyone who thinks they’re “geek cool” probably has a katana somewhere in their house. I’m not making fun, I actually have a Hatori Hanson under my bed as a burglar deterrent. But if we’re sticking to TV, I’d love to get my hands on Hiro’s blade from back when the show was good.
Green Man Suit – It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
I’ve tried to avoid “outfits” in this list, but the Green Man Suit is too memorable to NOT be worn creepily by a mannequin in my collection.
Hatori Hanson? Was he one of the backup singers? MmmmBop!
Hatori Hanzo
Just about any Hero-grade scale filming model from Star Wars, Star Trek, or Serenity. Most notably, Serenity herself, the Executor, the Bird of Prey from IV, and that other ship from Wrath of Kahn
I’d rather have a sonic screwdriver than a TARDIS. I think.
And I need something from Battlestar Galactica. Maybe a scale model of a Viper? Or Adama’s wooden ship? Not a ton of iconic props from that one either unless I’m forgetting something.
Farnsworth – Warehouse 13
you can buy the green suit on internet. just loop up on google for morph suit. I have one of those bought on a webshop.
^^^^ Adama’s white paint splattered wifebeater and pants.
I’d want Dave Lister’s hat from season 3-5 of Red Dwarf. They used it as a prop quite often, even having Lister eat a just-previously discarded breakfast from it.
I would totally go with most of these. I’d probably add something from the Stargate series like the jaffa weapons or with enough money my own stargate complete with DHD. I’d also need something from Eureka which is sadly about to start it’s final season this summer.
Raylan Givens’ stetson cowboy hat.
Dean Winchester’s Impala
Ditto on Raylan’s hat. It’s like a character unto itself.
Also, if we’re doing coffee mugs – make mine a “Troy and Abed in the Morning” mug.
I’ll take the A-Team van please. Or KITT from Knight Rider.
@David R: What about the iconic paper/tablets with the cut corners? Or a rank insignia pin? Or one of the pyramid balls?
the dog statue from F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
http://shop.fxnetworks.com/always-sunny-greenman-suit/detail.php?p=108015&v=fx_shows_its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia&pagemax=all
Don Draper’s Cadillac.
you can buy the smallville octagon, and the green spandex suit, and the sword all online somewhere for a lot less than a million…
I’d like Jayne Cobb to go, please [gg].
A TARDIS
Jayne Cobb’s bunk. Yes, the entire set, with contents.
Ares’ sword from Xena. A resin copy would be fine.
Vera
A dire wolf puppy
Casey’s bonsai from ‘Chuck’
I would go with:
Conan the Barbarian’s awesome sword
Return of the Jedi’s and Revenge of the Sith’s Darth Vader helmets
(so I can put them on and take them off piece by piece to reenact the movie scenes ’cause come on those scenes were both the awesomest moments in history)
Terminator 2’s Terminator hand
Joey’s awesome gun and costume from Lost in Space the movie
A NES, SNES, and a new Gameboy Advance SP (because mine is pretty old) along with full library of all their games that were translated in English
The Batmobile from Tim Burton’s Batman
Halo Armor
And……………………………………………………………………..
The Buster Sword\ that is all.
one word – one car:
DeLorean.
and i’m talking about one that looks exactly like the one in the movies.
Damn, now I want a Hatori Hanso sword…
– I’d also love to have the real I WANT TO BELIEVE poster from the X-files… (My damn mom through away my Fight The Future movie poster… *heartbreak*)
– And a sculpture from the Beetlejuice movie (or anything).
Oh, and …. a mask, cane, or the giant penis sculpture from A Clock Work Orange…
You can easily get your own Green Man suit for about $40 from anywhere that sells morphsuits like that.