Aliens in the Basement: The Bob Burns Collection

[@rhettcorbett3346]

An Alien/Aliens fans biggest dream come true. All original props. The collection to end all collections. I would never leave. Worth multi millions. A credit to you Mr Burns. A custodian of History & Legends.

[@ChronicBreakdown]

I can’t imagine having all of that! Every piece was masterfully crafted.

[@mikepeterson9362]

I was 11 when I saw the original, in the the theater, in 1979. I talked my parents into it for weeks before it opened. "It's just a movie," I told them. "I'll be fine," I told them. "I'm ready for R ratings," I told them.... Yeah.... Jump-cut to me, after the chest-burster does its thing, spending half of the next hour in the f***ing lobby, quivering and pissing my pants. Literally did not sleep from 1979 to 1981.

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@stephenhall2980]

The xenomorph is the best and most iconic movie monster ever. I really can't see it being bettered in my lifetime.

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@konstantinosgnaf]

the predator

[@masonkertson9774]

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[@richardb6260]

The Universal Studios version of the Frankenstein Monster (flat head, bolts in the neck) is easily more iconic. Versions of have been showing up in movies, TV, comics, and animation for over 90 years. I'd argue that the Creature from the Black Lagoon is at least as iconic as the Xenomorph/Alien. Again, it's been in all sorts of media since it was introduced in the 50s.

[@zacharyzimmerman5721]

I can agree with you that Frankenstein being about as iconic as the Alien Xenomorph. Dracula I will agree is the most iconic monster in movie history! The part I will disagree with is the Creature from the Black Lagoon. That moster made alot less movies than the Xenomorph and was less copied than the xenomorph such as species and ect ect since have copied the Alien series. I also love the Thing vy John Carpenter, even though it is less iconic. The thing is hands down the most deadily of the Alien film species with Predators being a close 2nd. Though I'd imagine if Predators wanted to destory Earth from their ship they would probably only have to push a button. Their Yautja Predator tech showing in the films is their simplest of weapons so that the fight is less advantaged. They fight with spears and blades, disc's, throwing shirikens, and a simple plasma shoulder cannon. They have alot better weapons that they choose not to use so that they have the more honorable hunt. Like in Prey the young blood Alien on his first solo hunt used arrows instead of plasma to make the hunt fair. Using the typical weapons the girl and her tribe would have easily been all smoked by Predator. It was a young inexperienced Predator too from the feel of the film.

[@blazingtacosproductions4823]

That alien queen head was amazing

[@gordondavis6168]

Mr. Burns told me to bring back a specimen. His orders were very specific.

[@245-TRIOXIN]

He told me not to go into his basement after dusk, because they mostly come at night... mostly.

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@stylincarrie1]

That was several million dollars worth of props we just saw!

[@EEVENEEVEN-vb5qy]

For sure. Lucky guy. He deserves it.

[@robd1329]

Its a shame its sitting in his house...aging and detoriating with time.

[@robd1329]

@Drogo, Son Of Voltan the props

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@divBy0]

​@@robd1329I agree, this belongs in a museum

[@olentangy74]

OMG, can you imagine James Cameron asking you if you would like this stuff to keep! 😍

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@RoyceLovesHisShotgun]

I went thru a Bob Burns discovery phase around 2007. Bought his book and listened to several of his full length dvd audio commentaries on classic Sci-Fi/Horror films. God bless him, I love me some Bob Burns 💯

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@xenofett7008]

I agree with Bob on the preference for the original design of the Alien from the first film.

[@patrickbyrne5070]

for sure. giger knew what he was doing. cameron messed it up

[@patrickbyrne5070]

@@deckard97 you know

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@crizzonet]

Incredible collection! I’d love to see it in person!

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@Buzzramjet]

Incredible. I cannot believe it only las 9 thousand views. THIS IS GREAT.

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@ynothump2566]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@madisonhill3175]

This is the greatest story ever told. Eat your heart out PropStore.

[@officedullard8722]

Amazing. My favorite movie is Alien. I adore the queen especially.

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@areyoulying4937]

Absolutely awesome! I’ve watched this quite a few times now. Thank you for showing this beautiful part of film history!

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@andy-]

Man, I am officially jelaous. If only I had ONE of these original Alien Props. The orig. Designs Head or the miniature Queen - OMG. One lucky man he is.

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@myk1172]

I've been terrified of Alien since I was 7, still am

[@yurievans277]

Me to myk

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@AnimationGoneWrong]

I would absolutely LOVE to see this incredible collection! To have ended up with THAT many actual on-screen pieces is beyond amazing. Wow!

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@RobRoby18]

Id like to just sit down with this man and listen to his stories

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@RM_VFX]

A lot of this stuff seems to have been fixed up and auctioned off on Propstore since then.

[@tsarbomba1]

Yeah I'm kind of pissed about a part of that. The guys who restored the Nostromo mentioned that it had been left out in the elements for 20 years and had a lot of water warpage. About 10 years ago I was on a forum and someone posted the derelict ship and it was in poor shape as well. Don't know what happened to that. >:(

[@Clay3613]

What a fucking shame, greedy ass collectors keeping it themselves.

[@nicholasdickens2801]

@@tsarbomba1 it’s been restored and returned to its original condition.

[@lepterfirefall]

Something must have changed....maybe he got permission to pass some of these on after restoration. The nostromo makes sense as it was deteriorating outside so better to get it restored and in a museum.

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@donniecatalano]

I can only say wow!

[@lordmacabre]

Outstanding and Amazing....You are a very lucky guy, happy to know someone is safeguarding these props properly with love!

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@mannymarc744]

Fantastic video!!!! All I can muster is WOW!!! Subscribed🏆💯❤️

[@hive71recordinz89]

Mate passes over to your house to borrow something, you say no problem just go grab it, you'll find it in the basement the light switch is on the right 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rudypieplenbosch6752]

I probably die of a heartattack when turning on the lights 🤣🤣

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@Celeon999A]

Now that is an awesome prop collection ! A treasure cave for every sci-fi fan

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@tims4201]

At 7 mins you can see the masks from Guyver 2. So cool, he's got the best stuff

[@NotMorganFreeman.]

Imagine loaning out your beautiful blue and black original Aliens queen prop head and getting a crap brown Resurrection head back.

[@cobra.x666]

Yep, I’m very jealous 😒 Fantastic collection !

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@patrickbyrne5070]

an awesome incredible collection, but also an awesome guy! so glad this lovely man was who they chose to keep the props. such knowledge respect and admiration is wonderful see

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@userzero2911]

Sehr schöne Sammlung. Aber ich vermisse da tatsächlich was. 1. Die Bombe aus dem Teil AVP 1 und aus Alien 4 die Wiedergeburt die exmerimenten Stufen von Riplay wo sie versucht haben diese zu Züchten um an das Alien dran zu kommen. Auch die im Reagenzglas. Ich denke das könnte sdeine Sammlung um schöne Stücke erweitern. ;-)

[@Dennycrane757]

You wouldn’t need to worry about having a gun in the house for self-protection, with a few models of an alien strategically positioned throughout...

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@voronOsphere]

He's so cool!!!

[@JimmyMooreDrag]

You should start a Museum!

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

13:18 The SULACO never made any sense at all: Fly a space ship all the way to another planet, then EVERYONE goes down to the Surface ? ? ? The whole crew fits in 1 drop ship, they leave the military class destroyer warship, empty, in orbit, with no one on board... ? Even Star Trek would send a landing party, investigate, with additional reenforcements, air support, and rescue available if needed...

[@rudypieplenbosch6752]

Come on don't spoil my naivity, i never thought about it 🤔😉

[@rexmundi3108]

When a ship comes to an island they don't bring the whole ship onto land.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

@@rexmundi3108 Right, and when the Marines storm the beaches, they don't leave an EMPTY Navy ship floating alone in the ocean... Big Destroyer Interstellar Warship, in orbit, empty. A clever colonist escaped the Aliens, and was in high orbit on the other side of the planet. Waits for the WHOLE crew to go down, then steals their warship - Whoops ! Sorry Ripley, thanks for the Battle Cruiser.

[@vasili1207]

@@SeaJay_Oceans SULACO is a freighter not supposed to go into orbit .... not a military ship. so correct

[@gordondavis6168]

The Sulaco is just a troop ship, and probably not very valuable. When the landing boats hit Normandy beach, the landing boats were left empty on the shore. There are multiple ways to get back to the Sulaco - the dropship that brings you, and a second dropship that can come down. If the Sulaco is left uninhabited in orbit for a set period of time, the ship is probably programmed to return to its point of origin.

[@nomenestomen3452]

Oh man, what would i be happy to own just one of these Alien heads...

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@willowwisp6401]

HR Geiger was finish designing the Alien Costume back in 1969 but the people wanting to Produce an Alien movie couldn’t find a financial backer willing to make the movie for another Ten Years.

[@Punisher6654]

Beautiful, I love it.

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@JONINXBOX]

Brilliant clip, hope you don’t mind me sharing this on my Facebook page ‘Alien Xenomorph Origins’ thank you.

[@The_real_Marcoman]

So cool!

[@beansoup1088]

Great video thanks for sharing

[@mrouncervideos2905]

Release thee collection.

[@poppiefleur3988]

Amazing

[@chriswells6974]

My favorite is when it takes the form of the Rottweiler and it's running on the ceilings I pissed myself

[@richardrichard688]

At first I thought the title meant he set fire to his collection haha.

[@jknuttel]

I would love to visit Bob's collection. However, I don't know his address or phone number. Does anyone know how to contact him? I haven't had any luck with the email on his website.

[@silentstryker1590]

Very cool

[@lorenzocrespin6730]

And i thought my 7 inch alien collection was awesome , Very impressive

[@madArt1981]

It sure doesn’t look like he’s taking very good care of that stuff. It’s just a warehouse. Dust dirt and all the handling obviously is taking a serious toll on those artifacts. Imagine he left the batteries IN! Why? If ya don’t care for some of those materials they won’t las long. I also heard he had left the Nostromo outside under a blue Walmart tarp!

[@robd1329]

Id put it in a sci-fi museum with glass casings. Its a shame that its housed like in some guys basement

[@chriswells6974]

Nightmares stopped

[@cantgetenoughoutdoors3258]

Awesome!!

[@RobRoby18]

Im not picky but if anyone knows this guy let him know ill take any piece of the Alien props. This is sooo amazing bringing the kids out in me. Always good to know and make sure you treat everyone the same!

[@ALLO5444]

Does anybody know what happened to this collection after Bob passed away? Is it in a museum or was it given back to fox please let me know

[@IronHelmetProds]

Thankfully, Bob hasn’t passed, he is still with us, and his collection is still with him.

[@ALLO5444]

@@IronHelmetProds Thank you I bough I had heard somewhere that he had passed away glad the greatest alien collection is still with its rightful owner

[@henslgerome9390]

Wow! All this stuff 👍🏾💥

[@smdsnowflakes5107]

Some people are so freaking lucky😭😭😭 my collection is nothing compared to *THE ORIGINALS!!*

[@Khannea]

Thank you

[@robd1329]

That stuff should be in a sci-fi museum for all to see! Id charge admission and we all win! Its a shame to see this hidden in some guys house collecting dust

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@robinkron375]

AvP2 2001, Dog Alien/Runner, Those who knows they know =) RIP < Nickname

[@VisionElectricAus]

Cool guy

[@ChristianGoergen]

Alien props to stow away alien props. As a collector you can’t get higher.

[@papamaanbeerVideo]

probably someone already asked this, but does he have one of the red portable lights from the first movie?

[@NeoLudditevisons]

What a fucking collection!!

[@zooshipcaptain8531]

I am disappointed that nobody shows in high quality all the unused Enemy Mine's Fyrine IV models owned by Bob Burns

[@elaiottoiale4216]

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[@cordellfrank1798]

Would be nice if he had a spot non resident place to show people could see movie prop history

[@740jakester]

How can we go experience all of this? Does he allow people to come see it all?

[@chriswells6974]

This thing gave me nightmares so bad I really think they are real I find myself hiding feeling safe until it's right on top of you out comes the mouth right into your head

[@chris19873]

To cool

[@kingtigertank72]

im pissing my pants !!!!!

[@winstonchurchhill3264]

HR GIGER !

[@chriswells6974]

Got a big tattoo on my upper leg of a one of a kind xenophor holding it's cheat

[@germantecahd3416]

so... heaven really exist.

[@douggraham5082]

OMG!

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Nice ''Alien / Aliens" collection, but do you have anything from GALAXY QUEST ? Expand your museum to include many films and franchises... how about a few things from RED DWARF too ? :-)

[@renemensing8249]

Would'n it be nicer to put all this stuff in a real museum (like an Alien Museum!?) instead of some sort of caretaker and have Tom Spina (for instance) look after those props. Some are in really bad shape. It's a Damn shame! They deserve so much more....

[@WHR17]

Agreed, a lot of these props will deteriorate if not stored in a temperature controlled environment under glass. Don’t the studio’s realize that they could make a killing putting this stuff in a studio tour/museum. Warner Brothers has a great studio tour with Harry Potter props and and entire section for Batman, they even have an entire building for all the Batmobiles. Took the tour a few years back and it was amazing.

[@sefs257]

Its all about connections in the entertainment industry. I guess if the owner passes away the props will then be donated to the museums.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

His poor wife ! Their home has been turned into a movie set dumping ground, free storage and no rent fees paid to them for the space ? Yes, he needs a full museum to hold movie props - theme it on science fiction and fantasy too...

[@DVincentW]

@@SeaJay_Oceans how could you make an assumption that he even has a spouse? Or that she would hate the props from the films? Inane.

[@yuibot5998]

@@DVincentW Probably because they actually watched the damned video where he mentioned multiple times that he has a wife. Really dude?

[@shawnschroeder2]

I'm really jeally

[@DonFatherTrump]

They painted the Aliens Queen puppet for Resurrection. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@DarthHater100]

Bob didn't burn anything!!

[@dennispagterchristensen7786]

Movie it.

[@zth6180]

He seems really nice but lord it’s killing me watching him rub his bare hand oils ALL OVER that vintage foam latex. Also not keeping the items in display cases

[@dagreatestwonder23]

Now This Is Bullshit Smh