Prop Store at Comic-Con: Aliens Motion Tracker & Ghostbusters Trap

We get up close with two iconic movie props from awesome movies: the M314 Motion Tracker from Aliens and a Ghost Trap from Ghostbusters 2. Prop Store's Stephen Lane and Brandon Alinger walk us through the history of these props and how they were used on screen.

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Prop Store at #SDCC2013 : Aliens Motion Tracker & Ghostbusters Trap bit.ly/142Jh1M

[@themesongman0017]

4:16 - 4:33 totally agree, I love movie props of that era especially as a fan and a collector it's also really interesting to find out what they used to create new unique stuff for the movies!

[@dustinworden4826]

The Ghost Trap brings me back to when I was a kid, SO iconic!

[@Megaman915]

This belongs in a museum

[@boojum402]

That was a fun booth to go to.

[@TheTrueRandomness]

Great interview!

[@ninjakid164]

tested is like the combo of everything i love

[@ZachsMind]

[channeling the spirit of Indy Jones] "You don't sell this stuff to the highest bidder! These are priceless artifacts! They belong in a museum!" [cue music and expensive stunt work]

[@John_Ridley]

It pretty much is. These guys are going to take very good care of it, and it'll be way more accessible to the public and better cared for than if it was in most private hands.

[@redhillmedia]

Wow. Love the Aliens radar

[@Orvtrebor]

Motion tracker

[@meande-man5351]

Holy moly the crystal from superman!!

[@BunnyRocket]

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!

[@artfx9]

yiiiiiiiis this is some dope staffies, veyr naaaaaaaaaaaais! hoho

[@1Madplanet]

Keypad is from Casio slim line calculator I believe SL-80A. Should be on first Casio museum site using google.

[@Rasterbayne]

Awesome tested thanks!

[@AchronTimeless]

That keypad looks like it was cut off of one of those business card sized calculators. Used to have one as a kid that that looks exactly how I remember it.

[@Fantaz21]

this is sooo cool...

[@Krisalansfl]

That small red white and blue dial at 2:55 is off a old vivitar flash

[@TonyMach01]

3:00 The membrane keypad looks definitely like it is from on of those slimline eighties calculators - I had a noname credit card sized back then that this shot reminded me of.

[@jrcprops]

Casio sl 85 solar calculator..

[@MrSquark]

I think you'll actually find that both are excepted, but the variant Aluminum is predominantly centred to North America.

[@WarbossRB]

This video needed to be longer.

[@godzillix7955]

Somethins' movin' and it ain't us!

[@Lycoosa]

good stuff

[@burningreach]

IT'S A TRAP!!! Admiral Ackbar approved!

[@spamboli]

on the Aliens Motion Tracker the housing for the TV looks like a slide viewer i once owned.

[@jrcprops]

You are correct. Hama brand slide viewer

[@mgratk]

Warawat, when they made Aliens cameras didn't have nice little LCDs. The best they could do was to use a portable tvs, and they all had CRTs.

[@armyannispel2011]

I bet he was thinking about that tracker joke all night.

[@MlorenDraymeer]

what's the grey urn with the orange "win me" stickers on it? It looks kind of like something from stargate or similar?

[@toob1979]

It looks like one of the urns that contained the black goo from _Prometheus._ Lots of _Alien_-related stuff at this Comic-Con.

[@Psychlist1972]

It's the correct pronunciation of that type of metal ;)

[@hunterhartley583]

Well frig! If they have Dom's drivers licence I'd buy that

[@websitesthatneedanem]

Norm, the ultimate sycophant!

[@sdsuman1]

What was the price tag on that motion tracker?

[@SethHesio]

Lol... (UK here) always makes me laugh when I hear that word..

[@ranwolf76]

why do I get the feeling you have green eyes at the moment?

[@KelvinSmoke]

Motion Tracker keypad remind me of an Intellevision controller...

[@AmerginMacEccit]

Is there a Stay Puft Marshmellow Man prop around there? :) But seriously, Aliens need to infest all cinemas worldwide again. The second and fourth film were absolute masterpieces. There is actually a good story book that could be an inspiration for another movie (no title on my mind right now but it was a story of a young woman caught up in a conflict of predators hunting xenomorphs, very well written). Lets put back the motion detector to use again, that beeping sound is one of the most goose-bumps giving things in the history of cinema when you expect something horrible on the screen. There is no good Alien movie without Ripley, and there is only one :) And the same story goes for Ghostbusters, I had my first kid crush on the leasing actress when the movie was released :D

[@williamhayden7711]

+AmerginMacEccit Well I'm more than ready for "Alien: Covenant" to release. I ama fan of Prometheus and feel it could have been a perfect prequel had they took the 3-5 extra minutes to mesh the ending of Prometheus with Alien.

[@Tsumami__]

AmerginMacEccit Resurrection was a masterpiece??? Yeesh

[@C-M-E]

80s multi-taskers for ya'.

[@SethHesio]

What is that creature at 6:49?! I recognise it but can't place it... anyone?

[@MackMateCom]

Think it’s in Star Wars

[@MndScream]

SethHesio: That's Fizgig from The Dark Crystal. (=

[@thepropstopvids]

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[@verdantcynical5389]

I would literally kill for a ghost trap

[@MrNickatron]

www.nickatronprops.co.uk/products-page/ghost-trap-parts/complete-trap-kit-mk3-full-kit

[@ekinox5235]

is it to trap the person you would kill for it?

[@gokaury]

Spirit Halloween has them, and they're already dead...

[@PilgrimLad]

Two thousand and thirteen = 2000.13 the proper way to say it is Two thousand thirteen = 2013.

[@woofer2121]

i want doms licence

[@woolver42]

That microfone looks a bit dusty/hairy

[@DrinkThisLadOnYoutube]

I've never seen alien. Don't kill me internet.

[@Tsumami__]

Ryan Nicholson I hope you’ve seen it four years later lol

[@gold333]

Funny how it's olive drab and not brown bess

[@MrSquark]

Unless you're British, in which case it is spelt Aluminium so pronounced as such.

[@Lucas92072]

GG

[@darthjump]

GLOVES

[@Musicalmane]

There have been studies about this. Clean hands and short nails are all you need. Gloves have a tendency to snag on stuff and cause damage, especially with paper ephemeral items. Also, in this case, cotton gloves would likely reduce grip and could cause him to drop it.

[@HazardOP55]

I'M BAT MAN

[@PlaineblaineJ]

im a bit new to the whole prop collecting thing and i really want an aliens plasma rifle. ive had a nerd boner for these things ever since i was a kid. and i was wondering if anyone knows where to get parts to make one or a full replica either works for me. thanks!

[@zxSkippyxz]

soup

[@753951426684]

WTF is Aloominum.

[@Psychlist1972]

*facepalm*

[@susannichols2159]

L Tttt