Stop-Motion Puppets from Star Wars, RoboCop, and Jurassic Park!

Iconic stop-motion armatures and puppets from films like Star Wars, Robocop 2, Starship Troopers, and Jurassic Park are assembled at the Prop Store facility as part of creature master and animator Phil Tippett's collection in search of new homes. It's part of Prop Store's massive Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction taking place next week, and we're on location to take a close look at the meticulous machining and design of these pieces that show a fascinating slice of special effects history.
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Check out the full catalog of props and costumes from this collection here: propstore.com/entertainment-memorabilia-live-auction-la-2020/

[@StevenRichter]

Holy crap! The Jumanji tokens on that board are the ones I sculpted. (The auction listing does label the tokens as replicas, no need for pitchforks). I'm just excited that something I made is now part of the history of this piece.

[@germx1488]

Thats neat as hell

[@jemster38]

RoboCain is such a work of art. Still beautiful to this day!

[@jensquintelier]

" It belongs in a museum!"

[@julienhalleux8659]

My thought exactly

[@NPCSN]

“So do you!” (Can’t believe nobody else said this yet. 😂)

[@BasicPaul]

I love that we are able to see this stuff in these videos, but I hate that they are sold to private collectors. This stuff all belongs in museums.

[@AttilaTheHun333333]

These things would just get lost or destroyed. Private collectors usually take good care of them. A museum would be pretty much impossible imo. While it is very interesting to you I doubt that these kind of things would draw the masses.

[@surfdigby]

@@AttilaTheHun333333 You also have to take into account that most props aren't built in "archiving quality". They only need to last the lifespan of the shooting schedule, and so being in a museum or exhibition circuit where they're constantly being packed up and moved, and then stored, and then moved for display somewhere else would cause further damage to them. I've been constantly surprised how....... well, just how crap a lot of props are when you see them with your own eyes. My favourite was a laser rifle from Doctor Who that was just a rough (and I mean rough) outline cut from some cheap nasty plywood, painted grey and with a piece of corrugated cardboard stuck to the side. I can only assume that this was only seen from very, very, very far away.

[@handznet]

Attila TheHUN they will of course

[@Zveebo]

A museum would be perfectly possible (other museums look after much more sensitive and difficult to care for material) but would require a lot of money. Probably the best hope is that a big collector sets up a museum to preserve their collection for the future.

[@Crushenator500]

@@Zveebo Supposedly George Lucas is building a huge museum in LA that would have these kinds of things. Not sure what the current status of it is, but it sounds very cool

[@TheNinjaMarmot]

Jurassic Park was ahead of its time. Even special effects in some movies now fall short of the bar raised by the movie made 30 years ago.

[@Crushenator500]

That T-rex with the digital armature is one of the coolest pieces of film history I've ever seen. What an incredible relic from the early years of CGI

[@spamlobster]

Robot Cain has got to be one of the greatest puppets made, ever.

[@MLTharme]

These belong in a museum :-( I hate that these stop-motion puppets are going into private collections and not a film museum where new generations of stop-motion animators can study and learn from these.

[@Jaqen-HGhar]

it's especially a bummer if Tippett had to sell them cause he's fallen on hard times cause it sounds like he didn't actually want to get rid of them.

[@AnimationMixtape]

it is obscene that these pieces are in private hands,

[@gabiballetje]

Some armatures look so simple, but the joints have to work right, have the right movement, sometimes several ways, and not be too loose nor too tight. And yeah, the fact that with enough time you can do awesome stop motion with them is just so cool.

[@zach3360]

These belong in a museum...

[@matthewcoleman8267]

God I’d love that Rocketeer suit and backpack. What a shame things like these can’t be put in a museum so 1000’s of people can enjoy them rather than a few private collections of the mega rich.

[@photon2724]

I like how much effort they're putting in staying safe from COVID. Lots of other videos from youtubers in America totally ignore the social distancing and face masks. Its like nothing happened over the past few months...

[@Mireaze]

To be fair, it has been noted that covid-19 has a disproportionately bad reaction with overweight-obese people. And as we all know america is one of the healthiest skinniest nations on the planet.

[@defundhollyweird8675]

KZbinrs are most likely forgoing masks is due to the fact that 88% of people who have a COVID infection either have minor symptoms or are asymptomatic. Also, there is a 55 years of age. Some people don't want to live life coddled in bubble wrap.

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

@@Mireaze Why aren't we letting the disease take these people out though?

[@tested]

Really appreciate the comment, thank you.

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

You're welcome, Adam 🤪

[@amsyardanialz4080]

I love the Jumanji board

[@skullcar1645]

Those velociraptors still give me the shivers even with the decayed foam,,,

[@dominic6634]

me see the Rocketeer in the background.. I want.

[@VAXHeadroom]

It's the whole outfit including the backpack/rocketpack; estimated to go for $25,000-$35,000 (yes I went and looked!!)

[@skykaptain007]

Wanna go halfsies?

[@surfdigby]

@@VAXHeadroom Was Jenny included?

[@brokenwishbone422]

Freakin awesome! Adam Savage should buy one and turn it into a robot!! Now thats a project idea.

[@HBx90]

Imagine a Robo Cain's replica but with Adam's digitalized face on the robot screen, that could be marvellous!

[@Zogtee]

Wouldn't it be nice if there was a popular culture museum somewhere that collected stuff like this?

[@DrakeMagnum]

That Kane puppet is damn astonishing. I wonder exactly how many of the mechanical elements are functional.

[@rehanimus]

You're coming with me, Kain!

[@DenisRyan]

ROCKETEER!!!! If money were no object, that entire set would be MINE!!

[@Drew-do9wx]

That Robocop cyborg is so realistic and scary looking.

[@jmalmsten]

That DID always made me wonder why VR animation hasn't taken off more than it has. I mean. You can handle 3D CGI models with 6 DOF hand input on consumer grade equipment today.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

More like it still has issues on "how is this NOT 3D" sort of stigma...

[@rakkston]

These are pretty epic

[@Brigand231]

A fun peak at cinema history! I'd never even heard the term "go motion" before, so of course, had to look it up. Thanks for enriching my life through entertainment!

[@luisa.belmares5716]

I wish I were very rich to buy all those pieces of movie history and then create a museum to share them with the world.

[@chamoo232]

Threezero was making a 1/6 scale Cain figure that they announced many years ago but the project has been in limbo for a very long time. You can see an unpainted prototype on google image by searching Threezero Cain. It would have been crazy expensive if they did release it but I still wish they did.

[@paulsadler3138]

I am so glad that you are taking safety in you shop seriously, you eyes. I am surprised that you wear you ring, working with rotating tools. I enjoy your shows, be safe.

[@ElliottConceptsX]

Very Cool i realy enjoyed the Stop motion in RoboCop 2 the design of cain is creative! And Jurassic Park was also a good movie.

[@DanielS2001]

I wish more modern filmmakers would use model miniature and stop motion effects. I mean, I know Christopher Nolan uses some, but I'd like to see more go back to old-school effects, especially with the updates of modern tech to allow for such effects to be useful.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

Stop motion isn't cheap to do... and capitalism stresses more profit for less expense...

[@DanielS2001]

Ohlourdes Padua But stop motion can be just as good looking at CG. Case in point: Coraline. When it was released, people thought it was CG when in fact it was stop motion. In fact, Tim Burton had the stop motion artists for Frankenweenie to make it obviously look like it was stop motion so that people didn't make that same mistake again.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

@@DanielS2001 "Good looking" does not magically solve the economics of stop motion which is it is more expensive to do than CGI. Studios can find very cheap digital SFX studios to do that for pennies (can be outsourced abroad for more cheapness). Remember the Sobic movie? The SFX studio responsible for the CGI closed shortly after the film's released...

[@DanielS2001]

Ohlourdes Padua Cheap doesn’t always mean good either. There are a lot of examples of bad CG that was done because “it was cheaper to do.” (Case in point, a LOT of 90s big budget movies). When you look at something that has model effects, they still hold up better. Yes, it may be more expensive, but it’s also been done cheaply and still look just as good (case in point, the exterior shots of the glider entering New York in Escape from New York. The buildings seen in those shot were just wood, photocopies of buildings that were glued on, colored in with color pencils and greebled with model parts to give the illusion that they were more detail. Even some of the buildings of the Hadley’s Hope colony in Aliens were constructed from cardboard and don’t look any different). The same can’t be said with cheap CG. In fact, what used to take multimillion dollar tech to make shots possible when Star Wars has been drastically streamlined and cheaper to do (you could literally recreate the opening shot of A New Hope using off the shelf parts, a green screen, a camera and a camera slider).

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

@@DanielS2001 The point I am saying is economic considerations is what relegates stop motion on the side in favor of CGI...

[@The90sGamingGuy]

Wow i would like to own that Jurassic Park stop go set up there and the Star Wars stop go puppet. No way i could afford those though but cool to see outside the movie.

[@itsmoneyoverbitches]

*The dog from Labreth one of my favorite movies*

[@bradmullaerialphotography]

Amazing

[@knallpistolen]

4:34 "Star Trek Troopers" ??? is that a new episode ?

[@Craftlngo]

hardly to understand through the mask but he says Starship Troopers, which is correct.

[@knallpistolen]

@@Craftlngo IK, just saw that the text said Star Trek :)

[@Craftlngo]

@@knallpistolen the automatic subtitles make sometimes hilarious nonsense texts.

[@Funkeditup]

Would like to see something on the Yoshi puppet from Super Mario Brothers the Movie. Always remember that being impressive

[@michaelbalty2750]

Wow! So much film history! Love this stuff. Thanks for taking us!

[@TheLondonAnarchyPunx]

Please just show me everything and anything from robocop ♥

[@AustralianShuffla]

I reject your reality, and substitute my own!

[@BloodyFlowerFilms]

Wait, what? Phil is still with us right?! Don’t tell me he’s gone!

[@TheRendar]

amazing collection as always. complete treasures

[@MrNewt20]

I can’t believe Weebo is being sold! A few more years at my job and I may have been able to put up a fight to get her!

[@steve_ire321]

That Stallone Judge uniform should have been tossed on a bonfire.

[@alex_n8863]

Cain is awesome. Want.

[@lesmoor001]

i want Kane !

[@rhuugh6438]

i hope mr tippet is well, i don't know how you let go of stuff like that

[@gavinsullivan9015]

Just scanned the catalogue - i am now theoretically 250k poorer... Maverick’s Helmet or Star Trek or Star Wars or or or or or flipping awesome!

[@lgww1940]

*sees captain falcon suit in the background* FaLcO pUnCh!

[@HappyCynic]

Judge Dredd predates Captain Falcon.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

I am not surprised you mistook Judge Dredd's uniform for Capt. Falcon's...

[@Jaqen-HGhar]

It's cool that they have Tippett's stuff but at the same time I'm hoping he didn't have to sell the stuff he didn't want to sell last time because he has fallen on hard times cause that would be a bummer. I'm sure his huge fandom would much rather have donated to some kind of gofundme than to have his props go to who knows who.

[@davidsharp9166]

Kept waiting for the rocketeer to move and show Adam

[@adamgardiner5869]

Adam, please do a 1 day build of 'tools to burgle a memorabilia store with'. ...for a friend.

[@justanotherdayinthelife9841]

So much love goes out to everyone here

[@jonarehellevangsdal2617]

07:52 - Looks like Zombie Raptors..

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

I knew theyd do a video on the auction Looked over every lot myself No i wasnt gonna bid stuff is expensive Ive bought enough stuff from them already (this year i bought 2 coins from pirates of the caribbean-1 as a gift for my twin sister)

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

Oh wow if only I was a billionaire I would buy the lot =)

[@RoodeMenon]

Judge "I AM THE LAW!" Dredd!

[@jeremybarretta5282]

Arachnid metal skeleton and Jurassic park and jumanji

[@MarkWebster404]

I'm getting quite a few high pitched audio blips on the last couple of videos. Seems like an encoding issue or something. Am I the only one?

[@KilliK69]

Where is that red suit, next to V at 0:30, from? seems familiar.

[@christopherdeleon2095]

8:34 what's that skull to the right of norm?

[@pendaco]

That's not a skull but Maverick's helmet from Top Gun

[@elievers1634]

Pacific rim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@supertedogpriken]

0:30 What is that read "ironman" costume in the background? The one next to the: V for vendetta one.

[@Axel-gl2hy]

it's from Pacific Rim.

[@HappyCynic]

@@Axel-gl2hy Thank You.

[@supertedogpriken]

@@Axel-gl2hy 1 or 2 ?

[@Axel-gl2hy]

@@supertedogpriken 1. Its the Suit from the Crew of the Crimson Typhoon Jaeger

[@ZombieB]

this video was simple? I mean like: hey here this and that's it lol

[@tekvax01]

Too bad this entire "piece to camera" is out of focus more than in focus!

[@TheSixStringGuy]

The guy in the beginning looks like Grant.....RIP

[@nagualdesign]

These are new items? New pieces? _"They are. Yeah. No. That's right."_ WTF?! Make your mind up!

[@HappyCynic]

New to the store, but not new as in recently made.

[@ricardorios492]

Hey, Adam ,is there a manual is how to do stop motion through the Android phone??????

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

Just use the phone's camera and be very careful in moving the puppets around...

[@flioink]

Damn, how much for RoboCain?

[@Gregy917]

flioink asking price between $30 to $50 000...

[@flioink]

@@Gregy917 Damn!

[@kilroy987]

"Anyone who has visited Tippett's studio might recognize some of these!" Really, not anyone who has watched, you know, the movies?

[@hypercube33]

Is he ok if he's selling his prized stuff?

[@Bad_Wolf_Media]

I don't know Mr. Tippett, and so I cannot answer this question in regards to him. However, in a broader view, Mr. Tippett is nearly 70 years old. While we, as a people, are living longer and longer, 70 is still a fair run. At some point, we have to acknowledge that we're not going to be here forever, and so we don't need all the "things" we have in our life. If it were me, I'd rather be in control of how those things are dispensed with, rather than letting a feeding frenzy happen after I'm gone. Mr. Tippett, in working with The Prop Store, probably knows that these pieces will be treated with respect and not just set up in a yardsale somewhere. Again, I don't know Mr. Tippett, so I'm just sharing my own thoughts. But I don't know if it's a logical leap to think there might be something wrong just because he's thinning out his collection.

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

It is his choice to sell it all...

[@wjerame]

I almost feel like this should be another channel, I like this stuff, but this channel is Adam making things now and kinda like that more. Gotta say I don't miss Will Smith and I don't feel bad about it haha

[@tristanglaze6706]

Hi

[@ricknicklen9059]

56 dislikes? Who the F dislikes this?

[@matthewcoleman8267]

“A 25% buyers premium will be added to the final figure” 🤣🤣🤣

[@robohjhonson3711]

Wow it’s amazing to see these icons in their unedited state very cool, well presented btw Edit: omg! Thanks for 240 likes

[@l_innominato9236]

you have literally 0 likes and already edited in the thanks for the [insert number] likes. Wow

[@robohjhonson3711]

L_Innominato lol

[@KevinLam86]

Check out that epic hairline of Brandon's. lol

[@lasarith2]

It’s Disney land for props .

[@mikewebink]

I know you have a baby at home norm, but the mask and gloves is absurd. I don’t know when you shot this, and it might of been smack dab in the middle of the hysteria. But this is just distracting

[@freek1112]

You could film this without the need for masks.

[@EyesHoleMedia]

FUCK YOU ... ALL QANONS MUST DIE!

[@inputfunny]

First

[@flubber788]

Dammit. You beat me to it

[@HappyCynic]

Grow up.

[@inputfunny]

@@HappyCynic Jealous.

[@HappyCynic]

@@inputfunny Jealous of a twat? Not really.

[@inputfunny]

@@HappyCynic You seem jealous. Maybe you'll get first comment next time bucko.

[@MrShadowfax42]

Take off those silly masks. Seriously.

[@EyesHoleMedia]

5hadowfax ... ALL QANONS MUST DIE!!

[@Jack-od4yv]

Lol sheep with masks

[@eppiox]

Please wake me up Jack, wake me up so hard over youtube comments

[@EyesHoleMedia]

ALL QANONS MUST DIE!!