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Off-the-Shelf FX

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Off-the-Shelf FX	comment	In an environment where a work requires extensive Special Effects, there may be a perception that each unique space ship, futuristic weapon, handheld item or article of clothing is created from scratch. But the reality can be quite different. Instead of incurring the time or expense of artisans who are masters of their craft to hand build their own miniatures or custom made prop, a shortcut involves purchasing toys, model kits or other items available at the mall or hardware store and use those as a stand-in for advanced technology or fill in the gaps of a particularly large crowd shot. Depending on the quality of their manufacture and the methods used by the FX team, the results can range from surprisingly effective, to sub-par, to obvious Special Effects Failure. In many cases this happens for miniature work on a weekly tv show or cash strapped production, where time and money is important. Most model kits are often already of very high quality and can be pulled off convincingly, particularly in the use of "greebling" (the details themselves are "greebles", as coined by George Lucas in the production of A New Hope). This is when one takes parts from a model kit, already being of great quality and put it on as detail for bigger models. The Imperial-class Star Destroyers from Star Wars were plywood shells dressed with loads of parts from mixed and matched kits to create what looked like extremely realistic and detailed ships. Occasionally if the story allows for it, it might end up being what it really is as merchandise from a large franchise. While the proliferation of CG modeling over physical items has changed the game, the principles remain quite the same, especially as you still need to give the actors something to hold. This trope comes in two flavors: Straight Out of the Box: An item has literally just been ripped out of its packaging, these may require assembly and get an appropriate paint job but still remain largely unmodified. Especially if it is meant to represent what it is, and possibly be damaged in the process, it becomes a simple matter of practicality. When the hobby store across the street sells good replicas for $20 and can be assembled and/or modified within a few hours it will inevitably beat a model that would take a week to construct and cost 20 times as much. The creative use of paint, lighting and camera angles can further gloss over the finer details - even making the item appear to be something different than what it really is. Digital work has also created a cottage industry of high quality, pre-rendered CGI models or slight modifications for ones already made but resized or recolored to help hide its previous identity. There is also often an irony involved where props made for a movie had to be done quickly and for specific uses (one for electronics, soft props are made for stuntwork), but the merchandizing company end up mass producing an all-purpose design far better engineered than the inspiration, and it ends up used in the sequels. Kit-Bashing: An official term used among hobbyists, the item starts with any kind of commercial product but modified through cutting it apart, rearranging parts and gluing it back together. Start with a tank, car wheels become jet exhaust ports, jet wings are glued on to the side and the cannon is repositioned to the undercarriage. Now it is a new sci-fi space fighter unrecognizable from its' individual parts. Similar techniques are used for CGI models as well, with the advantage of upscaling and downscaling parts at random. Kit-bashing is sometimes used just for experimental purposes, a proof-of-concept to approve further design for a prop. Other times bits of model kits are attached to custom built models just to give it texture and save time ("greebling"). Or perhaps only pieces of it are used into the making of something else entirely. The downside may come from sloppy placement or over-greebling, excessive details that lack logic in their placement and getting lost in visual "noise" that betrays it as a prop. Both forms are used in such places as the private model building scene and Cosplay. Kitbashing is common with Tabletop Games as a way to produce custom models for one's army, eg. an Ork army who cobbled their gear together from Tau parts. See also Prop Recycling, Special Effect Failure and No Budget. Sister Trope to Slurpasaur (where a live animal represents a much-larger monster). Compare with GIS Syndrome where cut-and-paste stock photos and backgrounds are used with little or no modification. See Practical Effects for when the budget is a little better. In recent years a subreddit has developed dedicated to spotting listing these cases, named after the instance from V for Vendetta listed below.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_13337164	comment	Even late into the series when CG is a thing, Tsuburaya would still honor the filming methods of the past by utilizing this trope instead of special effects. Case in point for the spin-off miniseries, Ultra Galaxy Legend Gaiden: Ultraman Zero vs. Darklops Zero and Ultraman Zero Gaiden: Killer the Beatstar - the former had an army of Ultramen Robot Me clones, the latter have Beatstar's Mecha Robot Army consisting of various King Joes, Legionoids and Imperisers - all of them portrayed by "Soul of Chogokin" toys of the characters. Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle have the Pedanian army consisting of hundreds and hundreds of King Joes, also portrayed by toys.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_14d341dc	comment	The act of kitbashing is "honored" in Star Trek Online via the customization methods in place for ships. A player can make their own distinctive designs by mixing pylons, nacelles, and saucers from the different official ship classes (themselves often based on the kitbashes from Deep Space Nine).
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_14efdf5f	comment	Actual toys are often used for the defense team's vehicles. The opening credits of Ultraman Taro and Ultraman Leo displays their toy vehicles in all their glory, and actually looks pretty darn realistic for their time.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_1556da65	comment	PokÃ©mon Detective Pikachu: in the scene where Tim Goodman and his friend Jack try to catch a Cubone, the PokÃ© Ball prop is a cell phone power bank in that shape with the LED light on the button being replaced with one down the middle stripe of the ball.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_16a43fa1	comment	Crapola classic Robot Monster calls for a "space platform", but gets a three-for-a-nickel model rocket instead. You can even clearly see the hand holding it up; this film WISHES it could afford a shoestring! Then, of course, there's Ro-Man, whose costume consists of a Halloween gorilla suit and a diving helmet with TV antennae stuck on top.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_18fa4c30	comment	PJ Katie's Farm is notorious for this, with characters made out of plasticine and props made out of Fisher Price toys. In one episode, a danish that was supposed to be Katie's lunch was used as a flying saucer. The episode ended with her eating it as the credits rolled.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_1c7b4c37	comment	Ender's Game: The command school sequences show the characters using Razer Nostromo keypads as they give commands to the fleet.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_1e015a5d	comment	In The Empire Strikes Back, the production staff used their own merchandise; the TIE Bomber's wings are taken directly from a plastic model kit of Vader's custom TIE.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_1e244a94	comment	In Night of the Big Heat, the alien invaders are jellyfish-like Starfish Aliens who resemble melted plastic lamps—because that's exactly what they are.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_1f818da5	comment	The crew at Channel Awesome do this a lot with their skits. It makes sense, given that their budgets are a lot lower than those of anyone else on this page.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_1fbed42a	comment	The Moon Knight action figure that pops up when Marc is in a mental institution in Episode 4 of Moon Knight was an actual Marvel Legends figure from Hasbro.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_221d7841	comment	Santa Claus Conquers the Martians has the eponymous aliens armed with ray guns that can stun people... which are actually perfectly normal Wham-O Air Blasters. And when we say "ray guns", we don't mean to imply that they could afford to add some sort of ray effect, or even a well placed film scratch. The guns just make the normal "pop" noise they always do, and the "stunned" actors try really hard to stand still.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_2250e67e	comment	Though presumably CGI and not a physical model, one notorious case of design kitbashing from the shows is the similarity between the Akira-class escort seen in Deep Space Nine and the NX-01 Enterprise from, well, Star Trek: Enterprise: it's essentially the same ship◊, just with the rear section turned upside down! Some consider it a minor detail (it's not like an Akira-class was important to any episode) but a lot of fans considered it a real disappointment that the first starship Enterprise and the ship that would represent the franchise for quite some time seemed to have little thought or creativity put into it beyond popping off the engines of an existing model and flipping 'em. (To their credit, the most obvious details that the much older ship wouldn't have - the track the phasers travel along that no ship before TNG had, the lifeboats similar to the Enterprise-E, windows that would be HUGE in-universe since the older ship is supposed to be quite smaller than most TNG-era ones - were removed.)
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_2407cefe	comment	Present in nearly all YouTube Poops, which use no more than video samples and stock effects straight from the video editor of choice (and occasionally an after-effects program).
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_2604077	comment	The thermal detonator seen in Obi-Wan Kenobi is actually a commercially available Master Replicas reproduction of the one from Return of the Jedi. Propmaster Brad Elliott mentioned that using official merchandise was far more efficient than having to sculpt, mold and paint something from scratch.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_2675c915	comment	In the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot, actual Avengers action figures from Hasbro appear.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_26e8b0fd	comment	In the television broadcast of The SpongeBob Musical, a scene in which SpongeBob and Sandy discuss their plan to climb up the volcano has them portrayed as a Cabbage Patch Kid and an American Girl doll, respectively.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_27f4c7fb	comment	Coraline: At least some of the flowers in the garden scene are made out of dog toys, with various mechanisms hooked onto them to move them between the frames without relying on CGI. The flowers on trees were created with popcorn. Lots of popcorn.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_287a5a6d	comment	The controller on the Multi-Axis Trainer in SpaceCamp was a non functioning Atari joystick.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_28c6afce	comment	Thomas & Friends used a lot of model kits that were available to hobbyists in the 1980s. Many trucks and coaches can be recognized in old advertisements - some intended for different scales, but adapted to 1 gauge for the show. The engines themselves originally used the chasses and some other components from various MÃ¤rklin engines. TUGS, made by the same production team, utilizes many of the same models for the harbor railway. Some of the engines were redressed to look more American.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_297c4318	comment	Go! Princess Pretty Cure occasionally used images of the actual toys during the CGI attack sequences.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_29e7cdb8	comment	Like the Super Sentai examples above, Spider-Man uses a stuntman in a suit to portray Spidey's Humongous Mecha, but the robot's transformation scenes are all filmed by using the Leopardon toy sold by Bandai.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_2a163662	comment	Sevenger Fight, a show from 2020 but imitates the filming method of the cheesy 1960s show, Ultra Fight, already runs on Stylistic Suck anyways, one notable instance which sticks out being recurring character Juglus Juggler in one episode being grabbed by a kaiju - which was done using a toy of Juggler.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_2acb12c5	comment	Pirate bases in the X-Universe series recognizably use chunks of other races' capital ships in their models (the hulls of the Argon Colossus and the Teladi Albatross are readily visible). Lampshaded by the flavor text, which notes that the bases are constructed mostly out of derelict ships. Teladi capital ships are made up of modular segments, which are swapped around, rotated, and re-sized to create new ships. The Teladi Albatross's main body is essentially two Teladi Condors welded side-to-side with their glowing generators removed, while the bridge of the Albatross is a sideways Phoenix nose. Being chintzy and reusing parts is the Teladi's hat, so it's perfectly in-character. Space stations use modular sections which are swapped around depending on the station type, though real space stations likewise use this.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_2b82b95f	comment	In the iCarly episode "iCarly Saves TV", the Kids' Show Mascot Parody Zeebo appears to be a generic blue dinosaur costume from a party rental service.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_2c2a56e3	comment	During the podracing sequence in The Phantom Menace, the crowds contain several Micro Machine action figures, with Prince Xizor being clearly visible in a behind-the-scenes photo. Epileptic Trees ensued.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_32066b8e	comment	In V for Vendetta, Inspector Finch and V, disguised as Rookwood pull out a recording/signal jamming device at various points which looks remarkably like a folding book light, with a red LED replacing the normally white one.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_32483a45	comment	MirrorMask does this digitally, as one scene is set between a pair of enormous CG fleas one of the animators had lying around. Then again, it is a very strange movie.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_3558eaa2	comment	In Community, this is done by Abed and Troy when making a Fan Film full of Stylistic Suck of the B-movie feature "Kickpuncher".
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_362874e3	comment	In Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, most of the Mysteron complex on Mars is made from kitchenware — salad strainers and the like.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_38662f0a	comment	In Escape from New York: What appears to be an impressive (for 1981) wire-frame CGI image of Lower Manhattan is actually a physical model with the buildings outlined in glow-in-the-dark green tape and filmed under a black light. Even more so with the shots of the city as the glider approaches. It's the same physical model, but this time, with photocopied pictures of building exteriors glued to them, colored in with color pencils and greebled with model parts to make look more detailed, including items like air condition units. The homing device Snake Plissken uses to find the President is Tiger's early LED-based handheld game Sub Wars.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_39f32df7	comment	The long-barreled pistol that Bond uses on the posters of From Russia with Love and in various publicity images for the film (which will almost certainly come up quickly if you search "connery bond") is a BB gun that was borrowed for the shoot due to them forgetting to bring the actual prop gun, a PPK. It looked passingly like the PPK, due to both being made by Walther, and the plan was to airbrush the barrel out to increase the resemblance, but this never happened.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_3cf15492	comment	The opening intro for MechWarrior 4 is actually a very practical-effects heavy piece, with lots of props and parts of the 'Mechs, like the Vulture's cockpit, made to accommodate people acting in and around them. For all that effort, though, at one point, a close up shot is shown of the pilot's hand grasping a control stick in grim determination, which is unmistakably a Thrustmaster Top Gun joystick.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_40e32e8d	comment	Barney's Great Adventure used a 12 inch Barney plush toy sold in stores at the time for Barney's doll form instead of using one of the TV props.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_44127c7c	comment	Power Rangers/Super Sentai: US-made model-based mecha footage appears in Season 3 of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, and is achieved using off-the-shelf Power Rangers toys - with predictable results. The worst example of this is the Shogun Megazord. In the show, the White Ranger's zord comprises the left arm, but the toys made it the Pink Ranger's zord instead. Since the toy is used for the Shogun Ultrazord formation, the zord suddenly, inexplicably, turns hot pink. Also, the chest symbol changes, and Titanus inexplicably gains the Dragonzord's chestplate in both the Ninja and Shogun Ultrazords. For the curious, it's there because when Titanus' head and chest are repositioned for the Ultrazord, there is a fairly large gap in his chest intended to be filled by the Dragonzord's chestplate. Also, the white Shogun Zord turns pink for a simple reason: Ninja Sentai Kakuranger has five Rangers (Red, White, Blue, Black, Yellow); Power Rangers has six (same colors plus Pink). The White Kakuranger's machines were given to the Pink Power Ranger, while a sentient Kaku mecha becomes the White Power Ranger's machine. For the toyline, Bandai decided to turn those white mecha pink to line up with its new operator. According to VFX artist Rick Cortes, the staff would use off-the-shelf toys of the Zords whenever they lacked the necessary shots from the existing Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger footage they were given. The original Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger does this for the Ultrazord (okay, Titanus/Brachion is an actual prop model), but manages to pull it off with a combination of quick editing and decent visual effects. The difference in proportion is still obvious, but at least they put some effort into it. Some other shots of the Dinozords alone on Zyuranger are pretty obviously the toys; for example, when they combine into tank mode and then transform into mecha mode. When the Green Ranger first appears, there are times when he stands on the Dragonzord's head and changes from a live actor to an action figure, and back again. A lot of scenes of the Guardian Beasts sitting on a hill or some such for non-battle-related scenes (typically not used in MMPR) couldn't be more obviously plastic. Rita Repulsa gets shrunk down and appears as a screaming (but not animated) action figure of herself. The hand holding her activates the "Swing my left arm up and down" lever "convincingly". Oddly enough, Rita did not get a figure until almost 18 years later. Likewise, when the shrunken Ninjor is freed from his prison in "Master Vile and the Metallic Armor Part 1," the shot is achieved by using a Ninjor action figure. In the episode "Switching Place", the prop used for the Genie's lamp in the American footage is obviously a toy replica of the lamp from Aladdin and looks fairly different than the original prop seen in Zyuranger footage. In "A Zeo Beginning", the shot of Serpentera sitting on the moon is done using the toy. Also, whenever the Zeo Megazord combines with the Red Battlezord, it's done using the toys. However, this is because the footage of doing so is from the source material of Ohranger, so it flies. Another notable example is the season's Ultrazord, Pyramidas. Much like Doctor Who with the Sonic Screwdriver, they frequently used the toy replicas for the morphers, and actors would mention crew members having to make quick trips to toy stores to replace broken ones. It created an interesting problem during S.P.D. Thanks to some odd scheduling, they had to use the Japanese toys for their morphers, and had a very limited number to work with. Unfortunately, they had very form fitting police uniforms for costumes that year, which made bathroom breaks awkward and sent more than one of them into a toilet. This also created a problem where the actors often had to hold the morphers improperly to avoid hitting the button on the toy that causes them to open and light up. Early Super Sentai series occasionally use the toys for the Transformation Sequence of the mecha (this is particularly noticeable with Live Boxer in Choujuu Sentai Liveman due to the toy being extremely inaccurate). This became less common as special effects improved. However, the 2013 series, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, uses this technique for its mecha due to being a Genre Throwback. When the TyrannoRanger from Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger shows up in the Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters movie, he transforms by using the Legacy Power Morpher toy that Bandai had released to celebrate MMPR's 20th anniversary. That being said, rather than the usual result of the prop looking like a toy, the opposite happened. The original Dino Buckler prop from Zyuranger was most DEFINITELY the toy version, as evidenced by the gold design in the back being a sticker. However, the Legacy Morpher has that side completely painted and molded,note which is amazing considering that side of the Morpher was never seen in MMPR at all, so there was no reason to even detail that side of the Morpher and the collector's toy overall looks more like a legit prop than a toy, so for once, the Dino Buckler in-show actually looked less fake. So much so that Bandai of Japan imported the mold of it and the Legacy Dragon Dagger for their own adult collector's line, Super Sentai Artisan. An episode of Mashin Sentai Kiramager haves the team's two main mechs being shrunk down to toy size. In this state, the mechas are represented by their actual toys. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always examples: Several captured Rangers are figurines from Hasbro's Lightning Collection. The prop morphers are once again from the Legacy Collection. The Megazord transformation sequence is done using the models from the Zord Ascension Project.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_467c89f7	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_467c89f7	comment	According to production designer Rick Sternbach, the piece of shrapnel that kills Captain Garrett in "Yesterday's Enterprise" was actually a wing from a VF-1 Valkyrie model kit.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_467c89f7	featureConfidence	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_4b790c7a	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_4b790c7a	comment	A deliberate example in Iron Man 2, as the props used for a young Peter Parker's Iron Man mask and toy repulsor are actual toys used to promote the film.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_4ba244d3	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_4ba244d3	comment	Used in-universe in Five Nights at Freddy's 3, where everything in Fazbear's Fright is scavenged from old Freddy Fazbear's Pizza locations, right down to Springtrap, the equipment and even the electrical wiring.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_4be3aedd	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_4be3aedd	comment	The Green Ranger vs Ryu fight from Super Power Beat Down has Tommy using the Legacy Power Morpher toy to transform.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_4da11f30	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_4da11f30	comment	At least one X-Wing model kit from MPC is used in the Battle of Endor sequence from Return of the Jedi.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_50e2e357	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_50e2e357	comment	In J.J. Abrams Star Trek (2009), there are two items on the Conn Console of the Enterprise bridge that will seem very familiar to any one who works retail. Apparently, bar code scanners are vital tech for Federation starships.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_513f5832	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_513f5832	comment	In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, the device that McCoy uses to heal the injured Chekov is constructed from kit-bashed parts from the AMT Klingon Cruiser model kit, plus LEDs.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_52fca0e9	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_52fca0e9	comment	They still did this even up to Star Trek: Insurrection. Riker's "manual steering column" is a "Gravis Blackhawk" USB joystick which fans could, at the time, buy for themselves off store shelves. The technique of using improbable or seemingly unlikely devices for serious technology is actually used on a smaller scale in real life. Many bomb-disabling robots in service of the United States Army and Navy are handled with a control screen, a portable control station... and an Xbox controller.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_56381257	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_56381257	comment	In Dragon Ball: Fight for Victory, Son Goku! made in Korea in 1990, the prop used for the character Puar is a stuffed plushie of him.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_585e87de	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_585e87de	comment	In xXx, the heat-seeking rocket bazooka is clearly a Sony handycam with a couple of pieces of PVC pipe attached and then dipped in gray paint.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_5cec267a	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_5cec267a	comment	Defiance also features some of this: The "microphone" used by Alak Tarr and anyone in his company in his radio station in the arch was actually an Humboldt H-5600 Accuflame Bunsen Burner with the base holder removed. In Season 2, Berlin uses a video camera to film with. The camera is a Panasonic WA03 HD handheld camera with the exterior text removed. In Season 3, a crate of futuristic VBI blasters consisted of Nerf N-Strike Elite Centurion Blasters painted black and silver, with the charge arms removed.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_5cf45bf3	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_5cf45bf3	comment	An episode of Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything used the Dance With Me Clover toy from Sofia the First.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_5d354f8	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_5d354f8	comment	One special effect in Red Dwarf, meant to represent a vortex, is simply the camera looking into somebody's cup of coffee that has been swirled around with a spoon quickly. It passes, because Red Dwarf is a comedy anyway.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_6108ba8d	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_6108ba8d	comment	Parodied in The Last Jedi, where a shot of what appears to be a landing spaceship that looks like a clothes iron zooms out to reveal it is, in fact, a futuristic clothes iron.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_6108ba8d	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_62ed972a	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_62ed972a	comment	Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers is a massive B-Movie homage in video game form, with its graphics resembling an old, black-and-white sci-fi film, and the onscreen enemies resembling flying saucer toys, hubcaps, saucepan lids on strings, and assorted kitbashing effects common from old science fiction media.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_62f94c6	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_62f94c6	comment	The Tumbler in The Dark Knight Trilogy was initially designed through kitbashing; afterwards there were four custom-built, full-size, street-ready versions created and driven for exterior shots. Production designer Nathan Crowley noted how surreal it was to see huge blobs of model glue recreated on the full-size Tumbler, the model-makers having thought they were part of the design.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_63fe06a0	comment	Deliberately invoked with the design of the enemies in Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. The game is meant to evoke the look and feel of an 80's action B-movie, so the Mooks look like they're wearing cheap costumes; for example, the rank-and-file soldiers are clearly wearing motorcycle helmets with some extra lights.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_65fc3782	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_65fc3782	comment	In The Battle of Britain, a lot of scenes are very clever editing involving cutting between studio sets, live-action footage of preserved 1940-era warplanes, and FX involving virtually off-the-shelf models of the Airfix type. Even in 1969, there simply were not enough preserved WW2-era aircraft to have live footage of German and British aircraft in the sort of numbers that would have fought over southern England in 1940. Scenes of lots and lots of German bombers in formation were done as model shots, using off-the shelf Airfix kits note Even in 1969, other manufacturers were available, but Airfix were nearest and most ubiquitous. of German aircraft. The kit-bashing element involved adapting the completed models to take small electric motors and batteries so that the airscrews moved authentically. Pyrotechnics were built into some models, which were adapted to break up in ways that would have been realistic for real aircraft and not for plastic kits, whose parts and assembly do not usually correspond to the way in which real aircraft are built and how they deconstruct if catastrophic breaking stresses are applied. note i.e. when they are shot down or sustain critical damage in flight.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_67afc2e4	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_67afc2e4	comment	The Noddy Shop features real toys as props in the background. Some toys that were common in the show include a plush toy of an emperor penguin wearing a blue hat, a purple carnival toy of a snake and the Little Miss Singing Mermaid doll. If the kids used Bumpy Dog in their story, it was occasionally portrayed as the actual Gund plush sold in stores at the time.◊
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_6e1d5f36	comment	Farscape isn't beyond a bit of this as far as props go. The Peace Keeper comm headsets use necklaces for mics (specifically, one called "Anchara" by local Aussie company Bico), and a slightly-altered Logitech flight stick shows up as a holo-projector. And then there's Moya's "manual control" in the premiere episode - aka Logitech-trackball-mouse-on-a-stick.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_6e1d5f36	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7038c36b	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7038c36b	comment	Danger 5 pretty gleefully indulged in this with a lot of their deliberately unconvincing miniature shots. The clearest example is in the episode "Hitler's Golden Murder Palace", where a Nazi soldier in a motor boat is portrayed by an action figure of Channing Tatum in GI Joe The Rise Of Cobra.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_70ec955b	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_70ec955b	comment	In Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the array of ghost traps set up around the Spangler house are off-the-shelf Ghostbusters toys with lights added and rigged to open simultaneously.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_73d7930f	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_73d7930f	comment	The need to have a large number of starships in the days of physical models also led to Deep Space Nine featuring a fair number of kitbashed Starfleet ships in the background as well.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_76885dcf	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_76885dcf	comment	Are You Afraid of the Dark? does this all the time, with the crowning moment being the evil statue◊ in "The Tale of the Dangerous Soup". Would you also like to own a "cursed statue from a remote jungle tribe?" They can be found online.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_77184a72	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_77184a72	comment	The Victorious episode "Who Did It To Trina?" uses a prop of the Lalaloopsy doll, Crumbs Sugar Cookie, and renamed it Cuddle Me Cathy. The doll had glitter on its face and blue yarn hair, but it was overall still the same.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7a7a1a86	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7a7a1a86	comment	In Aliens, the main body of the M41 pulse rifle was a heavily modified Thompson M1928 machine gun. The underbarrel grenade launcher used the receiver and barrel from a cut-down Remington 870 shotgun with additional parts from a Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7a7a1a86	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7c50d3d9	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7c50d3d9	comment	The de-evolution guns of Super Mario Bros. (1993) are Super Scopes (the SNES' light gun) re-painted black and gray.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7ce12025	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7ce12025	comment	Tetsuo: The Iron Man: Being a low budget body horror movie about a man slowly turning to a metal machine monster, the costumes were created using discarded TV and vacuum cleaner parts and whatever they could find at a scrapyard.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7cf5a07	comment	The Flash (2014): In-universe. After Leonard Snart steals Cisco's cold gun, Cisco confronts him with the prototype version, which is bigger, stronger, and requires a giant power supply that Felicity and Caitlin help him lug around. After Snart leaves, Cisco tells Barry that it's actually the STAR Labs vacuum cleaner with a bunch of LEDs stuck on it.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7cf5a07	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7d5983cb	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7d5983cb	comment	Ultraman Decker follows the tradition with the episode featuring Gudon, Telesdon, and a whole colony of Twin Tails - the latter being portrayed by multiple copies of Shonen Rick's X-Plus monster figurines.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7dbde88b	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7dbde88b	comment	Drake & Josh: In "The Bet", the prop for the GameSphere is a Memorex Boomball, a spherical CD player and radio, with the decals replaced to match its in-universe branding.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7dbde88b	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7fd1ab56	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_7fd1ab56	comment	The Mighty Gorga - a bad King Kong (1933) ripoff - stars a man in a store-bought gorilla suit who fights dinosaur handpuppets, waved in front of the camera.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_81692f99	comment	Star Trek: Before CGI became the primary source of special effects, the various series often used bits and pieces of their own merchandise and spare copies of ship models. A prime example is the ships and debris at the Battle of Wolf 359 in TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II". The single-nacelle Freedom-class uses a Constellation-class neck glued to a Galaxy nacelle, while the four-nacelled Cheyenne-class and two-nacelled New Orleans-class both consist of the saucer from one Galaxy model kit, the bridge from another, and highlighter markers for the nacelles, albeit assembled differently. According to production designer Rick Sternbach, the piece of shrapnel that kills Captain Garrett in "Yesterday's Enterprise" was actually a wing from a VF-1 Valkyrie model kit. The pile of Borg corpses in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Scorpion, Part 1" are just Borg action figures from Playmates Toys that were cut up with a multi-tool and glued together. The need to have a large number of starships in the days of physical models also led to Deep Space Nine featuring a fair number of kitbashed Starfleet ships in the background as well. The act of kitbashing is "honored" in Star Trek Online via the customization methods in place for ships. A player can make their own distinctive designs by mixing pylons, nacelles, and saucers from the different official ship classes (themselves often based on the kitbashes from Deep Space Nine). Though presumably CGI and not a physical model, one notorious case of design kitbashing from the shows is the similarity between the Akira-class escort seen in Deep Space Nine and the NX-01 Enterprise from, well, Star Trek: Enterprise: it's essentially the same ship◊, just with the rear section turned upside down! Some consider it a minor detail (it's not like an Akira-class was important to any episode) but a lot of fans considered it a real disappointment that the first starship Enterprise and the ship that would represent the franchise for quite some time seemed to have little thought or creativity put into it beyond popping off the engines of an existing model and flipping 'em. (To their credit, the most obvious details that the much older ship wouldn't have - the track the phasers travel along that no ship before TNG had, the lifeboats similar to the Enterprise-E, windows that would be HUGE in-universe since the older ship is supposed to be quite smaller than most TNG-era ones - were removed.) Even after CGI replaced physical studio models, the practice remained a time-honored tradition. The NX-era Intrepid-class/"half-saucer" (not to be confused with the Intrepid class of the USS Voyager) that appears in three episodes of Enterprise is a redress of the NX nacelles and engineering hull strapped behind the front half of the saucer, taken from the CGI model of the NX-01.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_81f5d35d	comment	Kamen Rider: In Kamen Rider Decade, Kivara goes from a CG creature to a toy on a string starting with episode 8. The switch is extremely noticeable, especially in one episode where they use the old CG model for precisely one shot, then bring out the toy for the rest of the episode. In episode 14 (the start of Den-O's World), they bring back the CG version, but the toy makes a return at the end of episode 27. In The Movie for Kamen Rider Double (and a few appearances elsewhere), there's a CG example of this, namely a very generic looking model of an Apache attack helicopter, made awfully noticeable by the inside shots in said movie, filmed in a cockpit mockup of an entirely different kind of helicopter (the passenger kind).
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_86904ab8	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_86904ab8	comment	The Iron Man rip-off Metal Man/Iron Hero surprisingly has a Kabuto Zecter on the protagonist's costume!
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_86904ab8	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_87527199	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_87527199	comment	Team America: World Police uses many common items for props; most of the background items in Cairo are made from kitchen equipment, a basket of oranges is Goldfish crackers and a real-life person is painted metallic and used for a statue.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_88586e51	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_88586e51	comment	Ultraman Ginga, a show meant to promote the new Spark Dolls toyline for the series, uses actual Ultra Hero 500 and the Ultra Monster 500 toys for portraying the characters.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_89dd130e	comment	In the Incredible Hulk knockoff The Amazing Bulk, one shot of Bulk's hands are actual Hulk Hand toys recolored purple! The infamous chase scene near the end of the movie is made of several preexisting 3D assets cobbled together idiosyncratically.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_8b4e057	comment	When the TyrannoRanger from Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger shows up in the Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters movie, he transforms by using the Legacy Power Morpher toy that Bandai had released to celebrate MMPR's 20th anniversary. That being said, rather than the usual result of the prop looking like a toy, the opposite happened. The original Dino Buckler prop from Zyuranger was most DEFINITELY the toy version, as evidenced by the gold design in the back being a sticker. However, the Legacy Morpher has that side completely painted and molded,note which is amazing considering that side of the Morpher was never seen in MMPR at all, so there was no reason to even detail that side of the Morpher and the collector's toy overall looks more like a legit prop than a toy, so for once, the Dino Buckler in-show actually looked less fake. So much so that Bandai of Japan imported the mold of it and the Legacy Dragon Dagger for their own adult collector's line, Super Sentai Artisan.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_8b7b9cd5	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_8b7b9cd5	comment	In the faraway shots of Luke's landspeeder in A New Hope, "Luke" and "Obi-Wan" are actually dolls from The Six Million Dollar Man.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_8d00deda	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_8d00deda	comment	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie has the analog joystick for the PlayStation, spray-painted black and used as some of Tommy's controls in the Turbo Megazord cockpit.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_8d00deda	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_8e41b9d5	comment	The opening of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) TV series shows the sun rising over a lovely landscape. Many viewers wrote in asking where it was, except for the model railway enthusiasts, who recognized the commercially available trees.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_8e8ed866	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_8e8ed866	comment	Knight Rider utilized some model kits that were found on the shelf in addition to specialized constructed models. However, the model used for KITT was Chevy Camaro model from Monogram that was modified. There were no Trans-Am models from the year the show started that was available in the 1/8th scale, and the Camaro had the same F-Body design close to the Trans-Am. After the model's body was modified, the production made molds of it to use for the show's run (including an RC version to use for jump sequences not possible for the normal full-scale vehicle without significant damage).
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_8e8ed866	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_905cf99c	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_905cf99c	comment	In The Fifth Element, the prop Zorg uses to control the ZF-1 appears to be a dedicated handheld Racing Game with the LCD part painted over.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_905cf99c	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_90e2f673	comment	In BattleTech, the first series of Clan BattleMechs utilize many shared parts - generally their legs - as a way to cut costs. Originally, they were even sold with instructions informing the buyer that you could swap the arms and legs between different bodies to give them new looks. In-Universe, "FrankenMechs" are built using salvaged parts from destroyed battlemechs, often entire limbs; these were prevalent during the Succession Wars that destroyed most of the factories producing new equipment, though new technology phased them out of the battlefield and left them as gimmicks for the Solaris Arena and the backwater Periphery states. Somewhat more literal for the Mechwarrior Dark Age line of click-base figures, where some models share mold parts out of convenience. One particular 'Mech, fittingly named the Mongrel, was built out of leftover spare bits from various figure production lines and put into the game as a new design. Kitbashing is so popular among Battletech players that Iron Wind Metals, the company that makes miniatures for the game, eventually started selling bits and pieces individually instead of having to buy complete miniatures to do so.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_91fab261	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_91fab261	comment	The disintegration weapon used in Teenagers from Outer Space is an off the shelf "Atomic Disintegrator" toy from Hubley.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_91fab261	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_924bb56e	comment	Dollhouse does this too. The GPS tracking unit they remove from the back of the neck in one episode is shown on the sink. It is the packaging strip for surface-mount-resistors/capacitors; each bump on the strip holds one, and they're cut from a long reel.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_924bb56e	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_976efc02	comment	The props, models and sets from Mystery Science Theater 3000 were pulled together from model kits and found objects; after the original local-TV version of the program was sold to the Comedy Channel, the producers purposely affected the same low-budget style in every episode of the series — even the ones where they spent actual money. The dashed-together appearance of the robots is justified in-universe, as Joel built them from spare parts to keep from being lonely. These were the "special parts" used to control when the movies begin and end. Since they include such items as a gumball machine and a bowling pin, this suggests the whole satellite is made of spare junk. The show parodies this in the riff on Godzilla vs. Megalon, where at one point (for whatever reason) the main characters enter a model shop, and the robots immediately comment "Hey, we've seen these models in a fight already!"
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_976efc02	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_99b35817	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_99b35817	comment	Super 8 uses this in-universe in the finished cut of "The Case", the Amateur Film Within a Film, in which it's very obvious that Joe eventually did agree to let Charles blow up his model trains.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_99b35817	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_9a25d7a3	comment	In Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, a scene with an army of crab Destoroyahs heading towards the military is rumored to have used Bandai action figures of the creatures in addition to the actual puppets.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_9a25d7a3	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_9a7088bc	comment	Star Trek: The Original Series does it a few times: In "The Doomsday Machine", the gutted and scarred USS Constellation is in fact an AMT plastic model; absolutely nothing is added to it, and in fact, its registry number (NCC-1017) was created by simply reordering the digits in the decals showing the Enterprise's registry number (NCC-1701). The Enterprise visible through the window of the station manager's office in "The Trouble With Tribbles" is yet another AMT model. The small fleet of Constitution-class ships in "The Ultimate Computer" were AMT models. A different type of "off the shelf": the device used to mute everyone's heartbeat in "Court Martial" is clearly just a microphone. The silver hand-held medical scanners (used in Sickbay) are salt and pepper shakers. They were unusual, European-designed shakers intended for the Enterprise's mess hall, and would have been most prominently used against a salt vampire. The crew went with diner-style salt-and-pepper shakers to more efficiently carry the point across.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_9a7088bc	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_9b7e31d	comment	Gerry Anderson vehicles often used this, whether Supermarionation or live-action, especially the Pod Vehicles in Thunderbirds. They went through a lot of Tiger Joe tank tracks, among other things. This is why everything in Gerry's TV series is Made of Explodium; models were endlessly converted and re-used, so they never blew up an actual model. Instead they stopped the camera, removed the model (which was too valuable for future use to destroy), replaced it with pyrotechnics and filmed the explosion. The result is that the model appears to vanish into an all-consuming fireball. Many of the models are seen disintegrating as they fall from cliffs, are dropped or collide with towers; but most are rebuilt and repurposed in later episodes; notably the half-track trucks. Several aircraft are visible in backgrounds that had been "destroyed" in earlier episodes, notably the "Red Arrow" fighter (a modified SAAB Draken). A website shows how easy the kit-bashing for the Red Arrow likely was. The Draken was also used as the basis for another fighter in the episode The Cham-cham, though whether it was the Red Arrow recycled is unknown (probably not, since it would have been easier and quicker to make it from scratch). Another aircraft that got used a lot is the F-104 Starfighter; its fuselage, in particular, is used as part of at least 4 aircraft in the series, ranging from the Zombite fighter from The Uninvited to the ubiquitous Air-Sea Rescue jets seen in many episodes. Additionally, if you look on the back wall during the launch sequence of Thunderbird 1, you can clearly see a lemon squeezer used as part of the detailing.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_9cdbec05	comment	One really bad example comes in Godzilla vs. Gigan, Gigan is rampaging across Tokyo. You see the inside of the building that is going to be crushed by the monster in mere seconds. Inside stand two Kelly dolls, just staring at each other, and are soon crushed by the monster's claw. Now it is possible they were intended to be store mannequins, but the place does not exactly look like a store. In Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, a scene with an army of crab Destoroyahs heading towards the military is rumored to have used Bandai action figures of the creatures in addition to the actual puppets.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_9cdbec05	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_9db10e53	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_9db10e53	comment	Danger!! Death Ray features an obviously plastic off-the-shelf helicopter model sinking while parked atop an obviously plastic off-the-shelf submarine model in what is obviously a swimming pool.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_9db10e53	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_a0500a06	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_a0500a06	comment	In Rugrats: A Live Adventure, a scene in the "Princess of the World" musical number has Angelica cast a spell that turns Tommy into the Talking Tommy doll sold in stores as the time.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_a0500a06	featureApplicability	1.0
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Rugrats	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_a0500a06
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_a1f4d0da	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_a1f4d0da	comment	The Fast and the Furious has, as some of The Merch, licensed die-cast replicas of some of its "Hero Cars". Near the beginning of the sixth film, during the scene with Brian's family, Brian and Dom are shown giving two of those same replicas (specifically, the first film's Charger and the fourth film's Skyline) to baby Jack.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_a5d35fda	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_a5d35fda	comment	The extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers had a case of Off the Shelf Scenery. After Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas meet up with the resurrected Gandalf, Aragorn and Gandalf have a conversation at night. Apart from the opening establishing shot, the whole conversation is tight close-ups and the background is absolutely pitch-black. Apparently they shot that scene in a shed.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_a6992283	comment	In the music video for The Black Eyed Peas' "Rock That Body", the "stereo guns" the band members use are Nerf blasters that have been painted dark gray and modified to superficially resemble loudspeakers and subwoofers. The blasters are as follows: An unloaded Longshot CS-6. Used by will.i.am. The barrel attachment that's boxed alongside the aforementioned Longshot. Used by Fergi. The Maverick REV-6. Dual-wielded by apl.de.ap. The Firefly REV-8. Used by Taboo.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ad41ee71	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ad41ee71	comment	The Melissa & Doug Chef Puppet has been used for two notable chef characters popular on the internet: Chef Pee Pee in SuperMarioLogan and Puppet Chef Excellence in Stuart Ashen videos. SuperMarioLogan uses Melissa and Doug puppets for many of its' other characters, like Brooklyn T. Guy and Doofy the Dragon, and also utilizes other real life toys for props, most famously Jeffy's cat piano, which is a Target-brand toy.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ad41ee71	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b09be8	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b09be8	comment	In Episode 5 of Gundam Build Fighters, actual photos of real world Gundam model kits can be seen when Sei is searching the web for info on Mao.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b09be8	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b24f49ab	comment	In Back to the Future Part II, the garbage insertion device on top of the "Mr. Fusion Home Energy Converter" on the new improved DeLorean Time Machine is actually a coffee bean grinder (a Krups Coffina model, to be specific... which is actually a highly valuable item among BTTF collectors, especially those who build models of the DeLorean). The same model of coffee grinder previously appeared in the Nostromo's galley in Alien, where it's actually used as a coffee grinder.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b24f49ab	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b2fba3e0	comment	The Ultra Series is quite prone to doing these, even until today: In the older shows, shots of the Ultramen flying away after defeating the Monster of the Week is achieved by hanging actual Ultramen toys on wires, though most of the time the wires are fine enough to avoid being visible. Later installments (from Ultraman Tiga onwards) would use CGI instead. Occasionally the monster in question would manage to grab and pick up the Ultramen's host, where it's noticeable the host's actor had inexplicably turned into a doll. Ultraman Ace have this happening quite regularly, like the monster Brocken snatching Ultraman Ace's human host, Seiji, in its claws, and various episodes where Ace, after transforming, moves nearby civilians out of danger by grabbing them and putting them in a corner away from danger - tiny dolls are used for these moments. An episode of Ultraman Ace have the villainous Alien Hipporito threatening the citizens by snapping a replica of Ultraman Ace onscreen, doen by having the suit actor decapitate a real Ultraman Ace action figure (presumably, one with a detachable head). Actual toys are often used for the defense team's vehicles. The opening credits of Ultraman Taro and Ultraman Leo displays their toy vehicles in all their glory, and actually looks pretty darn realistic for their time. Even late into the series when CG is a thing, Tsuburaya would still honor the filming methods of the past by utilizing this trope instead of special effects. Case in point for the spin-off miniseries, Ultra Galaxy Legend Gaiden: Ultraman Zero vs. Darklops Zero and Ultraman Zero Gaiden: Killer the Beatstar - the former had an army of Ultramen Robot Me clones, the latter have Beatstar's Mecha Robot Army consisting of various King Joes, Legionoids and Imperisers - all of them portrayed by "Soul of Chogokin" toys of the characters. Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle have the Pedanian army consisting of hundreds and hundreds of King Joes, also portrayed by toys. Ultraman Ginga, a show meant to promote the new Spark Dolls toyline for the series, uses actual Ultra Hero 500 and the Ultra Monster 500 toys for portraying the characters. Sevenger Fight, a show from 2020 but imitates the filming method of the cheesy 1960s show, Ultra Fight, already runs on Stylistic Suck anyways, one notable instance which sticks out being recurring character Juglus Juggler in one episode being grabbed by a kaiju - which was done using a toy of Juggler. Ultraman Decker follows the tradition with the episode featuring Gudon, Telesdon, and a whole colony of Twin Tails - the latter being portrayed by multiple copies of Shonen Rick's X-Plus monster figurines.
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b30ae4db	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b30ae4db	comment	Game of Thrones: The black fur mantles worn by Northerners and the Night's Watch were made from faux fur IKEA throwrugs (it was a cheap solution that also avoided using animal fur).
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b30ae4db	featureApplicability	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b310c8f4	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b310c8f4	comment	The Barney & Friends live shows would frequently use toy Barney plushies sold in stores whenever the script called for Barney to be depicted in his doll form.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b310c8f4	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b310c8f4	featureConfidence	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b64df9de	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b64df9de	comment	An episode of K.C. Undercover had Judy being given a robotic dog for a pet. The robotic dog is clearly a modified Spin Master Zoomer toy.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b64df9de	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b64df9de	featureConfidence	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b8e7bb8	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b8e7bb8	comment	Early Super Sentai series occasionally use the toys for the Transformation Sequence of the mecha (this is particularly noticeable with Live Boxer in Choujuu Sentai Liveman due to the toy being extremely inaccurate). This became less common as special effects improved. However, the 2013 series, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, uses this technique for its mecha due to being a Genre Throwback.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b8e7bb8	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b8e7bb8	featureConfidence	1.0
Super Sentai (Franchise)	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b8e7bb8
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b9a0d78d	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b9a0d78d	comment	The model-makers for Alien relied on a great deal of kitbashing to get the effects shots done in time for the release, and ran out to a model shop where the first thing they laid eyes on was a model kit for Darth Vader's TIE Advanced. The entire hull of the Nostromo is made of bits and pieces of many TIE Advanced model kits.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b9a0d78d	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b9a0d78d	featureConfidence	1.0
Alien	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_b9a0d78d
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_baa0410d	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_baa0410d	comment	In Speed, it's pretty obvious that the train that runs off the tracks near the end is a miniature model.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_baa0410d	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_baa0410d	featureConfidence	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_bb8aeae6	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_bb8aeae6	comment	The monsters in Project Firestart are digitized renderings of an action figure bought at Toys "R" Us.note It's Tendril from Inhumanoids.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_bb8aeae6	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_bb8aeae6	featureConfidence	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_bc3e398b	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_bc3e398b	comment	In one episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, in a scene set in the future, a squad of soldiers are exploring a submarine. They can be seen wearing Xbox wireless headsets painted black. After Judgement Day, the humans were no longer able to mass-produce technology, so it would be safe to assume their equipment is assembled from scavenged bits of pre-war tech.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_bc3e398b	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_bc3e398b	featureConfidence	1.0
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_bc3e398b
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_bcadd7cb	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_bcadd7cb	comment	Used extensively for vehicles in Warhammer 40,000, although in recent years they've been moving away from it. Every faction has one or two base models that get reused with different weapons and accessories over and over. It's most obvious for the Imperial Guard with its large variety of vehicles deployed at once; the body and track assembly is the same for everything from troop transports to scouting vehicles to mobile artillery to main battle tanks. Justified in-unverse because every vehicle is based on the same chassis, which makes them easier to repair and upgrade.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_bcadd7cb	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_bcadd7cb	featureConfidence	1.0
Warhammer 40,000 (Tabletop Game)	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_bcadd7cb
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c18bfdae	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c18bfdae	comment	Used a lot during Blade Runner for textures. During the extras, the model builder reveals that this is common practice. When it comes to making textures for a model, they tend to use kits, as they can provide nice detail at a great price.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c18bfdae	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c18bfdae	featureConfidence	1.0
Blade Runner	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c18bfdae
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c2fcda	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c2fcda	comment	Shazam features a fight scene between the titular hero and Doctor Sivana in a toy store, with many of the props being actual DC superhero products made by companies like Mattel. This ends up creating a bit of a Recursive Canon situation, as some of the toys still have visible logos from the Justice League (2017) movie on them.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c2fcda	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c2fcda	featureConfidence	1.0
SHAZAM! (2019)	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c2fcda
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c43df4d8	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c43df4d8	comment	Doctor Who: "The Daleks" had a very effective use of this trope. When the original four Dalek props were being constructed for the serial, one of them had the lenses of an old camera fitted inside its eye which, when wired up, allowed the Dalek's iris to expand and shrink, thereby adding a distinct eeriness to the prop. They even brought the working eye back for "The Power of the Daleks". Speaking of "Power", the famous "Dalek mass production" sequence used licensed merchandise toy Daleks. There were different ones from those that would later be used in "The Evil of the Daleks" and "Planet of the Daleks" (see above), and they were also partially kit-bashed to have slats. In "The Sea Devils", they were able to get stock footage of a nuclear submarine on the surface, but not underwater. The underwater shots are, as described in the DVD commentary, a model sub bought from Woolworth's. Hilariously, however, this little submarine wound up causing an insane amount of trouble for the producers. As it turns out, the submarine they used was kitbashed with a rotor from a vacuum cleaner to make a 22-propeller sub... and the UK at that time had just turned out 22-propeller subs... which were a state secret. The footage was at first convincing enough to make the Navy believe that footage had been leaked. In "Planet of the Daleks", the Dalek Supreme is an oddity among most classic Daleks because it has an eyepiece that lights up and closely resembles the revival era design. However, a closer look at that aforementioned eyepiece reveals it to be a dolled-up torch/flashlight wedged into a tube. The dome lights are worse. At first glance they resemble a mix between the lights used in the 1960s movies and the lights on the revival era design, but on close look they're actually purple jam jars. In an example with overtones of Take That!, a damaged and derelict spaceship in "The Stones of Blood" was recognisably derived from a licensed toy of an Eagle Transport from rival show Space: 1999. The Sixth Doctor's gun in "Trial of a Time Lord" is a heavily modified garden hose nozzle. It works better than you'd expect. "The Runaway Bride" has the villains using a remote control â€” which is essentially a modified Nintendo 64 controller. In "Time Heist", Psi's hologram projector is a USB plug with an LED. It also works as an actual plug. The miniatures of the Dalek City on Skaro in "The Daleks" and "The Evil of the Daleks" have a few obvious visible toothpaste caps left in. While we're on the subject of Daleks, their casings are often kitbashed from other Daleks. A fansite called Dalek 63-88 has a "family history" detailing which parts come from which Dalek in which story.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c43df4d8	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c43df4d8	featureConfidence	1.0
Doctor Who	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c43df4d8
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c5b9137b	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c5b9137b	comment	More set-bashing than kit-bashing: several setpieces used in the filming of Dark City (including the rooftops used in the foot chase) were sold off to the production crew of The Matrix, who were also filming in Australia and right after them.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c5b9137b	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c5b9137b	featureConfidence	1.0
Dark City	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_c5b9137b
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_cf203bee	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_cf203bee	comment	Occasionally the monster in question would manage to grab and pick up the Ultramen's host, where it's noticeable the host's actor had inexplicably turned into a doll. Ultraman Ace have this happening quite regularly, like the monster Brocken snatching Ultraman Ace's human host, Seiji, in its claws, and various episodes where Ace, after transforming, moves nearby civilians out of danger by grabbing them and putting them in a corner away from danger - tiny dolls are used for these moments. An episode of Ultraman Ace have the villainous Alien Hipporito threatening the citizens by snapping a replica of Ultraman Ace onscreen, doen by having the suit actor decapitate a real Ultraman Ace action figure (presumably, one with a detachable head).
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_cf203bee	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_cf203bee	featureConfidence	1.0
Ultraman Ace	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_cf203bee
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d109f322	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d109f322	comment	An episode of Andromeda uses dollar store FM radios as remote controls. Another episode has Seamus Harper using a standard LED flashlight/key fob as a remote control.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d109f322	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d109f322	featureConfidence	1.0
Andromeda	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d109f322
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d14c3aa1	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d14c3aa1	comment	The Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters (1984) is a life-sized example of kit-bashing. Every part you see is commercially available. It makes perfect sense because the Ghostbusters are supposed to be pretty strapped for cash most of the time and would have to build a lot of their equipment from whatever they could get their hands on.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d14c3aa1	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d14c3aa1	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghostbusters (1984)	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d14c3aa1
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d1ee3220	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d1ee3220	comment	The CGI series Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet carries on the Supermarionation tradition; every car that doesn't appear on camera for more than a few seconds is a stock 3D model of a generic real-life car. It's not immediately obvious, but it's slightly jarring compared to the show's 20 Minutes into the Future aesthetic. There's a couple of truck models that do look quite convincingly futuristic, but they were made specifically for a particular episode's plot and have been repeatedly recycled since.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d1ee3220	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d1ee3220	featureConfidence	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d461f757	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d461f757	comment	Battlestar Galactica has an example of this. On the back console of the Raptor set, a Logitech Attack 3 joystick is mounted to the console, and is clearly visible in multiple shots throughout the series. Another example: the Viper engines are actual military aircraft engines, retired Rolls-Royce Model 250's. Other bits of set dressing like the storage racks for ordnance are probably also surplus Air Force or Navy equipment. Some of the hangar scenes contain what are very obviously commercial forklift trucks with a couple of vinyl stickers of the Galactica's unit patch.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d461f757	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d461f757	featureConfidence	1.0
Battlestar Galactica (2003)	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d461f757
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d4ef40fe	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d4ef40fe	comment	An episode of Mashin Sentai Kiramager haves the team's two main mechs being shrunk down to toy size. In this state, the mechas are represented by their actual toys.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d4ef40fe	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d4ef40fe	featureConfidence	1.0
Mashin Sentai Kiramager	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d4ef40fe
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d4f9ccf	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d4f9ccf	comment	In the episode "Switching Place", the prop used for the Genie's lamp in the American footage is obviously a toy replica of the lamp from Aladdin and looks fairly different than the original prop seen in Zyuranger footage.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d4f9ccf	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d4f9ccf	featureConfidence	1.0
Aladdin	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d4f9ccf
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d56cb367	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d56cb367	comment	Much like Doctor Who with the Sonic Screwdriver, they frequently used the toy replicas for the morphers, and actors would mention crew members having to make quick trips to toy stores to replace broken ones. It created an interesting problem during S.P.D. Thanks to some odd scheduling, they had to use the Japanese toys for their morphers, and had a very limited number to work with. Unfortunately, they had very form fitting police uniforms for costumes that year, which made bathroom breaks awkward and sent more than one of them into a toilet. This also created a problem where the actors often had to hold the morphers improperly to avoid hitting the button on the toy that causes them to open and light up.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d56cb367	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d56cb367	featureConfidence	1.0
Power Rangers S.P.D.	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d56cb367
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d56cd064	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d56cd064	comment	In "A Zeo Beginning", the shot of Serpentera sitting on the moon is done using the toy. Also, whenever the Zeo Megazord combines with the Red Battlezord, it's done using the toys. However, this is because the footage of doing so is from the source material of Ohranger, so it flies. Another notable example is the season's Ultrazord, Pyramidas.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d56cd064	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d56cd064	featureConfidence	1.0
Power Rangers Zeo	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d56cd064
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d69208d2	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d69208d2	comment	Parodied in the Codename: Kids Next Door episode, "Operation: M.O.O.N." It's a deliberately terrible live-action shot of Numbuh 3's sleeve-covered arm taking a dart and a popping a balloon with the word "MOON" drawn on in front of a phony space backdrop. It somehow convinces high-ranking military adults that they really blew up the moon with a missile.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d69208d2	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d69208d2	featureConfidence	1.0
Codename: Kids Next Door	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d69208d2
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d7626bdd	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d7626bdd	comment	There's a gag in Deadpool that involves a Deadpool action figure from Hasbro's X-Men Origins: Wolverine line.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d7626bdd	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d7626bdd	featureConfidence	1.0
Deadpool (2016)	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d7626bdd
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d79dc75f	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d79dc75f	comment	being Hands: Lilith grabs a jar from the shelf behind her; two characters use the jar as a glass of ale within the context of the plot.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d79dc75f	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d79dc75f	featureConfidence	1.0
Being Hands	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d79dc75f
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d8a88a1f	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d8a88a1f	comment	The full scale mockup of the Mig-31 in Firefox used real aircraft parts: the nose wheel was sourced from a real F-4's landing gear.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d8a88a1f	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d8a88a1f	featureConfidence	1.0
Firefox	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_d8a88a1f
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e25322af	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e25322af	comment	The aforementioned Dangeresque 1 features a "nunchuck gun" that is literally a pair of nunchucks taped to a gun. Though that may have been exactly what he meant it to be (and the gun, for what it's worth, appears to be real at least).
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e25322af	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e25322af	featureConfidence	1.0
Homestar Runner (Web Animation)	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e25322af
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e3ec39dc	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e3ec39dc	comment	Baby Einstein frequently used pre-existing toys as props. For instance, a Betsy Wetsy doll, a Sesame Street toy train and a Raggedy Ann doll appear in the first video.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e3ec39dc	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e3ec39dc	featureConfidence	1.0
Baby Einstein	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e3ec39dc
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e5d5d23c	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e5d5d23c	comment	The weapon sprites in Doom and its sequel were digitised from toys bought off the local Toys "R" Us. As for the chainsaw, id took it off a McCulloch Eager Beaver belonging to Tom Hall's girlfriend.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e5d5d23c	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e5d5d23c	featureConfidence	1.0
Doom (Video Game)	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e5d5d23c
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e8054edf	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e8054edf	comment	Raumpatrouille uses everyday items as props, most famously a pressing iron as a ship controlling device. While cheesy, it works quite well.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e8054edf	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e8054edf	featureConfidence	1.0
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e9d7295	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e9d7295	comment	Candle Cove: In-universe, Pirate Percy's puppet is described as looking like it was thrown together with parts of different dolls, with the head in particular looking like a porcelain baby doll.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e9d7295	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e9d7295	featureConfidence	1.0
Candle Cove	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_e9d7295
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ea11f9d8	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ea11f9d8	comment	Also, the white Shogun Zord turns pink for a simple reason: Ninja Sentai Kakuranger has five Rangers (Red, White, Blue, Black, Yellow); Power Rangers has six (same colors plus Pink). The White Kakuranger's machines were given to the Pink Power Ranger, while a sentient Kaku mecha becomes the White Power Ranger's machine. For the toyline, Bandai decided to turn those white mecha pink to line up with its new operator.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ea11f9d8	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ea11f9d8	featureConfidence	1.0
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ea11f9d8
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ea50f0ae	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ea50f0ae	comment	Baraka's face from Mortal Kombat II was actually a store bought Halloween mask of Count Orlok from Nosferatu that had been heavily repainted and modified with fake fingernails for teeth.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ea50f0ae	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ea50f0ae	featureConfidence	1.0
Mortal Kombat II (Video Game)	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ea50f0ae
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ec2c86f9	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ec2c86f9	comment	TUGS, made by the same production team, utilizes many of the same models for the harbor railway. Some of the engines were redressed to look more American.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ec2c86f9	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ec2c86f9	featureConfidence	1.0
TUGS	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ec2c86f9
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Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ece42231	comment	On the live-action Filmation's Ghostbusters, this is how Bob Burns got the part of Tracy the gorilla: he already owned the gorilla suit.note The suit itself beloned to "Kogar", Burns' earlier gorilla character. The suit was all right, but the Kogar mask was rather fierce and menacing. When Ghostbusters came around, Burns asked a then up-and-coming Rick Baker to make a much more placid mask for the new character.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ece42231	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ece42231	featureConfidence	1.0
Filmation's Ghostbusters	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ece42231
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_edb68237	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_edb68237	comment	Another reason is simple cost and supply. Even by the mid-1970s when the first movie was filmed, WWII-era weapons were still common and easily procured. Even more so, there were tons and tons of realistic plastic props of WWII weapons (particularly Nazi weapons) left over from '60s-era films or contemporary films (such as The Great Escape and The Dirty Dozen). This is why a vast majority of the weapons in the Star Wars universe are modeled closely after German firearms, even down to those used by the heroes such as Han's iconic DL-44 blaster (which used a Mauser pistol as its base). The most iconic Imperial weapon is modeled after a British firearm of the '60's and '70's, the Sterling sub-machine gun, likely as a result of needing large numbers of actually functioning weapons as described previously. It just so happens that at the time A New Hope was being filmed, the British Army was getting rid of most of its stock of Sterlings because sub-machine guns were falling out of favor as infantry weapons, and the rest is history. Also, using "previous generation" weapons adds to the Used Future feel of the series.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_edb68237	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_edb68237	featureConfidence	1.0
The Great Escape	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_edb68237
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ef076a36	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ef076a36	comment	Even after CGI replaced physical studio models, the practice remained a time-honored tradition. The NX-era Intrepid-class/"half-saucer" (not to be confused with the Intrepid class of the USS Voyager) that appears in three episodes of Enterprise is a redress of the NX nacelles and engineering hull strapped behind the front half of the saucer, taken from the CGI model of the NX-01.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ef076a36	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ef076a36	featureConfidence	1.0
Star Trek: Voyager	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ef076a36
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ef6df17b	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ef6df17b	comment	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always examples: Several captured Rangers are figurines from Hasbro's Lightning Collection. The prop morphers are once again from the Legacy Collection. The Megazord transformation sequence is done using the models from the Zord Ascension Project.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ef6df17b	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ef6df17b	featureConfidence	1.0
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ef6df17b
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ef7a115	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ef7a115	comment	Apparently, Terra Nova is a fan of Nerf.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ef7a115	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ef7a115	featureConfidence	1.0
Terra Nova	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_ef7a115
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_f74b5f80	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_f74b5f80	comment	In the Babylon 5 episode "Soul Hunter", a solder sucker is a major component of the eponymous soul hunter's soul extractor. One might suspect the prop makers of making a Stealth Punâ€¦
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_f74b5f80	featureApplicability	1.0
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_f74b5f80	featureConfidence	1.0
Babylon 5	hasFeature	Off-the-Shelf FX / int_f74b5f80
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_f8df4747	type	Off-the-Shelf FX
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_f8df4747	comment	The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye, as one of several Noodle Incidents involving the Scavengers, has them turned into toys...specifically, a photo of their own G1 toys.
Off-the-Shelf FX / int_f8df4747	featureApplicability	1.0
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