Prop Mantle!

Today was a fairly dreary day in CO, providing some much needed rain.  Tasha and I had brunch at Denny’s, followed by some shopping (with store credit, woot!) at Black & Read.  I got some D&D miniatures and Hotel California on 180 gram LP, so I’m pretty happy.

The rest of the afternoon was taken up with household chores, then we decided to watch The Princess Bride.  What a great movie!  While the movie was on, I was surfing the Internet and ended up at the Replica Prop Forum which got me wondering about some of my replica props that I hadn’t seen since we moved.  A quick look through the basement located them, and now I have a Thermal Detonator from Return of the Jedi and the Golden Snitch from Harry Potter on my mantle.

The Golden Snitch was acquired from the Replica Props Forum and is a casting directly from the screen-used one.  It’s one of few props that I can be sure is as accurate as possible, and one of the favorites in my collection.