I needed a mounted elk head. It's not like I needed it long term, just for a weekend. Turns out it's not the type of thing most people just have on hand. I remembered a local place featured on Mythbusters called "The Prop Warehouse". It's a giant repository of film props and junk where The Mythbusters tested myths related to hiding drugs from police dogs. (spoiler: that vacuum sealed baggie in a coffee can isn't going to fool a doggie)
I called the Prop Co-op and asked if they had an elk head. "Like Taxidermy?" The guy said. "Yeah, we got tons of it. Come take a look."
Turns out they have an entire wall of it from mountain goats to jackelopes.
They also have everything else. Literally. If you can imagine it, they have it. It's mind boggling.
You want a rotary phone? They have a wall of em.
Gotcha badguy!!!
Turns out they have an entire wall of it from mountain goats to jackelopes.
They also have everything else. Literally. If you can imagine it, they have it. It's mind boggling.
You want a rotary phone? They have a wall of em.
How about an entire army bunker full of foam and plastic gear?
In the jungle?
Or maybe you just need a box of empty lion king dvd cases.
I pointed at a lamp and said,"Does this work?".
"Probably not" said the guy, "these are all props."
While some of the objects were foam replicas, most were just broken junk. I realized that the only thing that makes this place different from a pack-rat's storage shed is organization.
Still, while its easy to scoff at paying 20 bucks a week to rent a broken VCR, if you need one ASAP you could run to a bunch of thrift stores and garage sales in hopes of finding one, or you could just come here and pick one up, along with a foam radiator, a pay phone, a gold foil candelabra, a rubber Martian suit and a lifesize plastic replica of Michelangelo's David.
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