🤗🚀 That Nostromo restoration! I recall seeing how AWFUL a condition it was in when they found it. Rusted/Busted AF. They all did an exceptional job repairing it. Parker and Brett would be proud. " Right ".
I would think if there was anything Adam is lacking in his cave it would be ... THE ACTUAL NOSTROMO, suspended from the ceiling, engines lightly glowing.
I could spend hours poring over footage of that Nostromo model for reference of how to greeble right. Such a impressive showcase, and you no doubt saved the best for last.
Sometimes I think I get a little too preoccupied with a drawing or model I'm working on, adding detail that will never be noticed....then u get to see these kind of objects and I'm like, naaaah there's never too much detail!!
Obvious the photographer had no idea where the cockpit is on the Nostromo. My favorite part of that model is the design of the bridge both exterior and the interior set as well. Never been anything quite like it before or since
Holy shiiieet the size of the Nostromo! Wish I could see it in person. Should do a tour of all these artifacts like they did for Kubrick and Star Wars' exhibitions.
we're just here looking at all of these miniature props going "oh neat, wow that is smaller/bigger than I thought it would be. Great detail!" and then when they pan to the Nostromo you just shit bricks at the size alone
Its still probably smaller and less detailed than the Enterprise-D or Enterprise-E models that were made for filming. The E alone makes CGI look like garbage since its one of the last big budget scifi physical models made I think and they had a huge need to get extremely close up to it for the hull-walk scene in First Contact
@@hypercube33 That's correct. The Enterprise-E hero model is like 9 or ten feet long and they did indeed shoot the background plate for the zoom in on Picard, Worf, and the Redshirt walking on the engineering hull using the model. ILM had suffered through most of the other Star Trek movies' Enterprise and Enterprise-A shenanigans and made the best, toughest model they could because they thought it would be used for another four or five films, and the first thing they did for Star Trek Insurrection was digitize it.
@@mikeoliver6742 personally I think that the Deep Space Nine model is quite impressive itself. But over all I think that any of these are amazing, the amount of cinematic magic that you can do with models, projectors, and backdrops is nothing short of godly (looking at you Terminator :) )
Why do people think that space ships should have all that stuff attached to the hull like that? Every single thing added would be another source of an air leak. Far more believable to have a very smooth ship hull has as few seams as possible.
$275,000 plus 25% percent fee on the winning bid, $68,750 and shipping the model will cost another fortune. Its 11 feet long and bulky. Yeah.. Good luck with someone wanting that. LOL. Still a great model but belongs in a museum, plain and simple.
I don't understand why these pieces aren't going into proper art museums. Just because these were made as part of the entertainment industry doesn't change the fact that they are substantial works of culture and art with a huge impact. It's a shame they're being auctioned into private collections instead of being on permanent display where everyone can enjoy them for centuries to come.
Considering how many museums and businesses are struggling to survive during the pandemic, I can understand if they're forced to do auctions in order to keep going. Especially the ones that relied on income from public attendance. This happens a lot during periods of economic crisis in the past too. A ton of artifacts were auctioned off following the events of both world wars. Some were later donated back to the museums or purchased, but sometimes these items are never seen again.
I believe the American Accademy has a Museum set up for just this kind of thing, but isn't there a sci-fi museum under the Seattle tower for homing such a beast?
I wonder how who won the Nostromo. How the hell do you transport something like that??? LOL How the hell do you display it??? Would love to see it someone's home!!!
Got to start buying shirts like norms. Mine never seem long enough and his fits great. I know that's a random thing but being a tall dude I have to mostly pick from medium which is too short and large which is long enough but baggy.
Love the Nostromo model. When Norm mentioned all of the greeblies on it, I had to wonder if and where it has any of the Universal Greeblies? I looked but couldn't spot one during the video.
I spotted some AT-AT heads, the bogey of a Sherman tank, some German track-links and tank parts, I know there is also the entire top hull of a Matilda II on top of the Nostromo. Bridge windows _might_ be from a Y-Wing kit or some attack helicopter.
As the model was built in Britain, as opposed to the USA/ILM it would be a pure coincidence that the Nostromo would have the universal greeblie judging by the time frame in which Alien was filmed to Star Wars
Watch the making of The Mandalorian...motion control and models are still there for the purists...John Faverou needs a massive pat on the back for being such a wonderful forward and backwards advocate of special effects
@@johnfic4751 I used to build models when I was a child and they were like precious crystal to me. Whenever friends would pick one up my heart would end up in my throat...lol
I think it would be really cool to give a reference picture next to these type of things. Just for people who don’t remember or haven’t seen the movies.
If it wasn’t for the people who collect film and tv props and models to look after them and maintain their existence it’s sad all these companies would just let them rot away because once they are finished with them they don’t even care praise preservationists
Well said, the story of the Nostromo is a very sad one indeed, very glad Brian and Martin are still around to help out conservationists to help in instructing those tasked with rebuilding these wonderful pieces of film history which studios toss to the wind
@@MartinFutter70 You might be right!! Looks like he helped build this masterpiece. www.imdb.com/name/nm0100987/ Any research links you have would be much appreciated! "Comments: Jelutong is a lesser-known Asian species that’s appreciated for its uniform appearance, softness, dimensional stability, and ease of carving. The wood is used in much the same way as Basswood (Tilia americana)" Basswood is the easiest carving wood and very light, if it's similar I could see it being a good candidate.
I know you want to make a profit, but you are the worst for ads. Not even the short ads. You throw in all long ads. Like ten a video. It’s like the crackle of TH-cam. Get it, cause crackle got hella ads.
@@DarioDarrow the numbers are bogus dummy! They give thousands per covid related death (car accidents included if they had a caugh) and even more to put people on ventilators! Search "blue state slaughter" and then insert foot in mouth clown.
@@DarioDarrow lol Which part? The fact that you think any of that is a conspiracy shows how little you pay attention. Watch a NY nurses first hand experience, "blue state slaughter" or keep your ignorant China believing mouth shut. Do your research dummy, it's a total fraud.
@@DarioDarrow wtf are you talking about annual car accidents? People died in car accidents and they put covid19 on the death certificate so they could get more money from the "relief bill"! Wake up! Start doing actual research, it's not hard
Check out the full catalog of props and costumes from this collection here: propstore.com/entertainment-memorabilia-live-auction-la-2020/
Can u talk without face mask? There is only two of u ffs! And a voice in this video sound like u talk to me from ur anus! That’s UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!
I even saw Sir Didymus from the Labyrinth from the intro! So awesome!! 😸
The Search for Spock spacedock is one of my all-time favorite models. So simple, elegant and realistically functional IU.
Me to, it looks like a large mushroom
This made me think of Grant🙏🏻 Ill miss that guy always positive energy..
It’s true
The Nostromo model is amazing. As Indiana Jones might say, "It belongs in a museum".
I so agree with you. It does belong in a museum
🤗🚀
That Nostromo restoration!
I recall seeing how AWFUL a condition it
was in when they found it. Rusted/Busted AF.
They all did an exceptional job repairing it.
Parker and Brett would be proud. " Right ".
_Right!_
Hey as long they get full shares.
SANTIAGO HARDY right.
oh no, Mini enterprise took some damage. Curse you Khan! KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!
I would think if there was anything Adam is lacking in his cave it would be ... THE ACTUAL NOSTROMO, suspended from the ceiling, engines lightly glowing.
Yeah but moneys and he has too little space..
I could spend hours poring over footage of that Nostromo model for reference of how to greeble right. Such a impressive showcase, and you no doubt saved the best for last.
That Nostromo though 🥰 Wow!! And what a movie Alien is.
Earth Spacedock looks beautiful.
Jesus christ, my heart skipped a beat when it panned to the Nostromo...looking at that thing got me rock hard! It's beautiful.
The sheer size of the nostromo is astounding.
Sometimes I think I get a little too preoccupied with a drawing or model I'm working on, adding detail that will never be noticed....then u get to see these kind of objects and I'm like, naaaah there's never too much detail!!
Do you know the Corridor Crew on TH-cam has challenged Adam to a pinewood derby match? Gotta over engineer something Mr. Savage!
After seen the Corridor VFX video, this video match it perfectly !
Obvious the photographer had no idea where the cockpit is on the Nostromo.
My favorite part of that model is the design of the bridge both exterior and the interior set as well. Never been anything quite like it before or since
That Nostromo can only fit in a museum 😜Great stuff !
The Nostromo blew me away. It looks alike a lethal rifle. Wow.
Somebody better have taken massive amounts of high resolution reference photos of these before these are never seen again.
Holy shiiieet the size of the Nostromo! Wish I could see it in person. Should do a tour of all these artifacts like they did for Kubrick and Star Wars' exhibitions.
I would straight up marry the Nostromo hero model.
I'm really hoping Adam buys the Flubber Weebo and Weebette items, I remember him doing an episode on them, nows his chance
I want to see him make them.
So interesting to see the brick detail on that death star tower. Would’ve been some big bricks.
These all look Amazing!
Really cool Norm. I would like to see more like this.
These should all be in a museum for all to see, not sold off into private collections.
Very cool.
The Alien series of films are STILL a bloody good watch to this day!
we're just here looking at all of these miniature props going "oh neat, wow that is smaller/bigger than I thought it would be. Great detail!" and then when they pan to the Nostromo you just shit bricks at the size alone
Agreed. The Nostromo is the most intricate and mind-blowing miniature I've ever seen, by a mile. A great gift for Tested to show it to us.
Its still probably smaller and less detailed than the Enterprise-D or Enterprise-E models that were made for filming. The E alone makes CGI look like garbage since its one of the last big budget scifi physical models made I think and they had a huge need to get extremely close up to it for the hull-walk scene in First Contact
@@hypercube33 That's correct. The Enterprise-E hero model is like 9 or ten feet long and they did indeed shoot the background plate for the zoom in on Picard, Worf, and the Redshirt walking on the engineering hull using the model. ILM had suffered through most of the other Star Trek movies' Enterprise and Enterprise-A shenanigans and made the best, toughest model they could because they thought it would be used for another four or five films, and the first thing they did for Star Trek Insurrection was digitize it.
@@mikeoliver6742 personally I think that the Deep Space Nine model is quite impressive itself. But over all I think that any of these are amazing, the amount of cinematic magic that you can do with models, projectors, and backdrops is nothing short of godly (looking at you Terminator :) )
Why do people think that space ships should have all that stuff attached to the hull like that? Every single thing added would be another source of an air leak. Far more believable to have a very smooth ship hull has as few seams as possible.
And that's why the TOS Enterprise looks the way it does.
God that Nostromo
$275,000 plus 25% percent fee on the winning bid, $68,750 and shipping the model will cost another fortune. Its 11 feet long and bulky. Yeah.. Good luck with someone wanting that. LOL. Still a great model but belongs in a museum, plain and simple.
If only you had another experienced modelmaker and props nerd who could give his expertise and knowledge of this specific realm of film history...
I don't understand why these pieces aren't going into proper art museums. Just because these were made as part of the entertainment industry doesn't change the fact that they are substantial works of culture and art with a huge impact. It's a shame they're being auctioned into private collections instead of being on permanent display where everyone can enjoy them for centuries to come.
Considering how many museums and businesses are struggling to survive during the pandemic, I can understand if they're forced to do auctions in order to keep going. Especially the ones that relied on income from public attendance. This happens a lot during periods of economic crisis in the past too. A ton of artifacts were auctioned off following the events of both world wars. Some were later donated back to the museums or purchased, but sometimes these items are never seen again.
I believe the American Accademy has a Museum set up for just this kind of thing, but isn't there a sci-fi museum under the Seattle tower for homing such a beast?
Watching Norm wear a mask got to me for some reason. This is life now.... This is 2020... 😞😞
Yes the new normal sucks. I do hope the vaccine comes out soon and works. Our sad reality.
Spacedock from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
The OCD in me is screaming, someone straighten that Enterprise engine nacelle!
Yep. Same here :)
That’s why it’s returning to dock. It needs repairs.
I love Adam's channel.👍👍
I wonder how who won the Nostromo. How the hell do you transport something like that??? LOL How the hell do you display it??? Would love to see it someone's home!!!
Got to start buying shirts like norms. Mine never seem long enough and his fits great. I know that's a random thing but being a tall dude I have to mostly pick from medium which is too short and large which is long enough but baggy.
I never understood why you would need such vast enclosed space to dock starships. It's not like you're keeping the weather out.
I NEED that Star Trek space station.
You sound like rocket from guardians of the galaxy. Like his character.
John Fic I can go with that.
Earth Spacedock! Or alsmot the final version...
Love the Nostromo model. When Norm mentioned all of the greeblies on it, I had to wonder if and where it has any of the Universal Greeblies? I looked but couldn't spot one during the video.
I spotted some AT-AT heads, the bogey of a Sherman tank, some German track-links and tank parts, I know there is also the entire top hull of a Matilda II on top of the Nostromo.
Bridge windows _might_ be from a Y-Wing kit or some attack helicopter.
As the model was built in Britain, as opposed to the USA/ILM it would be a pure coincidence that the Nostromo would have the universal greeblie judging by the time frame in which Alien was filmed to Star Wars
The Nostromo must be worth tens of thousands of dollars. I hope we get an update after the auction to let us know how much it went for.
Its auction estimate is $300,000 - $500,000
@@Redswipe I was going to suggest $100k but that's incredible!
@@Redswipe That's great to know! If I sell my house I might actually be able to buy it...
Adam you should re-make it and go incognito at the next Comicon :)
Love being shown wildly expensive things I can't buy
Practical models still rule. CGI is very, very close but models are still better in many ways than CGI. It's becoming a lost art
Watch the making of The Mandalorian...motion control and models are still there for the purists...John Faverou needs a massive pat on the back for being such a wonderful forward and backwards advocate of special effects
I think he's making the guy nervous waving his hands around really close to these amazing models.
My brother was nervous too when I was a little boy. He loved his models too.
@@johnfic4751 I used to build models when I was a child and they were like precious crystal to me. Whenever friends would pick one up my heart would end up in my throat...lol
Norm working it!
Somebody broke Enterprise
Was that Dredd?
Take my money!
I think it would be really cool to give a reference picture next to these type of things. Just for people who don’t remember or haven’t seen the movies.
와~ 이런 우주모선도 있었다굽쇼?!
If it wasn’t for the people who collect film and tv props and models to look after them and maintain their existence it’s sad all these companies would just let them rot away because once they are finished with them they don’t even care praise preservationists
Well said, the story of the Nostromo is a very sad one indeed, very glad Brian and Martin are still around to help out conservationists to help in instructing those tasked with rebuilding these wonderful pieces of film history which studios toss to the wind
please more
Great series coverage of the auction items Norm! Bring different t-shirts to change into to sell the separate episodes. 😉
*60°
You’re right!
I sent off an email to Dennis Lowe and Jon Sorensen hopefully one of them can buy back the Nostromo...
How much did the nostromo sell for?
Auction is on the 26th and 27th.
cool
Woooah
8:32 A wood called what? Anyone ever heard of this stuff??
Decompressed File Size Did he mean rowan? That’s got elastic properties but pronounced like row a boat, not rue the day!
Luan or lauan. It's a type of plywood. 👍
@@WesleyTreat You're a gentlemen and a scholar, Sir. Thanks.
Could've been Jelutong, a wood which Martin Bower uses alot in his skill set, the American accent has a odd skew on the pronunciation
@@MartinFutter70 You might be right!! Looks like he helped build this masterpiece. www.imdb.com/name/nm0100987/
Any research links you have would be much appreciated!
"Comments: Jelutong is a lesser-known Asian species that’s appreciated for its uniform appearance, softness, dimensional stability, and ease of carving. The wood is used in much the same way as Basswood (Tilia americana)" Basswood is the easiest carving wood and very light, if it's similar I could see it being a good candidate.
adam...we made an [epoxy resin diorama] miniature of your work shop so you can sell it and help you retire...
Norm, please stop saying "greeblie."
Second
Was the camera man drunk
7 mins gg
Potato
Wearing masks ,a bit like wearing underwear to stop a fart !!!!
Keeps the wet farts from hitting the floor tho
From one of the [R]acist geniuses that got us all of this disaster no doubt.
First
I know you want to make a profit, but you are the worst for ads. Not even the short ads. You throw in all long ads. Like ten a video. It’s like the crackle of TH-cam. Get it, cause crackle got hella ads.
8th
Just STOP with the mask drama Corona Bros.....princesses.
Take off the masks sheep!
@@DarioDarrow trying to stop a virus with a cloth mask is like trying to stop mosquitoes with a chain link fence. You're all fools
@@DarioDarrow the numbers are bogus dummy! They give thousands per covid related death (car accidents included if they had a caugh) and even more to put people on ventilators! Search "blue state slaughter" and then insert foot in mouth clown.
@@DarioDarrow lol Which part? The fact that you think any of that is a conspiracy shows how little you pay attention. Watch a NY nurses first hand experience, "blue state slaughter" or keep your ignorant China believing mouth shut. Do your research dummy, it's a total fraud.
@@DarioDarrow where is your evidence to support your claim? Everything I said it public record, look it up!
@@DarioDarrow wtf are you talking about annual car accidents? People died in car accidents and they put covid19 on the death certificate so they could get more money from the "relief bill"! Wake up! Start doing actual research, it's not hard