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Also don't forget about the Internet Movie Firearms database

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Main_Page

Crazy to see that there are custom made guns in movies, like this one:

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Bourne_Supremacy,_The#Keppeler_.26...

I'm wondering where all these props end up after movie is done. There is so many things usually get created from costumes to props even in average movie which usually get disappear. Wouldn't it be good startup that works with producers to collect all these material and puts in some online shop? It doesn't have to be for fans for specific movie. For example, if I wanted shoes, I can just look up that website to see if anything used in movie is available in my size. It reduces burden of finding cool stuff on customer part.

They reuse a lot of them. A lot of props come from prop shops that lend them out.

Here's an example http://i.imgur.com/mItm9Og.png

One of my favorite examples of this is the magnetic boots in Face Off (1997) and the boots the Goombas wear in Super Mario Bros. (1993)

Or that one newspaper¹ — not the exact same physical item obviously.

1: http://www.businessinsider.com/ed-oneill-has-been-reading-th...

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