The Aliens Colonial Marines M41A Pulse Rifle Prop!
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- čas přidán 29. 10. 2022
- Adam gets his hands on an original Colonial Marines Pulse Rifle prop used in Aliens and Aliens 3! We learn the story of how this prop was made for James Cameron's Aliens and then rebuilt for its sequel, and how a film production's armorer handles and decomissions these kinds of props during and after filming.
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you are killing me ive been waiting all day to get approved to bid
"Lemme introduce you to a close personal friend of mine."
@@hellacoorinna9995 hope it’s who ever approves bidding lol
Hey adam think they might have some original terminator props at that shop? Such as the tech comm plasma rifle, tech comm uniform, H-K Aerial, H-K Tank, ect...
Theres a few photos online about them but theres no closeup and clear identifying parts to the clothing or props so might be interesting to see in the future if you haven't done one already on them
@@entity9742 Hollywood Collectibles Group did bring out a1:35scale flying/ground HK along time ago. Only500 of them we're made. The ground HK alone is worth between1K/£1500😬
Fascinating. Those yellow screw are almost certainly the yellow plastic bolts that are used to secure yellow rear number plates here in the UK (license plate in US). Just in case any of you are thinking of making a replica!
I am currently restoring a 20 yr-old scratch built pulse rifle replica. Wood, metal and plastic. Looks spot on and feels heavy. Love seeing the real props for detail and inspiration.
The M41A Pulse Rifle is literally my favorite weapon from any piece of fiction.
Literally THE weapon of my childhood. I wanted a toy of this so badly. There was an advert in the back of some comic for a very adult kit to build one, was like $300 in the 90s, and I was in the UK lol so no chance of ever getting one. i must have looked at that advert a thousand times over. As an adult, it's kinda tied with the Bolter from 40k, because those things are just so damned cool. But this fictional firearm will always have a special place in my heart.
It inspired one of my favorites in sci-fi, the MA5 series from Halo.
As such, any time I am speaking about the MA5, I have to pay homage to this classic movie firearm. Like with power armor and Starship Troopers.
Same here! And it's the prop I most want to recreate... with a working nerf gun at it's core :)
@@phoenixdk I had the "pleasure" of owning one of the airsoft kits that converted a TM M1A1 to the M41A1 .... but as cool at it looks, it is an absolutely horrible gun to handle: It is bulky, heavy and very tricky to use.
But as a showpiece on the bookcase, it is magnificient.
The real M41A packed a hell of a punch. But it was also designed not to go through the outer hull of spacecraft, for obvious reasons. It was limited to inflict maximum damage to soft target, but could be equipped with hard target setting and munitiions.
My son and I dressed as Colonial Marines for the 30th anniversary of Aliens at San Diego Comic Con. We made all the armor with fiberglass and pepakura, but I splurged and bought an airsoft pulse rifle to complete the costume. It's super fun to fire, even has a working counter on the side!
The one made by Snow Wolf, right? I got one too and I love it. Not the most practical for an airsoft game (the mag change can be a bit of a production) but it's a great prop that's pretty affordable.
Literally thousands of people have held that particular piece. Bapty used to hire it out and I remember it doing the rounds with a games company during the late 1990's at the big trade shows of the time. I remember getting all weak at the knees myself when I spotted it walking past their stand and got handed it to hold 🙂
LOL yeah I had a chance to hold one of these Alien 3 prop rifles myself, probably this one
Not a live fire Thompson they didn't...
@@AzraelSWFC2011 Bapty's hired out a lot of de-activated weapons back in the day so it was a de-activated Thompson for sure
“I like the way a good deadline lops branches off your decision tree.” 😂😂😂
When I first saw Aliens, it made want to learn everything about how a movie is made!! Hands down, my favorite! All the videos you do about the props, fx, anything....I'm all over it!!! P.S. my favorite movie weapon too!
Alien movies are one of my favorite movies of all time. So cool to see that some of the props are still around, especially those used in the first three movies.
Wouldn't mind betting that if it was used in Alien 3 that Pulse Rifle was very last minute, the chaos and mess of shooting due to studio interference is now legendary, they were right up on Fincher's back even telling him when to turn lights off, and changing things on the fly.
"Thank you so much for letting me hold this"
What a life! I hope I can have a Savage level ride my next time in the Simulator.
I remember some years after the Sci-Fi Channel first started, long before it became Syfy, there was a show that sold items like comic books and various other merchandise and memorabilia. One item they sold was in fact an actual decommissioned pulse rifle with certificate of authentication. Not sure how many were sold because even back then such props to buy were expensive but it was definitely a hot item. Mythbusters wasn't around at the time and neither was the internet in full swing since dial up modems were still in service but I know if he had the chance, Adam would have bought one that day.
Wow, I can hear the iconic firing sound while I'm watching this.
Neeeeerd!
@@jessicaregina1956Laaaaamee
When it comes down to it, it's the unique firing sound that really define the pulse rifle as one of the iconic weapon of scifi.
Fun fact about the pulse rifle firing sound, they got it by running the sound of the Thompson portion of the pulse rifle firing blanks through an MXR phase shifter (a guitar pedal most famously used by Eddie Van Halen) on a soundboard.
@@bucknasty69 if it had the standard fire sound of a modern assault rifle, i doubt it would be as memorable. A case that could be made would be the morita rifle from Starship troopers. A cool looking realistic scifi military rifle but forgettable for it's generic firing sound.
Right at the end Adam looks to be almost in tears from being able to hold it.
He's gonna be in tears when he cant hold it anymore 🤣
I too enjoy all the little details that tell how this thing was just hastily slapped together in a panic for Alien 3. It's part of the individual prop's story and character.
It certainly helps explain why the build/finish quality is so poor.
One thing I always appreciate about Adam. He always exercises excellent trigger discipline . Even with a gun that isn't real, that cant actually fire. He stays in that habit because one day it could save a life.
for real, what happened on the set of rust shows that even a prop gun can kill, so always respect it
The Royal Armouries in Leeds UK have two Pulse rifles as part of their collection. Those were the only two not to be totally disassembled after Aliens and were also used in Alien 3.
IRL "Lost Tech" moment.
As seen here: czcams.com/video/M5YylyfzXYQ/video.html Also, how has Adam not met Jonathan yet?
@@ScumBunny that would be cool. They’re both proper nerds and highly qualified nerds at that
Just the one, but I'm still very proud of it :) Also, ours was disassembled - it has the exact same story as this one except that Bapty repainted it before selling it. I did get my hands on the 'Alpha' Pulse Rifle though back in 2015 - with the original alu shroud. What a piece.
@@jonathanferguson1211 Jonathan you single-handedly saved Gamespot from bankruptcy. Thank you.
Love these Prop Store segments!
I felt a burn in my soul when I heard the pulse rifle was decomissioned.
Did you ever get the motion detector finished? With the actual motion detector attached? I loved the work and details in that prop and I haven't seen a part two!
The Propstore videos make me so happy. This video is such a treat. 👍👍👍👍👍
I'd just like to sort of promote the rubber band gun version of the Pulse Rifle made by Parabellum Arms on CZcams. Fully Automatic, 900rpm machinegun with exchangeable magazines, a shell ejecting pump-action lower, it's brilliant. You can buy his plans & build your own too, Adam might wanna check that out!
Love these Prop Store videos. Great props, great enthusiasm, and Stephen Lane is awesome.
My nerve Pulse rifle just shipped today. Even though it was delayed and I was not able to get it for Halloween...I am still happy that I shall be getting it.
i'm really enjoying this series. thank you for sharing :)
I just think it is funny that underneath the super futuristic riffle from Aliens was a submachine gun that was originally designed to be used in WW1 (yes, the war ended before it was actually put to use, but the idea was to use it in WW1).
@@obamabinladen4468 no need for the rudeness. He was not arguing with anything said in the video. He was pointing out how far back the thompson design goes.
Q. What's a quick (inexpensive) way to create a futuristic gun that looks like it could be real?
A. Gussie up a real gun.
Colonial Marines pulse rifle: Thompson submachine gun
Storm Trooper Blaster: Sterling submachine gun. Numerous other Star Wars blasters are real firearms underneath.
Blade Runner, Deckard's pistol: Pieces of two different firearms, a bolt action rifle and a revolver.
etc, etc.
@@blindleader42 was the only way back in the day really. Now they just 3d print one, slap some lights or motors in it and do the shots with sfx
@@blindleader42 the rebels blaster rifle in the empire strikes back is an StG-44
Nothing beats an actual functioning piece of engineering. Especially when you guise it up with aesthetic bits, it still forces you to constrain yourself to it's initial form in order to remain functional for the actors to use.
If you want things to get even better, Nerf even made a limited edition Pulse Rifle Nerf Gun with a functional ammo counter as well. Knowing Adam, he wouldn't mind having one that at least fires something.
He could do a video about repainting it!
Those should be shipping out to people in the next couple of weeks.
That would be awesome video of him customizing one
My airsoft store has had an airsoft version for a few years now. Adam could get an airsoft version easier, I believe, and still make it look closer to the real thing.
@@dragnridr05 love airsoft as well! Like Nerf since you can take it anywhere without risk of damage or injury. Both would be a good grab!!!
A good deadline lops branches off your decision tree. Lovely quote.
As much as it pains me to see a decommissioned M1, I love that it's actually included here in, rather than a replica or one of those slightly off closed bolt versions that would be "close enough".
As an owner of one of those closed bolt ones, except for the bolt and the lower trigger assembly it’s identical to an original. It will accept original components like the ejector and stock
AWESOME!!! I'm getting the Hasbro Pulse nerf version next month and I'm so excited i can't imagine how excited i would be to get to hold a real one!!
A real Alien?
I've beeen very lucky to hold a screen used Aliens Pulse rifle at Bapty's in 2003. My reactio was pretty much the same as yours Adam, squeeee. Haha. :)
That weapon looks great, i remember my brother obsessing over the sound effects they gave the rifles in the movie.
In 2010 or so, i had a tour around Pinewood Studios and they had a hall with legendary props, one cabinet had a space marine armor set and this rifle, i think i remember it being kind of a clay color, inbetween green and brown, it struck me as "typical army" color.
I got hold of one at alien war back in the 90s when my research began for my scratch built one and it had a wooden magazine base because the mag had been lost and being a huge fan of the movies made it a very cool experience
Same as me and I think this might be that one...
3:49 ah point of order here. I ran an armory for 12 years and worked on features. "LIVE FIRE" means unobstructed barrel and using rounds with projectiles (never on a film set except in rare occasions like in Moonraker where the stage crew shot a miniature satellite to bits wiith shotguns.)
Blank fire means using blanks (no projectile) and the barrel must be gas restricted or else the semi auto/full auto mechanism in the firearm will not cycle.
So What you have is a blank firing film firearm that has been decommissioned so it will never fire anything again. so any collector may purchase at auction without provisional firearms licences.
Nice try. Only a scammer offers apple products and play station to the pc master race.
@@MrLeeziebee Your childish snobbery is showing.
@@HappyCynic you are late son. there is a scam like this going around youtube on several channels at the moment. that, and all your base are belong to us. submit to the awesome power of the PC master race. lol.
Love Adams enthusiasm, always inspiring to see!
I love seeing Adam so darn happy like this.
Hope they do post an overview of the glaive from Krull that is shown in the intro. Not the greatest of the 80's fantasy films, but still very fun and one I have fond memories of.
They did, yesterday
czcams.com/video/r8MbUFth6-M/video.html
Yes they did as that item was mention afew days ago💁♂️😁
映画に出てくる小物もディテール凝っててかっこいいですよね。
実在する物の発展形を考えて作るので楽しそう。
The props were nice, but the interior architecture of the ships were fantastic.
The AvP 2 game on PC will always be an all time great.
Almost every set, prop, and effect from the first 2 Alien movies is so thoroughly convincing.
Prop Store London have the only surviving Sentry Gun. Would love to have a look at that
I once downloaded and built a paper craft M41-A. It was satisfying.
This looks so cool always loved the look of the pulse rifle.
Saw one in the Royal Armouries Leeds last week
Love the long slow passes. Thanks for this indepth look.
They used the Tommy Gun as it had a large flash, which both looked great on film but also consumed the wooden bullets they fired on set so no one was injured.
My favorite prop yet ❤️
I got one on ya, Adam. I knew a collector who had one of the pulse rifle cases, who got together with someone with a live full auto M1A1 submachine gun. They let their friends fire the thing, back in the early 90s. I got to fire a magazine out of it on a range. You couldn't hit squat with the thing for how the sights didn't line up with anything, but it looked so cool!
This couldn't be timed any better. My Nerf M41A arrived a couple weeks ago and I'm just waiting to gather reference material to paint it to look screen correct. Also, ANY helpful hints or links welcomed to say the least.
Thank you for mentioning this. I had no idea it was a thing and now I have to own one.
There's a replica paint for the screen accurate colour here in Australia. SMS Blaster Brown.
Watching this with BBC News on in background who pops up on TV but the PropStore!
Anyone else catch that even tho he is holding a prop gun he’s practicing gun safety by keeping his finger off the trigger. Props to you Adam 👍
Eh, he gives it a few squeezes in there 😀
Woooo It’s Gooood Thank You ❤️
Fun Fact: According to my DVD commentary, Alexander Matthews, who played "MSG Apone", went ballistic on the cast and crew after several of them were caught playing around with the live fire guns like they were toys. The gun safety expert had said nothing while the shenanigans was going on, and Matthews, a former marine, was having NONE of it. Suffice it to say, they straightened up real quick after he had some choice words with the cast and crew about gun safety.
Love the M41, the rifles from Space: Above and Beyond were also top notch.
How weird, I was just thinking about that show after 27 years lol. They're all on CZcams to watch.
The bump style lower is actually from a Franchi Spas-12, another legendary movie gun.
Yeah, it doesn't get any credit does it.
One of my favourite Film Gun props, will keep an eye on the bidding
I got to hold a replica at a scifi con years ago and I was definitely shaking holding the thing. Got some pics of me with it and the colonial marine who sported it. Now waiting for my NERF M41A Pulse Blaster to arrive any time now!
The Royal Armoury in Leeds also has one on display and it's free to visit.
Some of the props of this gun were also used by GDI in the video-game Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun.
The fact that it was in 2 films really is what puts value to it. I work at an airsoft store, and we have a replica of the alien pulse rifle that honestly looks 100 times better in quality.
I'm not knocking this prop by any means. It's amazing, even considering the condition and the time it was made, But it goes to show how far we have come in such a short time.
shit dude, you work in an airsoft store?!
Not the same. Without seeing this specific prop in person you really can't compare the two. The new one was made with modern manufacturing techniques like 3D printers and CNC machines using blueprints that didn't exist before the movie was made. Obviously you can make one look brand new with 40 years in advancement in manufacturing tech, not a short amount of time as you say. This one was made with molds and parts cobbled together by a craftsman with used weapon patina.
@@EricHamm As I said before, I'm not knocking the original prop by any means. You also have to consider how rushed it was to be put together, then the aging from 40+ years.
I am well aware that modern manufacturing techniques are so much better than back then, but You really can't tell that it was cobbled together on film. I love practical effects more than cgi. I wished the original prop was better taken care of before it got to proper hands that could take care of it.
As I also said, considering the condition of the prop, the real weight of it's value was it's actual history of being in 2 films.
When Vasquez yells "let's rock!" and opens up...awesome.
I love Vasquez. She was one of my all time favorites.
She was using a smart gun.....not a pulse rifle 😉
@@troy4340 She used a pulse rifle later on in the film.
@@HappyCynic yes but she was using the smart gun when she said "lets rock"
@@GoodBoyGoneDad Hudson was still my fave/Frost
Great video Adam!!! Love the videos and I am of the belief that the original pulse rifle was painted brown bess because they knew the color palette of the film would make it look more olive drab colored but thats just my theory! Anyways, love the videos, you are such a huge inspiration to me because I hope to be fortunate enough to be a prop worker similarly to you one day!
The smart gun is made from an mg42 and motorcycle handle bar with a harness that led to the system that puts a camera attached to a person for first person shots
it was so good at killing recoil the gun would misfire.
Yep a steadicam rig
We know, we've known for 20-30 years at this point. Thanks for contributing though ;)
I'd love to see Adam modify the new Nerf M41A to look as real as the prop.
He's an American, it would be better to modify a Thompson machine gun to look like a M41A pulse rifle.
This guy is doing a pretty good job so far
czcams.com/channels/TG9tysKbpyt4rGNSeR3FJg.html
@@kingcosworth2643 It would still be way cheaper to take the Nerf and make it look accurate. Plus it would be a good project to show the rest of us to follow along and modify one ourselves.
@@kutter_ttl6786 The nerf version won't be as powerful. Hence why som people go for airsoft option
It's the sound it makes that stays with me more.
I was working in the West End of London when Aliens was released. They parked the APC in Leicester Square!
My favourite weapon of all time!!! 💙💙💙
A Thompson and a spas 12 combo. Pretty bad ass
Not like there arent a dozen or more rifle/shotgun combos?
@@victoriaregina8344 so it's not bad ass? Also I have NEVER seen a sub machine gun with an undermounted shotgun. Also you don't see the SPAS in the master key form like this. So yes it is
Er, no? There are triple barreled rifle shotgun combos?
@@victoriaregina8344 and that means this can't be cool?
@@vannlo355 cool does not equal usefulness, the lancer is goddamn cool but show me any working military issue chainsaw bayonet?
My god!! TOUR THE WHOLE SHOP!
I build film props for a living, it’s not uncommon to be literally asked to make something at a moments notice whilst you have a list of other things to make, case in point I was asked to sauce/make a futuristic stun gun at 9 o’clock the night before shooting at 8 am…. I stayed up most the night carving something out of a piece of old timber, finding parts about my workshop, spraying it, putting small blue leds on it, before roughing and making it look worn and used…. glad the director was so impressed with it next day he asked to keep it…. However iv also rushed unrequested stuff literally with 45 mins on set …. And the actor comment, “whats this piece of amateur shit”… you win some you loose some.
Love this guy
Holy cow they're real guns. That IS AWESOME
Many movies of that era used modified real guns for their fictional weapons. It made filming easier. Robocop's gun is a Beretta 93R. Even when the guns are not used for live firing on sets they often still used real guns as a base. Han Solo's blaster is a Mauser C96.
There are videos on CZcams of people who have made fully functional shooting pulse rifles.
Of course they are. How do you think they got the muzzle flashes in the film? They couldnt just digitally put them in like they can today. Im sure they didnt as cool on set though. They probably didnt even know what they were gonna sound like on film while filming.
@@chamoo232 Yep/Arnies 45longslide wirh lazer sighting is basically amodified Hardballer😎😉
Game over man was the system of military X / I myself on the other handsZ Let’s Rock!!!
basically anything aliens related is just amazing...... gasm....
Game over man! Game over!
_"We got knives... Sharp sticks..."_
This episode has me unpacking my private VHS ERA only prop collection
Very cool
I had a chance to hold one of the Alien 3 pulse rifles around 1998 at a touring props show, might even have been this one.
Man you've got the coolest job Adam. So jealous.
Regards Rikki
Love it.
How cool! I had no idea that it was a Thompson sub machine gun.
just finished modding and painting my Nerf pulse rifle. so Iconic.
Adam needs to make one now 😁👍
So cool.
Love it
Excellent trigger discipline Adam.
I like how even if it's decommissioned he still has proper handling.
SO NICE.
omg... my childhood just flashed before my eye's
This is what started it all for me, I would love to own a prop 😅
I would love to meet Adam, and work on something with him
Ah, you've met a close personal friend of mine.
Dude I am so frekin jealous!!!!!
Enterprise-C in the background, nice.
You can buy a working Pulse rifle at an affordable price. They make an airsoft version that even has a working counter. Most of the time it's sold out, so if you find one for sale, you better grab it.
If I win powerball. I want a treasure room of props.
I bought one of the original Hollywood Collectiibles Group PRs (From Prop Store Of London lol) with metal, moving parts, metal shroud, metal extendable stock, moving grenade launcher. Not the current all resin version.
I've acquired a deactivated Thompson and Remington, all the parts still move. I'm trying to get a local engineering firm to replicate the rest of the resin parts, but in metal form. I'll have to figure out how to attach it all and fit it under the metal HCG shroud.
Adam Savage , excellent finger discipline, how to tell your a gun guy without saying your a gun guy
Wooo! Adam, remembering his firearm training! Trigger safety like it's instinct.
2:25 Uhmmm... nope?! 🤨
There is a company building some live fire semi auto Pulse rifles in the US. I dont think they have hit the market yet but there are some videos of them doing test fires.