Following a wave of interest in Star Wars memorabilia with the release of the new film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Mark Hamill has started using Twitter as an authentication tool in an effort to help prevent fans from being defrauded in purchasing autographed memorabilia. I don’t recall an actor ever taking such a “hands on” approach to helping fans with authentication in such a manner, so it is a pretty interesting development. [Read more…]
This article marks a milestone for the Original Prop Blog – the 1,000th article. When I started the site back in April 2007, I honestly did not ever imagine that I would produce this much content. So the occasion provides an opportunity to reflect back, look forward, and thank those that have supported this endeavor. [Read more…]
Today on Twitter, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger tweeted about his original prop Atlantean sword he used in the film Conan The Barbarian, which is on display in his office. This was in response to a question posed by hidefnewscaps. [Read more…]
I am now publishing short reports on Twitter. In addition to notices of new Original Prop Blog articles are brief reports and links to information of interest to readers that does not warrant a full report here on this site. If you want all of the news and updates, you can follow me on Twitter at: twitter.com/jason_debord