{"id":286,"date":"2007-06-08T12:20:58","date_gmt":"2007-06-08T19:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/?p=286"},"modified":"2008-05-26T22:05:32","modified_gmt":"2008-05-27T05:05:32","slug":"the-20000-superman-mold-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/08\/the-20000-superman-mold-update\/","title":{"rendered":"The $20,000 Superman Mold – Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was an unusual eBay auction listed about a month ago, as noted in the article, Elstree Props, Jason Joiner, and the $20,000 Superman Mold on eBay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of the OPB readers made a post today, who has written about making contact with Jason Joiner with his report on the matter. I am reposting his contribution here, in that more than a month has passed and it is unlikely anyone would know to go back and read his comments.<\/p>\n

# Shungopavi Says:
\nJune 8th, 2007 at 10:00 am e<\/a><\/p>\n

Out of curiosity I called Jason Joiner personally (I wonder why no one from Elstree Props did this because his contact information is on the web under Showmasters) and he was more than a little surprised that he hadn\u2019t heard anything about this before my call, but when he read the eBay posting I directed him too he went from surprised to a little upset.<\/p>\n

Apparently he does have the mold and he did receive it about seven years ago, but not to make casts from it, rather it was to see if he could repair it for Paul (there were teeth marks from rats in the silicon). It is currently in one of his warehouses and he could easily have someone dig it out for Paul (Elstree Props), but to be honest he had forgotten about it, at least until he read the eBay posting. What made him the most upset was the fact that no one from Elstree Props ever bothered to try and contact him about it. In fact, Jason wanted to know, if this was so important, why Paul didn\u2019t just remind him or ask him about it when he saw him at Jason\u2019s show a few weeks back (I guess Paul was getting an autograph from Brandon Ralph on a superman teddy bear). In the end, Jason said he would be glad to give it back, but after this incident Paul will need to return a couple of Jason\u2019s items first, including a miniature production model of a jeep that was used in the James Bond Movie \u201cLiving Daylights\u201d.<\/p>\n

A couple of quick questions about this mold:<\/p>\n

1. I thought this particular superman model (over 2ft tall) was made for the producer\u2019s desk, which is why the feet are flat and not pointed for flight and the cape was solid.<\/p>\n

2. Weren\u2019t the capes used on the production flying miniatures clothe (not resin or any other solid material)?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anyway, I don’t know Jason Joiner nor Paul Harrison, and obviously the comments attributed to Jason are relayed second hand, but since it was posted here, I thought it was worth drawing attention to, in that many collectors did not know what to make of the public auction posted on eBay in regards to these pieces.<\/p>\n

Jason De Bord<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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