Off-the-Shelf FX: Difference between revisions

=== Film ===

* In ''[[V for Vendetta]]'', Inspector Finch and {{spoiler|V, disguised as Rookwood}} pull out a recording/signal jamming device at various points which looks remarkably like a [http://www.therpf.com/f24/telescopic-folding-range-finder-stalk-56797/ folding book light], with a red LED replacing the normally white one.

* ''[[Mirror Mask]]'' does this digitally, as one scene is set between a pair of enormous CG fleas one of the animators had lying around. Then again, it is a very strange movie.

* [[Godzilla]] films are infamous for this. One really bad example comes in ''Godzilla vs. Gigan'', Gigan is rampaging across Tokyo. You see the inside of the building that is going to be crushed by the monster in mere seconds. Inside stand two Kelly dolls, just staring at each other, and are soon crushed by the monster's claw. Now it is possible they were intended to be store mannequins, but the place does not exactly look like a store.

** The worst example of this was the Shogun Megazord. In the show, the left arm is comprised of the White Ranger's zord, but for some reason in the toys, the white zord is pink. Since the toy is used for the Shogun Ultrazord formation, Tommy's zord suddenly inexplicably turns hot pink. Also, the chest symbol changes, and Titanus inexplicably gains the Dragonzord's chestplate in both the Ninja and Shogun Ultrazords.

** For the curious, it's there because when Titanus' head and chest are repositioned for the Ultrazord, there is a fairly large gap in his chest intended to be filled by the Dragonzord's chestplate.

** The original ''[[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger]]'' did this for the Ultrazord (okay, Titanus/Brachion is an actual prop model), but managed to pull it off with a combination of quick editing and decent visual effects. The difference in proportion was still obvious, but at least they put some effort into it.

*** Some other shots of the Dinozords alone on ''Zyuranger'' were pretty obviously the toys; for example, when they combined into tank mode and then transformed into mecha mode. When the Green Ranger first appeared, there were times when he stood on the Dragonzord's head and changed from a live actor to an action figure, and back again.

** The original Borg cube was notoriously built out of several plastic model kit 'sprues,' that is, the plastic frames that plastic model kit parts come attached to.

** Seven of Nine's regeneration alcove in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' was surmounted by an off-the-shelf [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m46mLRBKYg plasma disc].

** The film ''Danger: Death Ray!!'' features a helicopter landing on a submarine... except that it's a toy helicopter (significantly different from the one used by the actors) on a toy submarine. And the toy copter slips off the toy sub as it goes down. To quote Crow: "Special effects by Billy!"

** The dashed-together appearance of the robots is justified in-universe, as Joel built them from spare parts to keep from being lonely.

=== Web Original ===

* The crew at [[That Guy With The Glasses]] do this a lot with their skits. It makes sense, given that their budgets are a lot lower than those of anyone else on this page.

 

 

*** The Draken was also used as the basis for another fighter in the spisode ''The Cham-cham'', though whether it was the Red Arrow recycled is unknown; probably not, since it would have been easier and quicker to make it from scratch. Another aircraft that got used a lot was the F-104 Starfighter; its fuselage, in particular, was used as part of at least 4 aircraft in the series, ranging from the Zombite fighter from ''The Uninvited'' to the ubiquitous Air-Sea Rescue jets seen in many episodes.

** Additionally, if you look on the back wall during the launch sequence of Thunderbird 1, you can clearly see a lemon squeezer used as part of the detailing.

 

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