The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

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Propstore's March Auction Mar 06, 2024

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In a radical shift of gears, the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of is chatting real props -- that is, cracking the catalog for the first of Propstore's three auctions in 2024. We have Alien flightsuits, McFly guitars, Sandworms (the fun kind, not the scary kind), Charlie Chaplin pseudo-Nazi jackets, Indy jackets, Kurgan swords, Krull glaives (just don't watch the movie), Audrey Hepburn dresses, the golden Book of Life, Gimli Axes, Puffy Shirts (Ryan wants to be a pirate), yet another screen-matched C-3P0 helmet, Captain Picard's chair... and Alfred Hitchcock's parking sign. Join the guys for a brand new catalog-day format as they discuss their favorite things in another jam-packed Propstore auction! And then join us on March 10th at 12pm PDT/3 EDT/7pm GMT on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTbBdpqrHqo12qfEzTxV48Q) for our very first first live episode covering the Propstore catalog. Come ask your questions and win fabulous prizes. OK, maybe not so fabulous.

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Now is the Winter of our Prop Content Feb 28, 2024

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Ryan and Dave are back for an all-new, all-spectacular Season 7 of the only movie-prop-collecting podcast hosted by two TV showrunners that should probably be doing something else with their spare time. A pall has been cast over the entire prop-collecting hobby, and it ain’t pretty folks. There are fakes everywhere -- fake props, fake helmets, fake COAs... even fake people and fake auctions! The boys try to bring some humor to this serious subject as they discuss a number of recent and disturbing trends within their beloved hobby. As the prices go up and up, so do the number of assholes. So listen and get educated so that you don't become one of the statistics -- or one of the assholes. Welcome back!

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The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of - Season 7! Feb 23, 2024

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Mark your calendars, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of returns Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 with an all new season!

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How the Other Half Lives—the Return of the Wives Dec 06, 2023

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Every three years, Ryan and David want to prove to the world that they are leading relatively normal lives so they hire the same two actresses to play their “wives.” Well, the gals are back to answer the big questions about marriage: raising kids, in-laws, communication and how this all relates to buying an X-wing. Enjoy the final episode of the season, as “Becky” shakes her head and “Caitlin” rolls her eyes, both to the power of a million, and maybe, just maybe, find out the meaning of true love. (Note: Heritage Auctions does not guarantee any actual love, true or otherwise in this episode.)

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How to Fly Your Dragon Nov 22, 2023

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How *does* one fly a dragon? David and Ryan ask Special Effects legend Mike Dawson, designer and builder of the dragon "buck" for House of the Dragon. They also pester Mike for stories from his totally unfathomable history as a SFX man going all the way back to Superman: The Movie and through Raiders and Empire and Jedi and Temple and Roger Rabbit and Last Crusade! Come for the dragon scuttlebut, stay for the tales of Mike getting chewed out by both Obi-Wan Kenobi and Henry Jones, Sr. "And then I remembered my Charlemagne... let my armies be the rocks and the trees and the birds in the sky!"

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Highway to Helmets Nov 15, 2023

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Marvel movies have never been hotter. Wait. Sorry. OK, what do we do to make people listen to this episode of The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of? I know, we bring back the original Avengers! On today’s all new episode Dave and Ryan chat with Chris Donio, maker, builder and minder of specialty costumes from the Avengers Infinity War and Endgame! And Captain America: Civil War. And Shazam and Blue Beetle. And basically every movie ever. Hear about Chris’ amazing journey from cosplay costume maker to Ant Man’s insane helmet, and if you listen carefully, you can hear the the boys drool.

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He is C-3PO, Human-Collector Relations Nov 08, 2023

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Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Anthony Daniels. But, unlike some previous episodes of the podcast, this man is actually here in the studio. Virtually. David and Ryan execute an absolute freakin' coup and bring on C-3PO himself, Mr. Anthony Daniels. The guys ask him about his collection from his screen-matched A New Hope hero helmet, to his annotated scripts and learning Ewokese, to his appearance on The Muppet Show, to a remarkably obscene tape dispenser. Listen as two grown-up geeks come face-to-face with their childhood (and the British internet) to speak to the same legend who once convinced a tribe of teddy bears not to eat Harrison Ford. E chu ta!

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It's Another Auction Catalog Nov 01, 2023

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Still tired and poor from holding up paddles in the Greg Jein auction, David and Ryan get their hands on the catalog for Propstore's London auction, taking place from November 9-12. In a super-duper-sized page-turn, the guys hit the highlights such as the good Alien movies (APCs, Pulse Rifles, mini-armor!) and the bad ones (Covenant), Back to the Future time machine parts, a healthy debate over Batman costume nomenclature, a super-duper Blade Runner collection, whether or not it's OK to want a Clockwork Orange costume, the REST (?) of the terrifying Mario Kirner FT13th collection, Gladiator armo(u)rs, some big brass balls, The Bad's very good fedora, over-priced Indy shirts, reasonably-priced Indy whips, Captain America shields, Iron Man helmets, Books of the Dead!, Books of the Living!, a script that might bring Stanley Kubrick back from the dead, and of course, the epic Anthony Daniels collection. So check your internet speeds, take a chill pill, and download the catalog and the episode!

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Screen-Used's Desi DosSantos Oct 25, 2023

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David and Ryan sit down for a long-form chat with the co-founder of Screen-Used (RIP), one of the outfits that helped to bring movie memorabilia collecting out of the niche and into the mainstream. Desi talks about his story, how he discovered collecting (via a Back to the Future II hoverboard), how built his passion up into a viable retail and auction business -- all while holding down a grow-up job! The guys talk with Desi about buying twelve movie guns at a single auction, buying a T2 motorcycle from the guy who made T2, buying a screen-matched Darth Vader from another biker-dude, retirement and the eventual demise of Screen-Used, and being -- quite possibly -- the greatest Ebay bidder of all time.

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Did Dave win the X-wing AKA the Greg Jein Auction Wrap Up Show AKA the Ballad of Bidder 7101 Oct 19, 2023

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All of America and Dave’s wife are wondering: Did Dave win the X-wing? Tune in to find out. Hear all about the wins, the losses, the endless sitting. Where does the Star Trek market stand? And who or what was the mysterious Bidder 7101. Ryan and a slightly dazed Dave take us moment by moment, bid by bid, Shatner hairpiece by hairpiece through the incredible weekend in Dallas that was the Jein Collection. Plus special guest Heritage bigwig Joe Madalena talks with the guys about what it all means to the hobby and -- if you can believe it -- what’s next. And to the tune of Les Miserables’ Inspector Javert: FIVE YEARS FOR WHAT YOU DID THE REST BECAUSE YOU TRIED TO RUN YES, 7101

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