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MikeR · Epic Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 1104 Location: UK

The fibreglass prop Cybernaut mask (lot 275) used in The New Avengers episode Last of the Cybernauts was sold by auction last month by The Prop Store, for £1,000, which appeared to be the reserve price. Very pricey, even for a piece of New Avengers history, but to prove its originality they are providing a Prop Store Certificate of Authenticity.

http://propstore.auctionserver.net/view-auctions/catalog/id/26/lot/3435/

Darren · Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 1:02 am Post subject:

It certainly looks genuine.

Isn't it funny the things that turn up after all this time.

Rodders · Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 4:35 am Post subject:

Amazing price. I wonder where items such as the giant telephone ended up? What would a baby bouncer be worth now? The mind boggles.
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MikeR · Epic Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 1104 Location: UK

I would think that props from The Avengers could have been retained at Elstree Studios until April 1986, when Thorn EMI sold its Screen Entertainment division, for £110 million to Australian media owner Alan Bond, who in turn sold it a week later to Cannon for £175 million. If props from The Avengers had not been disposed of by then, I think Cannon would have had a complete clear out.

I do know that Brian Clemens owned the prop clapperboard from Epic, for the making of The Destruction of Mrs Emma Peel.

Rodders · Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 12:26 pm Post subject:

Yes, it's often seen in the background of his study during interviews. As people have suggested before, it's a great shame that there isn't an Avengers museum with costumes, props and sets.
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MikeR · Epic Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 1104 Location: UK

Rodney

John Buss (aka Why Bother) has a huge amount of memorabilia associated with The Avengers, The New Avengers and the feature film, including some costumes, which were on display at The Avengers at 50 event some years ago. If anyone has props from the original series then I would think he’s the most obvious person who could have something.

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mrs_emma_peel · Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2016 5:58 am Post subject:

Just shows how extremely popular The Avengers still is - that Epic clapperboard would be a wonderful prop to have.
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TrueIndigo · Thingumajig Joined: 28 Aug 2015 Posts: 69 Location: UK

I found the stylised simplicity of the cybernaut faces particularly sinister when I was a child, just as the B/W Patrick Troughton period of "miners light" Cybermen looked more nightmarish precisely because of their crudity, compared to the shiny perfection of current Doctor Who Cybermen. It's interesting how the props (particularly in a fantasy type TV show) really contribute to the atmosphere just as the art direction does, and stay in the mind.

Does anyone know whatever happened to the impressive brass/copper vintage model car in Tara's flat? Having recently watched Stay Tuned, I wonder where else have I seen those distinctive brass model trains? Not just in The Avengers, but weren't they also dressing the set of a flat in Modesty Blaise? Yep, I need to get a life...

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MikeR · Epic Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 1104 Location: UK

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I see the Cybernaut mask is back up for sale at £1000.00. It baffles me slightly, I've no doubt it was created for the production but I'm not sure it was screen seen. The dummy background Cybernauts had full heads and didn't have masks, so it seems to rule it out as being one of those. The prop for sale has two holes in the forehead, these held the hat in place apparently. This would narrow it down to the shots of the main dressed version. However the Cybernaut seen wearing the hat had the arms of his sunglasses pierced through the sides of his head a short distance from his eye line. However there are no such holes on the mask for sale, so I can't see that this was from that Cybernaut either.

dissolute · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:51 pm Post subject:

Now on ebay at item 382378231657
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