abritinthebay wrote:creaturemaker wrote:the guy who had the original nostromo
Sorry - he doesn't. He is either a) lying to you or b) doesn't know as much as he thinks he does.
The original nostromo model was destroyed after Alien. They remade part of it (not all of it) for Aliens, but that model was not complete.
If he has a complete nostromo model it is either a) a replica or b) a fake.
It is not the original.
That claim - plus that pack (god, look at the cyclotron lights - it looks really off) make me think he's not all he says it is.
If it's any consolation to creaturemaker this statement is pretty innacurate.
The vehicle he is thinking of is the Narcissus, not the Nostromo. The original Nostromo (ore refinery and ship) model was dismantled, not destroyed as it was too large to transport without it falling apart. The life craft (the Narcissus) was not destroyed as it was reused in Aliens. The SET of the Narcissus of course was destroyed with no floor plan for the set left over, so the crew had to rebuild it based on screen shots from Alien.
A great deal of the original props from Alien are now in the hands of a man named Harry Harris, who resides in the UK. But honestly I'm not doubting creature here on the count that MANY members of the Aliens Legacy community have stumbled into find pieces and parts from the movie including Nostromo bits (like landing struts) and all the original molds for the drop ships.
I know for sure that one of the costumes from Aliens resided in a Planet Hallywood and it was in bad shape, as the latex had been dry rotting since the 80's. I shudder to think what the original alien suit looks like now, if he does have it. Which is entirely feasable.