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Owl (found a home)...

#1 Post by synasp » Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:46 am

Hello, a friend pointed me to this site as I posted a thread regarding the owl I picked up last summer while in Tokyo.

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After visiting half a dozen toy stores, and having my concierge call up a dozen more, I finally found this one owl. I know the one in the movie had a white back, but having looked for all that time with no success, I wasn't going to leave Tokyo empty handed.

A summer later, I have to part with it as I have bills to pay. This owl retails for $95USD, and is what I paid for it. In terms of my flight over and man-hours spent tracking down this owl, it's much more, but I was wondering if someone would give his guy a good home.

Here's the thread I posted on the other board (I'm a prop builder). I'm synasp there as well.
http://www.rpf.invisionzone.com/index.p ... pic=100736

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#2 Post by synasp » Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:13 am

p.s. I can't sleep, so I might as well add that the Suntory Whiskey was even harder to locate than the owl. It retailed for $140USD and I'm never giving it up, regardless of medical bills. :oops:

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#3 Post by synasp » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:29 pm

Thanks for the interest, but I think there are enough interested people now that the owl has found a home.

Some of you asked about the Suntory. I have the contact info for the store I went to, and can call them up, but keep in mind it is already an expensive whiskey. Suntory wouldn't pay Bob a million to shoot a commercial for cheap whiskey!

As for other props, they're all "found" items, but hopefully I can point you in the right direction. Thanks again!
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#4 Post by wiggle » Wed Dec 07, 2005 4:15 pm

Sold to yours truly!
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#5 Post by Just Like Honey... » Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:15 pm

wiggle wrote:Sold to yours truly!
*high five*! :D
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#6 Post by synasp » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:20 pm

sorry I don't have any more guys... if I happen to stumble on more in the future, I'll be sure to let all of you know. But I doubt that'll happen since I've been looking since the movie, and had to fly around the world for this one above.
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#7 Post by wiggle » Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:05 pm

At the moment I'm trying to get some screenshots of Bill Murray with the owl but I can't do it because the "print screen" function can't copy the DVD image for some reason.
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#8 Post by Congruous » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:09 pm

I'll try to get some shots this weekend, Wiggle, if I remember and if I'm home. I never even noticed the owl until I came to this site and saw these particular posts.
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#9 Post by wiggle » Sat Dec 10, 2005 6:17 am

Thanks very much!
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#10 Post by synasp » Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:47 pm

I can get screen caps as well if you need them... let me know.
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#11 Post by Congruous » Fri Dec 30, 2005 8:55 pm

Here you are, Wiggle...I'm sorry about the poor quality.

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#12 Post by A moment of silence » Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:06 pm

Awww, just look at his expression, so sweet....he looks like a kid who just got a toy :P
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#13 Post by synasp » Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:33 am

doh! Sorry for being MIA, the holidays have been terribly busy. Screen caps soon.
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#14 Post by wiggle » Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:10 pm

No problem. I'm still glowing from receiving the owl.
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#15 Post by Sairen » Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:31 pm

you'd go for the brown one?
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#16 Post by synasp » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:53 am

Sairen wrote:you'd go for the brown one?
gray. he's a cutie! There's a dark brown color, if I remember correctly...

Pulling screen caps right now. Sorry for the delay! (I honestly just kept forgetting)
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#17 Post by synasp » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:05 am

Did you want the gift shop one? I don't know where to find that on the DVD...

I made these big so you can resize to whatever you want. I still plan on getting you the story behind your owl!

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#18 Post by wiggle » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:33 pm

Thanks a lot for those! Looking forward to reading the story behind it!
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#19 Post by A moment of silence » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:15 pm

Oh, darling! Those pics are great, thanks so much!
***** Waiting for the story as well... :D
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#20 Post by Congruous » Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:59 pm

As many times as I have watched this movie, I never noticed the owl sitting in the chair in the last shot.
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