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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • Wanted to save you a click and write what record was actually set. Article doesn’t mention it.
    It’s not most expensive SW prop

    a miniature X-Wing starfighter from “A New Hope” sold for over $2.3 million in June

    So it might be most expensive firearm prop, but we are left in the dark…
    The article’s author also doesn’t know anything about props:

    The original prop gun was modeled after the Mauser C96 broom handle pistol used by Frank Sinatra in “Naked Runner,” and was built by “Star Wars” set decorator Roger Christian and armorer Carl Schmidt. It has gone on to be dubbed the “Hero” prop and is considered one of the most recognizable weapons in cinema history.

    A hero prop is just the name for a prop that’s seen in close-ups or is important.






  • Let’s say your great-great grandfather stole bricks from a victim to build a factory that you now own and that provides a nice living. Because of that the victim was not able to build a factory and their descendants are poor.
    Let’s say this crime is very well documented.
    Did you do the crime? No. Are you reaping the benefits of the crime? Yes.
    Should you give that factory to the descendants? Should you be required to help the poor descendants? Would it be a nice gesture to help the poor descendants?
    Nobody is asking for the factory. People are asking for a bit of help because it’s clear that you are still reaping the benefits of a crime that was perpetrated by an ancestor and the victims descendants are still feeling the repercussions of that crime.