The Enemy of the State

Started by syphic, 07/27/2016, 07:35 PM

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syphic

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So a local movie prop house got this in and me being "Max Collectard" I just had to grab it. This is the NEC Turbo Express replica prop used in the movie The Enemy of the State.

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This unit would have been used in most of the action scenes. I believe someone in Europe owns the actual working unit that actually turned on in the movie. This unit came with a bunch of Zavitz's(Jason Lee) PCMCIA cards as well. Thought you might all get a kick out of this. Enjoy! Sorry for the crappy quality of the pics. Ill take some better ones later.
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esteban

Holy Shite!

Does it function?
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exodus

how odd! I thought the enemy of the state one fidn't say turbo express or have those definitive markings on it?

(and esteban, it wouldn't turn on, it's just a replica)

Dicer

That's pretty fuckin nifty...nice get

SignOfZeta

Any movie with a Will Smith budget is going to have multiple copies of props, some of which may have never even seen the screen. You can't go shooting a movie for $150,000 a day and then send everyone home early because you broke the only fake TG-16 you had so two units seems like a low number. I would assume 4-6.

Regardless, even though this movie stunk this is very cool. Even if you paid a grand for it at least it's actual TG-16 history.
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NecroPhile

Pretty neato, thanks for sharing.  Does it have all or most of the appropriate parts inside or was it gutted?
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Gentlegamer

Now we have to blow up the building.
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exodus

(Again, it's a prop, so it almost certainly has nothing inside and the buttons don't move, etc - but I guess we should hear confirmation on that!)

SignOfZeta

I'm more interested in why it apparently has a screen protector.
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esteban

Q: Is it modded to play Japanese and/or European HuCARDs?
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SignOfZeta

If only plays Neo Geo memory cards, and upside down at that.
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Groover

That is cool. Growing up with a friend that had a turbo express I picked up on this prop the first moment I saw it on screen.
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sirhcman

Quote from: SignOfZeta on 07/28/2016, 05:41 PMI'm more interested in why it apparently has a screen protector.
my first thought is maybe it helped reduce reflections off of it? *shrugs*

Warbucks

That is awesome.. now I need to rewatch the movie :P

Flare65

Very cool item.  Looks like that PCMCIA card was jammed in the slot.  Does the unit have any weight to it or does it feel hollowed out?

Also, I really like the shelving you have for the games in the background.  Are they Ikea?  Got another pic of them?