Anyone know what the binoculars Apone uses as the marines first approach the colony are? You know, this is probably the ONLY prop I can think of that I haven't heard mentioned before...
Anyone?

Just so you know, there is a thread about this in the archives.

(It doesn't have the answer though!)
Mike

Minolta Autofocus 10X25
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Do you have an image comparison? I just saw a pair of those and they didn't look right.

Actually, I saw a pair of Minolta Autofocus binoculars on eBay awhile ago that looked quite similar to the ones in Aliens.

IMO it`s completly scratch-built or a pair of heavily modified zoom binoculars. I don`t think that a manufactor would use slot-screws around the lens, this looks not really professional.
And I believe that somebody had find it in the past after so much years.

What do you think of this ?

[img]http://hooverae.com/upload/files/ROSS7B3.jpg[/img]

These are american binoculars used on battleships.....maybe they used this pair upsidedown.




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You know, I think Pulseriflefan is right. Wow, was I ever wrong.
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This pic may be helpful.

www.alienscollection.com/apone.jpg

TychoD said on 10/13/00 :

I think they're called M3 Bimex goggles, but that may be something else, I've only heard of them in the USCM Tech Manual, and I've never seen an actual copy.


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Armourer said on 10/14/00 :

As far as I can assertain they are actually real bino's. They or at least a similar pair were also used in the Bond movie 'The Living Daylights', when Tim Dalton is spying on Maryam D'Abo.

Finding out what the hell they are, has been an ongoing job for the past two years, but as of yet no luck. I'll keep you all posted.

Armourer

Edited by: Willie Goldman at: 4/11/04 10:40 pm