# Modern Props Will Close for Good **URL:** \ **Category:** General Ghostbusters Discussion\ **Created:** [January 3, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/modern-props-will-close-for-good/9664 "2020-01-03T18:00:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ghostfan003](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@ghostfan003](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ghostfan003)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/modern-props-will-close-for-good/9664/1 "2020-01-03T18:00:21Z")
A bit of Hollywood, and Ghostbusters, history will soon close its doors. Modern Props will be closing its doors after 42 years in the industry. As some of you know, the [PKE Meter](https://www.gbfans.com/shop/mattel-pke-meter) was a rented item from Modern Props and is seen in a few more movies than GB1 and GB2. Modern Props was a tour de force in the industry, supplying mostly in the sci-fi genre: > **[His props starred in hundreds of Hollywood movies and TV shows. Now he's...](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-01-03/modern-props-closes-its-doors)** > > Modern Props, major maker of film props, shuts doors after 42 years in business. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Venkman\_Jr](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Peter\_Venkman\_Jr](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Peter_Venkman_Jr)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/modern-props-will-close-for-good/9664/2 "2020-01-08T20:10:46Z")
Sorry to hear that their closing their business for good. 42 years is a good run for a prop company, I would imagine. I wonder if this means that the [PKE Meter](https://www.gbfans.com/shop/mattel-pke-meter) will show up at an auction in the near future. From my time here on the message boards, I have seen quite a few Ghostbusters related props and costumes come up for auction. I ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/modern-props-will-close-for-good/9664/3 "2020-01-08T20:31:45Z")
> [@Peter Venkman Jr.](#): > > I wonder if this means that the PKE Meter will show up at an auction in the near future. From my time here on the message boards, I have seen quite a few Ghostbusters related props and costumes come up for auction. I It depends on how many props of the device we know as the P.K.E. Meter props were made. One’s currently on the registry of stolen art after it went missing a number of years back. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Venkman\_Jr](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Peter\_Venkman\_Jr](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Peter_Venkman_Jr)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/modern-props-will-close-for-good/9664/4 "2020-01-09T18:01:27Z")
@Kingpin, Thanks for reminding me I had totally forgotten about the [PKE Meter](https://www.gbfans.com/shop/mattel-pke-meter) having been stolen a while back. Still I would think that like most movie props, they would had a backup for filming on both [Ghostbusters movies](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/movies). ---
**Author:** ![ghostfan003](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@ghostfan003](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ghostfan003)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/modern-props-will-close-for-good/9664/5 "2020-01-10T03:48:58Z")
> [@Kingpin](#): > > > [@Peter Venkman Jr.](#): > > > > I wonder if this means that the PKE Meter will show up at an auction in the near future. From my time here on the message boards, I have seen quite a few Ghostbusters related props and costumes come up for auction. I > > It depends on how many props of the device we know as the P.K.E. Meter props were made. One’s currently on the registry of stolen art after it went missing a number of years back. I’m shocked to barely hear about the PKE theft. I thought I read about the PKE being in the possession of the builder until his death and it was eventually sold and went in the hands of a private collector. Am I crazy? ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/modern-props-will-close-for-good/9664/6 "2020-01-10T08:24:29Z")
I honestly can’t recall whether I heard something to that effect or not, so much of our knowledge about these props is second-hand or anecdotal, and not kept in one central, easily-researchable location. ---
**Author:** ![d\_osborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/d_osborn/32/179392_2.png) [@d\_osborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/d_osborn)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/modern-props-will-close-for-good/9664/7 "2020-01-10T20:03:26Z")
There are people more in the know on this than I am, but from what I understand, there were two PKEs originally built. One was stolen, the other was sold to a private collector. That private collector also has a/the Giga. MP was also the source for the [tripod traps](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/other/tripod-trap) and (?) the thing Venkman carries in the GB2 montage. The name escapes me. Both are also in private collections. Another fun factoid-- Cyland Props (or whatever he goes by now) was busted renting the remaining GB inventory for replica research from MP under the guise of a “film production”. Tsk, tsk! ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/modern-props-will-close-for-good/9664/8 "2020-01-11T08:26:45Z")
[quote=d\_osborn post\_id=4929904 time=1578686606 user\_id=21]Another fun factoid-- Cyland Props (or whatever he goes by now) was busted renting the remaining GB inventory for replica research from MP under the guise of a “film production”. Tsk, tsk! [/quote] Shocked. I am absolutely shocked. :eyeroll: ---
**Author:** ![ghostfan003](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@ghostfan003](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ghostfan003)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/modern-props-will-close-for-good/9664/9 "2020-02-02T11:41:48Z")
> [@d\_osborn](#): > > There are people more in the know on this than I am, but from what I understand, there were two PKEs originally built. One was stolen, the other was sold to a private collector. That private collector also has a/the Giga. > > MP was also the source for the tripod traps and (?) the thing Venkman carries in the GB2 montage. The name escapes me. Both are also in private collections. > > Another fun factoid-- Cyland Props (or whatever he goes by now) was busted renting the remaining GB inventory for replica research from MP under the guise of a “film production”. Tsk, tsk! Whoa! Tell me more of Cyland’s misadventures! Lol ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/modern-props-will-close-for-good/9664/10 "2020-02-02T21:59:15Z")
[quote=ghostfan003 post\_id=4930710 time=1580643708 user\_id=18664]Whoa! Tell me more of Cyland’s misadventures! Lol [/quote] There isn’t a huge amount to tell. There was the odd occasion he would brag about the inside knowledge he claimed to have about some of the props used in the movies, but would never provide proof to back up what he said. He had video (and I believe photos) of the P.K.E. Meter prop which he kept to himself (while it was his right, it was against the grain of the community spirit), and he threw a massive tantrum when we wouldn’t use his name for the [Tripod Traps](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/other/tripod-trap). ---
**Author:** ![demon-vice-commander](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/demon-vice-commander/32/186000_2.png) [@demon-vice-commander](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/demon-vice-commander)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/modern-props-will-close-for-good/9664/11 "2020-02-03T03:51:19Z")
[quote=Kingpin post\_id=4930719 time=1580680755 user\_id=76]…and he threw a massive tantrum when we wouldn’t use his name for the [Tripod Traps](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/other/tripod-trap). [/quote] You mean the _Psychic Disturbance Neutralizers_… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lowberg](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Lowberg](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Lowberg)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/modern-props-will-close-for-good/9664/12 "2020-02-12T20:10:32Z")
I know this is getting a little off topic, but one of the PKE’s is owned (In 2016 anyways) by collector Dan Lanigan. He is also the one who purchased the Spengler pack from Profiles in history. One day I was watching an Adam Savage video with him on Blade Runner props where I saw a shot of the spengler pack in his collection: (1:20 Mark in this video) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITiJkdL5QEQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITiJkdL5QEQ) I then found this guy’s website, which on this page has a photo of the Spengler pack as well as one of the PKEs he owns. [http://raiderofthelostprops.com/contact/](http://raiderofthelostprops.com/contact/) ![image](http://raiderofthelostprops.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gb_pke2.jpg) ![image](http://raiderofthelostprops.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Proton002.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/modern-props-will-close-for-good/9664/13 "2020-02-12T22:12:16Z")
> [@Lowberg post\_id=4931074 time=1581538232 user\_id=37252](#): > > I know this is getting a little off topic, but one of the PKE’s is owned (In 2016 anyways) by collector Dan Lanigan. > > He is also the one who purchased the Spengler pack from Profiles in history. I’m not going to complain about new reference material. 🙂