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Apex Surplus – A movie industry props and parts source

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94 points jensgk | 1 comments | 26 Jul 24 22:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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spankalee ◴[26 Jul 24 23:47 UTC] No.41083345[source]▶
It's interesting how they have a lot of individual parts for rent: https://apexsurplus.com/category/1602870794421x4091516396061...

How is this usually used? Do productions rent the parts to build more complete props, like a full plane interior, then tear it down and return the individual parts? Inventory control would seem very complicated!

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1. schlauerfox ◴[27 Jul 24 22:27 UTC] No.41089763[source]▶
I bought some automotive diodes there to bring down battery voltage so some motors wouldnt auto shutdown when batteries were fully charged for a major entertainment project. There are still major effects houses in LA but most of the old guard has retired not to mention the pandemic, streaming, media consolodation, CG and strike ending tons of hollywood work.