Does anyone know if the original run was really limited to 250?.

Based on the above info, I have a few questions for my fellow RPF-ers: The auction showed that 20 lenses had already been sold, and that there were more than 10 still available for purchase. Each one also has a scratch-resistant coating applied.” These lens replicas also have a black coating (NOT PAINT! It's NOT! Seriously!) on the rear just like the original. Copied from an original lens and is EXACTLY the same with the same optical properties as the original lens. “There are only a few dozen left from that long-long-ago project and they are now being offered AT COST as a service to the collector community.”.They still had to buy 250 for the minimum order, but they pulled it off.” Normally, they wouldn't take on such a small, dopey project, but their project manager was a big fan of 2001 and agreed to make these.

But they knew that they had to have the lens done properly, so they went to a big optics company in NY that did lots of work for the military. “Way back in 2013-2016, some company produced some 'license-challenged' HAL 9000 replicas.SD Studios recently (February this year) listed an auction on eBay for “2001: A Space Odyssey HAL 9000 GLASS LENS, RED FILTER, WHITE LED for Moebius kit” for $49.95ea with the following comments in the auction description: That being said.I have one of the SD Studios HAL 9000 units that I purchased via private sale in 2016. Having lost $$ to replica prop makers in the past, I sincerely feel for those who got caught up in in the BS of this company. I have read the history of his business practices and am thankful that I wasn’t one of the unfortunate victims. Let me lead by saying, please don’t troll me for creating an SD Studios thread.

Hal 9000 replica for sale