Adam Savage visits Brandon Alinger at The Prop Store to take a tour of one of the few surviving "pyro models" (foam-cast miniatures designed to be blown up) from Star Wars Episode IV.
It's fascinating to hear the history of the model from Brandon's prop historian/collector point of view and Adam's POV as a former ILM model-maker.
[Thumbnail Image: X-Wings and Y-Wings from Star Wars: New Hope Special Edition, Wikipedia, Fair Use.]
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