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Movie Inspired Living
At Tom Spina Designs, Inc. we draw inspiration every day from our shared passion for our favorite films.
Our artists have a wide range of talents and can offer everything from portrait sculpture, busts & masks to custom fabricated mannequins, statues, signs, furniture, decor and theme props of all sizes or even entire themed rooms and home theaters.
From wax museum style mannequins, to bronze busts, to giant carved foam characters or environments, TSD can help bring your vision to life.
We have also done groundbreaking work preserving and restoring television & film props and foam latex costumes and masks. Our unique techniques make use of archival quality materials and our signature balanced approach to restoration maintains the integrity of these important artifacts of film history, making us the go-to source for those looking for conservators for their precious collections.
For the collector looking to show off their otherwise difficult to display items like original movie props, film wardrobe and or masks, look no further. TSD can design and create themed or museum style displays and mannequins that will make your pieces of film history shine!
The company made internet waves with their infamous Han Solo in Carbonite Desk and has become known for our authentic recreation of Star Wars characters for Volkswagen's 2012 Super Bowl commercial as well as our work with Sideshow Collectibles, Six Flags and others.
Best of all, our custom sculpture and display services are available to everyone. We create our artwork for businesses, home theaters, museums, restaurants, themed attractions, haunts and even private collectors.
Don't miss our STORE where you’ll find flocked styrofoam display heads, unique display heads, busts and helmet stands, some of our most asked about theme props, characters and furniture!
Contact us today to discuss private commissions to create highly unique sculpture, furniture, characters, and art for your home theater, business, trade show, theme park or private collection.
We also cater to collectors of original movie props and wardrobe, performing extremely specialized restoration and display work.
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December 29, 2011 - Dirty Ape Costumes!
We've added two new custom displays to our original Planet of the Apes Custom Mannequins and Movie Props and Costumes Displays page
January 3, 2012 - Another Star Wars Prop Save!
Our Star Wars Movie Prop Restorations gallery has been updated with our conservation and restoration work on another original Ewok mask prop used in Star Wars, Return of the Jedi
January 21, 2012 - Crazy Custom Dog Bed!
We've added a gallery showcasing a really fun project - a custom ice-cave dog bed theme prop that's larger than life, made to compliment the Star Wars costume of a Youtube star dog!
February 1, 2012 - Superbowl Star Wars!
Our new gallery showcases the Star Wars characters we re-created for Volkswagen's 2012 Star Wars themed Superbowl commercial! UPDATED on 2/4/12 with new pics of each character on set!
February 6, 2012 - Star Wars Behind the Scenes
We've added new images with behind the scenes images of our work for Volkswagon's "The Dog Strikes Back" Super Bowl commercial.
February 28, 2012 - Big Red! Hellboy Costume
Updated Custom Mannequins and Movie Costume Displays gallery with a display from 2004's Hellboy. It features a full costume worn by Ron Perlman and a life-size animatronic puppet of the character Ivan.
March 9, 2012 - Custom Bronze Bust Sculpture
Our custom sculpture, bronze style busts and statues page has been updated today with a faux bronze bust. A touching tribute to a client's beloved brother.
March 22, 2012 - Go Green! Gremlins, that is!
Our refurbishment of a screen used Gremlins 2 puppet (of the less common green variety!) has been added to our gallery of preservation and restoration work on original prop Gremlins puppets
May 14, 2012 - Monsterpalooza 2012!
We've finally updated our Scrapbook with photos from this year's Monsterpalooza, the Art of Monsters convention.
April 26, 2012 - Beware the Curse of the Mummy!
Our Custom Mannequins and Movie Costume Displays gallery has been updated today with a classic presentation of an original costume from 1999's, The Mummy.
May 20, 2012 - Hollow (Masked!) Man
Our movie prop busts and acrylic displays gallery has been updated with an example of our professional mounting services for movie and collector masks... Kevin Bacon's signature mask from Hollow Man!
May 28, 2012 - Zombie Sculpture Invasion...
Updated our custom sculpture page with prototypes sculpted by Mike Thomas and Patrick Louie for a line of animated monster figures now available for pre-order at DarkMass.com There is a creepy Santa version too!
June 4, 2012 - Video interview with Tom
Sideshow Collectibles has published a wonderful video interview with Tom, check it out today!
We've also updated our TSD in the Media page
June 11, 2012 - Ridley Scott Alien Props!
We've added a small restoration/preservation project today, a pair of shoes/feet from the original Alien costume from the 1979 masterpiece film. Visit the Alien costume restoration gallery for images!
June 18, 2012 - New Planet of the Apes Displays
We've added another two new custom displays to our original Planet of the Apes Custom Mannequins, Movie Props and Costumes Displays page
June 26, 2012 - An American Werewolf at TSD!
We've added another restoration of an incredible Rick Baker prop for our friend, collector Bob Burns. Visit the Restoration of the original An American Werewolf in London Jack Puppet page for more!
July 5, 2012 - Rare 1984 Gremlin Puppet...
Gremlins Prop Restorations updated with a beautiful original puppet from the 1984 classic Gremlins. Puppets from the first film are exceedingly rare. This one originally came from the film's director, Joe Dante.
July 12, 2012 - Creepy Creature Suit Display!
Our Custom Mannequins and Movie Costume Displays gallery has been updated with a custom mannequin display and themed base for an amazing foam latex Vampire creature suit from the film Priest!
July 23, 2012 - Iron Man 2 Prop Display
Today you'll find a unique display from Iron Man 2 in our Movie Props Displays gallery! We've also added a new hat display stand to the products available on our Display Heads and Helmet Stands page.
July 31, 2012 - Have You "LIKED" us on Facebook?
Did you know we update our Facebook page nearly every day? If you "like" our page you'll see behind the scenes pictures, cool images of movie props and costumes, giveaways and contests and more!
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August 3, 2012
Restoring the King of the Jumanji Jungle
We've added to a cool new project to our Movie Prop Restoration - Various Film and TV gallery - A full-sized Lion costume from the film Jumanji, carefully restored by our artists.
August 16, 2012
Official Star Wars Charity Project
A new gallery for our As You Wish Project - Boba Recall has been added. Check it out to see our one-of-a-kind creation for this official Star Wars charity art show and auction!
August 30, 2012
Tom at the CVI Star Wars Convention
Tom was a special guest at this year's official Star Wars Celebration. You'll find our gallery of our pics from the show in our scrapbook and even more on our Facebook Page.
September 6, 2012
Gift Certificates Now Available
Visit our updated Shop page today where you can now send an official TSD gift certificate to your friends and family. Gift Certificates can be used for any of our custom services or the in-stock items in our shop.
September 10, 2012
X2 Kelly Hu Movie Costume Display
We've added an X-Men 2 Lady Death Strike costume display to our movie costume displays and custom mannequins. This project included a customized female mannequin with a highly themed base.
September 14, 2012
Gremlins 1 and 2 Puppet Restorations
Gremlins Prop Restorations updated - a pair of original movie props- a restoration of a hand puppet from Gremlins 2 and a more nuanced preservation of a small stop motion puppet from the first film, Gremlins.
September 20, 2012
General TSD Site Updates
Our Testimonials and Scrapbook pages have new additions and our TSD in the Media page has links to new articles about our work from the official Star Wars site, Orlando Attractions Magazine and more!
September 27, 2012
Hide Your Gold - Evil Leprechaun!
Today you'll find a Leprechaun on our movie costume displays and custom mannequins. We created a custom mannequin and museum style display for an original Warwick Davis costume from the Leprechaun films.
