August 20, 2012
Articles about Tom’s Cantina Panel at Star Wars Celebration VI Tom was invited to speak at Star Wars Celebration VI in Orlando. One of the panels was “The Secrets of...
August 15, 2012
Boba Fett helmet charity project. We were honored to be asked to be a part of the Dented Helmet’s “As You Wish Project”, an art show and auction which raised over $135,000...
August 03, 2012
Restoring the original, life sized lion movie costume from the Robin Williams classic, Jumanji! This gallery features a life sized lion movie costume from the 90’s film Jumanji, which we refurbished...
July 23, 2012
A customized display for one of the destroyed Iron Man 2 hammer drones. Since these Iron Man 2 Hammer Drones were such large pieces and were no longer “attached” in...
July 18, 2012
Our Conquest of the Planet of the Apes display for a screen used Caesar style chimp movie costume. One of our clients reached out to us looking for a custom display...
July 12, 2012
An custom statue created with an original Priest vampire movie costume. We turned this screen used Priest vampire movie costume from the 2011 film into a life sized statue for...
July 05, 2012
Our restoration of an extremely rare Gremlins hand puppet from the original 1984 film. This Gremlins hand puppet originally came from the film’s director, Joe Dante via a movie prop...
June 26, 2012
Restoring the original An American Werewolf in London Jack puppet movie prop for Bob and Kathy Burns! After our work helping preserve Rick Baker’s original life sized werewolf costume from...
June 22, 2012
A custom acrylic display case for a trio of rare The Dark Crystal movie props. It’s rare to find movie props from any of Jim Henson’s films and any time we...
June 12, 2012
An original Planet of the Apes Chimp costume display. This display of an original Planet of the Apes chimp costume from the 1968 sci-fi adventure film. Our client had an original chimpanzee...
June 12, 2012
A few new online articles about us! A few new stories about us and some of our pieces including the King Kong Home Theater set, Avengers Desk and the Han...
May 28, 2012
Toy Prototype Sculpting – Zombie Statue Parts These mid-scale Zombie parts were created by hand as part of our toy prototype sculpting for a small business making animated Halloween decor...
May 20, 2012
A custom created bust made to display Kevin Bacon’s signature silicone Hollow Man mask. We created a custom display head to support this iconic silicone Hollow Man mask worn by Kevin Bacon...
May 17, 2012
Video Interview from Sideshow Collectibles Want to learn more about exactly what we do here at Tom Spina Designs? Or about our approach to restoration or displays? Or if you...
May 01, 2012
Star Wars Insider Magazine article about our aliens for a Volkswagen Super Bowl commercial An article in May 2012 issue Star Wars Insider magazine called “A Beloved Hive of Scum and...
May 01, 2012
Interview with Creature Cantina.com Over the years our company founder,Tom, has become known as one of the foremost experts on all things cantina and our studio has helped recreate the...
April 26, 2012
An original The Mummy movie costume display mannequin with carved foam faux stone base. A custom display created for an original The Mummy movie costume from the 1999 film starring...
April 16, 2012
Monsterpalooza Convention Photo Gallery Monsterpalooza 2012 was another amazing event… a tremendous tribute to the art of practical movie effects. Our Jabba the Hutt lifesize movie prop display was showcased...
March 22, 2012
Our restoration of an original, screen used Gremlins prop puppet from Gremlins 2, the New Batch. When this wonderful green Gremlins prop puppet arrived in our New York studio his condition...
March 22, 2012
Interview with Galactic Binder.com GalacticBinder.com , the largest Star Wars directory on the web, recently chose Tom for one of their featured interviews. They chatted about Tom’s love of the Star...
March 09, 2012
A roman bronze sculpture made as a tribute to a client’s brother. We created this roman bronze sculpture from photos. The life sized bronze statue was hand sculpted in clay by sculptor...
February 28, 2012
Custom themed display for an original, movie-worn Rob Perlman Hellboy costume and Ivan puppet. We were contacted by our client to create a custom display for their screen used Hellboy...
February 06, 2012
Helping fill the bar at a Star Wars Cantina commercial for the Super Bowl! Our alien masks and costumes help a return to the Mos Eisley cantina! When Volkswagen followed up...
January 22, 2012
A frozen ice themed custom dog bed! Last Halloween, our friends Art and Kristin made a fabulous Star Wars costume for their pet pug, Chubbs. They turned the pug into...
January 02, 2012
Several articles about our custom created Avenger’s desk We were very excited to get a chance to work again with Grammy winning recording artist, Mark Hall to create another custom...
December 22, 2011
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Leatherface mask restoration, an original prop from TCM 3. This Texas Chainsaw Massacre Leatherface mask restoration project was actually a bit more of a conservation than a...
December 12, 2011
A custom carved foam display for an original Jeepers Creepers 2 prop corpse. We created this carved display for this screen used Jeepers Creepers 2 prop corpse, essentially a statue...
December 01, 2011
Doctor Who prop restoration – an animatronic cat puppet. Restoration of an original animatronic cat puppet from a 1980’s episode of the classic BBC sci-fi series, Doctor Who. Many of our staff...
November 28, 2011
A custom foam caved base and torso mannequin to display an original Pan’s Labyrinth Ofelia movie costume. This custom display of a screen used Pan’s Labyrinth Ofelia movie costume features...
November 27, 2011
Life Size Faux Bronze Skull Sculpture This bronze skull sculpture is a faux metal statue with the look of a heavy, bronze bust. It’s a actually made from lightweight resin and foam....