April 30, 2018
Tom Consults on New Star Wars Creature Book! UPDATE – the book is now available for order here: The Moviemaking Magic of Star Wars: Creatures & Aliens. Mark Salsbury wrote this...
April 24, 2018
Revisiting an old friend – restoring and displaying the original screen used “attack head” Creepshow Fluffy puppet created by Tom Savini. We’ve been fortunate to work on a number of...
April 18, 2018
Step right up! Step right up! Be the first to see this themed display base for a one of a kind 7 Faces of Dr. Lao prop! The 7 Faces of Dr....
April 12, 2018
The Star Wars Show Visits the TSD Studio! This week, The Star Wars Show visits the Tom Spina Designs studio! Host Anthony Carboni gives viewers a behind the scenes look at...
April 09, 2018
Celebrate the 1st Anniversary of our Sister Company, Regal Robot! One year ago this week, Tom launched Regal Robot, offering amazing furniture, art and decor inspired by the movies and...
April 02, 2018
Custom mannequin for a screen worn Event Horizon costume worn by Laurence Fishburne This costume was originally used in Event Horizon, the sci-fi thriller film from 1997 starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill,and Kathleen...
March 27, 2018
A gentle restoration of a vintage Don Post Spock mask This Vintage 1975 Don Post Spock mask was formerly displayed in Famous Monsters magazine creator, Forrest J. Ackerman’s 18-room sci-fi museum/home...
March 22, 2018
A custom, faux stone display for a production made latex Dracula mask from Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This display was made for a production made latex Dracula mask from the 1992...
March 19, 2018
A pair of custom carved foam swamp tree props created to add theming to a photo booth backdrop. We were contacted by a client that was trying to bring a...
March 12, 2018
A custom display for a Rocketeer jetpack replica The classic style of 1991’s The Rocketeer grabbed the imagination of many fans, including our client. He had a beautiful Rocketeer jetpack...
March 03, 2018
Regal Robot announces new Star Wars™ products PLUS interview and podcast round up! We’re excited to share new official Star Wars products available at our sister company, Regal Robot™ right now!...
February 26, 2018
Custom mannequin for a screen worn Scarface costume from the 1932 film starring Paul Muni and Ann Dvorak When most people think of Scarface, their first thought s Al Pachino in the classic...
February 20, 2018
Restoration and custom display of a screen worn Wrath of Khan mask “This is Ceti Alpha V!” A classic moment from what most consider the greatest Star Trek film ever....
February 12, 2018
A custom display for a screen used Scrunt puppet from M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water is a film about an apartment superintendent...
February 03, 2018
Restoration of Mickey Mouse satellite prop used in the Disney Channel sign off A time long ago, there once was a time television channels didn’t run programming all night. It...
January 15, 2018
A Life Sized Bronze Bust Retirement Gift A custom made bronze bust retirement gift created by our sculptors in our New York studio. Hand sculpted entirely from photos and cast in...
January 08, 2018
Conservation and display of and production made Dark Crystal Mystic foam latex head. We’re huge fans of Jim Henson and the Dark Crystal. One of our studio’s highlights was working with...
January 03, 2018
A custom faux stone awards table inspired by the Rebel ceremony, made to theme the Star Wars Online Team’s offices. We’ve been lucky to create for the wonderful folks of...
December 27, 2017
A custom themed display base for a production made Rocketeer maquette This Rocketeer maquette is a static model created by Industrial Light & Magic for the film’s production. Though it...
December 21, 2017
Restoration and a custom display for a Fifth Element taxi car model used in the 1997 film starring Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich. This project was a bit of a unique...
December 18, 2017
A foam scaled T-Rex head prop made for a Jurassic Park style room! We’re no stranger to creating dinosaur props for trade shows and events, but this is the first...
December 13, 2017
A life sized statue created for an a video game company – we turned a Deadpool Costume into their receptionist! We love helping companies theme their space! This custom mannequin...
December 09, 2017
VIDEO – Mark Hamill cantina scene, featuring some of our costumes on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert! We’ve been lucky to work with the great folks over at the...
December 07, 2017
Repair and Conservation of a Gremlins 2 Stop Motion Puppet This miniature Gremlins 2 stop motion puppet was brought to us to for some sympathetic restoration/conservation and repairs. Other than the damage...
December 04, 2017
A custom display mannequin for a Flash Gordon costume worn by one of the guards in Emperor Ming’s palace, in the 1980’s cult classic film. This Flash Gordon costume is a...
November 24, 2017
NEW VIDEO – Behind the Scenes at our sister company, Regal Robot, with Adam Savage! When Adam was here shooting a video about our movie prop restoration work with Tested.com, Tom...
November 22, 2017
In this video Adam Savage stops by our studio to talk with Tom about our work restoring original props and creatures! Tested has a great series called “Maker Spaces” and...
November 20, 2017
Custom mannequin for a screen used Rocketeer costume from the 1991 film starring Billy Campbell and Jennifer Connelly This is actually the second Rocketeer display we’ve created (see the first life sized...
November 15, 2017
Paintball Blaster Props for an EA Battlefront 2 “In Real Life” Episode of The Star Wars Show! After we had so much fun converting a t-shirt cannon into a Star...
November 08, 2017
Tom was a special guest on the Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project where the trio talked prop restoration and Stranger Things 2! While out in San Fransisco Tom stopped...