Alligator Prop

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Originally Posted by spookhaven

We are making these for our zoo scene. Great idea!
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Can you send the blue print on how you are making these.. I would love to make a couple for my swamp...

Send it to lincolns_asylum@yahoo.com

Thanks

Oh oh oh me 2 Please frightteam@yahoo.com thanks in advance

We haven't started ours yet. I will once we make them. Probably a month out yet. One of our folks found these pictures. We are going to try them out.

Ive got a natural swamp that could really use one or two of these gators as well. Id love to have the blueprints or hire someone to make a couple for me after they do some trial and error with them! What tool is best for cutting tires? Ive tried a few and the saws all doesnt do it all with tires!

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Originally Posted by Evernight

We are switching back to our Swamp theme this year and I am searching for a decent alligator prop - seems most big ones I find are $1000-3000......and the ones that I do find that are $200 or under are sold out or no longer made. Does anyone know of any companies selling alligator props?

Looking for something at least 5-6feet long...the bigger the better. We could possibly even just go with a really large alligator head if needed. - we can always make one if we absolutely have to but would rather spend our time making the things we can't find.

Any help would be great, Thanks!

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I'll have to check the condition of the mother mold we made for our 16' gator...but if it's still solid I could price it out for you. Our original pour had a custom welded animatronic in it...but you could do just the form. I would guess the foam itself would be around $400-$500. You could paint it yourself and save a few bucks there.

I think the similar DU static gator was around 2k. The other issue would be shipping...It's obviously "oversize" and about 60lbs. I'd purchased a couple of the small ones from little spider, but they didn't hold up in commercial use.

If you want to see a pic of the ones I did email me at desautell@gmai.com and I'll dig them up.

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Originally Posted by spookhaven

We are making these for our zoo scene. Great idea!
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That's really very creative!

Shot you an email but haven't heard back from you - would love to see some pics of the alligator - feel free to email me at evernighthaunt@ hotmail.com

Ok I have had 3 separate people offer an alligator of some sort....they all said send them a message for more information......not one has responded after that. So we are still looking for something to use if anyone has any ideas that aren't super expensive

this is actually a great staring point for a prop aligator.

http://www.fredflare.com/APARTMENT-t...FQjOnAodyC0ABA

Thanks Allen, that's a good idea - I think if we can't find one to use we may just sculpt it from foam, or I found a nice size "resin" head on ebay which could work. My plan is to have it either come out of the water as they are crossing a bridge....or just have it rush out from some swamp cover - so really I can pull it off with just a head if needed.