maybe an original Johnnie Walker Blade Runner bottle from 1982?

[joberg]

I had that buck for, at least, 15 years now...it was, supposed to be an original buck I learned that the person was a scammer! Thank the maker that, at the time, I just exchanged a model for that buck I guess that if one wants to vacu-form the bottle, that would be the form to follow.

 

[drusselmeyer]

See that? This stuff is out there. We just need to act on it.

There are a few options:

Blowmolding, resin printing, spincasting and vacuforming. If a premade buck is used, this makes the process a little easier.

Personally, durable plastic seems like the best option since the originals look plastic.

Some will want crystal. If it were Blue rather than Black, I could see that, but I still prefer durability.

 

[joberg]

See that? This stuff is out there. We just need to act on it.

There are a few options:

Blowmolding, resin printing, spincasting and vacuforming. If a premade buck is used, this makes the process a little easier.

Personally, durable plastic seems like the best option since the originals look plastic.

Some will want crystal. If it were Blue rather than Black, I could see that, but I still prefer durability.

There's always the problem of how many bottles a factory would be ready to do, as a series, to make it affordable for the fans...do you have to produce and buy 200?...or more? The machining, molds and type of material being used is also a big factor.
Those are the measurements of that buck (plaster of Paris, btw).
Neck: 3"
Small upper rectangle part: 2"1/4
Big upper rectangle part: 4"
Body length: 5"
Body width (large): 2"1/4
Body width (small): 1"3/4
Small bottom rectangle part: 3"
Big lower rectangle: 5"
Base small part length: 2"
Base big part width: 2"3/4
Base thickness: 1/2"

Convo with Charles deLauzirika with various people who worked on the movie:

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:16 am Post subject: PRODUCTION INFO on the Johnnie Walker Bottle: A Found Item
OK, I have been checking with various production sources related to Blade Runner about this bottle and here is what I have found out from them so far. Tom Southwell: "To answer your question about the JohnnieWalker® bottle I think you need to ask the propmaster or art director David L. Snyder. I don't recall doing anything for this prop. We did get some help from many companies to pay for signs but this was not on my list. Set dressing brought many exotic bottles to Ridley Scott for him to select and I guess the prop master did the same thing (just a guess). I would not be surprised if Mr.Scott selected an odd bottle and asked to put a Johnnie Walker® label on it(just a guess)." David L. Snyder: "The Johnny Walker bottle and the badge would have been in the domain of Terry Lewis, Art Schippe and David Quick, the Prop guys. Maybe the answer to your question lies within the boxed set." Art Shippee: "It was a store item we did not make it. But I don't remember what was in it most likely a liquor of some type." So this is what I have found so far. I will ask a few more questions of Art, but what I heard from other sources like Charlie deLauzirika, I believe the bottle to be a found item. I was told by another source that a buyer was sent out to purchase unique set dressing items suited for the production. This makes sense. That's it for now. Hope to dig up more. I just don't want to be too much of a pest to these people. I hope everyone here can understand that. UPDATE: Asked Art Shippee if plastic copies of the bottle were made since there appears to be two sizes and people were wondering. Here was his brief answer: Art Shippee: "Not that I recall

 

[eethan]

I think there is still a lot of interest for those bottles! A run of 200 wouldn't be a problem I think. Like I said, last run was 150, and they come up extremely rarely for sale second hand, last time one was for sale, it was an absolutely crazy price!
It's just a difficult prop to reproduce I guess, even though I'm sure it's possible to find a glass maker that could do it if you can fund it.

 

[drusselmeyer]

Personally, I would be happy with a nicely produced rotocast bottle.

It's not like we intend to drink from it.

 

[Hirohawa]

I'd be interested in one.

 

[joberg]

Same here, of course

 

[eethan]

Personally, I would be happy with a nicely produced rotocast bottle.

It's not like we intend to drink from it.

a resin rotocast? how would you go about this? rotocasts are not very clean inside, so for a transparent item, that seem like it would be a relatively ugly result I think.
I personally drink from my glass bottle by the way, it's a very cool bottle

 

[drusselmeyer]

Here is something that no one ever brings up. This bottle is only seen in two films, that we know of. It is possible that this bottle was used elsewhere and no one noticed.

An off the shelf item tends to show up in multiple places. The cibi glass shows up in Body Double. It may be possible to track down the original source.

I've always thought it looked like a non US cooking oil bottle rather than a liquor bottle.

It would be funny to find that there is a warehouse somewhere that is happy to sell these inexpensively.

 

[Lightning]

what about 3d printing a blow mold, then you use an appropriate size soda bottle preform to inflate