This is an original The Mask "Loki Mask" 1:1
scale prototype prop replica, produced by Icons Authentic Replicas in 1997, for
prototype submittal to Newline Cinema, molded directly off of a screen-used
original created for use in film production.
This is the first 1:1 scale, licensed authentic
replica of the Loki Mask seen in Jim Carrey's blockbuster film, The Mask, ever
produced.
If you've ever seen The Mask Loki masks sold on eBay,
the odds are they are 3rd, 4th and 5th generation copies of what you see here.
This is an authentic first generation replica cast
from a mold taken directly from one of the Hero prop masks used by production
in the making of The Mask. Notice the incredible quality and detail of this
casting. Nothing is lost from the original.
Look at the sunken Loki mask
emblem at the middle crown area of it. What you must know is the original screen-used masks were created with a sunken "L", and after dailies were seen (shots from the previous days filming), Chuck Russell, the Director, decided he couldn't see the "L" clear enough. So propmakers made a separate coin with a raised "L" and this was added to the masks. These were cast separately and then glued over the sunken "L" on the already cast and painted masks.
This prototype was molded and casted from that original mask with sunken "L".
Also, compare the quality of this
replica's paint job. This is the precise paint finish as is seen on the
original. There is no excessive amount of shiny clear coat but a very nice and
professional matte finish. The quality of this replica is so exact in
comparison to the original Hero prop, New Line Cinema, the studio that produced
and distributed The Mask, could not tell the difference between the screen-used
version and one of these licensed recreations.
Though 5,000 of this edition were intended to be made,
less than 50 were shipped worldwide. Icons was provided with an original Hero
mask for molding for a very short time before the screen-used prop was
displayed at a Planet Hollywood location.
This unique and recognizable Hollywood artifact
version of the licensed Loki Mask prototype is displayed in a rare Mask
“hanging display” lucite-mount Plexiglas case which allows it to be viewed from
various angles. The replica can be hung on a wall or sit on display on a
bookshelf, fireplace mantle, or entertainment center. The custom fabricated
all-metal un-numbered plaque depicts the New Line Cinema logo, the official
movie logo for The Mask and an official Icons logo.
Those, like the later screen-used masks, have the coin with the raised "L" added to the nose piece.
Hi Fred,
ReplyDeleteafter having perused your site, I was very impressed to see how passionate you are about these icons!
How did it begin? 11 years ago, you say... I wonder if your collection is displayed somewhere we could see in real.
Well, that is for sure a marvellous work you've done, no doubt about that.
Alice
Woww....many, many thanks April. It's a great pleasure to read your comment.
ReplyDeleteYes, my Icons Quest began 11 years ago, after purchasing my first Icons replica...the OWK lightsaber. After having lost some money with the company (when I ordered a Rodger Young and a Han Solo blaster), I decided to try to compile all what they made and why did they disappear. But it would be a loooong story.
It will be a pleasure to show you the Icons French Museum if you come to visit us in France, near Paris.
Thanks again for your kind words, really appreciate and means a lot to me.
Fred
Fred nice Loki . He was originally mine :) prior to you acquiring it from this last owner .
ReplyDeleteGlad to see it found a good home! It had a stunning paint job. You can see the scale was a bit small on it . Cheers site looks great . I did finaly replace him with a cast off of the Hero used in the film.
I kind of live near Paris myself!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to hear about your loooong story.
How come you speak that well English?
Keep in touch
Alice
"Well English"....I don't know if we can say that I speak a well English but....I try ;-)
ReplyDeleteTo chat with people like you on the net helps me a lot to practice my English...and all commentaries here are not from me :-)
Right I am the american guy . who is going post crazy :)
ReplyDeleteAnd why did you (the American guy) sold the 'loki mask'? If I had one like that I would have cherished it a verrrry long time!
ReplyDeleteAre you yourself a propmaker?
No just a huge fan of the Icons story . Same as fred just the american version. Well i did cherish it for a while . But to be honest in the end I just didn't like the fact that you could not put it on your face . It has to blocks glued into the back which lets it slide into that wall display. Yes it looks great but I want one that i could show friends and to be honest its not as accurate as the production models . Its cut down in size and they did not add the correct crest. Even the production runs are not cast off a screen used mask like the one I have. Its the most accurate one made by far but it was CAD like all of the icons replicas .
ReplyDeleteAnd you can only be so accurate when you use that process. If you look at the endo skulls they are a but to small . The One Idol the made was not molded off the original . this does not make the replicas any less stunning though.
Now that you say it, I agree it's a shame you can't put it on your face (and to transform by the same occasion into a sexbomb)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, thanks for your answer. Maybe someday you'll make it to Paris to see Fred's exhibition, that would be cool to meet another fan of icons story!
Yeah would be nice . But I may try and make off with them! :)
ReplyDeleteCAD? Icons never used CAD. And the original MASK was loaned to Icons before it went on display at Planet Hollywood. It came from the original maker who worked for Global Effects who made them for the movie. The Endoskull was also molded off an original. The size was increased later.
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