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Marty McFly's (Michael J. Fox) hoverboard from Robert Zemeckis' sci-fi film Back to the Future: Part II. McFly first obtained his hoverboard from a young girl in the year 2015 to escape from Griff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson) and his gang, and continued to use it throughout the film and its sequel, Part III.
Two primary styles of hoverboards were made for production, wood boards and lightweight foam boards. This hoverboard is constructed primarily of rigid lightweight foam, painted pink, and given a photo-print finish on the top and bottom (as opposed to the lenticular print used on some boards). The top features the word "HOVERBOARD," Mattel logos, its foot-pad and fuzzy pink foot-strap (which are frequently missing from Mattel board props), zig-zagging pink and green fastening strips, a hole in the front from where Marty would have removed the handles, and an additional smaller hole drilled into the center, likely related to mounting the board to a rig, shoe or similar during production. The bottom features plastic detailing including two silver-color hover pads; one pad was cracked and was repaired after production. The hoverboard exhibits wear from use and age including small stains and marring to the finish, as well as a repaired crack in one of the hover pads. The footpad fastening strips had also slid out of position from years in storage, and has been reset to its original location. The Marty McFly hoverboard remains the most memorable prop of the Back to the Future trilogy, and this is a scarce complete example. Dimensions: 28" x 8.5" x 2.5" (71.25 cm x 21.75 cm x 6.5 cm)
Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000
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