A light-up Lawmaster motorbike from Danny Cannon's Judge Dredd. Judge Dredd (Sylvester Stallone), Judge Hershey (Diane Lane) and the Judges of Mega-City One rode their Lawmaster bikes as they dispensed their unique form of justice.
The design of the Lawmaster was a core concern for production designer Nigel Phelps and his team. Images of Dredd on his Lawmaster had sold the film to the producers, and the bike underwent multiple design iterations. Early versions created by vehicle designer David Allday had massive wheels at the front and rear, but upon completion it was found the bikes could no longer steer. A final revised design retained the rear wheel with a smaller wheel at the front, allowing the vehicles to take corners, albeit with a large turning circle.
Powerful 650cc versions were built for use by the stunt teams, with a handful of less powerful scooter-based versions intended for use by principal cast members. This Lawmaster bike is one of the latter, built around a scooter frame with simplified single-gear operation. The body of the vehicle, complete with Judge eagle emblem on the front, is made of fiberglass, with various plastic and metal dressing components and light-up panels on the body and handles. When powered via a wall outlet, all lights automatically illuminate including the dashboard, headlights and tail lights. A Xprite remote controls the flashing sequences for the headlights. The bike is finished in the uniform blue of the Judges, with metallic faux-gold paint on the eagle emblem.
After filming, or possibly during filming, this motorcycle was separated into two separate components - the nose cone and the main body - and the wiring was cut. It is unknown if this was done to use parts of the bike for filming, such as for insert shots, or done later for storage or other purposes. It has since undergone restoration to put the two components back together into one complete motorcycle using bolts and zip ties, as well as replace all of the burned out light bulbs with LED equivalents, replace wiring, add a new dual voltage power supply, add a backlight to the simulated monitor, reassemble the dashboard panels, epoxy the tail pipes back together and reinforce them with brass strips, and reinstall the police flashers with new LED modules that fit into the original sockets.
Dimensions: 104.5" x 41.5" x 49.5" (265 cm x 105 cm x 125 cm)
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