A full-size warrior bug from the production of Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi satire Starship Troopers. After Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) joined the war between humans and the alien Arachnids, the most common species he encountered in battle was the Warrior Bug, the primary soldier of the alien army.

This full-size Arachnid Warrior Bug was designed and fabricated by Academy Award-winning special effects group Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. (ADI), and originally used as a live-action reference for the production to indicate the scale of the Bug.

It consists of a large thorax-and-abdomen piece constructed from fibreglass with a welded steel internal frame armature and stand for support. Also included are four legs and two claws, which are removable and attach to the body with steel insets. Each appendage features a metal protrusion which can be inserted into notches in the main body using a marked lettering system. Affixed to the front of the main piece are a pair of separate fibreglass mandible sections, a pair of black resin eyes, and a pair of resin pincer claws which make up the bug's 'face'. All fibreglass pieces are hand-painted a combination of black, yellow and red.

While the thorax-and-abdomen piece were rebuilt by ADI from original molds in 2013, the appendages are from the original production. The Bug features signs of production wear, including a loose pair of fibreglass tail fins, an exposed steel rod and large crack in one leg, exposed steel at the joints connecting two of the segments on another leg, a loose pincer claw and some paint chipping and cracking throughout all the elements. Dimensions (largest item): 284.5 cm x 216 cm x 184.25 cm (112" x 85" x 71/2"); (smallest item): 17.75 cm x 15.25 cm x 5 cm (7" x 6" x 2")

£20,000 - 30,000 US Δ

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