Inside the Warner Bros. Archives

David and Ryan welcome a gainfully employed nerd to the podcast in the form of Tom King -- honorary member of the Green Lantern Corps., DC Comics ringer, screenwriter, and now co-creator and co-showrunner of HBO's hit show, Lanterns. Tom regales the guys with tales of growing up a Los Angeles comic nerd while inside the movie business, moving to Washington DC, becoming an actual, literal spy, and then finding his true calling by becoming a professional writer and earning enough money to start buying comic art. Then they talk all about this summer's event genre show, Lanterns. Did Tom "liberate" a ring and a lantern? What has he learned from being a loyal listener of The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of? Email us at [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The podcast gets more cosmopolitan this week as David and Ryan are joined by not one but two native French speakers: French super-collector Arnaud (the "d" is silent, you American scum!) Grunberg and French film writer/collector Patrice Girod (the "d" is silent, you American scum!), who have just published The Fifth Element: A Visual Retrospective, a brand new coffee table book celebrating the famous Luc Besson film for its 30th anniversary. Arnaud and Patrice also chat to the guys about their youthful fixation on Star Wars and how it led to a lifetime of science-fiction passion, multiple Star Wars coffee table books, and soon: Starfix, a science-fiction movie memorabilia museum which will open in Paris in late 2027. Trés bien! Email us at [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

David and Ryan are joined by exactly no one to discuss the New York Times article on the neuroscience of clutter and collecting and how those two things so closely intersect in our little ape brains (and what you can do to help let go). Then the guys address the big gorilla in the room--the return of the Darth Vader hero fighting lightsaber to auction. This astonishing/amazing/incredible piece, last sold by Propstore for almost three million dollars in their summer 2025 EMLA... LA auction, has made a surprising boomerang return and is going under hammer again, this time at Heritage Auctions' November Star Wars sale. Which begs the three-million dollar question: will David, or won't he? You want this... don't you? Ryan can feel the hate swelling in David now..." NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/opinion/clutter-spring-cleaning-psychology.html?unlocked_article_code=1 Email us at [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Matt Truex joins David and Ryan today to provide an inside look at the Warner Bros. Archives, its history, strategy, philosophy, and operation. And Matt is not only an archivist, he's a collector and a fan, so he comes at this topic with a unique blend of passion and gusto. Join the guys as they go all the way from the Maltese Falcon to Matt Reeves' The Batman, covering as much Warner collecting history as they can in between, including all you'd ever want to know about a little DC series called Birds of Prey. Email us at [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Science fiction royalty joins the podcast in the corporeal form of Rod Roddenberry and Ethan Teller from Roddenberry Entertainment, Rod being the CEO and son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry himself. They regale the guys with tales of sci-fi yore, growing up around Star Trek, founding the archive that bears Rod’s family’s legendary name… and still have time to tell the incredible story of recovering the long-lost (and probably stolen…) original, 3-foot Enterprise model from Star Trek TOS. All that AND the guys at last learn who bought that V*Ger model from Star Trek: The Motion Picture… and used the RYAN10 code. Email us at [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Your favorite movie props podcast returns for another batch of episodes and a big old dose of class. So break out your brandy snifters because David and Ryan are joined by someone who is not only a fine art expert, but also a lady. Mari-Claudia Jimenez has had a fascinating career hunting down stolen Nazi art, appraising collections, working at Sotheby's, and most recently founding her own business in the fine art world. The guys chat with her about fine art, pop culture, and how everything in collecting these days seems to circle back to movie props--and what that means for the future. Email: [email protected] SDAMO - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/propspodcast.bsky.social SDAMO - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@props.podcast David Mandel - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

David and Ryan are back (sort of ) to review the August '26 Propstore auction. They discuss the auction results, winners (David) and losers (also David), trends, happenings, whether Mighty Joe Young will sell, and what's ahead for them and the hobby this year. And then the guys tuck in to discuss the fuckery they've noticed recently, with big props being bought for bigger amounts at one place (Propstore) only to be quickly relisted at another place (Heritage), often times for a loss. What is going on? Is Ryan still collecting celibate? Email: [email protected] SDAMO - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/propspodcast.bsky.social SDAMO - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@props.podcast David Mandel - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In the podcast's first live broadcast (with an actual live audience), the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of pulls off another coup by welcoming 1980s and 1990s comic art legend, toymaker, and baseball collector, the great Todd McFarlane. As our guest is such a man in demand, he arrived a bit late... but not to worry, David and Ryan improv and vamp in the meantime with a Heritage auction review and plenty of self-inflicted interruptions. But trust us: Todd is worth the wait. Email: [email protected] SDAMO - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/propspodcast.bsky.social SDAMO - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@props.podcast David Mandel - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

David and Ryan fire up the cameras and microphones to jump on the horn and break down Heritage Auctions' massive summer entertainment sale. The guys cover everything from antique (but screen-used!) Pirates of the Carribean hardware to historical documents and photos (Claude Monet!) to Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker clappers and Otto-pilots to Terminators to epic Kirk wardrobe to severed Hamill hands holding legendary lightsabers. This episode (and auction) has it all, including the official announcement of a live Stuff Dreams Are Made Of podcast at San Diego Comic Con... and an absolute coup of a special guest! Email: [email protected] SDAMO - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/propspodcast.bsky.social SDAMO - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@props.podcast David Mandel - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

David and Ryan crack open Propstore's incredible The Boys auction (now live) and dive The Deep (get it) into all the insanity from the acclaimed and recently-ended Amazon Prime series. Join the guys for a head-popping bacchanalia of supe costumes, intimate squids, popped heads, superhero drinking glasses and other toy tie-ins, lots of normie wardrobe, V vials and - of course - dildos. Bid now at propstoreauction.com! Email: [email protected] SDAMO - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/propspodcast.bsky.social SDAMO - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/propspodcast/ SDAMO - TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@props.podcast David Mandel - Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhmandel/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.