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2010 NST TARDIS Lamp Sources

Wow! I think this one has been posted on here somewhere a while back. It's no doubt a great-looking lamp, but that 9 3/8" diameter is a bit wide; the average diameter of the lamp is between 5.5 and 6.5 inches. You'd still have to hack that top off (the straight cylindrical part of it) and find or make a large cap to top the lamp with. And like you say, it is pricey.

For price (and depending on your location for shipping), I think the one offered by Blockade Runner, and the one in the link that blizzard posted, are the best for the money, and each is very close to the size of the actual screen-used TARDIS prop lamp.

Keep poking around the net, though. That's how some of our best discovery for parts sources have been found: looking for one thing, and stumbling across another!

Dino.
 
I just ordered the Blockade Runner lantern and when it comes I'll compare it side by side with the Anchor lantern I got from eBay.

 

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I'd be very curious to see the comparison. (Even if there is some difference in dimensions, which there probably will be, Blockade Runner is still another possible, and economical, source for a Matt Smith TARDIS lamp, especially for US members that can't get or afford ones shipped from the UK.) Ebay is a great resource for parts, but sometimes you get outbid. Sometimes you constantly get outbid and it gets frustrating. (I've been outbid on 5th Doctor "Brainy Specs" every single time, to the point where I've stopped bidding.) Also, those anchor lamps aren't easy to come by, and sometimes on ebay they go for well over $100 US. You had some good luck on your side with that ebay purchase, evil bob! You did quite well there.

Dino.
 
Evil Bob I look forward to seeing the compare as well. I found several on Amazon that look close to the one you got on ebay. I like the Blockade Runner lantern as well but the picture on the site does leave a few things to question on  how much modification will be needed on all the hanging parts and the top. i will wait to see what you find before I make my final call.
 
The Blockade Runner lantern came today.  I have it side by side with the Anchor Lantern I got from eBay.






The Blockade Runner Lantern is 10" tall vs 14" for the Anchor lantern.
4.75" in diameter vs 6.75" for the Anchor Lantern.

also in the same mail delivery, a David Tennant TARDIS from eBay.  The windows and top signs light up!



 

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Wow. Side by side the Blockade Runner lamp is smaller than it sounded in the description. Still, as some people have used the "jelly jar" porch light globes for their builds until they could find a proper sized Fresnel lens, the Blockade Runner could serve as an inexpensive temporary substitute lamp for the Smith TARDIS until one finds the proper sized anchor lamp that isn't expensive as most are (like evil bob was lucky enough to do).

Dino.
 
After seeing the results I ended up going with the following.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005QPX9BG/ref=ox_ya_os_product
and
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004EBT7AA/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00lamp2.pngUntitled.png
 
galacticprobe said:
Wow. Side by side the Blockade Runner lamp is smaller than it sounded in the description.
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It really is cute, lol. I'm going to put it in my Halloween pirate pub display.  It'll fit in with the nautical theme!

 

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I love that Pirate Pub! If those skeletons are life-size, then your pub display is bigger than most of the rooms in my house! In fact it looks about the size of my living room! Though, my ceilings aren't as high: just over 8 feet. (My entertainment room is just a slight bigger, and not by much, and has a slightly lower ceiling.)

A quick question on the Gardman-like lamp you got from Amazon that I've been meaning to ask: the black version - is it made from metal or plastic? I'm guessing metal, but for some reason the black look it has makes me think of something made of heavy plastic.

Dino.
 
Thanks Dino! They are life-sized. 

The lantern is made of metal, but the "glass" is plastic.  I'm thinking of vacuumforming the top part so I can have it for the Tennant version of the lamp without having to buy another one.
 
I feel the fool cause I so missed read the size or got lines crossed as I was looking at so many different lanterns. Good news is it might still work for me as I am not making a full to scale Tardis but a bookshelf/projector house for my home theater.
 
It is. Everything about the xylophone is awesome.  And the pirate costume on any one of those skeletons blows what I've managed to put together out of the water.  I was going to make a Rolling Stones joke, but there's far too many musicians.
 
The Garston is the correct size, but check out my last post here http://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?topic=4232.msg48707;topicseen#msg48707. You might be able to get one for far less than what Amazon is asking for them.

Dino.
 
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