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Common to film sequels, but also a horribly common problem in videogames, since source files are so poorly kept track of. In the case of sets that have been changed, sometimes the producers choose to [[Trash the Set]] to explain why they've been changed.
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== Film - Live Action ==
* ''Serenity'' was rebuilt for [[Serenity|the movie of the same name]].
* They had to recreate the miniatures from ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' for ''[[2010: The
** On a related problem, they had tremendous difficulty recreating the 'old man' makeup for the old man version of Dave, as the only surviving images of the makeup were the ones in the original film. Success was confirmed when a passerby on the lot recognized the makeup.
* [[Mel Brooks]]' ''[[Young Frankenstein]]'' rebuilt sets from the classic 1930s movies, often using original props.
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** An example of the revamp the set version: the Millennium Falcon interior sets were outfitted with more flashing lights and other detailing between ''[[A New Hope]]'' and ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''.
* The ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' filmmakers were [[Genre Savvy]]. After ''Order of the Phoenix'', the Ministry of Magic set was taken apart and put into storage so that they could easily put it back together again for ''Deathly Hallows Part 1''.
** Some places originally shot on location were later reproduced as sets at Leavesden Studios. For example, Privet Drive was a real street on the first movie, but a backlot reproduction was used from the second movie
** A grassy courtyard in Hogwarts was filmed in the cloister of Durham Cathedral for the first two movies. Then in the fourth film, a courtyard at Oxford's Magdalen College was used to depict the same location. Finally, the sixth movie reproduced the courtyard as a Leavesden set.
** The ''Chamber of Secrets'' set was not saved after the filming of ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''. When the Chamber had to reappear in ''Hallows: Part 2'', they filmed the actors in front of a green screen and recreated the Chamber as a CGI set rather than rebuilding it for real. This makes a certain amount of sense, seeing how the Chamber was a ''very'' large set and the scene featuring it in ''Hallows'' was pretty brief.
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* The later ''[[Star Trek]]'' series have rebuilt or partially rebuilt sets from the original ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' from time to time ("Relics" of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', "Trials and Tribble-ations" of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and "In a Mirror, Darkly" of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'').
** The TOS bridge set in "Relics" was built partly from original props and on the original stage, but they rented a replica of the captain's chair from a fan. Kirk's original chair went missing at some point, apparently.
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** Some ''Next Generation'' sets were rebuilt for the ''Enterprise'' finale "These Are The Voyages..." Only a small part of Ten Forward was rebuilt with [[Stock Footage]] being used for an [[Establishing Shot]] of the room. The only set which did not have to be rebuilt from scratch was the observation lounge, which had since been modified to become the observation lounge of the ''Enterprise''-E, so they just had to modify it back.
** The ''Excelsior'' bridge from ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]'' was rebuilt for the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "Flashback". The original was built in twelve weeks and the ''Voyager'' crew had to replicate it in two, resulting in the design being subtly simplified.
* ''[[All in The Family]]'' - they decided to end the series, so they donated Archie's chair to the Smithsonian; when they decided to continue they had to recreate the chair. The chair originally cost like $2 from the Salvation Army, and the recreation cost thousands.
* They did this to ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'
* The original sets from ''[[Babylon 5]]'' were kept in storage for many years in case of a sequel movie, revival, or in case ''[[Crusade]]'' got picked up by another network. Wouldn't ya know, shortly after they finally got rid of some of the sets due to storage costs, they get greenlighted for direct-to-DVD sequels?
* When ''[[The Goodies]]'' moved from [[The BBC]] to [[ITV]] their new set was an almost identical copy of the original.
* For ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', the sets from the ''[[Stargate (film)|Stargate]]'' movie of the missile silo used as Stargate Command and the Abydonian gate room were rebuilt. The producers did find the gate prop used in the film, but it had decayed and was only good for getting a mold to work off of.
* The sitcom ''[[8 Simple Rules]]'' once did a [[Actor Allusion]] involving John Ritter's character, where he had a nightmare that he was in an episode of ''[[Three's Company]]'', complete with a rebuilt version of the apartment set from that show.
** The ''Three's Company'' set was also rebuilt for a gag in Ritter's 1992 film ''[[Stay Tuned]]''.
* For the [[All Just a Dream]] ending to the last episode of ''[[Newhart]]'', the bedroom set from ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]'' was rebuilt.
** The show's producers made a point of keeping the set hidden from the studio audience until the last possible moment while filming the episode, so as not to ruin the impact of [[The Reveal]].
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