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{{quote|''"I've seen more convincing dinosaurs in a packet of Wheatyflakes!"''
|'''Kryten''' on Gappa, '''''[[Red Dwarf]]'''''}}
An act of desperation by a cash- or time-strapped effects team in the days before digital imaging became affordable and subsequently took over [[Special Effects]]. Instead of incurring the time or expense of building their own miniatures, they instead take a shortcut by purchasing off-the-shelf toys or model kits. Depending on the quality of their manufacture (and, in the case of models, assembly), the results can range from surprisingly effective, to sub-par, to obvious [[Special Effect Failure]].
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThpdB-W89gg This clip] from the [[Godfrey Ho]] <s>train wreck</s> masterpiece ''Ninja Terminator'' speaks for itself.
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode "Danger! Death Ray!" featured an obviously plastic off-the-shelf helicopter model sinking while parked atop an obviously plastic off-the-shelf submarine model in what was obviously a swimming pool.
* Used in-universe in the finished cut of "The Case", the Amateur [[Film Within a Film]] from ''[[Super 8]]'', in which it's
* The commercial [http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Ruger_Mini-14#Ruger_Mini-14_in_Muzzelite.E2.84.A2_MZ14_Bullpup_Stock Muzzelit MZ14 Bullpup Stock for the Mini 14] and [http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/AK-47#AKU-94 AKU-94 kits for AKM variants] are staples of movie armorer collections for use as "futuristic" guns because [[Bullpups Are Futuristic]].
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