Bob Burns Interview and Tour of his Collection 

I would give anything to meet Bob. I live in Sweden, and I've been a fan of Universal monster movies, scifi and classic fantasy Cinema since I was a kid. It would be wonderful to see Bob's Collection, but what I really want to do is meet Bob himself. I've known who he is since I was a kid and saw him on the documentaries that followed my favorite Movies, and he seems like such an awesome guy. He is a true historian when it comes to the history of makeup and special effects, and to me a true hero.

Much respect to Bob!!!! Love his passion for his prop collecting.

Thanks to Mr. Burns for being an honorable human being! Much love and best wishes to you and your lovely lady.

It’s not just the items that are fascinating ,,, it’s Bob burns enthusiasm and energy the pulls me in to watching these videos . If I could go and see this collection it would have to be with Bob there also ,,,, thank you Bob

I got my picture holding Kong, just like Bob says I was also super hesitant to touch it, haha. Visiting Bob"s place was a magical experience...very grateful I for his vision to start this collection.

what a great collection! this stuff is movie history; would love to visit.

Bob Burns is awesome! So glad I got to meet him at the late, great Mystery and Imagination bookstore in Glendale, CA. Monsterkids rule! Even got to see the original armature for the original 1933 (?) King Kong. Cool!

What a bloody awesome bloke 👍🏻🇦🇺 I hope someone takes care of it all when he is gone

Respect to bob burns for keeping the memories of old school film making alive, studios may have replaced 90% of real tangeable things you can touch and feel that have a texture and realism to them with cgi but bob hits the nail on the head with his take on the new and the old. What a great guy and equally those artist that have donated to his collection and recognise the importance of this stuff. Keep it real you cant replace 3 dimensional items filmmakers and artist have created. Like the puppets of harryhausen they have life and personalities and an identity imprinted on the minds of many. Thankyou to all you artists and pioneers of old school film making.

Man, I love this guy. I feel the exact same way as an artist and major collector. Yep, I find it so strange when collectors keep items locked away in a box within a closet. I mean, show off your stuff! Do it for yourself for god sakes..enjoy your stuff!

Thank you Mr. Burns for hanging on to these priceless movie props. I would pay money to see this. I am surprised this collection does not generate interest from a benefactor to place in a museum for the viewing public and countless fans to enjoy. I realize it costs money to display, catalog, and arrange these cool props. Man, I hope someday the collection ends up in the hands of someone who has the same interest and respect for these treasures as you do Mr. Burns. Thanks for sharing.

Words fail! I not only met the man himself WAY Back at a show in 1995, but I got to go to the basement myself, and do some figures for him, in 2006. I see my figures in this video, which means so much to me. (Purple Monster & Spy Smasher!)...I did them out of love, no fee, no way! Just the tour of the basement and the day I got to spend with Bob and Kathy, was worth it all! God bless Bob, and I hope he is well! I miss you old man! You will always be one of my all-time favorite people!

He simply is the realest person in the world. I love the man. Makes the world a better place.

Thanks for preserving this stuff, Bob!

If there can only be more people like Bob. This world would be so much better. This man has a huge heart and massive respect for himself and others. I also remember Debbie Reynolds having a nice collection of Hollywood memorabilia that she had saved from being thrown out. I hope Bob gets his museum one day soon, he and those great hollywood artifacts deserve it.

Mr. Burns Great video!! I'm glad there is people like you that share this kind of passion for the love of movies especially horror, fantasy and science fiction movies. And collecting props from these great movies for the world to see the amazing collection you posses! I share your philosophy that these props are in fact pieces of fine art and should be shared and treasured with the public to see and preserve for generations to come! Please I hope to see all these great movie props displayed in a museum one day and meanwhile I wish I could go and visit your house of movie memorabilia one day! Please do not listen to those negative people who don't care to preserve this important historical collection and please don't ever sell it to any private collectors no matter the cost! I have an alien head from Close Encounters of the Third Kind not an original but was displayed in the Ackermansion for many years. I purchased this from Forry Ackermans collection from a private collector in New York when he was selling his collection and it saddens me that his collection was never put in a museum for generations to appreciate. I really regret that I was never able to go and visit Forry's Ackermansion museum so this is why it is very important to preserve this collection for future generations to come and appreciate the wonderful way artist made actual props that you can touch and feel and see in person above all! I would even be willing to donate my alien head from close encounters that I purchased for your museum if you ever decided to display your collection in an actual museum for all the generations and public to see and appreciate! Thank you!

Bob Burns man, what a legend :)

This place, along with the two Jim Henson exhibits in the country..my 38 year old heart would just melt at the sheer awe and magic of these creations. It would be a cathartic experience.

Wow, this hit me so hard I almost shed a tear of joy! This is so awesome!

Bob you definitely are the luckiest guy but to talk to you about this I’d be so lucky. Thanks 🙏

Much love from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

bob has always been awesome a second forry ackerman and a real nice guy he has done a few audio commentaries on dvd its always a pleasure to listen to him.

So much astounding artistry and film history. God, i hope someone uses this to make a museum.

2016, is this guy alive and kicking? this is awesome. I have had some friends been all like, come on lets visit Florida or whatever in the US, but screw all that, I would go straight to this guy and watch all these magnificent movie props. I really really wish him being alive when I'm able to visit.

It takes my breath away!

Bob! And we all Thank you for keeping movie memorabilia for posterity sake.

Bless you Bob

Amazing stuff. I could be happy with only one thing of those pieces.

Visiting this place is on my bucket list.

Man this is amazing! I love this guy! If I ever take a holiday to America, I will try my best to pay a visit!

WOW... What an AWESOME collection!!! Really like the closing sequence w/GORT. Thank you for sharing!! :-)

Absolutely great and beautiful!

14:55.....Rocket Man! What an iconic character that isn't even known by the public. They'd be no Rocketeer if it wasn't for Jeff King - probably no Iron Man either. Boba Fett would've certainly looked quite different as well.

What a great guy!

Please don't break it up, it made me so sad when Forrest J. Ackerman got sick and had to sell a lot of his stuff, people like you and Guillermo del Toro need to make sure that this stuff makes it into a museum when you pass on, for all us monster kids have a place to go and enjoy it

I agree with Bob 100% you cannot beat good puppeteering. CGI and a good puppeteering hybrid are the best for graphics!

Incredible! I would love to see this in person! :) Heaven

Before hot toys there was bob burns:)Would love to see this collection in person

I would like dibs on the mini Time machine chair, the Nautilus, the Rocketeer helmet and backpack please. An extreme fondness for their movie counterpart, will be well looked after, shared, will NEVER be sold.

There are museums for a million and one things we're forgotten/no longer care about. Why not one for this incandescent collection of cultural treasures which still resonate today? Yes, I'm prejudiced. My life is/was defined by science fiction-fantasy films of the 1950s through today (i.e. 2022). And yes, I briefly knew and worked with Bob Burns in the mid-1970s. How does that minimize these priceless treasures?

Bob Burns, wish I was his kid, damn the things he had.

We should start a kickstarter for this future museum!

What a great guy...I'd be tickled to have jst one old mask...I dream of seeing stuff like that...its getting sad how practical effects have changed to digital

Cool to see - there are some Hot Toys and Sideshow Toys 1/6 scale pieces there.

We always go "ape" when we reconnect with our talented and collecting treasures like from Flash Gordon and Alien expert. Stay safe everyone!

Wow I'd give any thing to have the time machine or gizmo

Please god give it to Pete, he'll take good care of it all!

The only guy in the world to own the real original wolf, and aliens Cheyenne drop ship in it's all and glory. Would be worth millions.

Bob Burns for President

I worry that a lot of this material is not being properly stored in archival conditions. This will greatly degrade the items. If he really cared about these things, he would donate the most valuable, precious pieces of the collection to a museum where they could be preserved and enjoyed for posterity.

Also CGI as Bob said cant fix everything. It's great for some things, but if done poorly even a static ship can look bad, not real and physical. The tiger in Pi worked awesome since we have real tigers to compare too, but skeletal pirates or imagined creatures can very easily become dull and out right bad looking in CGI. 95% of quality models it's the lightning that is somehow wrong.

What are the three creatures showed at 6.06 ? Aliens vs predators 2's hybrid? ptototypes for Enemy mine's predator or early model for Tremors or Deep star 6 ?

Does anyone know how to contact Bob Burns? I've been wanting to see his collection for years!

It true that some don't look as good close up and better on movie and also true that it's still very interesting to see them and the people that make them are very talented. The T-800 was an example, that didn't look that great.

All those multi-multi-multi-millions earned by filmmakers like Jackson, Cameron, Lucas, Spielberg, Del Toro and the rest and not one of them, or perhaps a group of them, willing to spring for the measly amount it would cost to build a proper environment to house these treasures? Jackson is "thinking about" maybe taking them after the Burnses are gone? Just "maybe?" And Spielberg and Lucas have no interest? The heart and soul that has drained from the creative output of all these filmmakers clearly stems from the core of their being. Rick Baker may be be the only other guy, aside from Bob, who still retains his original spirit.

--Stuff like this will die with the Birth of CGI :[ I never thought about that... years from now, when we are old, we wont have true displays to go see... touch and feel from our child-hood/adult-hood. Only the thought of said effect/movie. I'm sure some may make wax-figures of said thing but it wont be from the actual movie. Might luck out on a few facial kast and photos(thats about it I think). Storyboards and sketch art on paper, like from Avatar. Sorta sad really

Anyone know how to get in touch with him to go see the collection? I found an old email but never got a response. Admittedly I emailed sometime in 2020 when the pandemic was going on but still. I really need to see the art! Please help

Guys like Jackson, and DelToro need to spearhead a national horror/sci fi/ fantasy museum.

This is amazing I hate how everything is CGI now

Bob burns is a legend, if he was a CEO of something we wouldn't have things like:Genda inqualityUnfairnessCreative freedomGreat storiesActually genuine. He is just a solid guy.

0:47 Dragonslayer?

How does one get to see his collection?

This priceless archive will be lost after Bob and Cathy pass away. The film industry big shots that pretend to respect this legacy are simply paying lip service.

Bob Burns...Go away already. Through the generosity of others you have amassed an awesome collection that should be housed where the world can see it !! You are not lucky or blessed...SELFISH...YES. You can't take it with you, Bob...let the world have a chance to experience what YOU THROW ON YOUR BASEMENT FLOOR!!!

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Well, Bob, that's because most everyone are interested in the bottom line, the ol' mighty dollar. They aren't Monster Kids like a few in the business and us at IWS.

I wonder if that rich Texas oilman just got someone to make a replica of the time machine. I mean, if you have the money, you can get someone to replicate these items. People would be easily convince they're the real deal. Around the 13 minute mark..how weird they have some Star Wars POTF2 figures lol.

he has a glass jar with sigounrys poo from 1979 in

Paul Blaisdell fandom brought me here. How is Bob these days?

I get the feeling that this guy is dead now. That would really suck, and I hope their predecessor is like-minded.

Haha, some RU-vid algorithm suggested the wrong Bob Burns to me. Lynyrd Skynyrd didn't wear fukkin makeup.

One person's trash

DUMB ANNOYING MUSIC

A simpleton and a bore,is he.

Bob where do you live at? I wanna come and visit!!! I promise I'll behave!!!