Tony Stark Uses Weller - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / projects

author: calexanian
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2014, 05:01:47 am
content: My Apologies if this has already been mentioned.Just noticed while watching Iron Man 3 that tony stark uses (Dare I say prefers) the Weller WES51station. In the scene where he is making his little impromptu arsenal he has a WES51 iron he is using left handed in his motel room.

author: JoeN
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2014, 05:50:00 am
content: Clearly they got something else wrong in the movie. I'm sure in the comics he prefers Hakko.

author: lapm
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2014, 05:51:04 am
content: Well at least its not some no brand super cheap china export, you usually get from hardware store when making these sort of movies where electronics construction is part of movie plot..

author: calexanian
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2014, 06:21:54 am
content: Quote from: lapm on April 05, 2014, 05:51:04 amI hate when they do that. Apex Electronics is a place where many production companies rent stuff to use as props. Dave has a video there. I shop there monthly and have a chuckle at the expence of the movie people when they are in there. Watch daves video of the place. Priceless. Tony Stark strikes me as a Metcal/OKI man. Lots of tech in one of those. Actually I would have rather seen a big old Simpson or Triplet meter than that non auto ranging DMM in the avengers. At least that would have been retro cool. I saw a HP 200 generator in the background of a movie recently. We need to offer our tech movie set design review services. O0

author: David Hess
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2014, 01:38:42 pm
content: Bruce Wayne had what looks like a Weller WTCPN in the second Batman movie.

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2014, 03:53:08 pm
content: Sure those two multibillionaires could afford a Metcal. I can barely conceive spending $25 per tip and changing them often, but I'm no Batman nor Iron Man.

author: TiN
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2014, 04:00:32 pm
content: And in Battleship there is Anritsu spectrum analyzer

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2014, 04:03:42 pm
content: Quote from: calexanian on April 05, 2014, 05:01:47 amIt's called product placementhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_placement

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2014, 04:32:50 pm
content: Well duh. What do you think Captain America would think of a Hakko?...

author: 6E5
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2014, 07:04:33 pm
content: I seriously doubt Weller paid Marvel to use their solder station over another brand.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2014, 07:30:40 pm
content: Quote from: 6E5 on April 05, 2014, 07:04:33 pmThe practice in this case they would use a generic non branded prop.Product placement is a service they sell and they typically don't want to give it for free.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2014, 07:43:49 pm
content: Proof that product placement works: this thread exists. People notice.Thank you for giving in to every minuscule demand they make

author: calexanian
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 06, 2014, 02:15:15 am
content: product placement is a big business. Even though I only knew what it was is because, well, I know what it was, and they know that. I am sure a few dollars changes hands. The green light was even blinking so it was on and hot! Not so obvious like a coke can on a desk (Always my favorite over obvious product placement) but people in electronics will obviously recognize it for what it was. Fun fun fun...

author: aargee
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2014, 05:58:14 am
content: Bah, I thought for sure he'd be using some sort of steered plasma soldering tool or a prototype sonic screwdriver.

author: JoeN
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timestamp: April 07, 2014, 08:05:17 am
content: Quote from: zapta on April 05, 2014, 04:03:42 pmI've always wondered on specialty products if that is the case. No doubt, when you see Coke in a movie, Coke paid for it. But if you see a Beretta instead of a Glock, or the other way around, is that a product placement? I don't know. Did Desert Eagle pay out it's ass to have the Matrix Agents armed with those things, or did the The Wachowskis just think they looked really, really cool?Subway's annoying and very obvious product placement saved 'Chuck' for at least two seasons. Small price to pay... If you don't like it, don't buy it.

author: SArepairman
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2014, 09:10:00 am
content: i loved the specturm analyzer scene in battleship!

author: calexanian
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2014, 02:04:35 pm
content: In this case I think it was good. There are some far worse choices out there than that iron. As long as Microsoft does not try to make Jarvis we are fine. Or google for that matter.

author: elgonzo
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 07, 2014, 02:54:36 pm
content: Quote from: calexanian on April 07, 2014, 02:04:35 pmYou can say this out loud. The movie "Gravity" had a budget of approx. US$ 100 Million, and still they could not afford better soldering tools than a ZD-931; as seen here in the "Making Of Gravity: Space Tech" featurette. (The panels shown in the picture are meant to be parts of the instrument panels of the Chinese Soyuz-based Shenzou capsule depicted in the movie.)Or, is this a case of 'cheap' product placement for cheap products?

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2014, 04:32:21 pm
content: Quote from: aargee on April 07, 2014, 05:58:14 amHmm, probably no good for ESD. Of course, plasma torches will become very popular by the 24th century or so.Tim

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 07, 2014, 06:15:18 pm
content: Quote from: T3sl4co1l on April 07, 2014, 04:32:21 pmits all hyperspanners and phase inverters if startrek tng and ds9 is to be believed.