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Market => Product requests => Topic started by: 2CBCB on October 21, 2012, 04:07 pm

Title: Looking for cheap prop/imitation pressed pills, NOT REAL PILLS.
Post by: 2CBCB on October 21, 2012, 04:07 pm
As the title says.
I'm looking for stamped pills that look 'close enough' to real pills.  It's for a University film project a friend of mine is doing.

I was going to order from NeverNap as they look as if they'd make the cut, they're UK based (so 2-3 days delivery max) and they're reasonably priced (2 lots of 25 turned out like $60USD), but alas they are not selling any more.

I've contacted a few places about custom pressing but it all costs way too much for our budget.  The most we can afford for these is just ~$75 for 50 pressed pellets.

I'm genuinely surprised at how hard it is to find 'prop' pills that don't cost a fuck-ton... So does anybody know where to get prop/imitation pills.  They are not going to be consumed as a part of this project, nor will consumption be portrayed at all, they will just be in one scene and then binned. It will only be my friend and I who will be working with them, so if there are cheap pills that contain something like caffeine or DMAA then I guess that would do.

I've been told by a few people "get Altoids" or some OTC tablets.  But they won't do, we need ~50 with a stamp on, as they will be portraying Ecstasy pills in this project

I would guess that prop pills would be sellable/buyable on the open web (such as NeverNap were) but I can't find anything.
Title: Re: Looking for cheap prop/imitation pressed pills, NOT REAL PILLS.
Post by: DankSources on October 21, 2012, 11:31 pm
Just buy a bunch of the real ones, and pretend they are fake...
Title: Re: Looking for cheap prop/imitation pressed pills, NOT REAL PILLS.
Post by: 2CBCB on October 22, 2012, 07:40 pm
With our budget we cannot afford that.

I would just get a mixture of ferrari's and defqon's but cannae afford it.
Title: Re: Looking for cheap prop/imitation pressed pills, NOT REAL PILLS.
Post by: microRNA on October 22, 2012, 09:03 pm
im sure youd have no shortage of investors for the real thing if youre at a university and ask a few people

or you could just buy ten real ones and put them on top of a pile of those without a stamp

i am not for you finding fake ones honestly given the chance you may be intending to sell them to rip people off unfortunately
Title: Re: Looking for cheap prop/imitation pressed pills, NOT REAL PILLS.
Post by: malacath on October 23, 2012, 04:27 pm
I know you said no OTC pills, but the round tylenol tablets have a star like imprint on one side, they could look real.

Also brand name Execedrine is a white pill with a big E on one side, those could work.

You could also make your own out of colored plaster of paris, find some sort of object that can be used as a mold and something that can make an imprint, this could work depending on how closely you plan on filming them with the camera.
Title: Re: Looking for cheap prop/imitation pressed pills, NOT REAL PILLS.
Post by: johnwholesome on October 23, 2012, 04:34 pm
http://www.amazon.com/CRUSHER-AUTHENTIC-QUALITY-ALUMINUM-Authenticity/dp/B000MFIW12/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1351009883&sr=8-4&keywords=pill+press

$4.99 -> Problem solved...
Title: Re: Looking for cheap prop/imitation pressed pills, NOT REAL PILLS.
Post by: quinone on October 23, 2012, 05:08 pm
A drop of food colouring to an over the counter med that has an 'exotic' design would also do it.
Title: Re: Looking for cheap prop/imitation pressed pills, NOT REAL PILLS.
Post by: 2CBCB on October 23, 2012, 09:51 pm
im sure youd have no shortage of investors for the real thing if youre at a university and ask a few people
or you could just buy ten real ones and put them on top of a pile of those without a stamp
i am not for you finding fake ones honestly given the chance you may be intending to sell them to rip people off unfortunately

We have a set maximum budget (of our own cash) that everyone else also has (up to, luckily our loans just about covered it).  We cannot use external investment, all outgoings have to be documented with proof (thus making it impossible for us to sell them if we even wanted to).

I know you said no OTC pills, but the round tylenol tablets have a star like imprint on one side, they could look real.
Also brand name Execedrine is a white pill with a big E on one side, those could work.
You could also make your own out of colored plaster of paris, find some sort of object that can be used as a mold and something that can make an imprint, this could work depending on how closely you plan on filming them with the camera.

I've never seen anything called Tylenol here otc...
A few pictures of that Excedrine stuff it looks too much like an OTC med, its the wrong shape tbh...  I'll see if they sell them here and grab a pack, see if i can use some fine grit sandpaper to shape them relatively well.
There will be a few macro shots of it

A drop of food colouring to an over the counter med that has an 'exotic' design would also do it.

All the OTC meds here are fucking huge or theyre gelatine capsules.
Title: Re: Looking for cheap prop/imitation pressed pills, NOT REAL PILLS.
Post by: WishiwasForum on October 23, 2012, 10:31 pm
Stop being picky, there are like 5 good answers already
Title: Re: Looking for cheap prop/imitation pressed pills, NOT REAL PILLS.
Post by: xl4 on October 23, 2012, 11:51 pm
if you can afford it, just buy several packs of "party pills" from online vendors.

scrap whoever said to use the pollen press as a pill press... it will not only take forever it also returns a huge and shitty product.

there is always that one vendor tr i think... he has a press and maybe if you ask him nicely he'll press some starch/talc for you.

Title: Re: Looking for cheap prop/imitation pressed pills, NOT REAL PILLS.
Post by: johnwholesome on October 24, 2012, 02:41 am
if you can afford it, just buy several packs of "party pills" from online vendors.

scrap whoever said to use the pollen press as a pill press... it will not only take forever it also returns a huge and shitty product.

there is always that one vendor tr i think... he has a press and maybe if you ask him nicely he'll press some starch/talc for you.

Why so? I got two of these and they work perfectly fine. Since he won't work with actual herb he could use potters clay and color it with food coloring. No heat or anything required. Perfect for his purpose...
Title: Re: Looking for cheap prop/imitation pressed pills, NOT REAL PILLS.
Post by: xl4 on October 24, 2012, 03:29 am
Why so? I got two of these and they work perfectly fine. Since he won't work with actual herb he could use potters clay and color it with food coloring. No heat or anything required. Perfect for his purpose...

i have a couple as well (peacemaker, and some other off brands). however i've yet to see a press that is small enough to mimic the size of typical beans. by all means it'll work, but when i've tried to press actual pills i've gotten chalky and bulky pills that leave a mess inside the cylinder.
Title: Re: Looking for cheap prop/imitation pressed pills, NOT REAL PILLS.
Post by: johnwholesome on October 24, 2012, 04:14 am
Why so? I got two of these and they work perfectly fine. Since he won't work with actual herb he could use potters clay and color it with food coloring. No heat or anything required. Perfect for his purpose...

i have a couple as well (peacemaker, and some other off brands). however i've yet to see a press that is small enough to mimic the size of typical beans. by all means it'll work, but when i've tried to press actual pills i've gotten chalky and bulky pills that leave a mess inside the cylinder.

Yeah I can see that happening with "actual" material, but if he were to use potter's clay or anything like that it should work though. They will shrink as they dry...