From Gene the cow to the Transilience Thought-Unifier Model-11, props were a big part of the mythology ofFringe.

So I had to re-make it over a weekend, which was a little bit stressful.

Why was the prop so important to the plot?

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The neurostimulator defined the way that Walter works.

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Last year, we got some vaccination guns from the 60s or 70s.

They were military surplus, but I cant remember what we turned them into.

We got some surgical drills, lie detectors, all sorts of crazy things, he said.

The biggest obstacle between the team and their eBay finds?

It didnt do us any good to win the auction and then get the thing in ten days.

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Its not like were gonna get the iPhone version 25.

Basically what [we saw] is that reality has changed, and we live in a computer-dominated society.

It was an interesting extrapolation of what we did in the past, Smith said.

And furthermore, the reality that were depicting probably wont be what its like in 25 years…