While the movie was a watershed as far as plot and dialog goes, it was pretty frickin' groundbreaking in the realms of miniatures and special effects. Turns out that a friend of mine worked on the movie, and played a goodly sized role in building a lot of the parts that went onto one of the larger scale miniatures. When filming was over, a lot of the stuff just went into the dumpsters, and this went into the hands of a private collector. Then it went into my hands, and now it's part of my collection.
This piece falls into one of two categories: you either love it, or you hate it. I've heard both. Some folks think it's lame because it's pretty non-descript, didn't really play any role in the plot at all, and couldn't be found on screen if my life depended on it. While I could find a bunch of lamps on screen, it would be impossible for me to idetify this exact piece, despite the fact that my friend assures me that it did indeed see screen time. Other folks insist that it's a cool piece, as it's part of motion picture history. It's an artifact from what stands as the highest grossing movie of all time.
Say what you will, I think it's pretty cool. However, you won't hear me singing that awful Celine Dion song anytime soon.