About Bobs Bits
Bob Thorne started Bobs Bits in 1993.
Bobs Bits huge stock of components have been gathered over several years from a wide variety of sources; The aerospace industry, CNC machining companies, the computer industry, industrial recycling, metal reclaimers, fine aluminium casting companies, precision engineering companies, electronics companies, the motor industry (including Formula One), plastic injection moulders, non-ferrous industrial scrap dealers, lighting companies, satellite & microwave communications companies.
Here are some of the major productions supplied:
| Production | Service Provided |
|---|---|
| Agent Cody Banks II | Prop dressing & set dressing |
| Alien Love Triangle | Prop dressing |
| Below | Major set dressing |
| Captain America – First Avenger | Prop hire, prop & set dressing |
| Charlie & the Chocolate Factory | Action prop dressing |
| Children of Men | Set dressing |
| Clash of the Titans II | Prop dressing |
| Die Another Day | Major set dressing & prop dressing |
| Dirk Gently | Robotic props hire |
| Doctor Who – all episodes since 2005 | Prop, set & TARDIS dressing |
| Doom | Prop dressing & set dressing |
| Footprints in the Snow | Set dressing |
| Gravity | Props & dressing |
| Gulliver’s Travels | Set dressing |
| Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy | Prop dressing & set dressing |
| Holby City | Set dressing & prop dressing |
| Hounded | Control panels & prop hire |
| Hugo | Props & set dressing |
| Hustle | Prop dressing & prop hire |
| Hustle II | Set dressing |
| John Carter of Mars | Prop dressing & set dressing |
| Kings Speech | Prop hire & set dressing |
| Last Man on Mars | Props & dressing |
| Lost in Space | Robot dressing & Model unit |
| Missing | Prop hire & set dressing |
| Mortal Kombat II | Robot/Android dressing |
| Nanny McPhee | Period prop dressing |
| Primeval | Prop & set dressing |
| Prometheus | Props & set dressing |
| Red Dwarf X | Major props & prop dressing |
| Sarah Jane Adventures | Prop dressing |
| Sherlock Holmes | Vintage prop dressing |
| Sherlock Holmes II | Vintage prop hire |
| Space Academy | Miniature spacesuit/EVA dressing |
| Spooks | Prop dressing |
| Star Wars – Attack of the Clones | Major prop & set dressing |
| Star Wars – Revenge of the Sith | Major prop dressing |
| STEALTH | Hi-tech aircraft dressing |
| Storm Breaker | Prop & set dressing hire |
| Sunshine | Set dressing |
| The Crystal Maze | Future zone game dressing |
| The Dark Knight Rises | Prop dressing |
| The Millennium Dome | Home Planet set dressing |
| The Sound of Thunder | Major prop & set dressing |
| The World is not Enough | Major Submarine & prop dressing |
| Thunderbirds | Major set dressing |
| Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy | Prop hire |
| Tomb Raider | Set dressing |
| Upstairs Downstairs | Period props & set dressing |
| Walking with Spacemen | Prop dressing |
| Wing Commander | Major prop & set dressing |
| World War Z | Prop & set dressing |
| X-Men First Class | Prop & set dressing |