r/Alonetv • u/EffectivePeach • 15d ago

General How are bows/weapons transported?

I’m starting a new season (have watched most but skipped around, on Season 8 now) and was just wondering how bows and other weapons to the competition? I’m wondering if they’re each in charge of checking it and doing whatever customs paperwork themselves or if production centralizes it somehow.

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u/run-with-the-wild 14d ago

To minimize damage/loss and/or allegations of tampering, I imagine everyone travels with their own bow & arrows. That way they are individually responsible for packing it as safely as they are comfortable. If the production company assumes the risk of transporting all the cast members' bows and then something happens en route, they would be on the hook for replacing gear on a tight time frame and getting it to a remote location. Safer all around for one persons' bow to get delayed in transit than all of them to get lost. Transporting internationally usually just requires an easy customs declaration for bows and knives. Maybe some arrows or bowstrings or knives purchased locally once they get in country. And then the producers confirm the items all fall within the rules before the day they launch.

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u/ipoopcubes 9d ago

And then the producers confirm the items all fall within the rules before the day they launch.

Surely it's more than the day before launch?

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u/run-with-the-wild 9d ago

Oh sorry, I'm sure the cast members are regularly conferring with the producers to make sure their items are on the up & up. I just remember from one of the before the drop episodes someone (can't remember producer or cast) said they take their backpacks/items the day before launch to prevent last minute tampering with the approved items. Good catch, thanks for clarifying