{
  "researchCurrentAsOf": "2026-09-26",
  "claims": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "claim": "The Myers mask is a modified Don Post Studios Captain Kirk mask",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "snopes",
        "wallace-2008",
        "court-2000",
        "startrek-2021"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "claim": "Don Post’s Star Trek line dates to 1975 under a Paramount license",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "don-post-wikipedia",
        "famous-monsters"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "claim": "Paramount required Kirk and Spock in the line",
      "grade": "REPORTED",
      "sources": [
        "famous-monsters"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "claim": "Bill Malone sculpted the Kirk and Spock masks",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "malone-2009",
        "famous-monsters"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 5,
      "claim": "The Kirk mask was built on a Shatner life cast or foam master owned by Don Post Studios",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "court-2000",
        "fox32-2021"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "claim": "The life cast was taken during The Devil’s Rain",
      "grade": "DISPUTED",
      "sources": [
        "devils-rain-account",
        "devils-rain-wikipedia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 7,
      "claim": "The life cast was taken during Star Trek",
      "grade": "DISPUTED",
      "sources": [
        "fox32-2021"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 8,
      "claim": "Shatner sat for the Don Post mask",
      "grade": "MYTH",
      "sources": []
    },
    {
      "id": 9,
      "claim": "The Kirk mask sold poorly; the license lapsed; it was out of production before Halloween became popular",
      "grade": "REPORTED",
      "sources": [
        "famous-monsters"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 10,
      "claim": "Wallace bought an Emmett Kelly clown mask and a Kirk mask on Hollywood Boulevard",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "wallace-2008",
        "wallace-2016",
        "snopes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 11,
      "claim": "The shop was Bert Wheeler’s magic shop",
      "grade": "REPORTED",
      "sources": [
        "snopes",
        "official-halloween"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 12,
      "claim": "The Kirk mask cost $1.98",
      "grade": "REPORTED",
      "sources": [
        "official-halloween"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 13,
      "claim": "Wallace enlarged the eyeholes, removed sideburns, altered the hair, and painted the face white",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "wallace-2008",
        "wallace-2016"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 14,
      "claim": "The eyebrows were removed",
      "grade": "REPORTED",
      "sources": [
        "imdb-trivia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 15,
      "claim": "Don Post Studios modified the mask for $150",
      "grade": "DISPUTED",
      "sources": [
        "court-2000",
        "wallace-2008"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 16,
      "claim": "The mask was turned inside out",
      "grade": "MYTH",
      "sources": [
        "wallace-demo",
        "spina"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 17,
      "claim": "The screenplay called for ‘the pale, neutral features of a man’",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "screenplay"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 18,
      "claim": "Castle was the principal masked performer; Moran was unmasked; Wallace, Winburn, and Hill wore it for specific shots",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "afi-h78",
        "winburn"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 19,
      "claim": "Three masks were used: a hero and two stunt masks",
      "grade": "REPORTED",
      "sources": [
        "stunt-masks-forum"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 20,
      "claim": "The same hero mask was reused in Halloween II",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "halloween-ii-wikipedia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 21,
      "claim": "Don Post Studios supplied Kirk masks to Halloween II for credit",
      "grade": "REPORTED",
      "sources": [
        "startrek-2021"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 22,
      "claim": "The screen-used mask survives with collector Mark Roberts",
      "grade": "REPORTED",
      "sources": [
        "movieweb-2017"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 23,
      "claim": "Don Post Studios was refused a Myers license in 1981",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "court-2000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 24,
      "claim": "Don Post’s 1986 The Mask was a Neil Surges sculpt from the Shatner foam master and was unlicensed",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "court-2000",
        "court-2001"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 25,
      "claim": "Don Post’s copyright was invalid; its suit was frivolous; fees were awarded",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "court-2000",
        "court-2001"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 26,
      "claim": "The first licensed Myers mask was Cinema Secrets’ 1999 product",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "court-2000",
        "legal-history"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 27,
      "claim": "Don Post Studios made the Halloween III masks",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "afi-h3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 28,
      "claim": "Trick or Treat Studios reissued the 1975 Kirk as a CBS-licensed Justin Mabry sculpt in 2017",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "tots-kirk",
        "trek-collective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 29,
      "claim": "Shatner had publicly acknowledged the mask by early 2008",
      "grade": "REPORTED",
      "sources": [
        "trekbbs-2008"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 30,
      "claim": "Shatner wore a Myers mask while trick-or-treating with his children",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "comicbook-2018",
        "filmdetail-2009"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 31,
      "claim": "Shatner reacted: ‘Is that a joke? Are they kidding?’",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "fox32-2021"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 32,
      "claim": "Shatner says he has no financial stake in the film",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "comicbook-2018"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 33,
      "claim": "The 2018 film mask was a new Nelson and Van Dyke sculpt",
      "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
      "sources": [
        "halloween-2018-mask"
      ]
    }
  ]
}