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The Business of Star Trek

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the rolling-in-the-bucks dept.

angkor writes "Paramount claims merchandise sales have exceeded $4 billion over Trek's lifetime; 470 people have actually paid $5,000 apiece for a life-size replica of the villain Locutus." And that my friends, is why Nemesis didn't even have to be a really good movie.

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  1. I'd pay $5000 for... by Jace+of+Fuse! · · Score: 5, Funny

    A life sized Beverly Crusher... Maybe.

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    1. Re:I'd pay $5000 for... by Will_Malverson · · Score: 5, Funny
      A life sized Beverly Crusher... Maybe

      Maybe you should talk to the people at Real Doll. (Not safe for work...) Their basic female models go for about $6000.
  2. Not too good, not too bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least they found a new way to skill the red-shirt guy on the bridge.

  3. Life Sized Locutus by nuintari · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would someone pay that kind of money for a big giant borg doll when Realdoll sells one that actually looks pleasent. If you need companionship due to your nerd induced ugliness and low social status, don't compound your unnattractiveness by screwing a giant borg man. Go buy a sexy lingerie doll and pretend its a real girl, its good practice for pretending you actually have a life.

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    1. Re:Life Sized Locutus by Jace+of+Fuse! · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ah yes. Nothing screams geeky dork like buying a RealDoll and dressing it up in a Starfleet uniform.

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  4. Locutus?! by OS2_will_prevail! · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, a life sized LoB model? And here I was happy with my Borg Cube Christmas ornament! "We are the Borg, Enjoy your hollidays, Resistance is Futile!"

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  5. Re:4 Billion? by Blondie-Wan · · Score: 5, Funny
    You geeks waste SO MUCH MONEY ON CRAP! You would pay 1,000,000 for a piece of shit!

    Only if it's limited-edition, officially licensed Star Trek shit. Give us some credit.

    ;)

  6. Re:A different view by Nefrayu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, it was nice to see that the british accent is genetic, because obviously growing up in the dilithium mines of Remus didn't affect that in the least. What a good villian and great writing... for me to poop on.

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  7. Re:Uh huh... by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...and what was that industry claim, again, about how pirate DVD's are hurting the industry...and why anyone should care?

    Are you really that stupid? Of course pirate DVDs are hurting the industry! Have you seen the utter shit they've been putting out recently? If they had had the money lost to the pirates they could've produced some good quality movies instead of the garbage cast upon us. Mr. Deeds was a personal "FUCK YOU" to the movie pirates of America for stealing from the MPAA. You spend a few hours downloading that piece of crap and end up deleting it since it's such a waste of space.

  8. Re:A different view by sql*kitten · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, it was nice to see that the british accent is genetic

    Actually, it is genetic. If you have two British parents, you also get the rules of cricket, all the Beatles' lyrics and an assortment of Monty Python quotes too. The sense of humour has to be learnt, tho'.

  9. Where are the Star Trek Wireless Phones? by DavidBrown · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seriously. If people are spending money on Locutus of Borg dummies (how much would a lifesize, vibrating 7 of 9 go for?), you know that they would buy a PCS phone that looks like a classic trek communicator. Paramount can't be so much above being greedy that they cannot have figured this one out.

    Then again, maybe that would push the creation of the Church of Star Trek, and if you watch Futurama, you know what that means...

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    1. Re:Where are the Star Trek Wireless Phones? by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 4, Funny
      you know that they would buy a PCS phone that looks like a classic trek communicator.

      An absolute requirement for this phone would be voice-activated dialing. You'd access your top three numbers using the voice commands: "Scotty!", "Spock!" and "Bones!".

      This thing would be a bigger chick magnet than a puppy, without the annoying turds.

  10. Re:A different view by Visigothe · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's true...

    having an Irish father and an English mother, I am genetically pre-disposed to blowing up my own car =)

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  11. Re:Finally, I have some evidence by Hubert_Shrump · · Score: 5, Funny

    some poor folk spend their money unwisely on entertainment, and other nonessentials

    I'm guessing you posted from a computer, yes? Let's not cast stones here.

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