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Sci-Fi Memorabilia To Ogle And / Or Buy
bluegreenone writes "While I was nerding it up and looking for some original Battlestar Galactica
insiqnias on Google I came across an
enormous auction of
classic sci-fi props and costumes
being held July 31. I'm a little surprised
they are getting rid of some of this stuff. Highlights include a
piece of the original Deathstar,
Scotty's original uniform, and the
Terminator's first jacket.
How would you like to own Twiki
from Buck Rogers, or even
better one of Erin Gray's
hot
spandex
pantsuits from the show?
You can have your own Cylon,
Commander Adama's uniform,
or a Colonial Warrior helmet from the never-filmed second season of BG.
There's
E.T.'s head,
Cyclop's visor from X-men,
and even the alien hand switch from Total Recall.
And who wouldn't want their own cute cuddly face-hugger from Aliens?
There are a ton of items but be prepared, most prices start around $500 and go up to
$40,000."
...a 'peice' of the Death Star? Haven't they started reconstructing it yet?!
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"Qua!?"
Now why does this post sound like a carefully crafted sales pitch? Your auction or just shilling on the side?
A fool and his money are soon parted. Don't question why someone would spend money on this question how you can get them to spend that kind of money on something you have.
There are a ton of items but be prepared, most prices start around $500 and go up to $40,000
And that's before the Slashdot effect hits the prices.
Erin Gray's hot spandex pantsuits from the show?
I'd pay $40000 for CowboyNeal's hoy spandex pantsuits!
I have over 70 freaks, do you?
A good working copy of the HHGTTG, or really, any way off this rock?
The longer I wait around here, the more likely they are to demolish the damn thing and build an interchange through it...
While I'd love to have my own foam-rubber/prop/whaterver facehugger from Alien(s)... Could you really sleep, I mean really really sleep well, knowing that thing was in your house?
And don't even get me started about Scottie's Suit.
I assert that my comment is only my opinion, not that of any employer, past, present or future.
Some of Scotty's old clothes?? I mean, seriously, we all know that man has some glandular problems! I hope they atleast give it a thorough washing.
suddenly I feel very tired
That's Space Station Memorabilia!
While I was nerding it up
Ooooh, baby. a/s/l?
I'll bid next week's winning lotto numbers...
-- it must be true, it's on the internet.
...a lifesize working duplicate of Seven of Nine, Trinity, the TX or a Vanessa Kensington fembot. Yeah, baby!
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You got trolled by the submitter and marked as flamebait by a millionerd.
Well, it's expensive, indeed, especially for something that may not be useful anymore once its owner gets engaged : I indeed think a decent household would not accept such oddities in her home.
So, now, instead of modding people you don't agree with to oblivion (typical US way to solve the Afghan conflict), what about having some unanonymous hero telling us about why he think he *must* spend that much for a "fake".
(the real part of a fictitious object *is* a fake)
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I am looking for a mint condition Harrison Ford bowel movement from the original Star Wars...1 of 220 available.
and even the alien hand switch from Total Recall...
Didya ever notice that "alien hand switch" rearranged is "hat line sandwich"?
It's not even from the movie, it's from the Universal Studios attraction. How rare is that? Starting bid $4,000?!
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from the breast-and-wig dept.
I think the editors were busy ogling "Breast appliances and wig" worn by Rebecca Romijn-Stamos in X-Men. More about the item for those not feeling like checking out a link for breast appliances:
Blue latex breast appliances (each signed on the inside in gold by the actress), and a short-haired red wig, worn by Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as Mystique. $500 - $1,000 [estimated sale price]
I guess that's perfect for that semi-stalkerish yet absolutely cool amongst geeks feeling.
Is it just me, or is it only the hard-core sci-fi geek loner with no money who would willingly pay $US 15K for a Cylon costume? I would think that anyone able to afford this would wouldn't be willing to pay that much for it.
I mean, I think it'd be neat... for a few hundred maybe.
How much do I have to pay to get a "Slash-vertisement" for the collection of useless shit I'm selling on Ebay?
E.T. headpiece used on the Universal Studios attraction E.T. the Adventure.
$4000 for something that was once on a ride? Not the real thing?!
Incidently many of these auctions have been 'ended early'.
" I am looking for a mint .... bowel movement from the original Star Wars...1 of 220 available."
Is that peppermint, or spearmint?
I'll buy the face hugger and keep it in a easily escapable cage. As is the tradition with such things...
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I already have one I got off ebay a few years back.
It's quite cool really. All he wants is a tube of autosol every xmas and to plug himself into the mains at night. In return he does all the cooking, cleaning, DIY, and scares off burglers.
I think he is having some kind of relationship with the hoover though.
Checkout the guys in the second picture!
:-)
Didn't know Sony and Tubbs appeared in Battlestar Galactica, fashionable as ever of course
Im sure I can lay my hands on a couple of washing up bottles, an egg carton and some silver paint... ermmm.. I mean the original Liberator from Blakes 7.
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With all those links in the story, there has to be a goatse link in there somewhere... :^)
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I thought about if I was going to buy scottie's original uniform I'd want scottie to go with it.
Looking at the uniform, it'd take more than the jaws of life to get him in there.
Be you Admins? nay, we are but lusers!
$40000, why would anyone spend that much money on something like that? You'd have to have something wrong with you to spend that amount of money...
You will find, that the most expensive item starts at more than twice that. The original George Reeves Superman costume starts at $90,000.00
Is it worth that much? Not to me, but somebody might be prepared to spend that. Why is that wrong? If you can afford it and want to own a piece of film history.
Hank! White!
In some ways it's too bad they are selling these items piecemeal. Having a collection of many related items raises the value and relevance of rare pieces. It would be great if some rich fan out there just bought every single item for some of these shows, it looks like Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers have the most items at this auction. Then they could make a collection out of the whole lot, or even better open a Buck Rogers museum. Of course maybe there are some die-hard fans out there for whom a chance to own a piece of their favorite show for $600 is a dream come true.
What is worse, perhaps, is that the inside of the face hugger was knowingly designed around the female vulva/vagina, and it is plainly clear that that is the case in the photos of the auction. So not only do you have the prop, but the slightly perverted looking replica of labia in the middle of this plastic thing. Maybe it makes some of you want to have it near your face, but remember, it IS a model.
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I hate to have to correct you, it's not Sony. His name was Panasonic.
But you got the Tubbs one right.
So long, michael. Don't let the door hit you...
It's been there for decades, I believe it's one of the vehicles from the "Ice Planet Zero" episode, sitting in a used car lot on Cahuenga. Anyone else notice it?
Can't you see that everyone is buying station wagons?
The best place on the net to discuss SF/Fantasy/genre media is FutureNoir.com IMO.
There is nothing really wrong with it, I suppose. But depending on how you look at it, it's kind of twisted... There are people starving in parts of the world and thousands are dieing because they can't afford common medicines, yet tycoons in the good ole US of A can spend upwards of $90,000 for a superman costume... I guess if you have that kind of money nobody else has the right to tell you what to do with it, but sometime's I think a lot of people have more dollars than sense.
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hi im dumb and have 5K to burn on a piece of plastic that means everything to me.. piece of the original Deathstar~!
Do you need a website upgrade?
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Bender: Idiots, who like to buy crap for other idiots.
--
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I'm still looking for the elusive copy of the lost in space (origional series) robot costume....
It would make coming to work a bit more fun.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
"This exceptional hero costume was worn by Greene as Commander Adama in virtually every episode of the series"
Hope these costumes have been washed/dry cleaned.. Wouldn't want to get space herpes
-B
It's actually pieces of the Moon.
Yeah, but I'm sure they've seen plenty of pictures, so comparing to that face hugger picture should be easy enough.
The Superman red and blue bodysuit is perhaps the most famous costume in both television and cinematic history, and the red and yellow "S" logo has truly become an American icon.
Is Christopher Reeves Dead yet ?
I have not heard anything on the radio, except he recently flew to Israel ?
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It's all relative. I'm sure there are people who balk at the fact that you probably spend ~$40/month on a broadband connection.
I noticed that some (all?) of the auctions had an 18% "Buyer's Premium" that goes to the seller, paid in addition to the winning bid amount. Is this normal for auctions? It seems like it is just another way to suck even more money out of the buyer. I wonder why we don't start seeing Best Buy, Amazon, etc start charging a 18% "Buyer's Fee" when we buy stuff online for the convenience.
Come on--it's a Sci-Fi auction, for Bob's sake.
There are people starving in parts of the world and thousands are dieing because they can't afford common medicines
Which is the fault of the pharmaceutical industry, because they refuse to let other produce generic versions of their drugs. So if some executive from Novartis or Pfizer is buying the Superman costume you might have a point. You probably don't get that rich without exploiting some people in the process, but I still think that you should be able to spend your money in whatever way you want. Some people might spend it on cocaine, some might give it to charity and some might want movie memorabilia. A lot of people may have more dollars than sense, but apart from taxing that money nobody has the right to tell them what to do with it. And I really don't see a problem with this.
Hank! White!
You must mean this.
...would make a nice work outfit for my brother the CFO.
All is Number -Pythagoras.
And, really, once you're married (yes, even people reading Slashdot gets married), it's better to get rid of some memorabilia than to listen all the time complaints about "all the shit you have in this room".
If he's reading this thread, he may be thinking the same thing about paying $$$$$ for what is, in the end, theatrical tat.
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Science Fiction came from Books, and please don't forget them...I wouldn't spend the money they are asking for Media SF stuff...but, say, a mint copy of Dangerous Visions hardcover....I would spend a bit for that! Or a first edition of any Arthur C. Clarke book in mint condition.
ttyl
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These aren't the hot spandex pantsuits you're looking for.
For the Alien facehuggers. They don't say they are 'authentic' props from the movies themselves. IIRC these were sold by a third party sometime between the 1st and 2nd movies. I remember the ads in some old Starlog magazines. Came in a cool acrylic cube.
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(Or whatever the hell the actual quote is. It's early.)
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I agree, nobody has that right. However, it just seems kind of rediculous... I just don't understand how people can justify paying that kind of money for a costume. It isn't really a comment on any one individual but on the market in general, this sort of thing is priced at a point the market will bare. It's interesting that being the proud owner of supermans spandex jumpsuit is such an exciting prospect to some people that they will pay twice the average American's annual salary for it.
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Somewhere a Planet Hollywood lies dying...
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"Blue latex breast appliances (each signed on the inside in gold by the actress),"
Let me know if she signed them by pen, or by her own nipples dipped in gold ink. Yes, it does make a difference.
Have: Facehugger.
Want: Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipley!
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Get one from Austin Powers after "Showing...who's boss"
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"Fully Operational?"
Remember Godfather Part II? That huge chart used in the Senate hearing on organized crime to depict the Corleone Family? That would look spectacular over my couch.
I know it's cool to live in fantasy world where we get to own the original Terminator jacket, but...
How many unemployed, or people who've taken paycuts on slashdot can afford the ridiculous prices these people are charging? It would probably inflate Hollywood's egos far more than they already are or need to be. It's not like these overpaid buffoons need more money either.
I'd feel guilty supporting the movie industry like this. I'd much rather take a chunk of money like that and donate it to someone fighting the MPAA or RIAA. I mean having the stuff is cool, but you'd probably be funding their foundation of slimy lawyers.
I'm keeping what little money I have out of lower Cali, and in Silicon Valley...Screw the MPAA!
If this were a troll, I'd have tagged it accordingly : [Troll]
Mods are really on crack, these days...
Well... I might be missing the point, but I'd rather be stuck in traffic in a Mercedes than a Mini :)
I have over 70 freaks, do you?
"...female vulva/vagina..."
;)
As opposed to the male vulva/vagina?
-Vic
A little over a year ago I sold it, for a whoping $800 and purchased a one year old 2001 Lincoln LS, seen on my site, here. I pay right around $500 a month for it, including insurance.
I sit in the same traffic, right next to people in their own version of my F-150. I couldn't be happier! They sit, sweating, getting by with public radio. I sit in dual climate controlled personal space with a 6 disc in-dash cd changer. They listen to their car rattle and clank, and I hear nothing but the highs and lows of Bach coming through my Alpine.
Just like with cars, paying "out the nose" for something might be very strange to some people.. but to others it might be worth twice the price. We are all different, welcome to Earth.
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No one is asking you to drive a mini. (Except BMW). You can buy a perfectly good VW, Toyota, Honda, base level Merc etc. with everything you need and still keep most of your cash in the bank. This guy actually drove a Saab. His point was about spending money simply to look flash, the fact that once you've done it the effect quickly wears off and yes, you have missed the point.
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"You'd have to have something wrong with you to spend that amount of money..."
To be fair, the sort of person having enough room to store the 12ft by 9ft model of the derelict spacecraft that the crew of the Nostromo found the alien onboard in their living room is possibly the sort that would have the $40 000 necessary to buy it...
"I Know You Are But What Am I?"
There are people starving in parts of the world and thousands are dieing because they can't afford common medicines, yet tycoons in the good ole US of A can spend upwards of $90,000 for a superman costume...
But that just means the money goes from one person's pocket to another's, and the person who receives the $90G could then give it to charity if they wish.
The main time a rich person's money affects the rest of the economy is when he/she spends it on someone else's labor -- building a mansion, for example -- so that labor is not available for others. If a rich man buys a Picasso for $1 million from another, and the other buys a Degas from the first man for the same price, economically nothing has happened.
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
what, no AMAZON BOOK REFERRAL LINK?
or I guess you post other things now too.
I know several multi-millionares (Grew up with one's son) that refused to waste money. He drove a Buick, chopped his own wood for his fireplace and could buy and sell each and every one of us without flinching.
The true wealthy are not stupid.... those in the mercedes and BMW's are just wannabes trying to look like they have money when they really don't. (Yes you Audi idiots are in there too)
If you just want to make a general statement against consumerism, then just do so. Criticising the mere existence of luxury items is not something that makes a lot of sense to me. Just because something isn't worth anything to you, doesn't mean that it isn't worth anything at all. I wouldn't pay that kind of money for a superman costume, even if I could afford it, but that isn't true for everything. Of course for me $400 are a lot, but it's all a question of perspective. Paying twice the average American's annual salary stops being an issue, when your salary is far, far above the average.
Hank! White!
I think you'll find I didn't miss the point, it just wasn't a very good one. If I had the money, I'd rather have a flash Mercedes or Jag than a 'entry level' car. I wouldn't care if the effect would quickly wear off, I would've still got pleasure out of it.
I have over 70 freaks, do you?
I saw lots of cool things, but the coolest in my opinion? Clint Eastwood's pistol from Outlaw Josey Wales. Hella freaking cool. A close second would be the Terminator jacket, complete with bullet holes and stage blood.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
Thoreau defined wealth as being that which you could affored to live without.
He had a point.
KFG
...this is the coolest logo yet. Kudos to the inspiration for this one! 500 quatloos to anyone who can remember this characters's name without looking.... Balok?
I don't suppose you're much of a baby person. I should say, though, that link is not for the weak of stomach.
Whoever is selling this shit should've done it about 5 years ago. In the dot-com hey day, I bought some pretty insane stuff at prices higher than most of these things. Luckily, the things that I did buy really *ARE* collector's items, and are insured. Ah, to have money again....
I feel I should warn anyone considering the purchase of a face hugger: they are not nearly as affectionate as their name suggests.
Er. That just seems weird to me. What is the point of having money and not spending it? Fine, do the whole "I don't need wordly possessions" schtick if you want, but then why not give your money to charity so it can help people? There's something obscene about the idea of money sitting in a bank, earning the banks money when it could be spent on (say) cancer research and benefit mankind.
I'm a Sci-Fi film-aholic and some of these items are just WAY TOO KEWL. Talk about conversation pieces. Yes they are pricey, but hey, how many relics of these films exist anymore. Some collectors get ahold of them, but lots of studios dump or canibalize them for other projects.
I'll bet the story would get fewer laughs if they were auctioning an original cog from the Difference Engine.
or a Colonial Warrior helmet from the never-filmed second season of BG.
Ok, I realize we all WISH Galactica 1980 never happened, but unless the whole thing was videotaped, I fail to see how it made it on the air without having been filmed.
I said no text!
Do I need to tell you he was British
I assume you meant Scottish. That would explain a lot.
I'll do it for cheesy poofs.
"The seller ended this listing early because the item is no longer available for sale."
Oh well...
Rather near somewhere else actually...
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Holy crap - are we slashdotting Ebay?
I want the Tardis (preferably a fully-functional one), and a Dalek (preferably non-functional)
The seller ended this listing early because the item is no longer available for sale.
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It's the whole vagina thing. They got spooked.
Indeed.. I owned my 2002 Z06 Corvette for 19 months and beat the hell out of it for 9100 miles..
It was a joy every single time I drove it, regardless of where I was going. Even when I was stuck in traffic. Would I blow $50K or $100K on a car.. No. But the fact is, you don't.
I bought the Z06 for $42,500 and sold it for $38,000. So, the car cost me about $250/month.
What is the average piece of shit new car costing per month? Heck, I recall leasing a '95 F-150 truck for two years at $206/month. And to think the Z06 is comparable in cost!
The insurance on my Z06 was about $100/month.
"Do I need to tell you he was British (PhD University of Cambridge)?
I don't get it, what does this bit mean?
As opposed to the male vulva/vagina? ;)
Hey, if that's what you want to call your bunghole...
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6 disk CD changer? Are you nuts? Now that is a waste..
I have 20 GB of MP3s on my Archos and feed them to my in-dash FM.
There are two kinds of wealthy.. Those who made their own money and those who did not.
Those who inherited are often terrified of running out of money because they do not know how to earn more.
Sometimes they are in a trust fund situation and their cash flow is limited and beyond their control.
We've slashdotted Erin Gray's pants!
Well this IS Slashdot, so It was bound to happen sooner or later.
You're using her as bait, Master!
They would've been better off putting Ahnold's jacket on a mannequin than the dippy-looking guy they have there. I'd love to have that, though, even if it has been 'soiled' as stated in the description. :-)
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What? Giger designed something that looks like human genitals? Who'da thunk?
Something important to keep in mind is that, rare as these are, most of these items are not the absolute only instances of their kind. When a film or tv show goes into production, they usually make several copies of things like outfits and any props that the actors may actually touch.
In my opinion, buying one outfit or prop isn't enough, you need to get a representative sampling of several. That's where you start to get the feelings you had when watching the show, and that's where you can start to see things like how the costumers and set designers did their real magic.
Also, please consider making an overall budget when you visit an auction like this, not only so that you don't go overboard, but so that you think more about how much further your money goes if you buy multiple smaller items you like, and not blow it all on the big ones.
Decide whether something being "screenworn" matters to you, before you start bidding. If you're all excited about getting Buck Rogers tights, for example, but you want a really nice pair, you may want to get a backup pair that weren't actually needed. On the other hand, don't be surprised if you decide you have to get a nifty blaster used on set, and it arrives with bits missing or glued back on, because it's not a toy, it's a handmade prop meant to be used briefly. Prop and costume designers are very hard workers, and very creative, but they rarely have the budget or the time to make things with the intent of them lasting beyond the length of the scenes in which they're used. That's why everyone sells these items with the disclaimers they do.
If you buy these, buy them because you want them and plan to have them until you die, not because they'll impress other people (good for about 5 minutes cumulative maybe) or because you think you can flip them later. Few props will actually increase in value over time, and even if the appraised value increases, getting someone to pay that much later, especially if you don't have a variety of items together, could be extremely difficult.
Above all, even if you have money to burn left over from a dot-com you sold years ago, don't get caught up in the bidding, and suddenly realise that you could have bought a car, taken an around-the-world vacation, or built a school in a third world country for the price of those Cylon and Twiki suits I know you're eyeing. You could also invest the money and approach the current buyer in about 3 years, when he's in debt, if you still want it. I think in those 3 years you'll be glad you didn't waste the money, however.
Get off my launchpad!
How about some Dr Who Daleks, built out of trash cans, some of which actually had trash dropped into them by mistake?
The alien hand device from total recall has got to be the best item there, imagine that in the middle of your drinks table.
Consumer confidence figures have been plunging recently, and I wonder: does the fact that IT and other high tech workers live in an increasingly uncertain job market mean that the market for high-end sci-fi collectibles is weaker? Has anyone seen a geek market that is significantly weaker than it was a few years ago? I know that I personally will not be buying a piece of the DeathStar any time soon; it's probably too big to fit into the refridgerator box. It seemed like the value of these type of collectibles was very high during the late 90s boom years, when techies had lots of money burning holes in their pockets.
I am not sure about anybody else, but even with the means and the desire I sure as heck would not put down 40k or whatever on a picture doctored up like Cylon one.
For that price, I'd expect detailed and excessive photos of the item, plus a warranty that states the condition of the item.
Without being able to see the acutal quality of the product, how do you know it hasn't had a mouse nest in it for 2 decades?
See "Bill Gates Dollars" for a proper perspective. While there are relatively few people with billions to blow trying to bribe whole countries, there are plenty of people with modest multi-million dollar nest eggs that might want that suit. Not being one of them, I'd be happy to sell that suit for what it's worth if I owned it. What would you do with it?
Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.
I'll bid five hundred quatloos!!!!
I can't afford the original, but does anyone know where one could find a replica of the jacket for sale in this auction?
Did a search but all I could find was T3 crap...
If you have a first edition of a book, you know that you have one of a printing that was probably at least a thousand. The author may not have ever even touched it, and if he did, and he signed it directly to you, it most likely wasn't his very own personal copy.
Unless it's extremely old, a printed edition shouldn't be something you get all excited about, and even if it is, you generally have to interact with it to get the most use from it (it's meant to be read, not looked at, like a movie prop), and interacting with a book causes wear. So it's not really a pristine edition any more, and worth less.
On the other hand, if you are really in love with an author's work, or think it changed your life, you might try looking for the original manuscripts. Many authors who write longhand have them typed before submission, and their original handwritten copies destroyed, so one step down from that is the author's own markup galleys or correction proofs, sent back from the publisher. Below that is the murky realm of review copies, which often turn up in bookstores as sought after items, even though they rarely have artwork, often have poor typesetting and are just photocopied sheets poorly bound, etc. Remember, these are the copies they send for free to newspaper columnists, etc., and they don't spend any money on them because they know they'll probably be tossed after being skimmed (who has time to read a whole book? And some review copies aren't even whole books, just excerpts).
Get off my launchpad!
Yes, it is the second season, even though the name and a lot else changed. It is certainly a continuation.
(Look also at Valerie.... The Hogan Family. This is another show that went through a few seasons and a few name changes along the way, not to mention the departure of the main star after the first season).
because his happiness is not derived from material goods, which is the point that the original poster missed.
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Those that are given money don't know how to handle it and end up losing it one way or another.
How much for the Lightwave models used to create Babylon 5?
Yeah, but if you're not going to spend the money (and I guess money is usually spent on material goods) then why not turn it over to worthwhile causes that will spend it? I think my point still stands, but whatever ... it doesn't bother me that much to be honest!
Well, i very fondly remember this particular space vampire pant suit... VERY fondly remember it.. hmmm...erin gray...
No offense, but you have no idea whether he's considered that already, or what goes on in his mind as people keep harping on him here about his weight. It's not like he doesn't know he has a serious problem, and has for years. Also, the surgery that Al Roker had worked fine for him, but there is a real risk of complications and even death when undertaking it. If you watched the hour-long interview with the guy, he admits it's dangerous and it's not something he did lightly.
CowboyNeal's problem might very well more to do with a medical condition or simply with a lack of exercise, not what he eats, in which case constricting his stomach will just stress a system already out of balance. I don't know his situation, because I don't know the guy, but making the assumption that fat people are fat because they eat too much is sheer prejudice.
In my case, I'm fat, and it's not because I eat heavily (I get between 1200 and 1500 calories a day, and restrict my fat, salt and sugar where possible), but because I've been sedentary for many years. I sit in chairs all day, and don't get much physical activity except walking up stairs or walking to my car. After a few years it becomes very hard, not just psychologically but physically, to suddenly start any kind of workout program. And psychologically... having people drive by and laugh at you because you're breathing hard while trying to walk a couple miles while starting your exercises doesn't help, either. Walking around in a mall for exercise is better, but if it's crowded you can't get a good pace, and there's a lot of distractions, and a lot of social pressure to just go away, people are there to buy stuff, not look at your fat sweaty ass, etc.
I don't blame other people, I don't want people to pretend that being fat is fine, but by the same token I don't want people to assume that I can't control myself at the table. If anything, I probably eat too little when I'm around other people, because I don't want to be seen as a pig.
I struggle with motivation, like many others. There's no surgery or pill for that, that I know of, so if you really care, help us with that.
Are you kidding? If I owned that thing, I'd hang it over my bed. My ultimate plan is to become rich, raise H. R. Geiger from the dead (when he does actually die, that is) and have him design my house.
They even have a stillsuit from the '84 Dune movie! That rules.
-- Having a Creationist Museum is like having an Atheist place of worship
Whaaa?? I can just imagine the winner of one of these auctions. He'd be all, Look at me! I'm a cashed-up loser with a crap looking prop from some TV show that sucked. (with apologies to Moe)
Anyone who has spent any time around movie props can tell you they look very ordinary when viewed up close in real life. Props that are twenty years old usually look worse again. The sellers in this auction know this too, which is why they are using very small pictures, or what looks like touched up press photo's in the case of the Cylon suits. Even in a display case with the right lighting, this stuff is still going to look ordinary.
About the only possible exception IMHO to the incredible lack of any cultural value to this stuff might be some of the Giger sculptures because technically they are works of art by a somewhat well known name. They might increase in value. As for the rest of it - meh, you can keep it.
I guess if it keeps some fanboy happy all alone in his basement, more power to eBay to make money off them. Personally I think it is hilarious that some loser really would pay $500 for Tiger Man's underpants from an episode of Buck Rogers that nobody in their right mind can probably remember.
I hate that little fucker.
This is not my sandwich.
Don't make fun. Some people on slashdot wouldn't know what was being discussed if it weren't prefaced with "female."
"Oh, it's one of those GIRL things! Eww!"
The insignia from BG are nothing more than the Army's Military Intelligence branch insignia. Getting them is easy...
What is the point of having money and not spending it?
Uh, so you don't have to work and can live solely off the interest? Just a theory.
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
Normally, I'd be biddy-biddy-bidding all over this, but I guess I'll just wait until somebody lists a Twiki in better condition.
in full costume,
give me a call
I want to be there.
A blog I run for the wealth
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos X-Men breast and wig.
So your gas-guzzling truck is very comfortable to sit in whilst your engine idles at the traffic lights. That must mean you have a huge dick!
I used to live in Stockport and would cycle through Manchester on the way to Bolton in the mornings. There was a guy that lived on the same street as me who drove a Porsche. We usually left at the same time, but I was always getting into town well before him on my bicycle. If that's not getting more bang for the buck I don't know what is!
The only reason I'd buy any of this is so that I could make replicas and/or virtual models. I would never want to risk further degradation of the originals. Having backups of physical items is just as important (perhaps moreso) than having backups of data.
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
What I'm looking for are the backlit space paintings that you can always see inside the TNG crew quarters at different times. I love those things, but unfortunately an afternoon of googling hasn't helped get find out anything about them.
:)
Does anyone know who created those, or where I could buy some of them? I love the way they look, and by buying it I could get a nice office decoration and my TNG memorabilia at the same time.
What allows them to do this? I understand that advertising items for sale or auction creates a responsibility to actually offer the item at the sale or auction. For example, my family had an estate action. One item (a tractor) was not at the auction site and my sister didn't want to be bothered to take it there. The lawyer became very upset because of the liability it would have caused to not actually sell it at the auction.
I am guessing the buy it early option available for most ebay auctions, in giving anyone the chance to actually get the item, allows the item to be sold prior to the actual auction without liability. But these Profiles-in-History auctions don't have such an option.
How would you like to own Twiki from Buck Rogers, or even better one of Erin Gray's hot spandex pantsuits from the show?
I'm thinking Erin Gray's pantsuits would be fairly disappointing without Erin Gray in them.
When all you have is an axe, everything looks like a grindstone.
While I'd love to have my own foam-rubber/prop/whaterver facehugger from Alien(s)... Could you really sleep, I mean really really sleep well, knowing that thing was in your house?
I was thinking more along the lines of how cool that would be except that I'd never get laid while that thing was in my apartment.
Buck Rodgers, like Baywatch, was best watched with the sound off to prevent the awful scripts from ruining the visuals. I think Erin Gray's shiny spandex clad body greatly accelerated my puberty.
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
learn to fucking type! brought to you by the spelling fascists.
But I was aiming for her face?
Funny, I don't remember what happened right after I bought mine and now I'm eating like crazy!
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
You think that's bad. Look at the Erin Gray or the BG g-suit costumes. The model looks like a ho in every auction!
I hate that little fucker.
Twiki says: "Beeble-beeble-beeble-beep. Fuck you."
Until I saw the agridome from Silent Running.
Gotta have!! Gotta have!!!!
Doug Trumbell is GOD!!
If you don't want to repeat the past, stop living in it.
Sorry, but I refuse to cave into my wife and get ride of my "Princess Leia in a Metal Bikini" doll.
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
Now in working order!
If you don't want to repeat the past, stop living in it.
"...but you want a really nice pair, you may want to get a backup pair that weren't actually needed."
Damn, I was hoping you were talking about Shannon Elizabeth's breasts from American Pie.
Nothing says pompous like having a web page devoted to your car. And a lame American built piece of crap at that.
You da man !!
Look at these poor starving union shop workers, after the movies they worked on were pirated, they now have to sell props from movies to keep afloat!
Why, poor Larry here actually has to choose from either putting a down payment on this Jaguar, or paying for a 68" plasma screen display for his home theater!
(Where's Sally Struthers when they need her?)
Just because you can mod me down, doesn't mean you're right. Shoes for industry!
Yeah, but he probably had better luck with the chicks. At least until they got past the superficial possesions point.
There are two available I know of, "Star Wars I" and II.
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
So your gas-guzzling truck is very comfortable to sit in whilst your engine idles at the traffic lights. That must mean you have a huge dick!
Er, he stated that he sold an F-150 (truck), and bought a Lincoln LS. This is a Lincoln LS. Are your reading comprehension scores just very low, or what?
I thought this thing was supposed to process my feces!
Leave it to /. to find a link to purchase the one thing in the univerise worse than that damned robot mut on Battlestar Gallactica. Twiki, I should get PAYED for bidding on that abomination
Yeah, his happiness is apparently derived from having cash in the bank, which is far more useless than having a bunch of fun material goods. I'd rather die broke, having played with a bunch of toys than bored with a bunch of greenbacks.
Indeed...
65% of those are women.
yet...
statistics provided by Global Impact quoting UNICEF and the UN
He looked at me and said, "Kid, we don't like your kind, and we're gonna send your fingerprints off to Washington."
I guess he thought I didn't get my own joke.
I saw a miniature spice harvester listed, but...
I'll take a truckload of sandtrout, a couple of adult sandworms, and a Heighliner.
Payment will be stock in my new desert gear company, and a couple of windtraps.
Theres a cnn article up where the auctioneer states he expects to bring in close to $1 million.
But just perusing his auctions it looks like nobody's bidding. There are only a handful a bids on all of his items -- most ending tomorrow. Even with the CNN and Slashdot exposure, nobody's bidding. (or rather, as I hope, nobody actually believes that some crap from Planet of the Apes could be worth $4000.)
These pretzels are making me thirsty.
That would be the "mangina," for those of you in the Navy.
The true wealthy are not stupid.... those in the mercedes and BMW's are just wannabes trying to look like they have money when they really don't.
Correct
Of course we all have noticed the fantastic women on our original Star Trek DVD. Didn't they have a _bunch_ of nice looking gals? Wonder how Captain Kirk kept focused on the lines when all these lookers were _everywhere_.
Now, what could the auction have that relates to these fab females? Original Publicity photos? Clothing? Etc.?
ET's head? naw... Not paying for that!
All I want is one of those computers form Terry Gilliam's 'Brazil'; the ones with the tiny screen with a magnifying glass in front.
:)] let me know!
If someone could part with one for not much money [hey, I'm a poor student
-- Waht? Tehr's a preveiw buottn?
How many "microns" would I have to wait until it arrived?
...or were microns a unit of distance akin to light-years in 70's-bad-sci-fi-TV-land parlance? Or do I disremember more badly?
P.S.: As for anything Erin Gray once wore, what price is too much? (Thanks for many a teenage fantasy, Ms. Gray!) :)
Let's play Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. I'll be Pestilence.
Why, because Scots people are more "canny"?
As a Scot, obviously I don't find the compliment objectionable per se, but there *are* those who would interpret such a remark as racist. In that it perpetuates a racial sterotype which probably isn't justified.
No true science fiction fan's memorabilia collection is complete without them. *ahem*
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Dust Puppy can fix his problem.
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
Sure would like to know if this is the loot raped from Forry Ackerman, as a result of his forced bankruptcy. If so, I couldn't touch the stuff, even if it had Raquel Welch's personal Orgasmatron.
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