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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."

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  1. What do you mean... by PakProtector · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a 'peice' of the Death Star? Haven't they started reconstructing it yet?!

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    1. Re:What do you mean... by caudron · · Score: 5, Funny

      Haven't they started reconstructing it yet?!

      Yeah, but like any good mechanic, they have parts left over.

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  2. Slashdotting prices by BenjyD · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  3. Ooh by Sir+Haxalot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Erin Gray's hot spandex pantsuits from the show?
    I'd pay $40000 for CowboyNeal's hoy spandex pantsuits!

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  4. Reality Checkpoint! Please Slow Down. by Jonsey · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  5. Who would pay USD$40,000 for... by brocheck · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

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  6. for a working tardis by wadiwood · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll bid next week's winning lotto numbers...

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  7. Forget these, I'm saving my money for... by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a lifesize working duplicate of Seven of Nine, Trinity, the TX or a Vanessa Kensington fembot. Yeah, baby!

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  8. Anyone have this item? by flea69 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am looking for a mint condition Harrison Ford bowel movement from the original Star Wars...1 of 220 available.

    1. Re:Anyone have this item? by WebfishUK · · Score: 5, Funny

      It would be worth a mint if you could prove he said "I have a bad feeling about this" just before it popped out!

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    2. Re:Anyone have this item? by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ahh, so that's what he meant when he was talking about fast Kessel runs!

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  9. Uhm... by acehole · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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  10. Own your own Cylon by 1s44c · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

  11. What will you tell Seven? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Resistance is futile. You will be inseminated."

    1. Re:What will you tell Seven? by tgd · · Score: 4, Funny

      You've been waiting for years to use that joke on here, haven't you?

  12. Re:Reality Checkpoint! Please Slow Down. by fruey · · Score: 3, Funny

    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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  13. Who buys this? by Penguin2212 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Leela: Why Buys this crap?

    Bender: Idiots, who like to buy crap for other idiots.

  14. That's no Death Star by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's actually pieces of the Moon.

  15. Re:Well... by $rtbl_this · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looking at the uniform, it'd take more than the jaws of life to get him in there.

    "The stitching canna take it, captain!"

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  16. So what you're saying is by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny

    These aren't the hot spandex pantsuits you're looking for.

  17. Corpse-looting by EarwigTC · · Score: 3, Funny


    Somewhere a Planet Hollywood lies dying...

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  18. Yes, but is the piece of the Deathstar by vudufixit · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Fully Operational?"

  19. Re:Reality Checkpoint! Please Slow Down. by krs-one · · Score: 4, Funny

    "...female vulva/vagina..."

    As opposed to the male vulva/vagina? ;)

    -Vic

  20. Obligatory by gwydi0n · · Score: 5, Funny

    "... That's no moon!"

  21. Re:$40000!!! by lovebyte · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do I need to tell you he was British

    I assume you meant Scottish. That would explain a lot.

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