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Stargate Props Going Up For Auction
will_die writes "After all the recent auctions for Propworx's Battlestar Galactica props, they are now selling off 15 years of Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis props. Over the next couple of months minor items will be sold on eBay, and the major items will be sold in two live auctions. eBay auctions will consist of smaller props, most costumes, drawings and even parts of Stargates. The live auctions will contain items such as the Thor puppet, The Ark of Truth, and the only fully working Stargate. (Multiple Stargates needed for travel)." My wife will be bidding on Daniel Jackson. I wouldn't mind a Zat gun, but at $3K–$4K, it's a bit rich for my blood... although if the neighbor's dog keeps getting out of his electric fence I might have no choice...
although if the neighbor's dog keeps getting out of his electric fence I might have no choice...
Buy a brick of velveeta cheese and a bottle of castor oil. Sprinkle some of the castor oil on the brick and feed it to the dog every time it gets out of the fence.
Trust me, the problem will solve itself one way or the other.
My work here is dung.
I would like to bid on the working ZPM please, time for me to sell power to the power company! heh!
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...when I already have a stargate 2 blocks away?
Does anyone still wonder where the inspiration for the movie "40 Year-Old Virgin" came from?
What about IP rights? Whats the point of buying stargate tat if I cant upload my fanfiction using the props onto YouTube?
Somehow, I doubt they're auctioning off Amanda Tapping. Keep your vile fantasies to yourself, you slobbering fanboy! ;)
You go and buy it and then put in on a shelf? Have people over and say look at that! It from the [insert show here] TV show!
After you dump the hundreds or thousands of dollars on that crap and you get tired of it, you'll stick it in a closet or on a shelf.
Take the money and invest it or save it. One day you will need it and the market for this shit isn't liquid - meaning, you won't be able to sell the thing to another sucker when you really have to.
People are so stupid with their money. No wonder we have these economic problems.
Two full stargate props were originally built for the SG-1 pilot "Children of the Gods", the second of which was reconstructed from the prop used in the film. They are made of steel and fiberglass, and are 22 feet (6.7 m) in diameter. The second prop is less detailed, and is used for exterior scenes; in the pilot it was used solely on the planet Chulak. The primary one, however, is quite sophisticated. It is fully automated, and capable of rotating and emitting light. This is achieved by the use of a specially-designed 22-foot (6.7 m) circular gear, which turns the inner ring on a precise pinion drive wheel, using an eight horsepower electric motor. The top seven chevrons emit laser pulses which are read by a sensor fed into a computer responsible for the gate's movement, which is consequently able to start and stop the rotation very quickly. This main prop is kept almost immovably at the permanent set of the SGC, at Bridge Studios, Vancouver.
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Holy crap, i could fit in that thing.
Time to buy me a new house, this house is way too big for my needs.
Also, i wonder how many people are going to want to buy the Thor puppet for the sake of playing pranks on family and friends.
Anyone know some decent chemicals capable of temporary paralysis while conscious? I need to fake an abduction on some...one... hundred plus people.
fully working Stargate!
I will out of here by the time they try to cash the check!
Does this mean there won't be any follow up any more ever again? :'(
"My wife will be bidding on Daniel Jackson"
Where's the link for bidding on Lexa Doig? She wasn't in that many episodes so I'm assuming she'll be posted on Ebay?
Is Jewel Staite for sale?
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I want a puddle jumper. Slap that puppy over a Pontiac transport and have the coolest geek mobile evAR!
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prop images, I particularly like some of the lighting they created and the close ups on the ebay pages will make it a lot easier to replicate. Certain pieces like this are truly interesting
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=150407632551
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It's a little unclear from the site if *everything* from SG1 and SGA are being sold off, or just select props that the writers don't envision ever using again? I wonder what this means for Stargate: Universe? I mean, in theory, they are still in contact with Star Gate Command, and at some point, they may get the Destiny Gate working again to travel back to Earth, so seems like you'd still need the SGC sets available. In any case, there's the Comm Stones, which give us glimpses of Earth again.
SGU hasn't been cancelled (yet) - I saw somewhere that SyFy renewed for a second season. So, I guess that must mean that they aren't selling *everything*?
I want to buy the outfits that Claudia Black wore.
. . .Naquadah Generator, and all associated patents, and a sufficient supply of Naquadah to power it for a couple centuries. However much it costs, it will pay for itself. *grin*
Neat. There is one problem, though: How are the Ori props going to sell, when so many Stargate fans don't believe that they exist? :p
Actually, perhaps that could be a selling point. I can see more than one use for being invisible to the hardcore fans. For example, Amanda Tapping could certainly use a Prior's Staff, judging by some of the comments here. ;)
I'd tell her then I'm bidding on Dr. Lam (Michael Shanks' wife Lexa Doig).
if i had the money this is the only thing i would buy.
Don't Zat me bro!
I'd tell her then I'm bidding on Dr. Lam (Michael Shanks' wife Lexa Doig).
Yeah, I was thinking along those lines - the poster's wife would have to be pretty hot to have any chance at all against Lexa...
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Hell, if I'd have known that buying props was all it took to get SG off the air, I'd have done it years ago.
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Somehow, I doubt they're auctioning off Amanda Tapping.
Hey! Quit knocking Amanda Tapping. I find your words quite rattling.
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technically the real one is in Vancouver.
Which might explain why it is pronounced ZedPM
Yes, I hear they've got her locked up tight in a sanctuary.
Okay. I work as a set producer in vancouver. I don't work on stargate, but some of my friends do. Basically, their job is to turn stuff sold in junk and scrap stores into cool looking alien props. Their work on the last season of SGA was scaled back from normal. A couple months ago, Waring told them why. The next stargate spinoff will be an animated cartoon retelling of the first three seasons of SG-1. I'm guessing the props are being sold off as unnecessary. It sounds stupid, but you'd be amazed at the insurance premiums for storing custom props, especially ones that light up and have the potential to self-ignite. I don't know much else except Tapping, Judge, Shanks, and Anderson will not be involved in the spin-off.
1) Have you noticed that the stock market is tanking lately? Invest in what? As for savings, with the Federal government printing money as fast as it can, your cash's value is falling like a rock. You might as well buy something you enjoy with it.
2) Do you tell this to people who buy Picassos too? Those aren't all that easy to sell either. There's probably a lot more geeks on Slashdot who'd be interested in a Stargate prop for $2k or whatever than people able to buy a Picasso for its proper value.
Are you one of those people who has almost no material possessions, because they're too busy "saving" and "investing" all their money?
And the reason we have these economic problems is because of people like you, who "invested" their money in stupid places like the real estate market, creating a bubble that burst. People buying shit like Stargate props actually helps the economy; it doesn't create any kind of bubble, and helps to fund a productive venture (the creation of TV shows) that employs lots of people.
If you had spent your money on some TV show props instead of wasting it on overvalued real estate, then you'd still have those props to look at and enjoy, and probably sell to some other fan. Instead, you're underwater on your investment properties, or you've walked away and the bank is eating the difference and asking the government for a bail-out with newly-printed dollars. Good job on your "investing".
That was one of the dumbest things I have ever read on Slashdot - and that's saying a lot.
We're not talking about Picasso or other ultra fine art that's the exclusive domain of millionaires - we're talking about crap. The real estate and stock investments will come back and actually show a positive return - the collectible crap won't. Th real estate and stocks have a cash flow in many cases - the collectible crap does not.
I invested in stocks (with dividends) that have recovered last year's losses and then some so my overall returns are still above 5% since purchase - not good by my standards, but I'm not in the hole.
The rest of your comment is just too ridiculous and shows a complete lack of money sense that I can't even begin to address.
My opinion stands - people are stupid with their money and you, as well as the mods to modded you to +5, proved me right.
Thank you.
Yes, I hear they've got her locked up tight in a sanctuary.
You got that wrong, she's the one who is locking them up. Clearly she's a dom, not a sub.
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What is happening with the Stargate props now is a lot like what happened to Star Trek when they had the It's A Wrap! auction after Enterprise went off the air. At that point Trek properties had been in continuous development at Paramount for nearly 30 years, so the auction gave everyone a chance to finally get a good look at things that the different productions had been batting around and re-using for ages. A lot of fans with interest in the props really had a field day with that.
Sadly this is the truth, A little about myself, I work in advertising, and we were shopped as one of many when it came to pitching a cartoon based on the StarGate franchise. We were told it would be similar in standing to the StarGate: Infinity cartoon that aired some time ago. Honestly, this "pisses me off" because I like SGU and I doubt its coming back based on what I've been privy to. I hope I'm wrong and that the April 2nd air date for the next episode happens.