Stargate Props Going Up For Auction 131
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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...
Re:A Working ZPM (Score:3, Insightful)
He will take over the world with it, he'll start by selling the power to the power companies. That will help him raise funds to start expanding his power and influence
Re:A Working ZPM (Score:5, Insightful)
Also known as Stargate's Emergency Plot Device. Ever notice how every one of them they find is almost dead or will be dead very very shortly, but is always just enough to save the plot? So it goes to follow that any ZPM would have exactly enough power to work at the auction and then be useless.
Re:What do you do with this stuff? (Score:4, Insightful)
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.
There's nothing wrong with a passion, so long as it's legal and you don't go over-board.
Some people buy art, golf clubs, performance parts for their car, PC equipment. Sure, if you let it go too far and buy more stuff than you can afford, it's an issue.
Some people really love the show; maybe they felt it played a part in their life, maybe they met a friend/spouse/etc due to a common point-of-interest, maybe they just enjoyed the show.
I'm not really into art or antiques, but that doesn't mean I shake my head when I hear someone bought a piece for their living room. So long as they don't put themselves in the financial hole, I say got for it.
I try to keep a nice entertainment system at home along with TV/devices/furniture/lighting/etc. I don't go overboard with it, but it's something I enjoy.
Re:Cheaper Alternative (Score:1, Insightful)
This is slashdot, why talk to someone when there's a perfectly stupid, immoral, anti-social solution that really shows what a pathetic person you are? Don't you have a tv-b-gone so you can shut someone's TV without having to ask them to turn it down?
You're right, you should just talk to your neighbor about that frothing pit bull.
if the neighbor's dog keeps getting out of his electric fence
Sounds like he's been warned. If the dog is on your property and you're neighbor can't take care of it and you have kids you fear for then take care of the dog.
Re:Cheaper Alternative (Score:4, Insightful)
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.
How appropriate, that sounds more like a Jack O'Neil solution than a MacGyver solution. MacGyver would have increased the voltage to the dog using a paper clip, a roll of newspaper, and two tube socks. A Samantha Carter solution of course would be to trap the dog and the neighbor in a black hole paralell universe using the power of science. A Daniel Jackson solution would be to interpret the ancient runes on the dog's collar, call the neighbor, and whine until the neighbor agreed to promise to not let the dog get over into the yard again. Teal'c would just stare the neighbor down, clenching and unclenching his jaw, until the neighbor shit his pants and moved away.