Stargate Props Going Up For Auction 131
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...
Cheaper Alternative (Score:1, Funny)
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.
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How does one feed the same brick of Velveeta cheese to a dog repeatedly? Are you "recycling" the cheese? Is that what the castor oil is for?
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.
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People used to give it to their kids because it was supposedly healthy, I doubt that argument will fly.
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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.
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The dog is not the problem , the owner is.
So , leave the dog alone , and take care of the owner.
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Very rarely will you find the owner with his jaws clamped around your leg.
It's the fucking dog, you idiot.
Especially pit bulls and the like, they have been bred hundreds of generations for fighting. The owner can't change the temperament of the dog even if he wanted to, so calling it Cuddles and giving it a collar with a bell on it will not help the fact it's a pure-bred fighting machine.
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That's O'Neill with two L's.
A Working ZPM (Score:5, Funny)
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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A working ZPM that has the power of a few tons of Naquadah and the evilest thing you can think to do with it is sell power back to the power company? I for one would take over Earth with it.
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Yeah all you pathetic humans.. be afraid of my sometimes glowing (depending on how lazy the f/x guys were that week) lump of plastic.
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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
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Two chicks at the same time.
Ohh, this is slashdot.
A chick!
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God, I need a life.
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Then what is a Naquadah generator? [wikia.com] Naquadria [wikia.com] is a far less stable, more powerful isotope of Naquadah that SGC used to produce the first hyperspace capable Goa'uld/Tau'ri hybrid fighter aircraft.
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I for one would take over Earth with it.
I for one would hook it up to an Asgard replicator and ensure every single person on the planet had their food, clothing, material, and shelter needs met. Then I'd create a replicator for each home, hook the whole thing into replicated fusion plants, and allow the entire world to throw off the shackles of money and greed, living lives of leisure, learning, mutual co-operation, and self discovery.
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ZeePMs are at maximum entropy upon creation. ZedPMs can dial more than 6 chevrons, and make wraith become vegan.
With proper pronunciation comes much zero point energy. Use it wisely!
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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.
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So? If it has exactly enough power to save my ass once, I still want one!
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Except for the one that powered atlantis for a season or two.
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Wasn't that one introduced as a "save their ass" device? And wasn't it being maxed out just to keep the city running, it couldn't actually provide any defenses for the city?
I didn't really watch the show too much
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Yeah, that's pretty obvious. It was indeed introduced as a "save their ass" device, but it wasn't maxed out keeping the city running. It ran for the next two seasons, allowing them to raise and lower shields, engage and disengage the cloak, fire drones, and have plenty of power to spare for everyday goings-on. I believe it was the episode with Rodney and his sister experimenting with parallel universes in season 3 which drained the ZPM.
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It ran for the next two seasons, allowing them to raise and lower shields, engage and disengage the cloak, fire drones, and have plenty of power to spare for everyday goings-on. I believe it was the episode with Rodney and his sister experimenting with parallel universes in season 3 which drained the ZPM.
For starters, I believe they claimed to be using some mini Naquada generators to keep the general city running. It was mentioned a few times in season 1 such as when there was an energy draining monster, and later they needed to make one give off an EMP.
As for the shield, I don't recall them using the left-over ZPM for that... they did use it to make a cloak but even they said that used very little power. Unless you mean the shield around the gate itself, at which point I don't recall if that was the ZPM
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For starters, I believe they claimed to be using some mini Naquada generators to keep the general city running. It was mentioned a few times in season 1 such as when there was an energy draining monster, and later they needed to make one give off an EMP.
Yes... for season 1. The energy-draining monster was in episode 2 or 3 (I think it was called Hide and Seek). The ZPM found in the SG1 episode Mobius was sent to Atlantis for the season 2 premiere and used until the energy bridge incident. The one they got a few episodes later lasted to the end of the series, I believe.
As for the shield, I don't recall them using the left-over ZPM for that...
The shield was used in The Siege, Echos, First Strike/Adrift/Lifeline, The Last Man (not shown), First Contact, Enemy at the Gate... did I miss any? I forget which ZPM was used in Echos, but
Re:A Working ZPM (Score:5, Interesting)
They actually did a fairly good job of slowly integrating technology. At first, each alien tech was extremely rare and hard to find, then they would either find more or find a way to duplicate one.
The ZPMs worked exactly this way. At first they would get one, it would go away and they might get another. They were old and rarely had a charge. Towards the end there were actually a handful in use.
Same with ships and most other tech.
I like that technology wasn't arbitrary like on Star Trek, where they might get their hands on a technology or idea that was world changing to solve a single intractable problem, but then that idea would just vanish instead of getting integrated into the rest of the system. (Being able to travel backwards in time would have solved a LOT of problems, and they had that technology for a LONG time without anything preventing them from using it--eventually they figured out that it was a problem and invented a time-police, but that was much later)
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Plus, a ZPM technically doesn't have much juice. Remember that episode where they phased the entire planet in a parallel reality? No ZPM available, so they had to use the US power grid.
I've never seen a ZPM do anything close to that. :P I think their perk is they store a *lot* of power in a very condensed form - not that they output ridiculous amounts. (though clearly they do output a lot)
P.S. I hate that TV trope. [tvtropes.org]
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That ain't workin', that's the way you do it. Power from nothin', and your subspace's for free.
Why buy a prop... (Score:5, Funny)
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That one doesn't flush properly.
I think someone crossed the streams or routed the wormhole past a black hole or something.
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Um, I think if you're gonna use that gate you're going to find you want to buy a DHD!
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Surely they could sell licenses for the software they use in place of a DHD. Didn't they even develop a DHD-in-a-laptop for emergencies (everything you'd need to dial a 'gate except power).
Seriously though, I would really like to have a copy of the software they use to create all those SGC computer screens and laptop interfaces, or at least the assets used in the software they use and some digital video of their use. Or even just the digital video of their use and I could reverse-engineer that. Something mo
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Which might explain why it is pronounced ZedPM
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No way dude, that's a fake.... the REAL one is downtown Detroit right across the street from the Joe Lewis fist & a block or so from the Windsor tunnel.
http://tiny.cc/8mI9l [tiny.cc]
I mean, NOBODY'S gonna look for the Stargate in downtown Detroit. And if the aliens come through, they'll see Detroit & leave post haste.
Perfect plan.
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Go two blocks, step through, and you're on a warm sunny beach... what could be better?
(looks outside at the fresh new snow) You have a point.
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So he needs to rent a Ha'tak for a few days. Big deal.
They're selling off the Stargate, so he won't have to worry about the military's gate superseding the Colorado Springs gate.
Stargate? (Score:5, Interesting)
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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BTW This Stargate is the one that was used in both - the movie and the tv show.
In my universe I imagine Steve Jobs buying the stargate.
Him and the Stargate would be a perfect fit.
But I'm worried he might rename it the iGate.
(just imagine the new line of products, like macbooks that would never break)
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If I won the lottery and could buy that thing I'd so install it as my garage door or something.
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No kidding. If I end up with lottery money, I'm getting one built.
I thought of something else I could do in the meantime, though, to scratch that itch--Goa'uld transport rings. You know how the base station is embedded in the ground? I am pretty sure that I have seen on the show a circle made of seemingly weathered stone-like wedges, embedded into the forest floor.
They also simply paint the pattern onto the decks of the ships. It's occasionally shown clearly enough to get a clean image to build from.
Transpo
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Good luck getting that approved in your neighborhood association
If they let his neighbor have a Police Box as his front door, they can hardly say no to a Stargate garage door.
Just don't forget to get a GDO for the iris.
The (final) end? (Score:1)
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Stargate Universe is still being produced, and they can always make new props if they need to.
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How much? (Score:2, Funny)
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Can I get a two-fer and get Amanda Tapping?
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Gotta Have... (Score:3, Funny)
I want a puddle jumper. Slap that puppy over a Pontiac transport and have the coolest geek mobile evAR!
I just want an operational. . . (Score:2)
. . .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*
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I wonder what this means for SGU? (Score:2)
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
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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*?
Plus I believe there's at least one more Direct-To-DVD to be made.
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Only one problem: the Ori props. (Score:1)
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. ;)
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working Jaffa Serpent Head (Score:2)
if i had the money this is the only thing i would buy.
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You're right SG merchandising for some reason was lacking to say the least compare other sci-fi series. The guns are cool items but my favorite was always the head dress especially the Anubis; i was surprise that they did not have the Anubis head dress up for sale.
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Forget that, I want to buy a P90!
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The PS90 is the civilian model, it is semi-automatic and legal in the USA. Cost is around $1500-$2000.
AFT (Score:2)
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.
Props are unnecessary since planned spin-off is... (Score:2, Informative)
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 ins
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Re:Worthless junk (Score:5, Funny)
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! ;)
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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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Yes, I hear they've got her locked up tight in a sanctuary.
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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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Re:What do you do with this stuff? (Score:5, Interesting)
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".
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The Dow is up something like 25% in the last 12 months. Is that your definition of "tanking"?
Right. Except that inflation (which is a measure of how fast cash loses value) is fairly low right now, and is predicted to decline in the short term [forecasts.org].
A
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Have you noticed that the stock market is tanking lately?
The Dow is up something like 25% in the last 12 months. Is that your definition of "tanking"?
Yes, the Dow rebounded after last year's disaster, but in the last month it's been tanking.
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I'm curious (really am), if you believe that last month's 4% decrease is leading to the collapse of the market system (and, by extension, American society as we know it), does it really matter what anyone does with their money? Shouldn't we all just be stocking up on canned beans and ammo?
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Yeah, it's much better to invest when the market is high.
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.
Inflation for 2009 was negative. But that's irrelevant since we know the government is destroying all your money as we speak. If only there were some kind of low-risk investment options that would pr
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1) Have you noticed that the stock market is tanking lately? Invest in what?
Yeah, it's much better to invest when the market is high.
Ahh, but gold, it is at an all time high. Buy Now!!!
You would be amazed what you can hear on AM radio. By the way [kitco.com], it may not be exactly at an all-time high, but it is pretty high.
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If you had spent your money on some TV show props instead of wasting it on overvalued real estate
I don't think so. Purchasing items that are being produced helps companies pay employees to produce more stuff, which is part of a healthy economy. Purchasing an old TV prop, that may very well be worthless in a decade, that is being sold by people with lots of money that probably won't spend any more because of the sell, isn't likely to do anything positive to the economy.
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You think it's better to spend your money on overvalued real estate? You need to take some decent economics classes if you believe that.
I never made any comparisons with mass-produced goods, only between TV props and overvalued real estate as an "investment".
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The problem is that you are comparing risks of two different scales. One which is purchased outright with disposable income, the other is large that it can only be purchased with debt. In either case there is risk associated with the investment, and the values may very well tank afterward. But with the small item you are only out disposable income. With the larger value you add dept to yourself.
A more realistic comparison would be a movie prop that you purchase for $200k using a loan, versus a new cond
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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.
You should try investing in Canadian companies. My entire portfolio went up 25% in the last 6 months! :D
I love those diamond mines up north.
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When you get sick of it you put it on ebay and get another fanboy/fangirl to pay twice what you paid for it 10 years down the road. This for me is my all time favorite show, having 1 or 2 small pieces to remember it isn't a waste of money in my mind.
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.
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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 [ebay.com]
Just like people did for Star Trek (Score:1)
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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.
The collector may not get rich.
But he can have a lot of fun along the way - and he just might take a lot of folks with him. Sci-Fi's No. 1 Fanboy, Forrest J Ackerman, Dies at 92 [time.com]
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How do you think Microsoft created the Xbox 360?
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One red LED and an AC adapter?
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I was thinking one stargate = you end up at the same place, 360 degres = you just turn around one full rotation so you end up where you started...
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Re:Rob, if my wife was bidding on Daniel Jackson.. (Score:2)
I'd tell her then I'm bidding on Dr. Lam (Michael Shanks' wife Lexa Doig [listal.com]).
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...