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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

I was reorganizing my place this weekend, when I realized something...

I have exactly 322 Trek and trek-related volumes of print, from the Bantam & Pocket Books novels to the "reference books" to "non-fiction" books like "Is Data Human?" and "Make it so: Leadership lessond from the Next Generation" to parodies like "Star Wreck: The Generation Gap." to fan-works like Jackill's guides and "History of the Vessel Enterprise."

Does this qualify me as an Archgeek yet?

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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

Jesus wept. 322? Yup, that is officially sad.

Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

Well, that's 321 more than I have.

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

I have every DS9 CIC video and Every Voyager CIC video + all eight widescreen CIC videos + 13 TNG CIC Videos all lined up in my room...

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Posted by Dax (Member # 191) on :

I have 17 Trek reference books, 120 Trek CIC videos (mostly DS9), and ST:VI through IX on DVD

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

I have the entire run of TOS, the Movies I-VIII, Most of the Final Chapter on home video, and scattered other shows I really liked. I have the Fan-created MST3K-ized ST:V. I have two blooper reels, and have watched (although I no longer possess it) Sex Trek: The Next Penetration.

I have at least one of every AMT/Ertl starship model yet produced, as well as four self-created kitbashed ships.

I have Star Trek kids' coloring books, and a Trek sleeping bag (in storage, never used).

And I haven't even BEGUN talking about my non-Trek collections...

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

I haven't added my 25 reference books...
100 magazines
the micromachines collectors box
soundtracks to I, II, III, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX
DS9
TNG BOBW
Voyager
30th anniversary collection

TNG season 1 + folder and chase cards Season II, Season III and season IV collection cards...

DS9 season 1

All Generations cards (bar 1 chase card - picard on the mountain)

Voyager - The caretaker cards

hundreds of blackboardered and white boardered CCG

+ heaps of stuff I can't think of right now

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Posted by Xentrick (Member # 64) on :

sign that you are an archgeek: Okuda calls *you*

Posted by Lt. Tom on :

*Tom turns sixteen shades of green at the mention of the MiSTed STV.*

Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :

Okay, I guess that I have to confess my shame now...

I have 321 Star Trek novels (TNG, DS9, Voyager, Captain's Chair collection, Dominion War collection), 2 technical manuals, three versions of the ST: Encyclopedia, all the ST: Magazine editions, the ST: TNG Enterprise-D blueprints, all the Star Trek movies on tape, the original Star Trek pilot tape, Star Ship Creator software, and ST: Borg game.

I also have 77 Federation starship models ranging from various scales and cannon and non-cannon ships.

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Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :

Michael T: I see that you have the Starship Creator software. Is it any good or is it just more fuel for those darned kitbashers? I hear that it has some sort of 3-D rotation feature.

Here's my hoard: ("officially sanctioned" stuff) I have the first two editions of the Encyclopedia, both chronologies, TOS Sketchbook and movie Sketchbook, the TNG compendium, making of DS9, making of star trek, Where no one has gone before, Art of Star Trek, Starfleet technical manual, Star Trek spaceflight chronology, Star Trek Concordance, TNG tech manual, DS9 tech manual, Ent D blueprints, Ent-null blueprints, TNG continuing mission, Interactive TNG tech manual, Interactive Encyclopedia, Inside Star Trek, some bios of Roddenberry and Kirk, and I just bought the Star Trek Maps at ebay!
Too many damn model kits and micromachines to count.
Tapes of all the movies (except V) and "The Trouble with Tribbles"

I don't have any novels. (I've never read any. Am I missing anything?)

"Unofficial stuff": Starfleet Dynamics, Starship Prototype, Ships of the Star Fleet (1 and 2); blueprints for EntA, Oberth, Robot freighter, Huron, Miranda Perimeter action ships, and Excelsior; all the Nitpicker books, Lots of Cinefantastique, Cinefex, and American Cinematographer, Logbook, etc., etc., etc.

Obviously, some people will buy almost anything. (Of course, I am immune to the effects of....)

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Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :

Michael_T: Are all of the 77 starships model kits or do you also count Micromachines?

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

I have 29 novels, the Encyclopedia Second Edition, Ent-D blueprints, issues 1-6 of The Official Magazine, ST2, ST3, ST6, and ST8 on video, 30 TNG eps and counting (repeats are on ASN this year), 46 DS9 eps (including WYLB), 51 VGR eps and counting. And you don't want to know how much disk space I have crammed with ST stuff on my computer and on my parents's computer (naughty me

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

I'm only missing three DS9s and four TOSs, but have all the other episodes and films. Gotta love VCRs.

And I don't want to start on the books, novels, calendars, models, and stuff...

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Posted by Black Knight (Member # 134) on :

Yes, I think Creator is pretty fun.

I have the following:
ST:TNG Tech Manual, ST S9 Tech Manual, Art of Star Trek, Star Trek Chronology, Star Trek Encyclopedia 2nd Edition, Making of DS9, ST:VOY Vision of the Future, ST:TNG Movies Sketchbook, Secrets of Insurrection, The Second ST Chronology, Physics of Star Trek, Biology of Star Trek, Enterprise-D Blueprints, Subscription to ST:Magazine, NCC-1701 Poster, NCC-1701D Poster, NCC-1701E Poster, Voyager Poster, Starship Creator Deluxe, Starfleet Command, Captain's Chair, Game Show, Interactive TNG Tech Manual, Dominion War Series.
Up to Season 3 of Voyager Videos from Columbia House, Up to Season 4 of DS9, Up to Season 4 of TNG, all of TOS, all the Movies on VHS, Insurrection on DVD and over 1GB of ST info on my computer.
phew...

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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

Indeed. You're all total geeks. But you should feel prud of what you've accomplished; you've made Trek what it is today - something too embarassing to admit liking in public. . .

Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Actually, I think my problem is that I'm a "Collector."

That is, If I start collecting a series of things, I HAVE to get ALL of them, or I implode. (Which is why I'm staying FAR away from this Pokemon thing.)

I also collect comic books, several series of DC and Marvel trading cards, Space Shuttle mission patches, certain cartoon books (Bloom County, Far Side, Calvin & Hobbes, Dilbert), books by certain other SF authors (notably, Heinlein, Asimov, and Niven, among others), and a few other thngs like that there.

(I did another quick count, and I am approaching 400 OTHER SF, Fantasy, and speculative fiction books. And I bought another three Trek books this week.)

All of which helps make me an even bigger Archgeek.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

And here I thought I was an Archgeek! I am humbled by some of the rest of you, I am only a Padwangeek!

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Yes, I have the same problem. I have one of something, I need a second, then a third... then them all...

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Of course, I do have the advantage of age going for me as well. I believe I'm almost a decade older than the average age for this board...

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Oh yes. I forgot. I have an E-E poster on my wall. And I'm not ashamed to admit I like Trek. If people want to stay away from me because I like Trek, their loss.

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Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :

The models I own are either from Ertl, Revell-Monogram, the various resin model makes like Thomas Molds, and some kitbashes I made. I right now have up to 80 since I finished creating several 1/1400 scale ships from ST:FC. And the only Micromachines I have are the shuttles and the runabout, with a count of 21 shuttles and 14 runabouts. I think that I'll buy that Locutus of Borg statue for Christmas though, to scare away all those carolers that always sing when I am sleeping.

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Posted by Jim Phelps (Member # 102) on :

My stuff is highly specialized: three tech manuals (TOS TNG DS9), TOS and TNG sketchbooks, Art of Star Trek, Continuing Mission, The Making of Star Trek, The Making of DS9. These books are a must-have for an inhabitant of these forums, it's all either tech or design sketches.

I usually purchase books on the basis of what's in them (in some cases taking notes within the bookstores). That's why I won't buy any Magazine until it has something interesting (this month it's Ricardo Delgado on DS9 interiors, next month it's Matt Jefferies on the Enterprise, which I MIGHT buy if it contains some unseen sketches).

Then I have a couple of novels which I never read, three CIC videos (Caretaker, Way of the Warrior, Trials and Tribbleations). I got them when I wanted to see an episode ahead of the time, and IN ENGLISH! (my early experience with Trek is all German). Now that I'm inundated with VOYs, DS9s and TNGs here in the US, I'm no longer that obsessed about the tapes.

I also have James Van Hise's Unofficial guide to Trek, a thick German Star Trek "history" book (Das Star Trek Universum, really good for the basics, not for tech, Bernd might have seen it....) A bunch of TNG, DS9, and VOY episodes in German, unlabeled and rerecorded over hundreds of times. That's about it.

Boris

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Posted by Dax (Member # 191) on :

The Ency III is finally out over here! I saw and bought it a couple of days ago (in Dymocks). It costs $40 for the soft cover (I'm yet to see the hard cover). It's my first Ency too

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Posted by Jim Phelps (Member # 102) on :

You mean 40 -Australian- dollars? Otherwise it's a ripoff

Boris

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Well, that's only like $25 U.S.

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Posted by Dax (Member # 191) on :

Yes indeed Boris, $40 AUS. By current conversion rates I paid less than the US recommended price.

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Posted by Dane Simri (Member # 272) on :

Could I possibly marry into a family that has all of those episodes on video?

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Posted by Captain Stark (Member # 70) on :

Well I have all the movies on tape and a handfull of episodes. Most of the interactive CDs (including a new DS9 Unofficial Multimedia Episode Guide) Practically all of the novels (including bantam) up to a few years ago when I ran out of time to continue reading (plus I wasn't to pleased with the XMen/ST crossovers that Pocket/Marvel was trying to push). Practically every single reference book that Pocket has released I usually jump on. I own practically all of the FASA books (only a handful of the LUG books so far). I have all of the Jackill books (except for Ships of Starfleet Vol 3 which was stolen AAARRRRGGG). I love finding the unusuall or uncommon refrence manuals. Klingon Intelligence Manual, a reference guide to fanzines from the 60s-80s, Star Ship Simulation (a programing book for the early 70s that used ST as a background), Star Trek Spaceflight Chronology (American and British versions), and several others. I cant wait until I get a bigger place so that I can get them all out of boxes. I also had some rare tech posters to display in my office/den area with my collection.

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Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :

I'm just curious to know: how can you all afford the stuff?! We're talking 1000's of $'s here! Do you not eat for 3 months or what?

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Creative spending, and the magic of credit cards and Waldenbooks Preferred Reader discounts. Plus you let everybody know exactly what you want for Birthdays and X-Mas (I got Insurrection in Widescreen, this year, among other things.)

That, and the fact that I live at home and rarely buy anything ELSE, makes it a bit easier. And remember, like I said, I've been collecting for nigh on 11 years, now. Spread that out, and it's not that bad.

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