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What I got was six items total, which is why I decided I wasn't doing things right. That seven-page catalog seems to have all the goods, though...
Among the cooler things: finally, a good look at the "First Duty" training craft! And it would be nice to see the details of that "Galactic map" thing (which apparently shows the multi-pseudopodded UFP and the supposed Borg territory, and possibly gives labels for the alien empires that sit between the pseudopods).
Some of the costumes are must items for the truly interested and truly affluent. Some of the props are rather embarrassing. But what is that "Wrath of Khan disruptor" thing? It looks a bit like the Klingon pistols that were used in ST5 and early TNG, sans color - but not quite.
quote:Originally posted by Timo: What I got was six items total, which is why I decided I wasn't doing things right. That seven-page catalog seems to have all the goods, though...
I dunno 'bout you .... currently there are 18 (as of 7:30am EST, however most end in the next 9 hrs)
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Funny tidbit: the Bozeman did not have name/NCC decals on the nacelles. That is, if the severed aft end of a nacelle is representative of how the ship looked like when intact. Anybody want to purchase that piece of evidence? (I can't *believe* what sort of junk they consider worth bidding!)
(Unrelated tidbit: after rewatching "Night Terrors", I noticed further anomalies with our other favorite starship anachronism, the Br*ttain. Not only is the name spelled differently on the hull and the computer screens, but the registry on the screens is different from the one printed on the railing behind the captain's chair and the aft (tactical?) station. According to the railing, the ship apparently was NCC-2166.. Perhaps a more befitting registry? Sloppy work overall, from modelmakers and set decorators alike.)
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The label behind the Captain's Chair definately says "NCC-21166".
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My eyes must be going. I paused the tape, I froze the screen, I watched it at different speeds, everything I could do when I couldn't grab the image itself. And the registry looked very, very four-digit to me, with just one narrow "1" there.
But I'm happy we don't have to accept yet another inconsistency. The name thing is bad enough. (And prominent enough. Damn you, Mike, for using such a big font on the screens!)
I just wonder if one of these auctions couldn't feature select pieces from Okuda's archives... Do they burn all the gels afterwards or what? There were those few E-D console tops, sure, but I was hoping for more.
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Actually...regarding the Sternbach items on eBay, couldnt someone, theoretically, use Photoshop or similar program and blow these pictures up from the auction page to a utilizable size without a sweat for our viewing pleasure?
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Just a quick follow up relavent to "Starships & Technology" looking at some of the completed Sternbach concept drawings, here are some of interest:
1) The Vulcan Suplus Ship (T'pau) from "Unification" ( a very Sabre/Mirandish look ) link
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I just realized that 3D model of the T'Pau has been used somewhere else. Anyone who has The Art of Star Trek might recognize it from the 3D CGI model of DS9 made from the beginning of the show, its on the first few pages of the DS9 section of the book.
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quote:Originally posted by Timo: But I'm happy we don't have to accept yet another inconsistency. The name thing is bad enough. (And prominent enough. Damn you, Mike, for using such a big font on the screens!)
I think you mean, "Damn you, ILM, for giving the original Reliant model such big letters on the saucer". Or alternatively, "Damn you, Greg, for making such a silly mistake". After all, Mike was the one who spelt it correctly...
What I find especially ironic about the whole thing is that there's a really proper close up of the top of the saucer, and, in 7 years of TNG, I don't think we get a shot like that on any other ship (apart from the Ent-D at the very beginning).
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