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turtlesrock · May 30, 2011, 12:19:58 PM

Quote from: WillEagle on May 30, 2011, 10:33:43 AM
Looks cool Rico! And Turtlesrock I don't even have a $10 one.

least i'm not alone... :)

Rico · May 30, 2011, 12:23:52 PM

Quote from: turtlesrock on May 30, 2011, 12:19:58 PM
Quote from: WillEagle on May 30, 2011, 10:33:43 AM
Looks cool Rico! And Turtlesrock I don't even have a $10 one.

least i'm not alone... :)

I always tell people, if you are a "Star Wars" fan and want just one collectible, you NEED a Force FX lightsaber. Really, there is nothing cooler out there.

turtlesrock · May 30, 2011, 12:27:35 PM

Quote from: Rico on May 30, 2011, 12:23:52 PM
Quote from: turtlesrock on May 30, 2011, 12:19:58 PM
Quote from: WillEagle on May 30, 2011, 10:33:43 AM
Looks cool Rico! And Turtlesrock I don't even have a $10 one.

least i'm not alone... :)

I always tell people, if you are a "Star Wars" fan and want just one collectible, you NEED a Force FX lightsaber. Really, there is nothing cooler out there.

i think i'm more of a trekkie than a star wars fan. by the way, are there any names for star wars fans? you know, like a star trek fan is a trekkie or trekker. just wondering.

Bryancd · May 30, 2011, 12:30:14 PM

Then you need an Art Asylum/Diamond select phaser, my son! Less then $30 and lot's of fun!

turtlesrock · May 30, 2011, 01:34:17 PM

i have a cardboard phaser type 1 i built last year! at school once we had a contest to see who would make the best slow-mo death scene. it was really fun. :biggrin

nah, i'm saving up for the TNG innerspace figures.
(they are going to be awesome!)

Bryancd · May 30, 2011, 07:34:48 PM

Quote from: turtlesrock on May 30, 2011, 01:34:17 PM
i have a cardboard phaser type 1 i built last year! at school once we had a contest to see who would make the best slow-mo death scene. it was really fun. :biggrin

nah, i'm saving up for the TNG innerspace figures.
(they are going to be awesome!)

Post some pics, be proud of you home made props! Back in the late '70's and '80's that's ALL guys like me and Rico had, and we made them! I made a communicator out of balsa wood and my friend and I made a full size transporter console out of plywood and gum drops for lights! I wish I still had that communicator...

turtlesrock · May 31, 2011, 07:04:37 AM

Quote from: Bryancd on May 30, 2011, 07:34:48 PM
Quote from: turtlesrock on May 30, 2011, 01:34:17 PM
i have a cardboard phaser type 1 i built last year! at school once we had a contest to see who would make the best slow-mo death scene. it was really fun. :biggrin

nah, i'm saving up for the TNG innerspace figures.
(they are going to be awesome!)

Post some pics, be proud of you home made props! Back in the late '70's and '80's that's ALL guys like me and Rico had, and we made them! I made a communicator out of balsa wood and my friend and I made a full size transporter console out of plywood and gum drops for lights! I wish I still had that communicator...

woah, a whole transporter console?! wow! :o

Bryancd · May 31, 2011, 07:21:47 AM

Nice work! Yeah, we built it in my buddies basement over the course of a summer, wish I had pics, it actually looked realy good. We need to get Rico to post a pic of an entire bridge section he built!

QuadShot · May 31, 2011, 07:53:29 AM

Wow, y'all better never make fun of my Disneyland Pin collecting!! :)

Rico · May 31, 2011, 08:28:05 AM

Like Bryan said, my first stuff was ALL home made. I took the Trek Tech Manual and built phasers, tricorders, etc. all out of heavy cardboard. Rigged them with some electronics and covered them in black contact paper. If I can dig all those things out of my boxes, I'll try and do a podcast about all that some time. Ahh, those were good times! :)

KingIsaacLinksr · May 31, 2011, 08:33:12 AM

I made star ships years ago. Granted, out of K'Nex, cheaper and less messy ;).

King

Bryancd · May 31, 2011, 08:44:09 AM

Quote from: Rico on May 31, 2011, 08:28:05 AM
Like Bryan said, my first stuff was ALL home made. I took the Trek Tech Manual and built phasers, tricorders, etc. all out of heavy cardboard. Rigged them with some electronics and covered them in black contact paper. If I can dig all those things out of my boxes, I'll try and do a podcast about all that some time. Ahh, those were good times! :)

Yeah, the Technical manual was my bible as well! I can remember searching hardware stores to find metal with small holes in it to make my communicator antennae. I also recall being at the NYC Con in the early '80's and seeing those very early Ed Miarecki phasers being for sale for hundreds of dollars!

X · May 31, 2011, 09:33:40 AM

Quote from: Bryancd on May 31, 2011, 08:44:09 AM
Quote from: Rico on May 31, 2011, 08:28:05 AM
Like Bryan said, my first stuff was ALL home made. I took the Trek Tech Manual and built phasers, tricorders, etc. all out of heavy cardboard. Rigged them with some electronics and covered them in black contact paper. If I can dig all those things out of my boxes, I'll try and do a podcast about all that some time. Ahh, those were good times! :)
Yeah, the Technical manual was my bible as well! I can remember searching hardware stores to find metal with small holes in it to make my communicator antennae. I also recall being at the NYC Con in the early '80's and seeing those very early Ed Miarecki phasers being for sale for hundreds of dollars!

Yeah, in the days where radio shack sold a store full of switches, boards, transistors, and ham radios.

Oh and metal detectors ... lots of metal detectors.

turtlesrock · May 31, 2011, 07:12:57 PM

Quote from: KingIsaacLinksr on May 31, 2011, 08:33:12 AM
I made star ships years ago. Granted, out of K'Nex, cheaper and less messy ;).

King

i do too! legos and k'nex are my favorite starship materials.

now to build a tricorder that really works... ;)

WillEagle · June 04, 2011, 06:59:41 AM

turtlesrock good job on those. That tricorder I thought was really good. I can't even draw a stick figure right!

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