Need some help

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Okay, first of all, disregard your prejudices about what I like, if you have any :O:

Anyway, here's the problem. There's a comic con in the South East of the UK soon, and I'm looking to take the train down to attend. I'm trying to create a Spock costume (TOS, not the new one) but cant find any reasonably priced props.

So, if any of you are into model making, collecting things, or memorabilia, would you mind keeping your eyes out for a science tricorder, a classic phaser, and a classic communicator? If you find anything, PM me with a contact number, or request mine so I can call you for a chat.

The trouble is, I'm useless with electronics, so I cant make one myself, and I dont have the money to buy them all from the official Star Trek store, so I thought perhaps a comic shop or toy store over there might have one that I could buy via paypal and have shipped here for a reasonable price.

Here are a couple of pics:

Tricorder:

http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/medcal-tricorder.jpg

Phaser:

http://www.trof.nl/store/images/DC/DC%2017522.jpg

Communicator:

http://dvice.com/pics/Star-Trek-Classic-Communicator.jpg

I know its a long shot, but worth a go :)

Thanks in advance :D

[AVGWarhawk]

http://www.unc.edu/~zartman/esl/images/cassetteplayer.jpg


http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1286522/2/istockphoto_1286522_electric_drill.jpg


http://anyvite.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/phone.jpg


Tribbles:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o143/Cate_the_Great/PinkFuzzySlippers.gif


:D

[Sailor Steve]

Stick your head in a rice grinder. That should give you the correct Spock look.

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Stick your head in a rice grinder. That should give you the correct Spock look.

picker*

And I already have the eartips, ready for glue+paint

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2170/img0178m.jpg

:know:

[Kapitan_Phillips]

bump, just incase

[Torplexed]

Get a light sabre and some robes and tell them you're attending as Obi-Wan-Vulcani. :D

http://neptoon.homestead.com/Obi-Wan-Vulcani.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Just keep yer wits about you when you leave the safety of your home :DL

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/4418/spockdemotivationalpost.png (http://img268.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spockdemotivationalpost.png)

http://www.deeppencil.com/images/kirk-spock-slash.JPG

[Kapitan_Phillips]

:shifty:

[Oberon]

Love the T-shirt, ironically I'm watching 'The Chase' at the moment ;)

I know what you mean about props, they are not cheap, I've never gotten my hands on any of them or come close. Although I did make a TNG mark II phaser at middle school once, years and years ago.

Good luck in your endeavour, and while you're in the South-East, make sure you check out Forbidden Planet in London, it's on Shaftesbury Ave, and you can get there from Tottenham Court Road tube station :up:

Like I said, good luck, or as I prefer, Jolan Tru.

[onelifecrisis]

http://www.deeppencil.com/images/kirk-spock-slash.JPG

Argh! :o Delete! Erase from memory!
Can we get some f*cking censorship on this forum PLEASE? :rotfl:

[Sailor Steve]

picker*
I know, but I've never seen a mechanical rice picker. I just wanted to see if you'd get the reference, claiming to be a fan and all. I'm glad you did.

@ Jimbuna: Regarding that second picture, in his own novelization of the first movie, Gene Roddenberry had Admiral Kirk give some personal notes, including a comment on speculation that he and Spock were indeed an 'item'. He said that the part that offended him most was the suggestion that he, James T. Kirk, would ever have a relationship with a being who only came into heat once every seven years!

[Jimbuna]

I know, but I've never seen a mechanical rice picker. I just wanted to see if you'd get the reference, claiming to be a fan and all. I'm glad you did.

@ Jimbuna: Regarding that second picture, in his own novelization of the first movie, Gene Roddenberry had Admiral Kirk give some personal notes, including a comment on speculation that he and Spock were indeed an 'item'. He said that the part that offended him most was the suggestion that he, James T. Kirk, would ever have a relationship with a being who only came into heat once every seven years!

Really! :o

I'm suprised Kirk would feel the need to love anyone other than his own ego :DL

@KP....I've found a site (you've probably already seen it) that sells at least some of the props your looking for but they cost and I'm unaware of how far your budget will stretch....perhaps as far as your ears :DL

http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Starstore_Catalogue_STAR_TREK_ACTION_FIGURES__TOYS _AND_DOLLS_400.html

[AVGWarhawk]

So, were they comparing photon torpedoes. :hmmm::o

[Jimbuna]

So, were they comparing photon torpedoes. :hmmm::o

It doesn't look like Spock will need to use his Vulcan death grip. :hmmm:

Quick James....tell him it's a funnel and not a tunnel. I reckon he's mistaken it for a black hole :o

[HunterICX]

this thread is so disturbing :dead:

HunterICX

[nikimcbee]

must....stay....out...of...thread....:haha:

can't resist.....tempation....for....smartass....remark. ...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gH28Z5vN4OU/Sfcp0vqC3aI/AAAAAAAAAos/6BOSFj1H5EI/s400/vulcan-gangsta.jpg

[nikimcbee]

Hey, KP, don't go as Spock, as there will be lots of Spocks. Live on the edge, be unique...cutting edge....



Be a spork
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/04/star-trek-spork.jpg

:har:

You still can use the pointy ears, they totalyy match.

[AVGWarhawk]

this thread is so disturbing :dead:

HunterICX

on so many levels :har:

[Jimbuna]

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2748/thumb220x165.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thumb220x165.jpg)

[Mush Martin]

:shifty:
http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/insp_logic_preview.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Go as the communications officer KP: :D

http://www.pcworld.ca/pcworldContentimages/164195-Slide-12-Earpiece_sl_81c92ade-1003-470f-bded-b6f43fbbc5fa.jpg

You can get that ear piece anywhere. Um, the hair do you are on your own. You might look good with those hoop earings.

Opening hailing frequencys captain!

[Jimbuna]

http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2009/3/16/128817080964152306.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

http://www.trekp.com/posters/gw955-sign.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

http://www.trekp.com/posters/gw001-telepathy.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

http://www.trekp.com/posters/gw015-bones.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

This is what KP is really looking for and what he means in this thread.

http://www.trekp.com/posters/gw023-sci_fi_props.jpg

[TDK1044]

The title of this thread says it all. :)

[AVGWarhawk]

The title of this thread says it all. :)

What the hell was the title? :06:

[Jimbuna]

http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/images/humor/january/insp_spock_mccoy_preview.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

must....stay....out...of...thread....:haha:

can't resist.....tempation....for....smartass....remark. ...
Don't lie. You know it's what you live for.:rock:

[AVGWarhawk]

http://www.trekp.com/posters/gw070-myth1.jpg

[nikimcbee]

Don't lie. You know it's what you live for.:rock:

Who...Moi?
http://www.showmii.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/miss_piggy.jpg

[nikimcbee]

...or KP, you could try this angle...:hmmm:
http://blog.emap.com/boris/files/2009/05/blog-92-pigs-in-space.jpg

[nikimcbee]

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/4155/swine.jpg

[nikimcbee]

This thread has gone to the Bunas!
http://www.blazesoftball.com/images/statler_waldorf_02_01.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

Those last few prove that you really are a spam-er.

[nikimcbee]

http://roflrazzi.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/celebrity-pictures-pigs-in-space-swine-flu.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://img.slate.com/media/80000/80300/Powell_Spock-Kirk.jpg

Jim....do you fancy a KP sandwich?

[Letum]

I saw this and thought of you.
http://www.b3tards.com/u/43ad860b817cf6552cf6/spock-helmet.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

http://www.trekp.com/posters/gw165-wankers.jpg

[Platapus]

check out this site for Phasers and communicators

http://www.thingsyouneverknew.com/product/thingstocollect/tvmovies/star+trek%26trade-+communicator+and+phaser+set.do?search=basic&keyword=star+trek&sortby=newArrivals&page=1&WT.svl=84929

This site for tricorder

http://www.frontiermodels.co.uk/TRICORDER-p-18012.html

and

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=DC17743

The stuff aint cheap though

Live long and Perspire

[Jimbuna]

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p76/scubaprojoe/StarTrekGay3.jpg

[Buddahaid]

check out this site for Phasers and communicators

http://www.thingsyouneverknew.com/product/thingstocollect/tvmovies/star+trek%26trade-+communicator+and+phaser+set.do?search=basic&keyword=star+trek&sortby=newArrivals&page=1&WT.svl=84929

This site for tricorder

http://www.frontiermodels.co.uk/TRICORDER-p-18012.html

and

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=DC17743

The stuff aint cheap though

Live long and Perspire

The Entertainment Earth products are inexpensive. $40.00 for a full size ST original series tricorder with lights and sound is the best deal ever! The moire disc even spins for cripes sake. I've been building and trading ST props for years and this is unbeatable. Sure it's Chinese plastic cheapo, but for a more accurate repo you can spend hundreds. Sheesh, bought any plastic models lately? $40.00 buys a good kit that you need to build and spend another $20.00-30.00 bucks for paints etc.

Buddahaid

I'll add that the price of silicon molding rubber is out the roof now and I'll not buy anymore. When you look at the cottage industry polyurethane plastic kits that sell for $100.00-200.00, you don't see the cost of making them in time and materials. I calculated I was earning about $2.00 an hour for the ones I made (mine had lights and sounds).

[Kapitan_Phillips]

THANKS!!! :D

[Buddahaid]

Your welcome. It is Dr. McCoy's medical tricorder but so be it.

Buddahaid