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Back in 1976, when calculators were not common or cheap, a company named MEGO made the Star Trekulator: a calculator sporting a Star Trek theme. However, it was a bit …read more Continue reading Retro Calculator Panders to Trekkies… or Trekkers
While there’s still something undeniably cool about the flip-open communicators used in the original Star Trek, the fact is, they don’t really look all that futuristic compared to modern mobile …read more Continue reading Combadge Project Wants to Bring Trek Tech to Life
Back in 2000 in the brief lull between COVID lockdowns in the UK, I found myself abruptly on the move, with a very short time indeed to move my possessions …read more Continue reading How Star Trek Breached The Defences Of A Major Broadcaster
Records galore fell at Heritage Auctions’ Greg Jein Collection sale of science fiction memorabilia last weekend, with the auction grossing US$13.6 million to surpass Christie’s 1999 auction of The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe to become the second-highest grossing Hollywood auction in history, behind only Profiles in History’s blockbuster Debbie Reynolds Collection Auction trilogy (2011).
Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle
Tags: Star Trek, star wars, Science Fiction, Heritage Auctions, Profiles in History, Propstore, Julien’s Auctions
Continue reading Greg Jein Sci-fi collection – an overview of the records
Greg Jein is sci-fi royalty. He built the detailed miniature filming models that we gasped at in many of the movies and television series that shaped our view of the future, at the same time as assembling a collection of the finest movie props from an … Continue reading The sci-fi sale of the century
For the last few years, [Mangy_Dog] has been working on what is easily the most technically and aesthetically impressive Star Trek tricorder prop the world has ever seen. With each …read more Continue reading A Guide to Field Stripping Your Voyager Tricorder
For many of us, the most difficult aspect of a project comes when it’s time to document the thing. Did you take enough pictures? Did you remember all the little …read more Continue reading Tricorder Tutorial isn’t Just for Starfleet Cadets
The original and sole remaining Blastech DL-44 Blaster used by Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in the first 1977 Star Wars movie (Star Wars: A New Hope) has sold for a record US$1,057,500 at Rock Island Auctions.
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Tags: Most Expensive Movie Weapons, star wars, Heritage Auctions, Profiles in History, Rock Island Auctions, Bonhams, Sotheby’s, James Bond, Star Trek
Continue reading Han Solo’s DL-44 Blaster from “Star Wars” smashes auction records
The Sci-Fi Contest closed out on Monday, and we put our heads together and picked our favorites. And it was no easy task, because in addition to many of the …read more Continue reading 2022 Sci-Fi Contest: The Winners are In
It’s no surprise that the hacking and making community has traditionally had something of a love affair with movie props, especially those of the science fiction variety. Over the years …read more Continue reading Movie Prop Electronics Hack Chat Takes Us Behind the Scenes