He’s all yours, bounty hunter.
By Christa Terry
My office is designed to make people think I’m smart and bookish and well-read. That means I have a lot of old, dark furniture meant to be a little intimidating. If I wanted to be really intimidating (while also projecting an uber-nerdy image), I supposed I could have Tom Spina Designs make me up a “Han Solo frozen in carbonite” desk.
I don’t, however, know that I could bear having Harrison Ford’s agonized face looking up at my mouse hand while I, um, play World of Warcraft or watch free episodes of classic Trek.
(thnx, Raincoaster)
March 5th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Oh dear. I think I’m having a Geek Attack.
WANT!
That way my desk could talk to my Captain Picard standee.
(is pathetic) (a lot)
March 5th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Pathetic? Nah…I have an Enterprise-D CD holder AND the original Star Trek Barbie set, still in the box.
March 5th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
I know a few people who would totally go for this! I’m strictly a Trek girl.
March 5th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Oh man! I’ve never had a chance to see the Star Trek Barbies up close and personal. They’ve always struck me as the ultimate in glorious geeky wrongitude.
OTOH, I do have a growing collection of Buffy the Vampire Slayer action figures. I have three different versions of Giles. He’s my hero.
Oh, and a friend of mine got to see Anthony Stewart Head in a play in London once. She waited at the stage door afterward and had him sign her program for me…with my fandom handle, no less!
Oh, and have I ever mentioned a friend of mine used to work for ILM? Apparently it was a firing offense if George Lucas caught you dissing Ewoks…but everybody indulged when the bossman wasn’t around.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:36 am
I have an NCC-1701 phone that makes the Red Alert sound when it rings, but no real Star Wars memorabilia, alas. I did have a nearly-complete set of the original stickers and bubblegum cards, but when my friend got married and started a comic shop, I gave them to him as a wedding present.
Now I am off to think of dirty things to say involving the Han Solo desk and “mouse hand.”
March 6th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
You have an ENTERPRISE TELEPHONE?! Oh. My. Gosh. Please tell me where you got it!
March 7th, 2008 at 10:37 am
I have the first 64 Star Trek Books, 2 Posters signed by Nichelle Nichols, a Phaser TV Remote control, an uncut set of trading cards, the original Star Fleet Medical Manual, a set of Blue Prints for NCC1701, and various bits and pieces…I want to declutter but haven’t found a good home for them yet…
March 7th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
I inherited it from my dad. Noooooooo IDEA where he got it, although QVC is a likely guess. It’s a crappy phone, but a good conversation piece should you want to seduce a nerd.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Nice haul, Jennie! You could eBay them…plenty of people like me regularly scan the auctions for good ST gear.