Adam Savage goes Star Trek
Friday, 15May2015 Filed in: Design
I admit I had major geek lust over this one.
There are two things that block me here.
First, I really don’t have a place for it.
Second, as cool a toy as it is, it is not practical. It’s all flash and no go. It doesn’t live up to my tekn philosophy.
That doesn’t mean I won’t drool over it.
Or think of at least one major improvement.
Imagine setting things up so that another “data card” would switch the sound effects to Star Trek: The Next Generation. With a little bit of finagling you might be able to set things up with sound effects from multiple series. I don’t know how sensitive the ribbon switch setup is, so I don’t know how many soundtracks you could put it. And of course you’d still keep the original cards.
ETA: I was looking to see if Savage had put his plans on the web and I ran across this.
No longer available, but it went for $2900. From the looks of it, the Savage version is superior.
There are two things that block me here.
First, I really don’t have a place for it.
Second, as cool a toy as it is, it is not practical. It’s all flash and no go. It doesn’t live up to my tekn philosophy.
That doesn’t mean I won’t drool over it.
Or think of at least one major improvement.
Imagine setting things up so that another “data card” would switch the sound effects to Star Trek: The Next Generation. With a little bit of finagling you might be able to set things up with sound effects from multiple series. I don’t know how sensitive the ribbon switch setup is, so I don’t know how many soundtracks you could put it. And of course you’d still keep the original cards.
ETA: I was looking to see if Savage had put his plans on the web and I ran across this.
❝This is the meticulously detailed, full-scale replica of James Tiberius Kirk's captain's chair from the original Star Trek television series. The chair is constructed from the design conceived by Matt Jefferies, the set director and art designer from 1966 to 1969--only 1,701 are being produced. A press of the former yellow alert button (located at the front of the right armrest) produces one of nine original sound samples from the series, including the entirety of the famous prologue: "Space... the final frontier..." spoken by William Shatner. Other samples include "Kirk to Engineering... Mr. Scott, report!," "Position report Spock?" and more. Seven sound effects are produced by activating the former red alert button, including the classic intercom hail, phaser and photon torpedo sounds--even the ambient background bridge noises. The chair includes various toggle switches, knobs, and buttons from the series that invoked the jettison of pods and activated the main viewscreen. All sounds are produced from a single speaker built into the left armrest. The chair's platform is made of wood surrounding a steel frame. The back and seat are made from leather, braced on either side by two oak arm rests; the chair swivels 360°. Plugs into AC.❞
No longer available, but it went for $2900. From the looks of it, the Savage version is superior.
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