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Attention all Star Trek fans

Post by WLJ » Wed Nov 01, 2023 6:45 pm

The missing TOS 3ft Enterprise model has been found.
Maybe, although most everyone is convinced it's the real deal
Turned up on E-bay
The discovery first came to light on X (formerly Twitter) when Alex Perry, co-owner of TrekCore.com, spotted an eBay auction for a “rare custom Star Trek USS Enterprise spaceship by Richard Datin.” Images showed a timeworn but instantly recognisable Enterprise, mounted on a wooden stand. The seller listed the model with a starting price of $1,000.

According to Perry, the person who listed the Enterprise model had purchased “an abandoned storage unit” and listed it on eBay, assuming it to be a replica.
You’ve probably guessed where this is going: Datin Jr was the model maker who built the original Enterprise miniature, based on the design by Matt Jeffries. The Howard Anderson Company, which provided the visual effects for the series, commissioned Datin Jr to make several models for Star Trek in 1964, and the 32-inch miniature he built was used for several shots in the unaired pilot, The Cage, and a few other early episodes. Later on, a more detailed, 11-foot-long model was created and used for other episodes in the original series.
When Star Trek was cancelled in 1969, the 32-inch model was eventually given back to series creator Gene Roddenberry. For several years, the mini Enterprise sat happily on Roddenberry’s desk – until one day it was either lent out and vanished or was outright stolen.
https://filmstories.co.uk/news/star-tre ... een-found/

RED ALERT Lost 3 ft TOS Enterprise found????
https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/r ... nd.354596/

Video that popped up on YT that alerted me

Star Trek 3ft Enterprise has been FOUND!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=javTIoyiBk0
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Re: Attention all Star Trek fans

Post by Dave1965 » Wed Nov 01, 2023 7:10 pm

doesn't come up in completed or active search of ebay for some reason

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Re: Attention all Star Trek fans

Post by WLJ » Wed Nov 01, 2023 7:13 pm

Dave1965 wrote:
Wed Nov 01, 2023 7:10 pm
doesn't come up in completed or active search of ebay for some reason
It was taken down. Guy apparently had no idea what he had
Sceenshots in the 1st and 2nd links
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Post by WLJ » Wed Nov 01, 2023 7:14 pm

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Re: Attention all Star Trek fans

Post by ssracer » Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:37 pm

I saw that earlier…fucking nuts


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Re: Attention all Star Trek fans

Post by KYgundude » Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:31 pm

I thought you were selling pink Star Trek knives.

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Post by Dave1965 » Thu Nov 02, 2023 6:53 am

ok, well props for him (pardon the pun) and hope he gets rich from it for sure!

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Re: Attention all Star Trek fans

Post by WLJ » Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:41 am

Could be some legal issues involved since it was by most accounts basically stolen and the owner, Paramount, is still around. Honestly I don't know how this would be handled. Will no doubt be some updates coming soon on that matter.
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Post by KYgundude » Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:01 pm

Dave1965 wrote:
Thu Nov 02, 2023 6:53 am
ok, well props for him (pardon the pun) and hope he gets rich from it for sure!
That made me spit my drink ROFL

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Re: Attention all Star Trek fans

Post by BIGC » Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:56 pm

Found the seller on ebay, he has already changed his name from the screenshot..

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat= ... =1&_sop=16
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Re: Attention all Star Trek fans

Post by WLJ » Sun Nov 05, 2023 7:41 am

Update video where the photos are examined in detail. Long story short if this is a fake it's an insanely good one,
Of note is that it was Rod Rod Roddenberry who contacted EBay and the auction was "terminated". And there's something weird going on with the ownership of the storage unit it was supposedly found in, the owner supposedly died in 1957 and something else missing was found in another storage unit under his name.

Analyzing the Lost Starship: The Resurfaced Enterprise Model from 1964"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFQlxIA5phU
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