Posts from ‘Collectibles’
I’ve written a bit about the whole idea of streamlining my life and removing a lot of the hubris that I just don’t need at this point in my life. So far I’ve focused very much on books, DVDs and games but of course this philosophy extends itself further into other aspects such as clothing and stationery and a bunch of other stuff including collectibles.
Which is fine, I don’t need a lot of the collectibles I already have though I love them all dearly and they do come in handy for reference material when illustrating but part of the overall streamlining strategy is not adding more!! So I’ve found myself resisting several very cool pieces of movie memorabilia lately and not worrying too much about it.
But I’m not made of stone.
These three items would be so cool to have, no doubts about that and honestly I think whilst the title of the post says “won’t” it’s probably more a case of can’t. Money of course plays a huge role but I think the cost of these things reminds me of their actual worth. If I can’t afford them or they take money away from important things then they are essentially useless to me. (or something like that anyway…)
It actually looks comfortable
1. Captain Kirk’s Chair
When I was a young man watching Star Trek I always dreamt that one day I would have a lounge room that was an exact replica of the bridge of the USS Enterprise (NCC1701). That and a replica shuttle craft in the back yard. Now the shuttle craft is a little harder to come by, not impossible but pretty hard. The bridge on the other hand or at least the centre seat is a retail possibility.
Now there are a couple of issues to address.
Obviously the price is a talking point when having a chat with the wife about the practicality of purchasing this piece of furniture for our lounge room. At US$2199.99 you might want to offer to do the washing up… forever. But if you are thinking of starting negotiations this following couch puts it into perspective:
Not quite as cool as Kirk's chair but much more expensive
Another issue to address is that unlike the chair above it only seats the one person, presumably yourself and it’s no fun playing Mario Kart on your own so practicality raises its ugly head again.
2. Serenity – The Big Damn Replica
Would you look at that gorram detail!!
Okay as far as toys go this is pretty bloody impressive. This is a studio scale replica of the Firefly spaceship Serenity, measuring just under 60 cm in length and featuring hand painted details it’s literally the best model available for Serenity fans. One little hitch though.
US $2699.99
Yup, still not as expensive as that couch but that’s a pretty chunk of change which would buy many many packets of cheetos.
It’s pretty to look at though.
Appa plush figurine that I would love so very much
Appa plush figurine that I would love so very much
3. Appa plush figurine
I came to the Avatar: The Last Airbender animated series (there is no movie, there is no movie) quite late, at least a couple years after it originally aired and so unfortunately I missed the craze and the merchandising that went with it. So Appa (the flying bison who I love so very much) plush figurines are only really available on ebay now and they go for a huge figure, not Serenity huge but expensive enough that it makes me think twice, which is probably a good thing because as much as I would love an Appa doll I really don’t need one…
Okay I’ve nearly convinced myself. I have a bunch of plush toys from Aliens and Farscape already and some of them I could probably part with easily but my lifesize Rygel is another story.
So are there any collectibles out there that you guys would dearly love to get but probably can’t (or won’t)?
Keeping up with the Joneses can be difficult at the best of times, what with their good jobs, connections and nice hair. But you shouldn’t feel inferior to them, not at all. It’s easy to make your home more awesome than theirs and I’m here to give you the hot tip how. I’ve focused on items that are available nearby and that I’ve actually laid eyeballs on, none of this internet shopping for Star Trek Captain’s chairs for us.
1. Superman and/or Batman statues
Superman and Batman statues, expensive but the height of awesome
These aren’t cheap and others would encourage you to invest the money into your education or renovations. Me I’m thinking that if you were to buy these it’s an instant pass to awesomeness whereas with that other stuff it’ll take time and probably effort. Now picture the look on your partner’s face each morning when they wake up to see a Superman statue.
2. A great white shark head statue on the wall
Oh look we got a bigger boat and now have awesomeness on the wall
Now I apologise for the shoddy camera shot, I took it on my iPhone as I cowered behind the wicker couch thanks to the head startling me and then having flashbacks to Deep Blue Sea…
and then the sharks started eating the cameras and that guy was in the cage tunnel thing and everything went dark and Samuel L Jackson got eaten
… sorry about that. But seriously there are two advantages to having this piece in your house, first of all you have a freaking shark’s head on your wall. Secondly it’s not real! I mean you didn’t have to go out and kill a majestic killer of the sea, drag it back and then get it mounted.
3. A banana chair, no literally a banana chair.
It's a banana chair - insert your own joke here
Not only is this chair in the shape of two bananas, not only has got springs so it’s like a rocking banana chair but I’m told that it is quite comfortable. Imagine the look on the faces of the Joneses when they come over for cocktails and jatz crackers and they behold the banana chair.
So I hope this has helped inspire you! Be sure to use the share thingy below to help out all of your friends (except the Joneses). If you have your awesome find feel free to share but you have to have taken the photo yourself otherwise it doesn’t count.
One of the coolest things I remember from my childhood when the Star Wars films were being released was that if you collected enough tokens from the official Star Wars icy pole you could send away and the they would post you your very own Admiral Ackbar figurine.
I mean of all the Star Wars figurines Admiral Ackbar was probably the absolute lowest on the priority list for most kids especially considering none of us had actually seen him yet. But I had to have one.
Technically they were free but if I remember correctly you had to get a lot of icy poles to qualify and then you had to keep them long enough to get the required amount and then send them away. So to get the final pay off which was a shiny awesome Admiral “it’s a trap” Ackbar figurine which I loved for lots of years until his leg rotted away*
So when I finally bought a Nintendo Wii I was quite excited to see that they have what they call Club Nintendo where you can submit special codes that came with Nintendo games. I bought a few games at the same time as buying the console and so I gathered up the Club Nintendo cards and realised that they didn’t come with every game or the most confusing didn’t come with the console itself.
So I had something like 800 points and figured I had done pretty well off the bat, but then I checked out the site and discovered I had not enough points for even a stupid plastic Wii controller box. So I wrote off the idea of ever getting anything out of the Club Nintendo.
Several surprising game purchases later and I found myself with enough points to get:
Admiral Ackbar would be very proud however I doubt he would have been very good at Mario Kart.
*I refuse to explain this.
