I just need it for this and I will pay you back in a few months.
I will be your friend forever.
Also, check out these series of movie props for sell on Ebay. Good God, what I would not give for half of them. I was going to name a few of the more interesting ones, but there is too much to list.
Holy dead rat on a stick.
People pay those kind of prices for movie props? I mean, the reproductions they sell in magazines are better made…
You don’t need both kidneys do you? How do you feel about risky elective surgery for profit? We might be able to come up with a solution to your money needs. . .
I’ll just transfer some funds from my Swiss account to yours and…
Oh.
Right.
Sorry.
I feel your pain, FWIW. I really wanted The One Ring, but I didn’t want upwards of two grand’s worth of it.
Shelled out a fair sum for a standup of the Hobbits, though.
Good luck with saving and whatever. Maybe you could check out a few comic shops or something to see what they have access to.
I really should have stuck a smilie in there so you didn’t think I was being a sarcastic snot. I was trying to be lighthearted. 
Sorry if it sounded like I was demeaning your fandom. I really do wish you good luck. Any friends willing to splurge for Christmas (or a birthday or something?)
;D, etc.
I happen to have an extra $2500 lying around but it’s earmarked for a new air conditioner.
You’re thinking too small:
http://www.lordoftheringscatalog.com/p01/motorcycle_category.html
I wonder how many thousands of dollars I can get for that “Gilliam 2004” poster diku and I got from being extras in Head Of State.
:eek:
Muad’Dib, the way I see it you’re ignoring 2 obvious options.
#1-Rather than buying a still suit actually used in the movie, find some plans online and make your own.
#2-If you simply must have a prop used in the film, there is an easy way to raise the money. Become a male stripper.
While I think the Stillsuit prop is cool I didn’t see anything to indicate that this expensive item is any more than a black motorcycle leather suit with some slight and cheap modifications. You can pick one up yourself for about a grand or less and just add some black flex tubing for the filtplugs.
No certificate of authenticity is mentioned at all.
But if it WERE a real one then I would consider buying it myself. Hell, I’d never have to put up with making another Halloween costume ever again and I’d be the hit of any Con with the addition of some blue on blue contact lenses.
That’s supposed to be a stillsuit? Where is the hood? Where are the gloves? And the nose and mouth filters? Hell, if you’re gonna give up that much moisture, why not just piss on a sand dune and be done with it? Definitely one of those cheap imitations made for the tourist trade, and not a genuine Fremen model.
The current big is now up to $6,000.
Why don’t you save some money by buying one of the Stillsuit props from the 6-hour Sci Fi Channel Dune miniseries instead? You won’t have to put up with “weirding modules” or “heart plugs” that way.
Bid. The current bid is up to $6000.
(I hate not being able to edit my own posts.)
Well, if you want to go that route, some spraypaint, rubber bands and a large garbage bag would get you a pretty accurate “miniseries” stillsuit reproduction…
Oh, and if you did have an authentic movie prop it’s not like you could wear it to parties anyway…
Seems like they weren’t made to last…
If you happen to acquire it, I will happily pay you more than your price. I’ve been looking for it for some time.
… and, of course, I spoke too soon. $6000 was the closing bid. The bidding is all over and done with on the Stillsuit.
If you want a Stillsuit from the De Laurentis Dune* movie, you;ll have to mug the guy who bought it, I guess.
Chronos-Excellent points. What is it the Fremen tell their children? “Guard each breath as your life?”
Sauron-Cute.
BTW-Anybody know where I can pick up a TARDIS key? I accidentally locked mine inside. Fortunately, the chameleon circuit was set on port-a-potty and nobody has noticed anything out of place. On the downside, my vessel for transversing time and space has been stuck on the same sidewalk for months now.