# OMG will someone PLEASE lend me about two grand?!?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 30, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937 "2003-07-30T17:07:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/1 "2003-07-30T17:07:57Z")
[I just need it for this and I will pay you back in a few months.](http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2182152064&category=2151) I will be your friend forever. Also, check out [these series of movie props](http://search.liveauctions.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&query=ebay*&ht=11&from=R10&catref=&st=2&lc=1&ctlgid=5191&ahid=1457&ccn=Collectibles+%26+Memorabilia&SortProperty=rank&skip=0) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/2 "2003-07-30T17:34:25Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/3 "2003-07-30T17:35:26Z")
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. . . 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/4 "2003-07-30T18:12:08Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/5 "2003-07-30T18:15:52Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/6 "2003-07-30T18:34:01Z")
Ho-Hum [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3109123.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3109123.stm) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/7 "2003-07-30T20:17:11Z")
I happen to have an extra $2500 lying around but it’s earmarked for [a new air conditioner](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3774788&highlight=front#post3774788). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/8 "2003-07-30T20:22:29Z")
You’re thinking too small: [http://www.lordoftheringscatalog.com/p01/motorcycle\_category.html](http://www.lordoftheringscatalog.com/p01/motorcycle_category.html) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/9 "2003-07-30T20:26:35Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/10 "2003-07-30T21:30:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Elsewhere in the sale, dedicated Star Trek fans are expected to pay up to $30,000 (£18,500) for a piece of railing from the original Starship Enterprise. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/11 "2003-07-31T06:13:30Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/12 "2003-07-31T08:03:57Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/13 "2003-07-31T20:19:51Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/14 "2003-07-31T20:55:42Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/15 "2003-07-31T20:56:57Z")
**Bid.** The current **bid** is up to $6000. (I hate not being able to edit my own posts.) ---
**Author:** ![ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ed)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/16 "2003-07-31T21:02:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Why don’t you save some money by buying one of the Stillsuit props from the 6-hour Sci Fi Channel Dune miniseries instead? 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… ---
**Author:** ![ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ed)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/17 "2003-07-31T21:06:13Z")
Oh, and if you did have an authentic movie prop it’s not like you could wear it to parties anyway… > [@](#): > > This item is in delicate condition. It looks good on a mannequin, as the pictures above illustrate. However, there are problems. Several details have detached from the foundation garment; the piping has disintegrated in places (note how it has gone down the front and around the neck); there are cuts in the sleeves; other pieces have split; some of the foam within has disintegrated and leaks as a fine powder. > You would NOT be able to wear this one to Halloween parties, unfortunately. Seems like they weren’t made to last… ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/18 "2003-07-31T21:07:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BuckleberryFerry \* > I feel your pain, FWIW. I really wanted The One Ring, but I didn’t want upwards of two grand’s worth of it. If you happen to acquire it, I will happily pay you more than your price. I’ve been looking for it for some time. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/19 "2003-07-31T21:10:48Z")
… 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. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937/20 "2003-08-01T00:07:26Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-will-someone-please-lend-me-about-two-grand/191937.md?page=2)