Ok, so I went to the full showing today.
Unfortunately, they didn’t allow photos unless you had a press pass.
But, Man OH MAN!
The models they had on display there were fantastic. The Enterprise A was the first and it was well roped off. But the other models, heck you could touch them! Which I DID!
The D is stunning. I crouched under the saucer section and got really close. The detail is incredible. The ‘Reliant’ is really cool. It is labeled The Saratoga right now but she is beautiful. The E is also great and the warp nacelles on Voyager do move. I moved them!
The Warbird is kind of small. Much smaller than the Bird of Prey, that was probably the most reused model. The section of the Enterprise B, the part that is destroyed where Kirk ‘died’, they have that section. It was cool looking at it and seeing the where they green screened Scotty and Checkov.
They had a lot of Enterprise NX control panels and such and I even got to play with their transporter controls? I moved the three levers!
But the best were the costumes. They were all on hangers and you could pull them off the rack and inspect them!
That jumpsuit I want? I touched it!
Kira’s ‘chiffon bathing suit’?
Touched it! (heck, I sniffed it)
McCoy’s Space Suit? Oh, yeah, I touched that.
Kirks civi clothes from ST III? Touched them.
I think I might bid on Sulu’s clothes from that film. That leather half cape is pretty sweet.
The people at Christies were very friendly and they did say that some people have come to the showing in costume. I was listening to them talking to a reporter about the models and they were saying that with new computer modeling, these physical models are a thing of the past and that these models are probably some of the best ever made. So they are highly collectible, just from that perspective.
I don’t have any photos but I do have these black wrist bands, (like those Lance Armstrong ones) if you want one, drop me an email.
