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Star Trek Command Chair makes anyone feel like Captain Kirk
Feeling powerless? Escape to the captain’s chair from the Star Trek original series, and start barking out orders and making dramatic pronouncements as your family rolls their eyes. Just don’t let the missus see that credit card bill when it zips over $1000 out of your cash hoard at a speed exceeding warp nine. Start carrying around a Star Trek communicator when you're away from home, and your apparent insanity will have come full circle.
Comparing it to the original prop from the ‘60s TV series in the picture above, it looks remarkably similar, and its makers have outfitted the chair with authentic sound effects and blinkenlights. For those who are less imaginative, there’s some sampled dialog you can play back, but we’re thinking that could get annoying fast. Just tell your guests not to push that button, or it will accidentally jettison them in an escape pod.
Exact pricing and delivery dates are sketchy, but it should be available sometime in 2009. Hit Continue for a larger pic of the chair.
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By wrageal at 3:45 PM ON 07/02/09
Well...I got my captain's chair yesterday! I will say, it is heavy, LOOKS GREAT, and feels really good to sit on this nerd throne. HOWEVER, my chair did not come with any instructions, I cannot figure out how the electronics work (I don't think they are connected), and when I pushed the buttons on the right arm rest, the buttons actually pushed through arm and I heard them fall to the bottom of the chair! I felt completely powerless only seconds into my first command as I couldn't even go to "Red Alert!"
I wasn't happy! After accepting the reality that Scotty wasn't beaming down to fix anything, and realizing that I didn't have a single contact for any reputable captain's chair repair men, I called Entertainment Earth to see what could be done. They are working to get me the instructions from Diamond Select, and though I haven't heard back from anyone today, I remain hopeful that someone will have an answer to retrieve my "fallen buttons!"
Overall, this chair is pretty well made (with a few major exceptions in my case). It appears to be hand made, but for $2,500 it should be pretty darn perfect. Granted, I can make most of the sound effects myself, but after paying a hefty amount for this thing, I should have been able to fire phasers and open hailing frequencies without breaking the controls. Even Captain Kirk occasionally gave his intercom button a good "fist punch" without the button tumbling to the bottom of his hollow command chair!
A good purchase....sure...why not?...but mine was overpriced for what I got. I hope the other 1700 chairs that grace the living rooms and star ships across the galaxy have lights and sounds included!!! The chair comes with a complimentary miniature captain chair (Kirk figure included) complete with sound effects and phrases from the show. Perhaps their claim to lights and sounds only pertains to the toy version!....The only sound effect I heard was the "Whomp Whomp Waaaaaa" sound in the background!
If anyone has some answers as to how I can retrieve my controls and turn on the electronic features....may the "Great Bird of the Galaxy" bless you!
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