Die Cast Lighted 1/350th TOS Enterprise (TOMY crowd funded)

[zojoi]

Shatner signed (plus a "Boldly Go!") and certified! He gave me all of 7 seconds before I was ushered away but I'm ok with that. After all, he's 93.

Also, if you haven't already done it, the dummy batteries are awesome! I don't spin the nacelles as I don't want to grind down the motor but I light them up. Now she's on 24/7!

 

[Ant1988]

Shatner signed (plus a "Boldly Go!") and certified! He gave me all of 7 seconds before I was ushered away but I'm ok with that. After all, he's 93.

Also, if you haven't already done it, the dummy batteries are awesome! I don't spin the nacelles as I don't want to grind down the motor but I light them up. Now she's on 24/7!
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Nice. Shatner is coming out my way in May. What did he charge you for the signing?? Who certified the signing?

 

[zojoi]

Nice. Shatner is coming out my way in May. What did he charge you for the signing?? Who certified the signing?

$150. JSA certified it on site for $10.

 

[Ant1988]

$150. JSA certified it on site for $10.

You should have walked up to him with the lights going on the saucer. Maybe he would have given you a few more seconds...lol

 

[zojoi]

You should have walked up to him with the lights going on the saucer. Maybe he would have given you a few more seconds...lol

Oh it was running alright! He just didn't care.

 

[JiminSTLouis]

Oh it was running alright! He just didn't care.

Where did you get his autograph? Were there 100 people standing in line to see him? He can’t spend 3 mins with every person.

 

[Ant1988]

Where did you get his autograph? Were there 100 people standing in line to see him? He can’t spend 3 mins with every person.

Haha. True. Of course he can't. Plus at his age he has seen and heard it all....lol..not to mention he is as popular as ever.

 

[xlowes]

Haha. True. Of course he can't. Plus at his age he has seen and heard it all....lol..not to mention he is as popular as ever.

And he also has to crank them out to put green in his bank account !

 

[Ant1988]

And he also has to crank them out to put green in his bank account !

Haha. I remember about 10 years ago he made a comment that he keeps making money to leave for his family.

 

[MDLAV8R]

Shatner signed (plus a "Boldly Go!") and certified! He gave me all of 7 seconds before I was ushered away but I'm ok with that. After all, he's 93.

Also, if you haven't already done it, the dummy batteries are awesome! I don't spin the nacelles as I don't want to grind down the motor but I light them up. Now she's on 24/7!
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Please post pics of the ship and wires with dummy batts installed and links to the ones that worked for you.

 

[MDLAV8R]

Please post pics of the ship and wires with dummy batts installed and links to the ones that worked for you.

Still waiting to see how you fed the wires from the 4 AA and 4 AAA dummy batts out through the tiny, tiny, almost non-existent gaps. Without pics … well, you know the rest.

 

[RevelationSpace]

I attempted this today and I don't see how it's possible without drilling into the model through both the metal of the hull and the plastic battery covers. The sensor dome on the saucer won't even go on with the tiniest wire imaginable poking through because it's so tight. You might be able to get the dish to go on with a thin wire, but again it looks as though it would require some drilling.

 

[moonbus]

Good to know thanks for the information.