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Posted: 2/8/2006 5:23:29 AM EDT
A Star Trek fan has gone bankrupt after spending £12,000 turning his home into the Starship Voyager.
Tony Alleyne's flat in Hinckley, Leics, has moulded walls, touch-panel blue lighting and a life-size model of the show's transporter room. He even built a command console, reshaped windows to look like portholes and set up vertical lights so he can pretend to be "beamed up". He hoped his pad would tempt other Trekkies to pay him to convert their homes too. He took out two huge loans and ran up debts of over £100,000 on 14 credit cards marketing his idea and paying for the merchandise and has filed for bankruptcy. Tony, who split from his wife Georgina after he replaced their fridge with a "warp coil" said: "I was convinced Trekkies all over the world would want a house like mine and pay me to do it. "But I was wrong and just overstretched. Building it in my apartment was the enjoyable and easy bit. But then I got hooked up with marketing and merchandise people here and in America and it all got out of hand. "I'm still proud of what I created but it's been a financial disaster." |
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That's frickin' awesome!! In a someone else’s-stupidity-is-hilarious kind of way. |
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Damn, he did a good job. I mean it looks GOOD. But holy shit, theres no way you could take a chich back to your place, she bolt as soon as she saw the place. Assuming you could pick up a chic to begin with. |
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Was he the one featured in Trekkies II?
(BTW, if you haven't seen either of those movies, they are absolutely hilarious!!! ) |
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Too funny. But true. |
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Someone will take his idea, change it a bit and make a fortune.
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He tried to sell it on ebay for $2 million.....
www.g4tv.com/freshgear/features/43787/One_TrekkedOut_Home.html |
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If you are going to go Star Trek... atleast do the original. Then you can get points for being retro
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No pussy - his wife left him....can't imagine why! |
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And wow, did it work. |
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Probably not much. One of the articles said he turned his bedroom into the transporter room. I wonder where he sleeps... Probably a park bench. |
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Yes it is a little funny, BUT dang it looks like he did good work.
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silly rabbit, Treks are for kids.. |
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Actually, £112,000 is probably pretty cheap for getting rid of the wife.
- CD |
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I heard about that on the radio, but was wondering what it looked like. Thanks for the link. It is all very impressive work. He could go into set design if he makes the right connections in Hollywood.
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After he gets evicted and declares bankruptcy, I'm snatching the place for a pittance and transporting all the goods back home for my personal use in a futuristic but far less geeky home. Then I'll sell the rest off to cover my losses.
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He should have done just one room.
It's a pretty good idea. Those Star Trek nerds would pay to have one room done up this way. They're nutty. |
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I never have watch TV much. Is the show that addicting? I have seen parts of it before and did not think it was that great.
On the other hand, this guy is crazy!! |
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That's lame, Now if i could get him to do my house like the millenium falcon....
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Tag for when hubby gets home
We're Trekkers...this is just plain hilarious! |
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Trekker. Good job on proper use. |
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For most married guys the first sign that things are going to get better in the pussy department is when the wife leaves. |
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Well of course no one was interested...who wants a house with no bathrooms?
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The transporter doesn't really work. |
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Why doesn't he just rent the house out to some porno studios? I'm sure they'd love to be able to make some Star-Trek themed pornos... "to boldly go where no man has gone before..." "the captains log..." "violating the prime directive..." Come on.... this stuff writes itself.... |
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He needs to go ghey and hook up with the guy who turned his ricer into an X-Wing. thomaslawrence.com/fun/stupidpictures/Star%20Wars%20Car/ |
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Damn! Naow THAT is what I call a remodel!
THAT I'd like to see on HGTV! |
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HELL YEAH, Harrison Ford would probably come hang out at you Millenium Falcon house before that guy that plays that French captain on star trek would visit your bankrupt star trek apartment |
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Star Trek Pr0n? That's already been done. Hilarity did, in fact, ensue. The cast included Commander William Dyker, Beaverly Gusher, and Lt. Commander Dildo. |
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+1 The gun haterz look at us like some of you look at him. Where's the tolerance, baby? If you don't like it, don't do it yourself. |
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OW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Snarfing a smoothie is painful. I'm suing you. |
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Not according to Gene Roddenberry. |
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I would look the same way at a guy who lost his wife and ended up in bankruptcy because he spent all his money on some kind of cool ARs. I like guns as much as anyone but I'm not going to try to remodel the exterior of my house to look like a waffle mag. |
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