Issues with your account? Bug us in the Discord!

What ever happened to that E3 Starfury?

samuelksamuelk The Unstoppable Mr. 'K'
in Babylon 5
You know, the big model Starfury that was hanging from the ceiling at the Atlanta E3 Expo...

I'm curious...

And what was it made of? Fiberglass? Cardboard?

[This message has been edited by samuelk (edited 03-08-2002).]
«134

Comments

  • RandyRandy Master Storyteller
    You know that last shot in [i]Raiders of the Lost Ark[/i]?
  • rcmodelsrcmodels Ranger
    lol
  • samuelksamuelk The Unstoppable Mr. 'K'
    Hehe.

    That's kinda what I expected.

    [This message has been edited by samuelk (edited 03-08-2002).]
  • TheSaintTheSaint Ranger
    ROFL!

    We must find that warehouse, imagine the incredible power we'd gain from possessing its contents! We could not only get ItF made, we can rule the world!

    ------------------
    "God's in his heaven. All's right with the world."
  • Ranger BrianRanger Brian The Anti-Scrooge
    Talking of Raiders, In Medal Of Honor on the training level, where you learn to place charges on a tank, there's a US Lorry on it's own, look in the back [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]

    -------------------
    [b]www.aerowebspace.co.uk[/b]
    --
    Only the insane have strength enough to prosper,
    Only those that prosper truly judge what is sane.
  • MarcMarc Zathras in Training
    I just hope that if someday, someone uncovers that thing, that they will appreciate what they've got. I nthe past, Sierra just tossed stuff like that once the warehousse got too full.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I would love to get my hands on that model. It would look great in my garage. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]


    [quote]Originally posted by Ranger Brian:
    [b]Talking of Raiders, In Medal Of Honor on the training level, where you learn to place charges on a tank, there's a US Lorry on it's own, look in the back [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img][/b][/quote]

    Don't own that game. What's in the back?

    ------------------
    [b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
    Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
    The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

    "Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
  • samuelksamuelk The Unstoppable Mr. 'K'
    Looks like the crate that the Ark of the Covenant was placed in...

    Biggles, shame on you. Awesome game.

    [This message has been edited by samuelk (edited 03-08-2002).]
  • psycopsyco Ranger
    *Dons black ski mask and gloves*
    Where's the warehouse? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    Rumor has it...

    It's in a crate in the warehouse down in Torrance CA, (you former Devs who went to Atlanta will appreciate this) and is scheduled to be decontaminated and destroyed pending a resolution to a medical class action suit against Vivendi Universal Interactive...

    [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]

    More credibly though, if it is still in the possesion of VUI and not auctioned off to someone or in a landfill somewhere, it is sitting in a Fresno warehouse by now, since Bob Wharton has moved operation back to Fresno, and is now trying to get things going in Oakhurst again...

    Don't you just love how circular the Universe is? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    Maybe they'll let me buy an "Unmarked box" off of them for "disposal"

    Yes...

    [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

    ------------------
    [b]Sanfam[/b] - Pixel Pirates
    [b][url="http://www.firstones.com/sanfam/guru.doc"]disillusionment[/b] v1.0[/url]; "We will have our day, we will have our future, and we will have our revolution."
    Come and listen to the official shoutcast server of Firstones.com! It's Spootastic! [url="http://sanfam.dyndns.org:8000"]http://sanfam.dyndns.org:8000[/url]
    "It is the year 2000. Where are the flying cars? I was Promised flying cars. I don't see any flying cars." -- Avery "Sisko" Brooks
  • RandyRandy Master Storyteller
    How do we contact Bob Wharton and can we make an under-the-table deal with him? I mean, who would care? And besides, Christy's step-son created it - we have more right to it than VUI! And if he won't work with us - let's go get it!

    Ops. Did I say that out loud? Sorry. I've been reading [url="http://www.firstones.com/sanfam/guru.doc"]disillusionment[/url].



    [This message has been edited by Randy (edited 03-09-2002).]
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    [quote]Originally posted by Randy:
    [b]How do we contact Bob Wharton and can we make an under-the-table deal with him?[/b][/quote]

    That's easy... Just keep your eye out in the Fresno Bee's Employment section...

    He runs an ad every so often for VUI for their operations center, trying to find poor desperate suckers to take a minimum wage, while being yelled at constantly...

    [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    It's raid time!

    ------------------
    [b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
    Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
    The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

    "Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
  • WarleaderWarleader Inmate: Babylon Project Mental Health Facility
    GREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • TyvarTyvar Next best thing to a St. Bernard
    Oook! Im in! Im in! RAIDING PARTY!
  • BekennBekenn Sinclair's Duck
    Fresno???

    Woohoo!!! I'll be returning home on the 23rd or 24th, maybe I can do some snooping....

    That Fury's mine!

    ------------------
    We are here to place President Grenewetzki under arrest!
  • RicobirchRicobirch Ranger
    Fresno eh, well thats only about 20 hours away. Maybe this weekend.

    ------------------
    "Ambassador we all know that the first casulty of war is the truth."
    -John Sheridan

    "To alcohol the solution to and cause of all of life's problems."
    -Homer Jay Simpson
  • Falcon1Falcon1 Elite Ranger
    Well I'm prepared to relocate from the UK to Oakhurst to become a forklift driver, get a job as a forklift driver in the warehouse, and drop that crate into the back of someones truck and that someone will then take it to an undisclosed location, where an undisclosed number of unknown people will have be biggest party in the world, cracking open the crate, and a few bottles of bubbly too to celebrate. I would then resign my post and come back to the UK, knowing I had just done the most fantastic deed to be done! [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img] [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]

    ------------------
    'The future is all around us' G'kar
    'I have no surviving enemies! None what so ever!' Galen

    Visit my B5 site at: [url="http://www.nialb5.com"]www.NialB5.com[/url].
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    That would be quite an effort. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

    ------------------
    [b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
    Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
    The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

    "Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
  • RandyRandy Master Storyteller
    Seems like it shouldn't really be that big of a deal for smart people to retrieve it - if it still exists.

    What would they want with it anyway? It's probably been forgotten. And since Christy's son-in-law created it, the right thing to do would be to let her/him have it back.

    Last time I heard it was pretty trashed - at least to the extent where it wouldn't be worth showing without some rehab.

    What we need is inside contacts.



    [This message has been edited by Randy (edited 03-12-2002).]
  • samuelksamuelk The Unstoppable Mr. 'K'
    I sent an e-mail to one person in Sierra that might know...and he has been a big help in the past. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
  • samuelksamuelk The Unstoppable Mr. 'K'
    Good news!

    Maybe the fury model hasn't faded into obscurity like we had thought. I got this e-mail from Guy Welch today:

    [quote]The Starfury is in storage. I can't imagine that Sierra will be able to use this model for future events. I have contacted my colleague, Glenn Oliver, who is following up on this.

    Can you remind me about this in a week? [/quote]

    [This message has been edited by samuelk (edited 03-13-2002).]
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Yay for Guy!

    ------------------
    [b][url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Required reading[/url][/b]
    Never eat anything bigger than your own head.
    The Balance provides. The Balance protects.

    "Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
  • RickRick Sector 14 Studios
    Guy rocks, which is why it amazes me he's able to survive at Sierra sometimes [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img].

    Sam-- do me a favor and drop me his addy. I have a question to ask him.

    Thanks,

    -R.

    ------------------
    [i]"...Never start a fight...but [b]always[/b] finish it."[/i]
  • samuelksamuelk The Unstoppable Mr. 'K'
    Done, Rick.

    I also let Guy know that the intent was to give the model back to the original artist. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
  • RandyRandy Master Storyteller
    [quote]Originally posted by samuelk:
    [b]Done, Rick.

    I also let Guy know that the intent was to give the model back to the original artist. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img] [/b][/quote]

    Can't tell you what that means to me. You rock hard, man. Thank you.
  • samuelksamuelk The Unstoppable Mr. 'K'
    Not a problem, Randy. He definitely deserves it. I only saw pictures of it, but I really thought it was well done.
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    Well let's hope that a week isn't too long and that it isn't in the warehouse in Oakhurst.

    [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]

    They're having a Garage Sale in the shipping section of the building in Oakhurst this Saturday 3/16/2002, between 8 AM to 2 PM.

    Desks, chairs, various things are going on the block, and you have to pick it up that day.

    [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]

    I might try and snoop down there just to make sure nothing of value gets past me... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
  • RandyRandy Master Storyteller
    Thanks for the note. I'll be there.
Sign In or Register to comment.