Good Will Riker
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Just imagine we could have actually had more Romulan episodes rather than just "1 per season." 
Romulan Bird of Prey model: Was it lost or was it broken?
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Good Will Riker
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And "Lost" here also means "Stolen." 
It's well known to have been lost before the Enterprise Incident.
Re: Romulan Bird of Prey model: Was it lost or was it broken
The batteries on the invisibility cloak finally expired and there it was - sitting in an old ex-Desilu storage cupboard all along!
The batteries on the invisibility cloak finally expired and there it was - sitting in an old ex-Desilu storage cupboard all along!
Re: Romulan Bird of Prey model: Was it lost or was it broken
You know...I've always suspicioned that was the case.
Only one question...were the batteries Duracel or Eveready?
Therin of Andor said:
The batteries on the invisibility cloak finally expired and there it was - sitting in an old ex-Desilu storage cupboard all along!
You know...I've always suspicioned that was the case.
Only one question...were the batteries Duracel or Eveready?
Re: Romulan Bird of Prey model: Was it lost or was it broken
Why start a poll for something that's a question of fact rather than one of opinion?
Why start a poll for something that's a question of fact rather than one of opinion?
Re: Romulan Bird of Prey model: Was it lost or was it broken
I had read in an article that Wah Chang, the creator of the classic hand props, supplied several items "under the table" so to speak, for the series. Due to various union rules, Chang could not be commissioned to build items specifically for the show. However, if he just happened to have something already made that fit the need, that was permitted. Supposedly, he was commissioned in secret, whipped up the item needed and the dates were "fudged".
An "incident" concerning compensation for the Romulan ship led to Chang's smashing the model to pieces in a fit of anger.
I read this on a site devoted to Wah Chang's biography, but there's little practical way I can verify the sources of this anecdote. It may be no more than trash talk. It does read like the near classic cliche of the artist destroying his work after being cheated.
Sincerely,
Bill
EDIT: Looks like Hambone beat me to the same incident. I doubt , however, he stomped upon it. Chang suffered debilitating polio when he was quite young. He was forced to wear elaborate leg braces worthy of a first generation Mondasian Cyberman. More likely he took a hammer to it.
I had read in an article that Wah Chang, the creator of the classic hand props, supplied several items "under the table" so to speak, for the series. Due to various union rules, Chang could not be commissioned to build items specifically for the show. However, if he just happened to have something already made that fit the need, that was permitted. Supposedly, he was commissioned in secret, whipped up the item needed and the dates were "fudged".
An "incident" concerning compensation for the Romulan ship led to Chang's smashing the model to pieces in a fit of anger.
I read this on a site devoted to Wah Chang's biography, but there's little practical way I can verify the sources of this anecdote. It may be no more than trash talk. It does read like the near classic cliche of the artist destroying his work after being cheated.
Sincerely,
Bill
EDIT: Looks like Hambone beat me to the same incident. I doubt , however, he stomped upon it. Chang suffered debilitating polio when he was quite young. He was forced to wear elaborate leg braces worthy of a first generation Mondasian Cyberman. More likely he took a hammer to it.
Re: Romulan Bird of Prey model: Was it lost or was it broken
Never heard of the Wah Chang incident - all I heard that the model, due to its rushed production - was quickly built out of plaster of Paris, and was dropped by accident after filming and improper storage, which is why they redressed the D7's for use as Romulan ships beyond that point.
Never heard of the Wah Chang incident - all I heard that the model, due to its rushed production - was quickly built out of plaster of Paris, and was dropped by accident after filming and improper storage, which is why they redressed the D7's for use as Romulan ships beyond that point.
Re: Romulan Bird of Prey model: Was it lost or was it broken
Actually, I believe they used the Klingon ship as a Romulan ship because the model department had invested quite a bit in the Klingon model, and they wanted to get their money's worth out of it.
The Romulan ship design was relatively simple. It could have easily been rebuilt from scratch.
Actually, I believe they used the Klingon ship as a Romulan ship because the model department had invested quite a bit in the Klingon model, and they wanted to get their money's worth out of it.
The Romulan ship design was relatively simple. It could have easily been rebuilt from scratch.
MeanJoePhaser
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Re: Romulan Bird of Prey model: Was it lost or was it broken
Frakking tribbles ate it. Not real, you say? Bullshatner! The are a rare shrew that William Shatner harvests for realistic hair piece.
Or it was the goddamn robots, John!
Frakking tribbles ate it. Not real, you say? Bullshatner! The are a rare shrew that William Shatner harvests for realistic hair piece.
Or it was the goddamn robots, John!
Good Will Riker
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Re: Romulan Bird of Prey model: Was it lost or was it broken
Yup, that's right. There you have it. That 3rd option someone always has to chime in about not being there, but should. Happy now!
It couldn't have been them robots, because that damn there tribble just leaped off of Shatner's head and started making mince meat out of that Bird of Prey model, I tell you?
Yup, that's right. There you have it. That 3rd option someone always has to chime in about not being there, but should. Happy now!
Did they call it a "warbird"?
Hmmm...I have read a fair bit about Wah and have not heard any confirmed tales of him destroying the model. I suspect it came to a more mundane and less dramatic end, possibly being simply discarded or some such...
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