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[Hermey the Elf]

My buddy got his DST full-sized TOS captain's chair last weekend. I haven't seen it in person yet, but he told me that it is battery-operated. You read that correct, battery-operated! Evidently, the lights are limited to only one side/arm rest area of the chair's control panel and there are various sounds.

Anyone else have theirs yet?

[FHC]

I wanted one but couldn't swing the money, so I built my own.

[VulcanFanatic]

I just cant see spending two thousand plus dollars on a full size command chair. That money would go along way towards getting more figures and related stuff that i would rather have. I bet FHC's chair will be better than DST's anyway.

[New Frontier]

Battery Operated? lol a

[DS9_Fan]

They are slighly taking the micky with the batteries. Would love to see some pics though.

[Hermey the Elf]

They are slighly taking the micky with the batteries. Would love to see some pics though.

Hope to make it over to my bud's next weekend and I will definitely take some pix. Like so many products DST makes, the specs on the chair were not particularly detailed when the chair was offered. His chair also did not come with ANY instructions (could have been an omission at the factory?) and the operations panel was hidden by magnets under the speaker on the side panel. He had a time finding the controls (and battery panel). The chair also came with a bonus---the DST Capt Kirk action figure with captain's chair.

Anyway, will post more details and pix when I see it.

[TheHSBR]

The chair also came with a bonus---the DST Capt Kirk action figure with captain's chair.

Wow they really splurged with that!

[LocutusOfTuborg]

The chair also came with a bonus---the DST Capt Kirk action figure with captain's chair.

What a laugh!

LoT

[ryanlb]

I wanted to buy it just for that figure.

['E']

Wow...a $30 figure. A power supply would have been nicer.

[Jedigreedo]

In this case, I think it's supposed to be a "mini-me."

[TheHSBR]

Actually they could have really ticked some people off if they made it a special exclusive figure.

[Hermey the Elf]

Actually they could have really ticked some people off if they made it a special exclusive figure.

Yeah, wouldn't that have been hilarious and majorly aggrivating.

[FHC]

Assuming they are using LED's why in the world would you want a power cord running out the back? I have every LED in my chair, 15 or so, running at once on two AA batteries for hours on end without killing the batteries. I'm going to get some rechargeable AAa and never worry again.

[New Frontier]

I think for the

[Hermey the Elf]

Assuming they are using LED's why in the world would you want a power cord running out the back? I have every LED in my chair, 15 or so, running at once on two AA batteries for hours on end without killing the batteries. I'm going to get some rechargeable AAa and never worry again.

Good point...hadn't thought of that. When my buddy got his, as I mentioned, the instructions (if any) were missing from the boxes. He expected it to be wired with a power cord to plug into an outlet, and when there was none (and the control/battery section was hidden under the speaker), he was very puzzled. As you may know, the Roddenberry.com/HMS version plugs into an outlet and is not battery-powered; however, it does cost $5500 vs $2200 for the DST version.

[VulcanFanatic]

I think for the

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[FHC]

That is not the way to go really. I could power mine with a rechargeable 3.7 volt from a cordless phone but this system works the best. I did try that. I also tried the battery from a IPod Kick, which I use in the props I build, but it still came back that for the most amperage, for the least cost, in a convenient power cell, the AA worked the best. Sometimes simple is best. I would really not want a power cord running out the back of the chair even if I could remove it. There would still be a hole for the jack.

I can tell you that the chair is really not much more then a large version of the electric chair that comes with the Kirk. It's really not, other then the padded seat. However I can tell there is a tremendous amount of work in building one.



Here some video

http://www.trektoy.com/chair.MOV

To be honest I do not expect the DST chair to be as nice as mine. I doubt that the DST chair has every seem in the chair filled in with filler and sanded slick, but on the other hand I do not have to have one that will disassemble and be shipped.

[Jedigreedo]

Technically speaking, having an electronics system that only requires mere alkaline batteries you can buy in any store is actually more sophisticated than needing a brick of a battery, or a power source dependent on an external supply. That's why alkaline batteries were such an important innovation.

[NewForceComics]