:50:01
Sometimes I'll get people that--
they'll give me a smile,
:50:04
they'll say something or give me
a Star Trek Vulcan salute.
:50:07
I've never had a negative
experience, and I enjoy it.
:50:10
On a couple of occasions,
I've had people ask me
:50:13
something about, "Well, how long
are you going to do this?"
:50:16
Or "Why do you do all this?
Don't you have a life for real?"
:50:19
And this is part
of my life for real.
:50:21
Hi, Steve.
:50:22
How you doing?
:50:24
All right.
How are you today?
:50:25
- All right.
- Good.
:50:26
As long as I'm able to do it,
I'm going to do it.
:50:29
Doesn't hurt anybody,
makes a lot of people feel good,
:50:33
and I think that's
sort of the point of things.
:50:36
Gabriel: I'm going inside now
to some of my favorite stores
:50:39
to search for new
Star Trek memorabilia,
:50:41
hard-to-get action figures,
and the like.
:50:43
You know, I spend around
maybe 300-400 bucks a year
:50:47
on Star Trek merchandise,
but if I could, I'd spend
:50:50
a lot more--
about--way over 1,000.
:50:52
The reality is Star Trek fans
:50:54
devote more time,
energy, and finance
:50:56
to their object of affection
:50:58
than any other group
of people in the world.
:51:01
I am a die-hard
Star Trek fan,
:51:03
and I'm going
all over the country
:51:05
trying to get
everything I can,
:51:07
before I die, of Star Trek.
:51:08
This is the Data
"Redemption"--
:51:10
the red Playmates doll--
:51:12
the one that's very rare
and valuable,
:51:15
and I got it for $25
at a convention,
:51:18
and now they're going
for $250, $300, which--
:51:20
Not that I'll ever sell mine.
It's not for sale!
:51:23
These dolls and things
all have numbers on their feet,
:51:25
and they look for
the lowest number.
:51:27
I'm about to do a valuable trade
for these two figures
:51:31
from the Huntsville, Alabama,
convention
:51:32
that go for
about 100 bucks apiece
:51:35
because they were limited
to only 10,000
:51:38
for the equally rare
Thomas Riker figure
:51:41
because I'm getting
the better end of the deal
:51:44
because the production number
was a bit lower
:51:46
and goes
for considerably more
:51:48
on the secondary market
than this set.
:51:51
There you go.
These are from Huntsville.
:51:53
Huntsville-- That's the only place
you can get these, huh?
:51:55
And some were numbered over 10,000,
but that was a mistake.
:51:58
They used parts
from another figure.