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Star Trek TNG

slipgateslipgate Member Posts: 12,741
edited July 2008 in General Discussion
I have the entire TNG series on Columbia house VHS, 2 episodes/tape, 177 tapes. I don't know what to do with them. I tried to sell them locally but no one wanted them. Most of them are not opened still in cellephane. Maybe 2 have actually been watched. Talk about a white elephant!

What do I do with them?

Comments

  • mrseatlemrseatle Member Posts: 15,467 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    offer that huge collection up for trade on Craigslist.org or some other place, and see what trade offers you get[:)]
  • catpealer111catpealer111 Member Posts: 10,695
    edited November -1
    If it was DVD I'd take them off your hands. But, my VCR is on it's way south and I'm not going to replace it when it goes. Sorry.
  • KSUmarksmanKSUmarksman Member Posts: 10,705 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by catpealer111
    If it was DVD I'd take them off your hands. But, my VCR is on it's way south and I'm not going to replace it when it goes. Sorry.


    same deal,
    I love TNG but don't want to deal with VHS tapes anymore
  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sell them on flea bay.
  • BeeramidBeeramid Member Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Still think they should of had some old .45's onboard to fight the borg with.[:D]

    Ebay?
  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    whats tng?
    Retired Naval Aviation
    Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
    Former NSSA All American
    Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
    MO, CT, VA.
  • zipperzapzipperzap Member Posts: 25,057
    edited November -1
    what's VHS?
    [:D]
  • 11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Give them all to me.
  • BeeramidBeeramid Member Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bobski
    whats tng?


    The Next Generation.
  • catpealer111catpealer111 Member Posts: 10,695
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Beeramid
    Still think they should of had some old .45's onboard to fight the borg with.[:D]

    Ebay?


    In the First Contact, Picard used a Tommy Gun to kill two Borg.
  • BeeramidBeeramid Member Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    He did that in the holodeck didn't he?
  • catpealer111catpealer111 Member Posts: 10,695
    edited November -1
  • CS8161CS8161 Member Posts: 13,596 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I will take them off your hands, I still have VHS, and I will pay the shipping.
    Thanks!
  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    please put my name in the hat


    i'm a treky, voyager is on right now, and i have all the movies on dvd from "the motion picture" to "nemesis"
  • prangleprangle Member Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do those have 7 of 9 in them.
  • 11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by prangle
    Do those have 7 of 9 in them.



    No. That was Voyager, and the Voyager series ruined Star Trek.
  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
    quote:Originally posted by prangle
    Do those have 7 of 9 in them.



    No. That was Voyager, and the Voyager series ruined Star Trek.


    no voyager is actually good if you watch it more than once to draw a conclusion, now Enterprise that almost has no resemblance
  • slipgateslipgate Member Posts: 12,741
    edited November -1
    I liked voyager - 7 of 9 certainly helps though!

    Deep space 9 was the worst in my opinion.

    I really like Enterprise, Scott Bacula does an outstanding job! - that is my favorite of the spinoffs. Of course TOS retains the #1 spot.

    PS The problem with selling them is the shipping. They go for around $5 each on ebay plus shipping for CH singles. These would have to go in at least 3 boxes if not 4 or 5, probably cost at least $50 to ship them all.
  • 11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
    quote:Originally posted by prangle
    Do those have 7 of 9 in them.



    No. That was Voyager, and the Voyager series ruined Star Trek.


    no voyager is actually good if you watch it more than once to draw a conclusion, now Enterprise that almost has no resemblance



    DS9 was my favorite series, and I watched all of them (except Enterprise....didn't get that channel).

    DS9 was a creative leap for the writers of Star Trek because it took away the whole "traveling" aspect. It was unique, and it, believe it or not, developed the overall Star Trek storyline farther than the rest of them could have.
  • KSUmarksmanKSUmarksman Member Posts: 10,705 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
    quote:Originally posted by prangle
    Do those have 7 of 9 in them.



    No. That was Voyager, and the Voyager series ruined Star Trek.


    no voyager is actually good if you watch it more than once to draw a conclusion, now Enterprise that almost has no resemblance



    DS9 was my favorite series, and I watched all of them (except Enterprise....didn't get that channel).

    DS9 was a creative leap for the writers of Star Trek because it took away the whole "traveling" aspect. It was unique, and it, believe it or not, developed the overall Star Trek storyline farther than the rest of them could have.


    DS9 had more continuity, once they encountered the Dominion most episodes actually followed past events.
    TNG still mainly followed an "adventure of the week" format. But TNG is still my favorite series, possibly because I grew up with it
  • 11BravoCrunchie11BravoCrunchie Member Posts: 33,423 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by KSUmarksman
    quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
    quote:Originally posted by prangle
    Do those have 7 of 9 in them.



    No. That was Voyager, and the Voyager series ruined Star Trek.


    no voyager is actually good if you watch it more than once to draw a conclusion, now Enterprise that almost has no resemblance



    DS9 was my favorite series, and I watched all of them (except Enterprise....didn't get that channel).

    DS9 was a creative leap for the writers of Star Trek because it took away the whole "traveling" aspect. It was unique, and it, believe it or not, developed the overall Star Trek storyline farther than the rest of them could have.


    DS9 had more continuity, once they encountered the Dominion most episodes actually followed past events.
    TNG still mainly followed an "adventure of the week" format. But TNG is still my favorite series, possibly because I grew up with it



    As did I.
  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    maybe its the military blood in me, but the only way i cankeep up with s.trek is by the co's.

    kirk
    picard
    cisco
    janeway
    bacula

    but there was a odd series that i cant remember.....it was about some ship that was around mars that still used retro rockets and ejection pods??? somethin' 5? cant remember.
    Retired Naval Aviation
    Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
    Former NSSA All American
    Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
    MO, CT, VA.
  • catpealer111catpealer111 Member Posts: 10,695
    edited November -1
    Babylon 5 maybe? That had nothing to do with Star Trek.
  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    it didnt?
    Retired Naval Aviation
    Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
    Former NSSA All American
    Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
    MO, CT, VA.
  • catpealer111catpealer111 Member Posts: 10,695
    edited November -1
    It was not a part of the Star Trek franchise. A decent Si-Fi series, but not a part of Star Trek.
  • Colt SuperColt Super Member Posts: 31,007
    edited November -1
    Why don't you donate them to your local library or museum, and take the tax write off??

    Should be pretty hefty.

    Doug
  • CUEANDCUSHIONCUEANDCUSHION Member Posts: 79 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Doug Wilson
    Why don't you donate them to your local library or museum, and take the tax write off??

    Should be pretty hefty.

    Doug


    Sounds like the best suggestion. VHS is dead. A friend of mine has every single Star Trek on VHS and couldnt get $20 for over $1200 worth of tapes. Now that the remastered Original Series is out on HiDef the regular DVDs will prolly be going to be worth nothing.
  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bobski
    maybe its the military blood in me, but the only way i cankeep up with s.trek is by the co's.

    kirk
    picard
    cisco
    janeway
    bacula

    but there was a odd series that i cant remember.....it was about some ship that was around mars that still used retro rockets and ejection pods??? somethin' 5? cant remember.
    Kirk Picard Sisko Janeway and Archer (played by Bacula)
  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by auctionplug
    Anyplace but pukebay! [xx(][xx(][xx(]



    A bit off topic:
    Anyways; what gets me is why picard not just replacate a bunch of tommy guns and kill all the borg? Assuming the enterprise replacators were not working, he could possibly use the ones on the shuttlecrafts, or used bat'leths and other weapons like worf did when he cut off the borgs arms in space.

    Janeway did come back from the future with advanced armor and transphasic torpedos. Why did picard not take care of the reman ship with a single shot or activate the armor is beyond me. Or even send a shuttle to enlist help for the armada at the other end of the spacial rift.


    A bit of trivia:

    The actor that played 'neelix' was the same guy in 'the island' that whos job seemed to ask "where do the tubes go".
    What gets me is that a bullet worked at all, or a knife. The Borg's adaptive shields can handle antimatter and phasers and all sorts of hellish futuristic weapons, but can't stop a chunk of metal? I gurantee if that strategy was used, the would eventually adapt.

    As for Picard in the abominable Insurrection, I would assume that Janeways futuristic toys were classified. Now why he was using PHOTON torpedoes as opposed to Quantum torpedoes is beyond me. Right about the time Voyager got lost and the war with the Dominion started they switched over, at least on DS9.
  • SG_NinerSG_Niner Member Posts: 2,463 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by CUEANDCUSHION
    quote:Originally posted by Doug Wilson
    Why don't you donate them to your local library or museum, and take the tax write off??

    Should be pretty hefty.

    Doug


    Sounds like the best suggestion. VHS is dead. A friend of mine has every single Star Trek on VHS and couldnt get $20 for over $1200 worth of tapes. Now that the remastered Original Series is out on HiDef the regular DVDs will prolly be going to be worth nothing.


    When I was a kid my brother and I would go to the library and check out 8MM films before Beta and VHS.
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