Since we first reported from the Las Vegas Star Trek convention that CBS announced that Diamond Select was making a life-sized Original Series captain’s chair, there has been a lot of buzz about this hot new item. TrekMovie has now got some clarifications and more info and pictures of the one chair to rule them all.
Take command of your living room
According to CBS the life-sized chair is a "fully operational replica" of the captain’s chair from Star Trek The Original Series using "expert measurements and the highest quality durable materials." This replica is actually a real piece of furniture, complete with lights, sound effects and built in phrases from the original Captain Kirk himself.
The sound effects included are:
- Intercom Hail
- Phaser
- Photon Torpedoes
- Buttons SFX
- Battle Damage SFX
- Warp Speed
- Bridge background noises
The phrases included are:
- Full “Space: The Final Frontier” prologue
- “This is Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise”
- “Lt Uhura, Open a channel to all decks”
- “Security alert to all decks”
- “Kirk to engineering. Scotty Report!”
- “Position Report Spock”
- “Prepare for attack all hands Battle Stations”
- “Chekov, Arm photon torpedoes”
- “Resume course to our next destination Mr. Sulu”
Take a seat
$2000 this holiday season
We have some good news and some bad news. The chair will actually be available sooner than originally thought, but also more expensive than first reported. It is expected to debut this holiday season and will sell for $2000 (retail). It will be available at the Diamond Select website and other retailers. Entertainment Earth tells TrekMovie they hope to carry it but have not yet finalized plans with DST. As of now the chair is not yet available for pre-order at DST or any other site.
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What about the Roddenberry chair?
Recently TrekMovie reported that Roddenberry.com, who make a number of their own Star Trek replicas, was making a single Captain’s chair available as a prize. This chair from Roddenberry is not the same as the DST chair and is something they had hand-made. The folks at Roddenberry.com tell TrekMovie they are seriously considering offering their own TOS captain’s chair, but being that they would be hand made to order, they would likely be even more expensive than the one from DST. However for now you can still enter to become a Roddenberry member of the year and get the chair for free.
This is amazing!
I have got to have one of these!
Now, how to convince the Mrs that it will look great in the living room?
After I purchase an engagement ring, I want to own this chair! Maybe I can hit the lottery in the meantime or sell some of my other Trek memorabilia…
I’ll never be able to afford this, but it’d be cool to have.
Hey, you think James Cawley will replace the chair of the “Phase II” bridge set with this one?
At the very least, DST should consider asking him to appear in the inevitable print ads for this baby.
I would absolutely love to own one of these, but if I bought one I guarnatee I’d be served with divorce papers the very next day. Guess I’ll have to make due with my La-Z-Boy. It makes sounds, too, but only after I’ve eaten a really big meal.
Sorry…I’m really tired…
Anthony,
Question, since the chair has lights and sound how is powered. Also how would something like this be shipped and how much it cost to ship? Please inquire with your source at DST. Can you also inquire about weight and will it be fully assembled or is it in multiple parts.
Thank you
For that much, it had better be accurate- with real wood armrests too.
Like to hear Cawley’s opinion.
Cawley’s Shamleys, lets get the production crew of Starship Exeter on this! I mean come on, new voyages comes out much faster, but it shows in the effects, THEY SUCK!!! And whats with the bang every time the ship goes to warp???
RE: 6
As noted above we will have follow-ups and we will cover those issues. Bear in mind that DST have yet to even put this on their website, so this info is all early days. As soon as more details like that are available you can be assured we will be reporting it.
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lets stay on subject, and not turn this into a fan film fight shall we? thanks
Stop posting articles about this chair. Seriously…..I’m starting to think “You know if I do this or that…I might be able to own this…”
You won’t break me DST!!
Who cares what sounds it makes. There are only two relevant questions: will the damb thing kill my back? and is it Made in America?
Screw college! I want this!
#8 – The “bang” every time the ship goes into warp is to make it fit in with the TNG “warp bang” sound, of course!! Because TOS can’t just be an entity unto itself, it has to be modified and TNG-ified to fit in with the rest of “real” Star Trek. At least that’s pretty much what “New Voyages” is all about.
How come everyone is suddenly a TOS fan and wants to buy this thing?
As for paying $2000 bucks for this thing – I make a point not to buy chairs that cost the same amount of money I’d spend for a used car. I could see maybe $400, possibly going as high as $700 AT MOST,but beyond that I don’t think it’s worth it. Considering all the screen-quality TOS prop replicas I’ve made in my time, not to mention a “TOS Officer’s Cabin” set replica, I could easily build this thing myself for WAY less than that. :)
That looks cool, but I’ve already got one.
I’d like to get a hybrid chair between Kirk’s and Archie Bunker’s.
Edit, you dingbat, gemme a beer! Wawp five!
16 – Yes, and wee’ve already got a Holy Grail, you see! So go away you silly English ki-niggits, or wee will taunt you a second tiimme…
I anticipate a few “fart in your (my?) general direction” comments might follow.
I think the poll should say, “Can you afford this?” I can’t but I’d love to have one. And if I could I’d have sufficient room and placement for it.
I’m a bit worried about Trekmovie have some calcifications!
This could lead to kidney-stones and then further along require a possible cholecysectomy if not properly treated!!!!
Hopefully they only really had classifications!
On a lighter note, the chair looks bloody amazing and I want one now!
$2000? That ridiculous. I could maybe see spending 1000 but honestly I’d rather build my own. Whosoever here last week posted the link to the website with the measurements, you have my gratitude. It was a fun thread to read and I learned a lot about the chair and how to make it an exact replica. Now I have something to do over the winter months.
Ok. It may take me a year but i will Have this chair. it will be so kool to have this in my apt and i Might could get some hot chicks to come over when i tell them i have a real Star trek capts chair. But they will probly just laugh at me and say im nerd. but then im realy a blue collor redneck so i guess i should say. Get R Done and fire phasers.
Yeah, if they used it on Phase II i could just see James Cawley sitting down and accidentally pressing a button and the original Captain Kirk spouting out “Prepare for attack all hands Battle Stations.”
Hmmm…food for a year?…or talking chair…? Hmmm…I could stand to lose a few pounds…or I could just stand.
Man! Life’s hard.
Original Captains Chair used on the set was custom made by union carpenters for I am guessing $25 or $30 bucks (1960’s money). Today having a massed produced one should cost about $400 at most, anything else is just ripping the fans off. I am tired of being ripped off.
I sat in the chair in Vegas and pressed many buttons, but did not hear all of the fantabulous effect noises and phrases. Perhaps one of the dilithium crystals had burned out…
I’d spend $2,000 for that chair if I had a place to put it in my house! It would be a great companion for my Master Replicas Studio Scale TOS Enterprise.
Looks good!
I wonder how stable it might be though judging from the sideview… Hopefully it won’t tump over backwards when your pretending to be taking phaser fire from a klingon wessel.
I think the poll should say, “What’s in YOUR wallet?” I can’t afford it either, but if I could I’d love to get one for Andy Patterson (#19 above) because he’d have sufficient room and placement for it.
i don’t need buy 2,000 for capt. chair but i can do homemake myself perfect and easy job smile..
I would love to get one of these, such that I could sit in it and wonder why no woman will ever have sexual intercourse with me.
Oh, and why I missed out on the bronze…
#31. Get R Done.
#31
LOL.
Brilliant!!!!!
Well they are missing out on a real opportunity in that it should actually have a couple additional functions:
1) a bluetooth speakerphone, so you can make calls from it.
2) an integrated Harmony remote so you can control your viewscreen and playback interfaces.
I am going to tell my wife and mother about this chair so that they might consider going in together on a present. They will think it is beyond ridiculous, and I suppose it is, but man would this be the greatest gift ever.
damn!!! that’s damned cool. I can sell a few guitars and my body to science fiction (had to semi rip off Rodney Dangerfeild for that one)
I like the idea, but I don’t have $2000 spare, and if I did, there are better things to spend it on (1920×1080 camcorder, Vegas Pro 8 and a Blu-Ray Burner, for instance).
However, I do plan on getting DST’s Science Tricorder and Wrath Of Khan Phaser when they are released.
If a Captain’s chair will keep women from having sex with you…it isn’t the chair..LOL!
Well, this will confirm my insanity for friends and family once and for all….but gosh, it will look so nice in my house.
krikzil#39- Did you see the chair in the dealer’s room? Very, very cool. When I sat in it, I swear I thought the seat was vibrating for a moment…
I have many hobbies…and none of them are cheap.
Its funny that when MR puts out a little 1/350th replica of the enterprise with lights at $1,300 people are surprised that a chair that weighs 50 times as much, is ‘usable’ and has electronics is $700 more? I was thrilled at the $1000 price tag but now not so much. Obviously DST thinks they have a market but I have a hunch that 2k might be a deal breaker for a lot of folks. I hope they are reading this. In these times of $4 a gallon gas its REALLY hard to justify 2k for a piece of furniture. It becomes a hobby not for the fans but for an elite minority…
Happy Birthday, Mr Frakes. On this day is born a good actor / director, and my favorite number one.
Knock a zero off that price and they’ll sell a helluva lot more…
oops. after midnight so technically a day late. the sentiment remains.
>>krikzil#39- Did you see the chair in the dealer’s room? Very, very cool.
Yes I did. Very cool, indeed.
#41 Angry Klingon — yes, $1K would be more realistic. Still insane in a way but $2K is most definitely putting it out of the reach for most fans.
2 grand….ouch thats alot for a uncomfortable chair….dammitt if only it reclined
Why dont they just ask for an arm and a leg too? Good god, 2000 smackaroos for a replica chair. Forget it, I aint gonna be ripped off for that. This is probably their biggest mistake yet. I havent been too keen on the quality of the DST Ships and communicator. If they charge 2 grand, then they need to pay CLOSE attention to detail, and not screw it up.
Nice, but should also include:
– Refrigerator and freezer compartments
– Multiple easy access storage compartments
– Water and sewage connections with water filter and ice dispenser
– Mini microwave/convection oven
– Custom compact wet bar
– Recliner function with adjustable head and foot rests
– Koss internal headrest speakers
– Adjustable massage and variable temperature seat surfaces
– Integrated Bluetooth, wireless N and backup UPS
– Retractable heavy duty motorized casters
Will there be a “Mirror Mirror” version? ;)
Cool chair!
Maybe this has been asked before, but is this going to be a series? It would be really sweet to have a Picard chair from the Enterprise-D. Or perhaps Captain Archer’s chair, the super modified one Trip was wanting to install with the cup-holder.