A Star Trek fanatic has spent an eye-popping $1.5 million on creating a replica of the USS Enterprise bridge in his home theatre room.
Marc Bell, a Trekkie who lives in Boca Raton, Florida, spent $1 million on memorabilia alone, including a statue of Borg and a host of costumes worn in Star Trek: First Contact. He’s even got a pair of prosthetic ears worn by Leonard Nimoy’s Spock.
The Wall Street Journal was taken on a tour of the 11-seat theatre, which boasts replicas of the turbolift doors and a circular transporter which opens with the familiar “whoosh.”
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Mr Bell has even added fibre optic ceiling lighting that mimics the feeling of moving through space, while the hydraulics underneath the floor cause it to shake along with the on-screen action.
There’s also JBL speakers that’ll match up to most theatres, although he intends to upgrade those to a Dolby Atmos system along with ceiling speakers and a 4K projector.
You can boldly go where only Mr Bell and his, likely many, mates have gone before in the video below.
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