Replica Enterprise-D Bridge To Be Restored

trekker670

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Here's the news article: http://blastr.com/20...rying-rebui.php

It appears to be a replica made to go on tour. The original set was destroyed in the filming of Generations and the 2 STTE bridges were dismantled and sold by Propworx during their warehouse sale and auction. It should be interesting to follow. Does anyone have any insider info here?
 
That's one of the 'Star Trek Experience" bridges for sure. The material in the center of the chairs is different than the original set for one thing. They showed these pieces for auction after they took the experience down. I don't know why they are saying it's original. It's not. Still coolio though.
 
The owner of the set pieces does NOT claim they're from the original set, the article just didn't make that point clear. They're also not from STTE, as my original post stated. The sets at STTE were permanent sets and were mostly destroyed when the attraction closed and the accessories (chairs, consoles, etc.) that could be saved were sold off in pieces, not in a big set like this. The set that the person purchased was mean to be disassemble and was constructed of fiberglass re-enforced by a steel frame. It was undoubtedly made for one of the traveling tours.
 
Actually, the bridge isn't from the Star Trek Experience, which was in Las Vegas, and which Propworx sold the assets of in 2010. This is one of the ones built for the Star Trek Tour which was in Long Beach and then was broken up for the Star Trek exhibit. Or, it may even be teh one done for the European Star Trek World Tour. One of many such replicas made, but done by Paramount.

Alec
 
Still can't believe those idiots would not build the Enterprise A hotel. I have told so many people about that.

So many people who are not even Star Trek fans have said they would make a trip to Vegas just to see it.

Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I seem to remember Patrick Stewart saying he went the day after shooting was done to visit the set after cleaning out his dressing room and found the set was already gone.

When I was in Vegas I skipped the payed Star Trek Experience since the Christie's Auction had just happened and everything I really wanted to see was in the hands of private rich jerks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Sorry, a little bitter about that whole thing.

If I had known they would scrap it I would have done it. Thought I would do the experience on my next trip.:cry
 
There were a lot of these bridges and the best thing is to sell it off in pieces to collectors. There is simply no room for it otherwise.

Alec
 
Repost: http://www.therpf.com/f45/tng-bridge-restoration-158177/

Apparently one of those three fools trying to make the world's largest Star Trek toy for fans to play with is a member on the RPF, and was the technical lead on the restoration of the screen used TARDIS console which appeared at the Gallifrey One convention earlier this year as well as a half-dozen fully interactive movie car restorations in the last couple years (a pair of them can be seen at STAR CARS Ep 4- Herbie The Love Bug (and his evil twin) | CraveOnline). Small world.

And yes, the bridge is from the Star Trek European tour with a couple of the missing/destroyed pieces bought from the Vegas experience when it closed. That's actually a pretty decently sized bonus engineering-wise as the structure of the set is already set up to be a travelling exhibition as opposed to a fragile permanent one.

Quite an adventure lined up with this monster project.

--Brian
 
I missed out on the Vegas Experience, and only recently saw the remnants of it at the Hilton. They still have a lot of set dressing on the walls in the casino room that used to have Quarks Bar. That just made me feel like someone had died and their possessions were left behind. Seeing the broken starships that Propworx auctioned was gut wrenching. Who's blunder was that?

They could have auctioned the ships before they ever took them down from the ceiling and sent them to a new home with an owner that would have preserved them for generations. They could have also donated them to the sci-fi museum in Seattle. I'm sure the museum would have paid for their removal and transportation. Ridiculous.
 
Oh goodness, what I'd give to be the lucky nerdling to stumble onto a set like this of Voyager's bridge. I'd weep tears of joy (and also terror in the project you'd be embarking on).
 
The Bridge Interactive Museum is moving along nicely, though additional support is welcomed and wanted!

As stated, this was not the original bridge nor the experience bridge, however, it IS being built to ACTUAL Canon specs from the TV show. (Example being Worf's console will be the appropriate height, where at the experience and tours is was not).

Also, it is not simply being restored but being made into a fully interactive piece.

They have received support from tons of sources, including:

CBS
Paramount
Startrek.com
Bye Bye, Robot
Trek Radio
William Shatner
The cast of TNG
Entertainment Earth
Herman Zimmerman
Michael Okuda
Ronald D. Moore
and many others!

Assuming the project gets up and established, there are also plans to create other parts of ship once the bridge is permanently housed.

If you have any questions, just ask!

For reference, here are links to the kickstarter and facebook pages.

Kickstarter

Facebook Page
 
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