TNG Shuttlecraft?

[Apollo]

Too much money! :unsure

I guess throwing a tarp over them would be too much work. :unsure

 

[NakedMoleRat]

Too much money! :unsure

lollol

 

[Michael Bergeron]

Too much money! :unsure

Here's the thing though, if they had just let the press know that they wanted to get rid of it they would have had people offering them loads of $ for it! Then they could buy plenty of tarps.

 

[Angelus Lupus]

Any moderately successful sci-fi show could easily re-coup money by selling off props at the end. Of course... there's always the possibility that you'll need them again if you make a movie.
Sad thing is, with most modern shows we just don't get big pieces like the shuttles anymore, too much greescreen/CGI.

 

[bmused55]

It has always puzzled me as to why studios do not actively sell off anything they have no intention of storing or need for.

Take these shuttlecraft for example. They must have known there were plenty of people out there ready to sell their own children into slavery to get their hands on them.

The fact that they're left to rot does not make the excuse of "we're keeping them for future production" wash with me (as I'm sure it won't with most of you here).

Do they withhold them out of some for of petulant "If I can't have it, no one will" attitude? Or is there some legal reason why not? I find it that hard to believe as thousands of props change hand each year without any ramifications aside from the odd poor sap getting ripped off. Besides, the Christies Trek extravaganza kind of puts pay to that suggestion anyway. And further debunking of this is the Propstore and other smaller vendors. They seem to make a good living of acquiring and selling props.

I think the studios are missing out on a revenue stream.

 

[Apollo]

This was back in the 90's way different story.

The studios did'nt really care and at the time of TNG some there did know they could get money just not as much as the Christies auction has shown.

That auction was a huge eye-opener for the studios for turning trash to cash

It has always puzzled me as to why studios do not actively sell off anything they have no intention of storing or need for.

Take these shuttlecraft for example. They must have known there were plenty of people out there ready to sell their own children into slavery to get their hands on them.

The fact that they're left to rot does not make the excuse of "we're keeping them for future production" wash with me (as I'm sure it won't with most of you here).

Do they withhold them out of some for of petulant "If I can't have it, no one will" attitude? Or is there some legal reason why not? I find it that hard to believe as thousands of props change hand each year without any ramifications aside from the odd poor sap getting ripped off. Besides, the Christies Trek extravaganza kind of puts pay to that suggestion anyway. And further debunking of this is the Propstore and other smaller vendors. They seem to make a good living of acquiring and selling props.

I think the studios are missing out on a revenue stream.