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There's only the model (lemmy.world)
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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 56 points 8 months ago

I mean, Im sure at least one fan over the last 60 years have built a model and not gotten it to scale...

Like, it's actually kind of of difficult to make a model to scale, especially for a small onenits not all going to be proportional. So even if you were drawing the line at "commercially sold" I'm sure some don't meet the requirement to be within scale.

I get Shatner meant there's no "life size" model, but if someone's gonna be pedantic, it's an excuse to be pedantic back.

[-] nullthegrey@gamepad.club 18 points 8 months ago

@givesomefucks @cosmicrookie William Shatner always struck me as someone incredibly hostile to the fanbase which made him famous and the people who are the only reason anyone gives a damn about him anyway.

Every interview I have ever read or seen video of is just him belittling people and their fandom.

[-] Stamets@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's because that's what he is. He's kind of a crappy person. Nimoy refused to speak to him the last few years he was alive because Shatner paid someone to ~~ask Nimoy questions~~ secretly record Nimoy at a convention after Nimoy turned Shatner down. This was confirmed in the book Shatner wrote about his friendship with Nimoy after he died where Shatner said "It was such a small thing Leonard". Takei has talked endlessly about how Shatner was a prick to work with on stage too.

Shatner is a shitty person

Edit: I goofed

[-] Organichedgehog@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

What questions did shatner pay to have asked?

[-] Stamets@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Totally on me. I misremembered and just checked. He only had the cameraman record footage, not ask questions.

[-] Organichedgehog@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Oh I wasnt asking some sorta "gotcha" question, I just haven't heard anything about this. Why was he recording nimoy?

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Thas cweepy.

[-] Hexarei@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

One more reason Picard is better

[-] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Bowser and Blue: Use Shatner in a sentence. - William Shatner purse

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Because William Shatner.

[-] Lemming6969@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

There's always a scale, even if you have to Fourier transform it

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 46 points 8 months ago

He's lying! It's real and it's out there!

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 39 points 8 months ago

[-] radiant_bloom@lemm.ee 31 points 8 months ago

But 1:1 is technically a scale !

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

There even is a saying something is 'to scale' meaning it's dimensioned as original (1:1).

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 27 points 8 months ago

That's not the question, he's asking if you have one

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Shatner is just a full on boomer. These are the sorts of answers you can expect from him.

[-] LaVacaMariposa@mander.xyz 4 points 8 months ago

Isn't he like 95? I think he's from the generation before boomers.

BTW, I saw an interview with him recently and he's sharper than most people half his age. It's incredible

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 18 points 8 months ago

Why wound you ever need a 2:1 scale Enterprise?

Tho the regular crew would look adorable in it.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 8 months ago

"The Enterprise!"

"The Enterprise!"

"The Enterprise!"

"Bah, it's only a model..."

"Shut up!"

[-] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 8 months ago

Well then what's it modeling, huh, Bill?

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Just answer the question, Captain.

[-] NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

I could make a toy with the wrong dimensions. That might really screw up this guys very serious engineering endeavor.

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