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My Very Own Planet Express Ship

"Nobody loves you because you're tiny and made of meat."

Years ago, Harrison Krix over at Volpin Props posted that he wanted someone to commission a Futurama Holophonor from him. I missed the boat on that and will regret it to my dying day. (He has photos of the finished piece up in his portfolio if you want to lament along with me.)

Fortunately, when he later posted a bunch of spaceships he’d like to make, including Ol’ Bessie here, I jumped at it and he was kind enough to oblige. It’s funny; even though spaceships tend to be my favourite “character” from a lot of shows/movies — Serenity, anyone? The Millennium Falcon?! — I’d never thought about having a replica made of the Science-Mobile. Now I have one of my very own, though, and it’s glorious. See for yourself.

She’s 1:50 scale, complete with lights in the tail fin, landing staircase, and engine. In fact, the engine actually pulses like it does in the show. I honestly can’t even. He has more photos, a video of the lights, and a whole progress write-up over on his website if you’d like to see how she came to life.

Sadly, I don’t have a place for her in my current townhouse right now and she’s back in her box, but these photos of her set up in my old place still make me giddy so there they are. I’m in love forever.

TBT: Playing with Neosigns

Keeping ourselves entertained...

THIS SIGN WAS TAKEN OFF THE WALL FOR AN OFFICE MOVE. YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.

I found these (really low-quality) photos while continuing the long, tedious process of cleaning out my hard drives. This was when Neopets was moving out of the Viacom offices after the company was purchased in 2014.

I want to make it clear that I had no involvement in this tomfoolery. I just stood by to document the scene… and laugh hysterically… and cheer them on… and possibly yell out word suggestions… but no direct involvement whatsoever. ?


My original post on Tumblr has ~5k notes at the time of this x-posting. People really like it when you swear in Heffaklump, apparently.