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| Man goes bankrupt turning apartment into Star Trek: Voyager | |
| 2006-02-08 | |
| Tony Alleyne, the man who turned his apartment into the Star Trek Starship Voyager has gone bankrupt. He started transforming his apartment after his wife left him when he replaced the refrigerator with a 'warp coil'. The apartment is located in Hinckley, Leics, has moulded walls, touch-panel blue lighting, and a command console. He even built a life-size model of the show's transporter room with reshaped windows to look like portholes and set up vertical lights to give the illusion of being beamed up. Tony at one time had the apartment for auction on eBay for $2 million but had no luck in selling. Tony maxed out 14 credit cards accumulating £100,000 in debt. Ouch! That's a lot of interest. His goal was to lure other Trekkies to pay him to convert their humble abodes. Commonly known to economists as the "Bigger Fool" theory.
"I'm still proud of what I created but it's been a financial disaster." At least with all that credit card use, he probably earned a trip to space with all the accumulated airmiles. Here is Tony's Official Website: 24th Century Interior Design This is a Flash file. I don't know if it does anything. Caveat Surfer. | |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #1 This is a Flash file. I don't know if it does anything. Caveat Surfer. "We are the Macromedia. Your computer's individuality and distinctiveness will be added to our own. You will be assimilated..." |
| Posted by: Phil 2006-02-08 22:28 |