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Trekkie bankrupt after turning flat into Voyager

  • 13-06-2006 4:09am
    #1
    Ruu_Old
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    This is a very old story, but it was mentioned on Jay Leno tonight. Apparently the guys wife left him and he blamed it on the fact he spent all his money making the apartment into a replica of Star Trek Voyager :)
    Obsessive Trekkie Tony Alleyne has spent so much cash turning his flat into a replica of the Star Trek Voyager that he's had to declare himself bankrupt.

    Alleyne spent £12,000 converting his flat in Hinckley, Leicestershire, into a detailed replica of the Voyager spaceship. The flat has its own transporter room (not functioning), blue downlights (to give the illusion of being 'beamed up'), touch sensitive control screens, and portholes in place of windows. Last week he was declared bankrupt at Coventry Crown Court with debts of £166,000.

    Alleyne was a DJ until his stint in interior design. He has been a Sci-Fi fan since watching "The First Men in the Moon" when he was 11.

    The intrepid Trekkie was hoping his home would turn into a business with other fans paying him to design their homes. But despite spending thousands marketing the idea, it did not take off.

    He told the Sun he racked up the debts trying to market the business. He said: "I'm proud of what I created but it's been a financial disaster."

    Pics can be found here and I think his official interior design website is still online.


    ahum, *cough* mr.vestek, this could be you! :)


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  • #2
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,113 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Pff, If I had the money it would have been Enterprise.


  • #3
    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    I remember reading about that before..
    I wonder why his business never took off...just like his flat* (ba dum tishhh)


    *Crap joke I know but stfu tar :)


  • #4
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,113 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    And you say Moby isn't funny? :)


  • #5
    Ivan
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 4,569 Mod ✭✭✭✭Ivan


    For a while there, I was trying to figure out why this wouldnt have worked out. I can imagine at least a few trekkies would be mad enough to go for this.

    Then I saw the screenshots and realised how hideous it all looked. Some people are just crazy :o

    P.s. that Moby/Save the internet video IS funny ;)


  • #6
    iFight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭iFight


    It looks a bit dodgy in the pics, not a Star Trek fan


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  • #7
    mang87
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    wow that doesn't look anything like voyager...


  • #8
    Magic Pips
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    what a sad coconut


  • #9
    Donegal Lass
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    fruitcake!:p


  • #10
    TerrorFirmer
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    lol, what a looser....wonder what he'd get if he tried sell it now


  • #11
    Terry
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    laughs.

    i'm gonna go for the DS9 look in my house.


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  • #12
    Baggly
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    pfft, he is in 166000 debt and didnt even get a decent looking microwave.


  • #13
    thelordofcheese
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    Donegal Lass wrote:
    fruitcake!:p

    yeah, I mean come on voyager? it's the worst trek series ever. He should have made it look like the set of the original series.

    Think about it, all the shirt ripping, teaching alien women about this thing we humans call 'love', screaming KAAAAAAAHN! at any opportunity.. Miles better than Janeway and her bland crew of intergalactic morons.


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