One way to live long and prosper is by eating lots of sushi. There are many ways to eat sushi: Riker style (leg over a chair), Spock style (using the Vulcan salute fingers), Capt. Kirk style (beamed directly into your mouth) or Picard style (warp speed, nothing on top). But the best way is with a Star Trek Enterprise Sushi Set. Modeled after the famed U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701, this set has everything your geeky mouth needs to enjoy that Japanese delicacy. You get a wooden sushi plate, chopsticks that look like the ship is at warp speed, and a soy sauce dish. Remove the top of the Enterprise’s saucer section to reveal your sauce dish. I’m pretty sure that’s why it’s called a “saucer” section. The body of the ship even rotates so you can place your soy sauce just right for dipping. The ship is made of stainless steel, the chopsticks are BPA-free and the wooden base is made of… wood.
Specialized in the manufacture of gorgeous and uber-expensive watches (some of them costing north of $100K), Swiss company MB&F demonstrates the world how a sci-fi music box should look and sound like.
In April 2013, I wrote a piece about MB&F’s MusicMachine, a mesmerizing piece of mechanical art that combined sci-fi themes with progressive rock. The following musical box is the successor of that, and while different in design, it follows a similar trend as far as the music is concerned.
Even the watches made by Maximilian Büsser & Friends draw some inspiration from sci-fi flicks, so the fact that the MusicMachine 2 looks like a blatant copy of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise shouldn’t surprise anyone.
The music box tackles two different musical genres: sci-fi themes and classic rock. In the first category there’s Star Wars’ Imperial March, as well as the main theme, along with the theme song of Star Trek. It’s as if the creators of this music box wanted to bring Star Trek and Star Wars fans together, even though the animosity between them is well-known across the globe. Classic rock fans should also be delighted by the selection, as there’s Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven, The Rolling Stones’ Angie and Clash’s Should I Stay or Should I Go?.
Some consider that MB&F wanted just to cash in by taking advantage of the popularity of Star Trek and Star Wars, and putting the two themes together, but I disagree. If there hadn’t been a similarly designed predecessor, and if the company’s sci-fi inspired watches hadn’t existed, that thought would’ve probably crossed my mind, but in this context, I believe that Maximilian Büsser simply wanted to make known some of its passions.
As seen in the above pictures, MusicMachine 2 comes in two colors: black (limited to 66 pieces) and white (limited to 33 pieces). These cost $21,500 (quite a hefty sum for a music box, eh?), and in addition to them there’s also a gun metal version created as a limited edition of 5 made for Hodinkee. Obviously, that’ll come at a premium price, but considering that the music boxes were made by hand in their entirety, the price might be justified for some.
Additional details on how this beautiful piece of art came to be are available on ABlogtoWatch, along with plenty of technical specs, just in case anyone is interested in such details.
It’s the USS pen-terprise. With the Star Trek Floating Enterprise Pen you get a real writing instrument with a tiny floating Enterprise inside. The “real” USS Enterprise might be 980 feet long, holding a crew of 100, but this one is miniaturized to fit inside a ballpoint pen. Great to entertain you while you wait to be beamed up to your next writing destination.
You’re not going to live long and prosper if you don’t your butt up out of bed in the morning and get to work. Wake up at warp speed with the Star Trek Enterprise Projection Alarm Clock. Shaped like the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701, this clock “beams up” the time in big red numbers on your ceiling or wall. The ship also has a backlit LCD display and an alarm. The Enterprise’s nacelles light up when the alarm goes off. Not ready to put on your red shirt and explore a hostile planet? Just hit the snooze button for 5 extra life minutes. It also features sounds from the original show: red alert, photon torpedos, and Kirk calling from the Bridge. Remember, when Capt. Kirk calls, you answer. Officially licensed.
You can live long and prosper with this Star Trek Perpetual Calendar because it will continue telling time into the 23rd century and beyond. This 7 inch by 3 inch model of the USS Enterprise has wooden blocks with the month and date. Add a little bit of something both useful and geeky to your desk, red shirt. Just flip the blocks to the current date and you’re all set- forever. You don’t need Vulcan-like intelligence to operate this calendar. Damnit Jim, it’s a calendar not a spaceship. Well actually Bones, it sort of is a spaceship. Then beam us out of here Scotty.
Boldly go where no home decor has gone before with the Star Trek Rug. This 39″ x 71″ polyester pile rug features the USS Enterprise NCC 1701 emblazoned across it. Which makes it perfect to decorate your living room with especially if you’ve already got yourself an Enterprise coffee table or a USS Enterprise cat tree. You do, right?
Boldly go where no pancake has gone before. With the Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise Spatula you can flip your food like Spock does. It’s made of BPA-free silicone with a sturdy metal handle and silicone grip. And it looks like the USS Enterprise. Star Trek kitchen accessories- the final frontier of Trekkies. Remember to flip your food if you want to live long and prosper (and avoid burning one side). Coming in August.
Boldly go where no cat has gone before. One Trekker was not happy with the climbing options available for his cat so he came up with the idea for the Star Trek Cat Tree and then he made it so. That’s a sweet USS Enterprise platform for kitty to rest his geeky paws upon. Action cat shot: Beam me up. Give that cat a Tribble toy, a few Red Shirts to do his bidding, and some Earl Grey tea and meow it’s happy cat time. At least kitty can climb up there, he won’t have to grab a chair and sit down on it Riker Style.
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