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Old 12-11-2012, 08:55 AM   #1
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Famous Starships from Old Computer Parts
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Famous Starships Made Out of Old Computer Parts
Charlie Jane Anders

Etsy member Shankalonian has constructed some pretty beautiful versions of famous spacecraft, out of old salvaged computer parts. Like this version of the U.S.S. Kelvin from Star Trek, made out out of "an ancient hard drive motor, hard drive reader arms, mother board capacitors, [and] a Toyota Corolla spark plug."
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Old 12-11-2012, 09:01 AM   #2
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Some people's creativity and imagination really amaze me.
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Old 12-11-2012, 09:18 AM   #3
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Some people's creativity and imagination really scare me.
I fixed that for you.

I was actually hoping for a Millenium Falcon.
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Old 12-11-2012, 09:23 AM   #4
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I fixed that for you.

I was actually hoping for a Millenium Falcon.
That too.

Now that would be cool!!!
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Old 12-11-2012, 09:41 AM   #5
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I fixed that for you.

I was actually hoping for a Millenium Falcon.
Go for it!
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Old 12-11-2012, 09:50 AM   #6
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I like the opposite: Taking old toys and installing mini/micro motherboards in them to turn them into a fully working PC.

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Old 12-11-2012, 09:58 AM   #7
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I fixed that for you.

I was actually hoping for a Millenium Falcon.
Well there is this:

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^Lol. That's Lego though. Nothing wrong with Lego, I'm happy my son is starting to play with it.
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