Man, that dude’s like a total ninja! Neck pinch, emotions under control, hidden in plain sight, wowzers!
He’d better be careful though, given that there’s a bit of green on the end of the tubes. Might be dancing alien girl skin. Kirk might fuck the tubes just to see.
His feedback includes selling a new Swatch Watch. Um, am I missing something, he doesn’t even call it vintage, steampunk or try & hide the fact that it is new?
You know, I actually thought April did that as sarcasm. I can’t believe the seller took the same photo and posted it at different angles like the buyer won’t know the difference LOL
Seriously, how hard would it be to open the poster, snap the picture and roll it back up again? I call bullshit too. I get the feeling anyone who buys this will get treated to a stick figure on notebook paper flipping them the bird beneath the word SUCKER!
Back in the day, which is where I still live, the free weekly paper ran all kinds of weird personals. This was before the Innernext and all, so it was the only way you could social-media any strange and profane thoughts that crossed your mind.
Anyway, there was a long period when, every week, someone posted a personal referencing Mr. Ed, the talking horse.
The Mr. Ed personals developed a following. Then an urban legend sprang up about them, that they were a code used by a drug dealer to let clients know a delivery had arrived. You know. Horse. Heroin. Wilbur.
And that’s what I think is happening here. Now I just have to figure out which word is code for drugs. I’ve narrowed it down to Spock or PVC.
Better make sure not to tell my cousin about this… she’s got a huge boner for Spock. I wonder how often this guy laughs himself to the bank because of his “posters.”
Did you see the seller’s picture? A bunch of drunk dudes on a road trip, ALREADY laughing their asses off at the dim Etsy shoppers that send them money for the merch. I smell the next Seth Rogan bromance.
Can’t you tell? The tubes were lovingly hand-cut from the original 15-foot tube, then their ends sanded for evenness. They have been cleverly stoppered with polished barn wood, sealed with hot glue and anointed with hillbilly bajingo wash.
10 foot lengths, not 15 feet. That is some high-quality 3/4″ PVC tubing right there, just like Grandpa hand-hewed from the virgin PVC forests at the outskirts of the Great Home Depot Prairie. They have the original, vintage J M Eagle insignia — untainted by the stink of toxic PVC cleaner — and have been cut to size with only unpowered handheld ratcheting cutters.
You just don’t get that kind of craftsmanship these days. The Keno twins would be over the moon if lawn furniture made from materials of this quality ever turned up on the Roadshow.
I remember they were speculating about a “lost” episode of Star Trek that involved shipping materials and long shafted tubes. But then, I was probably on prescription drugs around that time. Either way, I’d buy it for a dollar.
Actually, “Revenge of the Jedi” was the original title of this film. George Lucas changed it to “Return of the Jedi”, as he thought the term revenge was very unJedi-like.
Incidentally, original merchandise featuring the “Revenge of the Jedi” title are worth huge bucks due to their rarity.
Sorry for that . . .
* flashes his ubergeek card *
Nay, Hillbillybajingowash, that is not misguided pride! You’ve earned your Ubergeekness card!
I was working in a 5&10 (remember them?) when they started selling toys for the second movie. I forget what it was, but there was something wrapped with a cellophane with a sticker that said “Revenge of the Jedi” and I saved the sticker. I wish I could remember what it wrapped (maybe just some advertising material…which would be worth more than a toy, dammit!), but it’s just as well I don’t know, or I’d cry a little every time I read a price guide.
I felt a little bit of geek pride that when I saw Mistletoe’s post (no offense, Mistletoe!), I knew she was misinformed.
It’s supposed to be posters and you’re staring at the pvc piping that they’re supposed to be in. Don’t feel dumb, I had no idea what the hell I was supposed to be looking at until I read the listings again.
Listing an item, sorting out photos, writing descriptions – this is the part that I dislike about being a seller rather than an artist. Maybe I should also consider listings like this, have the same photo of envelope, and my diescriptions would say “original”, “print”. Don’t like what you get – tough luck!
“If you do not already know what the poster looks like then obviously you are not a real fan and thus are undeserving of owning such a rare and wonderful piece of memorabilia.”
HK, I am convinced they spent too much time reading your alco-pops recipes before listing…or they are following the weekly Etsy ritual of knocking off “work” at noon on Fridays and taking pix of each other wasted in luxury loft-bathtubs. Either choice, same results.
my only concern is if the poster is vinyl or paper it may have reacted with the PVC pipe depending on weather or not the plasticizers of the pipe are in the process of breaking down.
I can kind of understand why you wouldn’t want to remove some of these from the tubes they’re stored in (condition issues etc) but at the very least, why wouldn’t you post a stock photo of the poster in the listings to show people what it actually looks like???
Also, this is the kind of garage sale “vintage” listing that should be on eBay not on Etsy… but since some of them are over 20 years old…. Vintage! (F U Etsy)
April 27, 2011 at 2:22 pm
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April 27, 2011 at 3:35 pm
April 27, 2011 at 7:35 pm
April 27, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Hey, I’d pay good money for some good long tube.
Oh….
April 27, 2011 at 2:26 pm
See one post back.
April 27, 2011 at 2:36 pm
top quip. gracias
April 27, 2011 at 2:27 pm
Yes, but a Spock tube or a Marine tube??
April 27, 2011 at 3:42 pm
What about Spock’s tube gussied up like a Marine?
April 27, 2011 at 7:15 pm
There’s got to be a “you can dress Spock up, but…” joke in there somewhere, but my snark has failed me. Help me out, people.
April 27, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Oh.My.God. I love Spock and have a plumbing project to finish up. Thanks, Etsy!
April 27, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Is it laying on a sheet of plywood? I mean, if it was driftwood I’d be all over it, but plywood is a shoddy substitute.
April 27, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Hey, do you think if somebody photographed some PVC piping on driftwood it would sell on Etsy? Or should they photograph it on Barnwood instead?
April 27, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Barnwood. Definitely barnwood.
April 28, 2011 at 11:53 pm
Start throwing barnwood in the ocean now. Barnwood driftwood. Future millionaire.
April 28, 2011 at 7:53 am
Plywood is actually Barnwood being ironic. Hipster Barnwood.
April 27, 2011 at 5:46 pm
My fave part is how they rotated the same pic!
April 27, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Man, that dude’s like a total ninja! Neck pinch, emotions under control, hidden in plain sight, wowzers!
He’d better be careful though, given that there’s a bit of green on the end of the tubes. Might be dancing alien girl skin. Kirk might fuck the tubes just to see.
April 27, 2011 at 2:24 pm
His feedback includes selling a new Swatch Watch. Um, am I missing something, he doesn’t even call it vintage, steampunk or try & hide the fact that it is new?
April 27, 2011 at 3:13 pm
It says vintage, but it’s brand new vintage and I’m not actually sure what that means.
April 27, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Brand new vintage= old but never used.
April 27, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Why can’t they just say that? Just because it hasn’t been used doesn’t make it brand new. It’s still old.
April 27, 2011 at 7:22 pm
Some long-established clothing stores will use the term “New Old Stock” to describe forty-year-old stuff they found in storage.
April 27, 2011 at 7:32 pm
How about “brand old”?
April 27, 2011 at 7:50 pm
But does it come with a bottle of Calvin Klein’s Old Watchband for Men?
April 27, 2011 at 8:28 pm
At our vintage clothing store we call it deadstock (with tags and/or packaging) or new-old (without).
April 27, 2011 at 5:06 pm
I don’t buy that collectibles like this count as “vintage”. But what do I know? I’m the sucker who spends hours hand-knitting everything she sells.
April 27, 2011 at 7:53 pm
What the hell are you thinking? You’re not supposed to take time to make your handmade goods by hand.
April 27, 2011 at 2:25 pm
Two consecutive posts involving pipe. HK, you’re losing your subtle touch.
April 27, 2011 at 5:28 pm
Perhaps she should have called this post “The Search for Schlong” instead.
April 27, 2011 at 8:38 pm
I’m not into the last post, but if there’s a Spock schlong in one of those pipes I’d be all over that. . .
April 27, 2011 at 2:26 pm
This seller can make surprise within mailbox!
April 27, 2011 at 2:26 pm
How do we know these are actual PVC pipes and not a “casted” version of them?
April 27, 2011 at 2:26 pm
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April 27, 2011 at 2:28 pm
I’m searching for Spock all right. Oh, oh, he’s INSIDE the tube.
April 27, 2011 at 2:28 pm
He’s also selling a “vintage” crescent wrench!
April 27, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Spock in a tube…. All of my dreams have come true.
April 27, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Translation: My smack habit has surpassed my income. I may or may not be sending you empty tubes that I stole.
April 27, 2011 at 2:33 pm
The seller uses the SAME PHOTO for the other poster listings.
There could be crayon drawings of a stick figure Orion girl in there. I call bullshit.
April 27, 2011 at 3:16 pm
It’s all good though because he rotated the images. That’ll fool ‘em
April 27, 2011 at 4:18 pm
You know, I actually thought April did that as sarcasm. I can’t believe the seller took the same photo and posted it at different angles like the buyer won’t know the difference LOL
Seriously, how hard would it be to open the poster, snap the picture and roll it back up again? I call bullshit too. I get the feeling anyone who buys this will get treated to a stick figure on notebook paper flipping them the bird beneath the word SUCKER!
April 27, 2011 at 7:23 pm
And that’s the ONLY PHOTO in the listing.
April 28, 2011 at 10:09 am
I can’t put my finger on it, but something doesn’t look right with this angle:
April 27, 2011 at 3:20 pm
And I can get those from DeviantArt, for free!
April 27, 2011 at 7:19 pm
I make my own and then buy them. It puts me in my place when I get cocky.
Yeah, I said, “cocky”. Have at it.
April 28, 2011 at 4:26 pm
Way to go, Fancyskants–that’ll teach you!
April 27, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Why are you people so cynical? If you can’t trust a Star Trek Art enthusiast on the internet, who the hell can you trust?
April 27, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Now if only I could get the Marine cock in this length…
April 27, 2011 at 3:08 pm
yea? And what use would that be, hang your clothes out for drying on it?
April 27, 2011 at 6:32 pm
Yep, nothing’s more fun than a perforated uterus.
April 27, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Your icon makes that comment.
April 28, 2011 at 2:22 am
Agreed:) I didn’t like those new avatars from the start, but it’s not the first time that “facial expression” adds so much to the comment!
April 27, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Be sure to roll it up from one end, so that you get all the Spock out and don’t waste any.
April 27, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Back in the day, which is where I still live, the free weekly paper ran all kinds of weird personals. This was before the Innernext and all, so it was the only way you could social-media any strange and profane thoughts that crossed your mind.
Anyway, there was a long period when, every week, someone posted a personal referencing Mr. Ed, the talking horse.
The Mr. Ed personals developed a following. Then an urban legend sprang up about them, that they were a code used by a drug dealer to let clients know a delivery had arrived. You know. Horse. Heroin. Wilbur.
And that’s what I think is happening here. Now I just have to figure out which word is code for drugs. I’ve narrowed it down to Spock or PVC.
April 27, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Better make sure not to tell my cousin about this… she’s got a huge boner for Spock. I wonder how often this guy laughs himself to the bank because of his “posters.”
April 27, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Did you see the seller’s picture? A bunch of drunk dudes on a road trip, ALREADY laughing their asses off at the dim Etsy shoppers that send them money for the merch. I smell the next Seth Rogan bromance.
April 27, 2011 at 2:41 pm
‘After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.’—Spock
‘Logically speaking, this really is some crap.’—Me
April 28, 2011 at 4:28 pm
1…2…3…T’Pau!
April 27, 2011 at 2:42 pm
I’m so fucking tired of PVC resellers.
April 27, 2011 at 2:43 pm
I’m sorry, but I never buy movie posters from sellers who don’t pack them in copper piping. What if the PVC leaches dangerous toxins onto the posters?
April 27, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Copper pipe? That would be steampunk.
April 27, 2011 at 2:43 pm
I make all my sexual decisions based on the quality of the delivery tube.
April 27, 2011 at 2:45 pm
“Connnnnnnnnnnnn!”
April 27, 2011 at 3:51 pm
I love you for that one Leeloo!
April 27, 2011 at 2:47 pm
Wherein lies the handmade part? I’m not a trekkie, so maybe this is over my head.
April 27, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Can’t you tell? The tubes were lovingly hand-cut from the original 15-foot tube, then their ends sanded for evenness. They have been cleverly stoppered with polished barn wood, sealed with hot glue and anointed with hillbilly bajingo wash.
April 27, 2011 at 3:45 pm
10 foot lengths, not 15 feet. That is some high-quality 3/4″ PVC tubing right there, just like Grandpa hand-hewed from the virgin PVC forests at the outskirts of the Great Home Depot Prairie. They have the original, vintage J M Eagle insignia — untainted by the stink of toxic PVC cleaner — and have been cut to size with only unpowered handheld ratcheting cutters.
You just don’t get that kind of craftsmanship these days. The Keno twins would be over the moon if lawn furniture made from materials of this quality ever turned up on the Roadshow.
April 27, 2011 at 7:21 pm
I love you.
April 28, 2011 at 4:30 pm
I love you, too. Then you go and reference the Keno twins? You brought a tear of joy to my eye. Kudos.
April 27, 2011 at 8:10 pm
I anointeth thee. Live long and prosper.
April 27, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Maybe it’s all part of some subtle tribute to Ted Stevens.
April 27, 2011 at 2:57 pm
I remember they were speculating about a “lost” episode of Star Trek that involved shipping materials and long shafted tubes. But then, I was probably on prescription drugs around that time. Either way, I’d buy it for a dollar.
April 27, 2011 at 4:17 pm
Were the Jefferys Tubes PVC? I didn’t think so, but I’ve never actually researched it, so …
April 27, 2011 at 2:59 pm
So there’s a grand total of one picture where the poster isn’t completely rolled up.
April 27, 2011 at 3:12 pm
But you can’t see the whole thing. He’s just taunting us!
April 27, 2011 at 8:04 pm
such a sly minx!
April 27, 2011 at 3:24 pm
There’s also this one:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/68907175/star-wars-revenge-of-the-jedi-1982-1
But it’s also nearly $800, so that might be why.
April 27, 2011 at 5:10 pm
WHEN DID EBAY MOVE TO ETSY
THIS SHOULDN’T BE MAKING ME SO ANGRY BUT IT IS
April 27, 2011 at 7:24 pm
Perhaps because you are an actual artisan who spends time and love on your offerings and take pride in yourself and your work.
But I could be wrong.
April 27, 2011 at 7:44 pm
“Revenge of the Jedi”?!
Bitch, please.
“Revenge of the Sith”;”Return of the Jedi”.
*flashes her geek card*
April 27, 2011 at 8:16 pm
Actually, “Revenge of the Jedi” was the original title of this film. George Lucas changed it to “Return of the Jedi”, as he thought the term revenge was very unJedi-like.
Incidentally, original merchandise featuring the “Revenge of the Jedi” title are worth huge bucks due to their rarity.
Sorry for that . . .
* flashes his ubergeek card *
April 27, 2011 at 8:17 pm
http://www.movieposter.com/poster/A70-6708/Revenge_Of_The_Jedi.html
April 27, 2011 at 8:18 pm
HillBilly for the Geek win.
April 27, 2011 at 8:32 pm
* blushes with misguided pride *
April 28, 2011 at 4:37 pm
Nay, Hillbillybajingowash, that is not misguided pride! You’ve earned your Ubergeekness card!
I was working in a 5&10 (remember them?) when they started selling toys for the second movie. I forget what it was, but there was something wrapped with a cellophane with a sticker that said “Revenge of the Jedi” and I saved the sticker. I wish I could remember what it wrapped (maybe just some advertising material…which would be worth more than a toy, dammit!), but it’s just as well I don’t know, or I’d cry a little every time I read a price guide.
I felt a little bit of geek pride that when I saw Mistletoe’s post (no offense, Mistletoe!), I knew she was misinformed.
April 27, 2011 at 7:58 pm
My son has that poster in his room. I bought it for 4.95.
April 27, 2011 at 8:42 pm
And note how she slyly refers to that one as a “rare teaser.” It’s apparently an intentional sales technique to avoid showing the actual merchandise.
April 27, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Ok, I know I’m asking a lot, but could we get a visual of the poster before we take your word for it?
April 27, 2011 at 4:31 pm
What kind of mormon expects to see a product before buying it? You’re being a little unreasonable, don’t you think?
April 28, 2011 at 1:52 am
True, I am so sorry to have asked such an unthinkable thing. Please forgive me, ô Etsy Overlords, I shall be committing seppuku for my stupidity.
April 27, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Yeah, it’s ETSY! Happy happy joy joy!!
April 27, 2011 at 3:02 pm
So the internet really is made of tubes.
April 27, 2011 at 6:56 pm
These posters seem to be, at least
April 27, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Sorry to be so dumb, but what exactly is for sale here?
April 27, 2011 at 4:35 pm
It’s supposed to be posters and you’re staring at the pvc piping that they’re supposed to be in. Don’t feel dumb, I had no idea what the hell I was supposed to be looking at until I read the listings again.
April 28, 2011 at 10:15 am
Listing an item, sorting out photos, writing descriptions – this is the part that I dislike about being a seller rather than an artist. Maybe I should also consider listings like this, have the same photo of envelope, and my diescriptions would say “original”, “print”. Don’t like what you get – tough luck!
April 27, 2011 at 3:18 pm
If he was really an Etsyhead, he would have decopaged the posters onto a cement octopus and upcycled the PVC tubes into an atonal musical instrument.
April 27, 2011 at 5:37 pm
…Priceless.
April 27, 2011 at 3:20 pm
“In PVC pipe. the Frances Farmer Biography. Hollywood star who went too insane and was committed and abused.”
I think I’ve gone JUST INSANE ENOUGH. Pass the rum, please.
April 27, 2011 at 3:23 pm
View it in a room?
Not entirely happy with this but it was done one handed (while eating toast!)
April 27, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Thank you so much for that clarification.
April 27, 2011 at 3:39 pm
“If you do not already know what the poster looks like then obviously you are not a real fan and thus are undeserving of owning such a rare and wonderful piece of memorabilia.”
April 27, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Yeah, for serious…..I mean, just LOOK at the pixels. I can FEEL its quality through the computer screen….
I guess you guys are out of practice…
April 28, 2011 at 4:29 am
Worst scam ever…
April 27, 2011 at 3:42 pm
Order the tube for your mystery poster.
April 27, 2011 at 3:52 pm
The problem with the modern world is that it has been made safe enough that the irredeemably stupid can survive with minimal effort.
And they breed.
April 27, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Here’s $60, send me whatever in a tube please.
April 27, 2011 at 4:03 pm
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April 28, 2011 at 4:40 pm
That’s the sound you hear when you open the tube. It “sounds” a bit more like “Connnnnn!” though.
May 2, 2011 at 11:00 am
Is this what a Trekkie Douche Chill feels like?
April 27, 2011 at 4:09 pm
HK, I am convinced they spent too much time reading your alco-pops recipes before listing…or they are following the weekly Etsy ritual of knocking off “work” at noon on Fridays and taking pix of each other wasted in luxury loft-bathtubs. Either choice, same results.
April 27, 2011 at 4:15 pm
That’s illogical.
April 27, 2011 at 4:19 pm
No pin holes…just a total pinhead.
April 27, 2011 at 4:19 pm
Can I use these as pictures of my friends junk? I feel so behind the times not having any.
April 27, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Perfect color for brede, long tube in case of disappointing honeymoon.
April 27, 2011 at 4:23 pm
Why isn’t this guy just over on eBay with these? What makes them Etsy material?
April 27, 2011 at 4:42 pm
I know, right? the least he could have done was photograph them on barnwood.
April 27, 2011 at 4:45 pm
Why do I suspect that this guy is related to the Unibomber?
April 27, 2011 at 4:46 pm
highly illogical
April 27, 2011 at 5:37 pm
I just can’t make sense of it, Cap’n!
April 27, 2011 at 6:40 pm
The pvc pipe is more valuable than those posters.
April 27, 2011 at 6:52 pm
I love those tubes! and I’d a poster too? score.
April 27, 2011 at 7:24 pm
my only concern is if the poster is vinyl or paper it may have reacted with the PVC pipe depending on weather or not the plasticizers of the pipe are in the process of breaking down.
April 27, 2011 at 7:45 pm
Really? That’s your only concern here?
April 27, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Pssh. And WE have been called lazy.
April 27, 2011 at 8:38 pm
8 sales. Half of them unseen movie posters.
April 27, 2011 at 9:42 pm
I can kind of understand why you wouldn’t want to remove some of these from the tubes they’re stored in (condition issues etc) but at the very least, why wouldn’t you post a stock photo of the poster in the listings to show people what it actually looks like???
Also, this is the kind of garage sale “vintage” listing that should be on eBay not on Etsy… but since some of them are over 20 years old…. Vintage! (F U Etsy)
April 27, 2011 at 9:54 pm
Insert “laying pipe” joke here. Yes, I’m still drooling over that latex Marine dick.
Penis.
April 27, 2011 at 11:55 pm
youtube. whole new meaning.
April 28, 2011 at 7:13 am
Isn’t there supposed to be a string hanging out of one end? Just sayin’
April 28, 2011 at 7:36 pm
The seller has obviously been hitting the pipe (not pvc). His prices are outrageous.