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- THE PLACE IS A MESS.
narrator: A WIFE STRUGGLES TO RECLAIM HER HOUSE AND SANITY...
- I LOOK, AND I JUST GO, "OH, MY GOD."
narrator: FROM HER HUSBAND'S MASSIVE BATTLESTAR COLLECTION.
- EVERYTHING I HAVE,
I HAVE CERTAIN EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENTS TO.
- OKAY, WHAT ABOUT THIS?
- THAT IS SIGNED BY THE ENTIRE CAST.
narrator: AND A MAN'S ROBOT COLLECTION
HAS REACHED CRITICAL MASS.
- I MEAN, I AM SHOCKED OVER THIS GARAGE.
narrator: AND HIS FRIEND'S CONCERNED THAT HIS FUTURE
IS BEING JEOPARDIZED.
- SCOTT JOKES ABOUT DEATH BY ROBOTS
AND HOW THAT WOULD MAKE HIM HAPPY,
BUT I REALLY DON'T WANT THAT FOR HIM.
- I'D LIKE TO BRING IN A THERAPIST.
- I DON'T NEED IT. THAT'S GOING OVER A LINE.
- IF IT CAN BE STACKED, SHELVED,
OR DISPLAYED, SOMEONE COLLECTS IT.
BUT SOMETIMES A COLLECTION BECOMES AN OBSESSION
AND GETS OUT OF CONTROL.
THAT'S WHERE I STEP IN.
AS AN APPRAISER AND AUCTIONEER,
I KNOW WHAT THEY SHOULD KEEP AND WHAT THEY SHOULD SELL.
I'M ELYSE LURAY, AND THIS IS COLLECTION INTERVENTION.
narrator: EXTREME COLLECTORS LIKE MIKE
CAN'T HELP BUT LET THEIR COLLECTION
TAKE OVER THEIR HOUSE, EVEN IF
IT'S BECOMING A PROBLEM WITH THEIR SPOUSE.
FOR MIKE'S WIFE CAROL,
THE TIME TO CHANGE THINGS IS NOW.
- MY HUSBAND MIKE HAS A HUGE COLLECTION
OF BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.
TOYS, COMICS, DVDs, MAGAZINES.
OUR GARAGE IS STACKED TO THE ROOF IN SOME PLACES.
I USED TO LOVE THAT MIKE WAS SO PASSIONATE
ABOUT HIS COLLECTION, BUT IT'S TAKEN OVER OUR HOUSE.
AND IT COMPROMISES THE WAY THAT I WANT TO LIVE.
- MY NAME IS MIKE, AND I'M THE PARTNER IN A COMIC BOOK STORE.
I GOT INTO BATTLESTAR GALACTICA WHEN IT FIRST AIRED IN 1978.
IF ANYTHING, IT'S BECOME MORE POWERFUL FOR ME THAN IT WAS,
YOU KNOW, IN THE '70s.
THEY WEAR EGYPTIAN SPHINX-TYPE HELMETS.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR EARTH, AND IT COULD FEASIBLY BE
HOW MANKIND GOT HERE.
I'LL HOLD THE NEW BATTLESTAR UP TO ANYTHING.
IT'S MORE INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATING
THAN ANY SCI-FI THAT'S EVER BEEN CREATED.
THE NAME-- THE NAME IS BETTER.
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. IT'S GOT--
IT'S JUST, LIKE, SUCH AN AWESOME NAME.
YOU PLASTER THAT NAME ON ANYTHING,
AND YOU GOT MY MONEY.
LOOK AT THAT, GRAHAM.
ISN'T IT COOL? - MM-HMM.
- I'M GLAD SOMEBODY APPRECIATES THIS STUFF.
AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN BECAUSE MY FOUR-YEAR-OLD, GRAHAM
IS STARTING TO ENJOY IT TOO. - DADDY, LOOK IT.
YOU FORGOT THIS. - YEAH, THAT'S A CYLON RAIDER.
PLAYING WITH GRAHAM IS LIKE SEEING
MY CHILDHOOD THROUGH HIS EYES.
- IT'S GONNA STAY LIKE THIS FOR THREE WEEKS, I KNOW.
- IT WILL NOT BE LIKE THIS FOR THREE WEEKS.
- I CALLED ELYSE BECAUSE I HAD HAD AS MUCH AS I COULD TAKE
OF MIKE'S COLLECTING HABITS.
THE GARAGE, IT'S CHAOS.
- WHEN YOU MOVE THINGS INTO THE GARAGE,
TRY TO PUT THEM IN IN AN ORDERLY FASHION INSTEAD OF
JUST THROWING STUFF IN THERE. - IT'S NOT--
IT'S NOT MY COLLECTION. - [laughs]
- IT'S YOUR COLLECTION. - YEAH, WELL.
ONLY A TRUE COLLECTOR CAN UNDERSTAND THE NEED
TO ADD TO A COLLECTION.
CAROL WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THIS,
SO I'VE GIVEN UP EVEN TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT TO HER.
ONCE I LIKE SOMETHING, I WILL DO EVERYTHING
WITHIN MY POWER TO KEEP IT FOREVER.
I'M LIKE A BATTLESTAR GALACTICA HOARDER.
narrator: WHEN A COLLECTOR CAN'T SACRIFICE HIS PASSION
FOR COLLECTING FOR HIS RELATIONSHIP,
IT CAN CAUSE MAJOR ISSUES.
HOPEFULLY, ELYSE CAN HELP MIKE FIGURE OUT
WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE,
SO HE CAN BALANCE THE TWO THINGS HE LOVES--
HIS WIFE AND HIS COLLECTION.
- HI. - HI, ELYSE.
- NICE TO MEET YOU. - NICE TO MEET YOU TOO.
- WOW, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL HOME YOU HAVE.
- AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BOYS HAVE BEEN PLAYING.
- I HAVE BOYS TOO, SO I TOTALLY GET THIS.
- I SORT OF HAVE TWO KIDS, BUT I HAVE ONE SON.
- YOU HAVE A SON AND A HUSBAND. - I HAVE A SON AND A HUSBAND.
THAT'S IT. YES. - SO DOES MIKE KNOW I'M COMING?
- YES, HE KNOWS YOU'RE COMING.
- OKAY, GOOD. WE'RE NOT AMBUSHING HIM.
- RIGHT. YES. - GOOD. LET'S GO CHECK IT OUT.
- OKAY. - I CAN TELL THAT CAROL'S
NOT HAPPY WITH THE STATE OF HER HOUSE,
BUT BEFORE I CAN HELP THEM GET ON THE SAME PAGE,
I NEED TO SEE WHAT THE COLLECTION IS ALL ABOUT.
- I'LL LET YOU GO IN FIRST. - OKAY.
- [laughs]
- CAROL BRINGS ME INTO THE GARAGE.
LITERALLY, FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE GARAGE
TO THE CEILING, FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER,
IT'S PACKED.
HI. - HELLO.
- I'M ELYSE. NICE TO MEET YOU, MIKE.
- HOW'S IT GOING? - GOOD.
HI, SWEETHEART. WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
- GRAHAM. - NICE TO MEET YOU, GRAHAM.
- THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE COLLECTIBLE RIGHT THERE.
- OH, BOY. THAT'S RIGHT.
- SO YOU FEEL A PROBLEM?
- WELL, I DON'T KNOW, 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T
SEEN ANYTHING YET. - OH, MAN.
- TO ME--RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST SITTING AROUND
LOOKING AT STUFF. - YEAH.
- I MEAN, TELL ME, WHAT DO YOU COLLECT?
I MEAN, I'M LIKE, I'M ALL OVER THE PLACE HERE.
- YEAH, YEAH, WELL, I LOVE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.
THAT'S MI AMOR. - IS THAT YOUR FIRST LOVE?
- YEAH. FIRST--YEAH. - OKAY.
HOW MUCH BATTLESTAR GALACTICA DO YOU HAVE?
- I HAVE A LOT OF BATTLESTAR. - IT'S COMPLETELY DISORGANIZED.
- OKAY. - THAT'S WHY YOU COULDN'T
SEE IT, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HALF OF IT IS.
- CAROL CLEARLY HAS LITTLE APPRECIATION
FOR MIKE'S COLLECTION, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE
IT'S TAKING UP SPACE IN HER HOUSE.
I'D LOVE TO CHANGE HER OUTLOOK,
BUT I NEED TO SEE WHAT I'M DEALING WITH FIRST.
- I THINK I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU GUYS.
GRAHAM, LET'S GO IN THE HOUSE, OKAY?
- BYE, GUYS.
HOW DID THIS ALL START?
- IF YOU GREW UP IN THE '70s,
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA CAME ON EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT.
THERE WERE COMIC BOOKS, AND THERE WERE TOYS.
I JUST REALLY CONNECTED WITH IT.
I NEVER DIDN'T LOVE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA,
EVEN WHEN IT WAS GONE.
- IT BOTHERS ME WHEN SOMEONE'S SO PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING
AND THEY'VE BEEN THAT PASSIONATE THEIR WHOLE LIVES
THAT IT'S TUCKED AWAY IN A GARAGE.
IT'S NOT CLIMATE-CONTROLLED. GET IT OUT.
OH, THAT'S NICE. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU HAVE SOME VINTAGE PIECES.
- SOME VINTAGE PIECES.
- YEAH, THESE ARE ORIGINAL TOYS
RELEASED WHEN BATTLESTAR GALACTICA FIRST CAME OUT
IN THE LATE 1970s.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THESE GUYS IS THAT THESE
ARE THE ONLY TWO 12-INCH ONES.
THESE ARE TWO OF THE MOST COLLECTIBLE PIECES.
I WISH THE BOXES WERE IN A LITTLE BIT BETTER CONDITION,
BUT ANY COLLECTOR WOULD BE PSYCHED TO HAVE THESE.
- OH, COOL. - IN 1978,
MATTEL PRODUCED TWO 12-INCH FIGURES
IN THEIR BATTLESTAR GALACTICA LINE--A CYLON CENTURION,
AND A COLONIAL WARRIOR.
OF THE TWO, THE CYLON IS CLEARLY
THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER BY COLLECTORS.
THE LINE ITSELF WAS CANCELLED A YEAR LATER,
SO NO OTHER 12-INCH FIGURES WERE MADE.
THESE "MINT IN BOX," ARE SELLING FOR I THINK
ABOUT 180, 200 BUCKS. - OKAY.
AND, BY THE WAY, I JUST WANT TO MENTION,
LIKE, I DON'T BUY THINGS BECAUSE OF VALUE.
A LOT OF THINGS I LIKE... - RIGHT.
- ARE WORTHLESS TO MANY PEOPLE. - UH-HUH.
- BUT TO ME IT'S A DIFFERENT VALUE.
- OKAY, I RESPECT THAT. - YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
- YES, BUT AS I ALWAYS SAY TO EVERYBODY,
THERE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH.
- I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE DOLLAR VALUE OF MY COLLECTION.
I'M NOT GONNA SELL IT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT'S WORTH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
- THIS IS A SCRIPT?
IS IT AN ANNOTATED SCRIPT?
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
- NO, IT'S A COPY OF A SCRIPT.
FINDING AN ORIGINAL SCRIPT IS REALLY TOUGH,
BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY OF THEM
AND PEOPLE TEND TO HOLD ONTO THEM.
IN THE PAST, ORIGINAL SCRIPTS HAVE SOLD FOR THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
- THE GREATEST ACTOR OF ALL TIME RIGHT THERE.
- IT'S CAPTAIN APOLLO. - CAPTAIN APOLLO, YEP.
both: RICHARD HATCH. - THIS GUY,
WHEN BATTLESTAR GALACTICA WAS CANCELLED,
HE TOOK EVERYTHING HE HAD... - HE DID. I KNOW.
AND MADE HIS OWN BATTLESTAR TRAILER TO KEEP IT ALIVE.
I MEAN, IT CAME BACK. I'M NOT SAYING
IT WAS BECAUSE OF HIM OR NOT BECAUSE OF HIM,
BUT, YOU KNOW, HE DID KEEP THE AWARENESS GOING.
- YES. I THINK THE BLUE INK
GOT STUCK OR SOMETHING.
- OH, IS IT STUCK? OH, MY GOD, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
HUMIDITY. - NEED I SAY MORE?
- RIGHT. - THIS IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE.
THE INK IS COMING OFF ON THE PAPER.
DO YOU SEE THAT? - WOW.
- AND THAT GREATLY AFFECTS THE VALUE OF THE PIECE.
THINGS GET DAMAGED IN A COLLECTION LIKE MIKE'S
BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT'S STORED.
HE HAS A LOT OF THINGS JUST KIND OF
ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY FOR A BOX
TO GET DAMAGED JUST LITERALLY BY FALLING OFF OF A SHELF.
THERE COULD BE WATER DAMAGE,
THINGS CAN GET BENT. I MEAN, IT'S JUST
SUCH A BAD WAY TO STORE A COLLECTION.
THESE ARE YOUR PIECES NOW... - MM-HMM.
- BUT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PRESERVE THEM FOR LIFE.
- OKAY.
- LET EVERYBODY ELSE ENJOY THEM.
WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO, AND WHAT I'M REALLY HERE
TO TRY TO HELP YOU, IF YOU'RE OPEN TO IT,
IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS...
WILL NOT BE THIS ANYMORE.
NOW THAT I HAVE A GRASP ON THE SITUATION,
I NEED TO TALK TO MIKE AND CAROL ABOUT THE NEXT STEP.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY, BUT I THINK IT'S THE ONLY SOLUTION
FOR CREATING MORE SPACE, AND PROPERLY DISPLAYING AND STORING
HIS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA COLLECTION.
SOME OF THIS STUFF REALLY SHOULDN'T BE STORED IN THERE.
I'M NOT SAYING IT SHOULD COME INTO THE HOUSE, ALL RIGHT?
- WHERE SHOULD IT GO?
- I'M NOT--WE HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
- OKAY, I'M WILLING TO LET YOU HELP, BUT...
- I'M NOT TRYING-- - WITH RESERVATIONS.
- I'M NOT TELLING YOU TO GET--
OKAY, FINE. - YEAH.
- YOU CAN HAVE RESERVATIONS. - YES.
- I NEEDED THEM TO TRUST ME AS THE REFEREE,
BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T WORK IF THEY DIDN'T.
AND I COULD SEE THEY BOTH REALLY RESPECTED EACH OTHER,
BUT NEITHER WAS REALLY, LIKE, READY TO GIVE IN.
BUT I'M ON YOUR SIDE. I THINK YOU--
- COOL. - YOU'RE A GREAT COLLECTOR,
I THINK YOU'VE GOT SOME GREAT STUFF.
I'M A HUGE FAN OF BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ALSO,
SO I LIKE THAT, AND I DON'T REALLY SEE IT THAT MUCH,
SO THAT'S KIND OF COOL. - MM-HMM.
- AND I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY ECONOMIC INTEREST
AT ALL IN THIS.
OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT BUYING OR SELLING ANYTHING FROM YOU.
- RIGHT, RIGHT. - SO I'M JUST HERE TO HELP,
AND YOU'VE GOTTA MOVE THAT BATTLESTAR COLLECTION
OUT OF THE GARAGE. IT'S NOT THE RIGHT PLACE
FOR IT TO BE STORED, YOU KNOW? AND--AND THEN,
MAYBE CONSIDER SELLING SOME OF THE PIECES.
- NO, HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I'M GONNA SELL.
I MEAN, WE CAN LOOK AT IT, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, AND--
- OKAY. HAVE YOU EVER SOLD ANYTHING BEFORE?
- YES, AND I ALWAYS REGRETTED IT.
I ALWAYS HAD TO GO BUY IT BACK.
- STOP BUYING, START SELLING. - WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I'M WILLING TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD WITH YOU...
I MIGHT NOT GET OFF THE FREEWAY EXIT, KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
narrator: SOMETIMES A COLLECTION
CAN DRAMATICALLY GET IN THE WAY OF A MARRIAGE,
BUT IN THE CASE OF OTHER COLLECTORS,
LIKE SCOTT, THEY CONSIDER IT AN INVESTMENT,
AND SPEND EVERY DOLLAR THEY HAVE ON BUILDING A BIGGER COLLECTION.
- I'VE KNOWN SCOTT FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS NOW,
AND HE'S JUST A WONDERFUL FRIEND.
HE IS ADDICTED TO ROBOTS.
HE HAS REALLY MADE IT HIS MISSION IN LIFE
TO COLLECT EVERY ROBOT KNOWN TO MAN.
- WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, FIRST THING,
I THINK OF ROBOTS.
I FIRST REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH JAPANESE ROBOTS.
CHRISTMAS, 1980. I GOT A SHOGUN WARRIOR, MANZINGER Z.
IT BLEW MY MIND,
AND FROM THERE ON, THAT'S BEEN A LIFELONG AMBITION OF MINE,
IS TO--TO ALWAYS HAVE MORE AND MORE ROBOTS.
TOYS AND ROBOTS ARE A MUCH MORE SOLID INVESTMENT
THAN PUTTING MONEY INTO A BANK.
I DO THINGS MY WAY, OR I DON'T DO THEM.
- HE THINKS OF THE COLLECTION AS HIS LIFE,
BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY SORT OF TRADITIONAL ORGANIZATION
OR INVENTORY, AND SCOTT DOESN'T ACTUALLY KNOW
HOW MUCH SOME OF HIS PIECES ARE WORTH,
BUT I DON'T THINK HE HAS THE SAME ISSUES WITH THAT
THAT I DO. [chuckles]
- MY COLLECTION IS ORGANIZED CHAOS.
I ALWAYS KIND OF THOUGHT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE
TO INVENTORY EVERYTHING.
I JUST HAVE TOO MUCH STUFF.
ROBOTS ARE MY 401K PLAN,
BECAUSE I DON'T TRUST THE BANKS ONE BIT.
IF MY HOUSE CAUGHT ON FIRE,
AND I WAS THERE, I WOULD PROBABLY DIE
TRYING TO SAVE EVERY ROBOT IN THAT HOUSE.
- I CALLED ELYSE BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT SCOTT'S FUTURE AND FINANCES.
HE'S GOING TO NEED TO LEARN
HOW TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY, AND NOT HAVE IT JUST
TAKE OVER TO THE POINT THAT HE'S GOING TO BE
BURIED IN ROBOTS SOMEDAY.
HE NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF IT NOW.
narrator: EXTREME COLLECTORS CAN CREATE
A VERY DIFFICULT LIFESTYLE FOR THEMSELVES
WITHOUT EVEN NOTICING IT.
BEFORE ELYSE CAN HELP SCOTT GET HIS COLLECTION IN CHECK,
SHE NEEDS TO SEE JUST HOW BIG HIS INVESTMENT REALLY IS.
- HELLO. - HEY.
- HI, I'M ELYSE.
- HOW ARE YOU? - NICE TO MEET YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST SAY,
WOW!
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
YOU ARE LITERALLY WALL-TO-CEILING ROBOTS.
I REALLY LIKE HOW IT'S DISPLAYED.
IT'S JUST SO IMPRESSIVE.
AND IT'S NOT DIRTY, AND IT'S NOT UNORGANIZED.
HE REALLY IS DISPLAYING AND LIVING WITH HIS COLLECTION,
AND I LOVE THAT.
- THIS IS THE WAY I LIVE,
IS ROBOTS AND TOYS. - UH-HUH.
- I ONLY MAKE MONEY TO BUY MORE TOYS.
THAT'S MY WHOLE PURPOSE.
- I'VE BEEN IN THE-- IN THE "COLLECTIBLES FIELD"
FOR OVER 20 YEARS, SO I RESPECT THIS PASSION.
SO HOLLY'S CALLED ME,
BECAUSE I'M AN APPRAISER, I'M AN AUCTIONEER,
AND I LIKE TO HELP PEOPLE SOMETIMES
WHEN THEY FEEL THAT THEIR COLLECTION
MIGHT BE GROWING FASTER THAN THEIR MEANS,
AND THAT WAS KIND OF ONE OF HER CONCERNS.
- WHY DID HOLLY BRING HER HERE?
LIKE, THE COLLECTION LOOKS COOL.
WHAT HELP DO I REALLY NEED?
I'M NOT SLEEPING WITH ROBOTS IN MY BED.
I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM.
narrator: COMING UP... - OH, MY GOD.
- LOOK RIGHT THROUGH THERE,
AND YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THE WASHER AND DRYER.
- IS THERE ANY INVENTORY? - IT'S ALL IN MY HEAD.
- THAT'S CRAZY.
narrator: AND LATER... - I'M JUST STRUGGLING,
'CAUSE I KIND OF REALLY FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE ON DISPLAY.
- PERMANENTLY? - YEAH.
- WELL, WE CAN'T PUT IT IN THE HOUSE.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I FELT LIKE IT WAS MY INTERVENTION.
narrator: COLLECTORS LIKE SCOTT ARE OFTEN APPREHENSIVE
OF CHANGING WHAT THEY THINK WORKS,
BUT BEFORE ELYSE CAN HELP,
SHE HAS TO FULLY ASSESS JUST HOW MANY ROBOTS
ARE TAKING UP SPACE IN SCOTT'S HOUSE.
- SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED
IN JUST KIND OF MAYBE SHOWING ME YOUR COLLECTION.
JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. - OKAY.
AS YOU WALK IN, YOU GET THE ROBOT WALL.
- OKAY. YOU DO HAVE SOME TYPE OF ORDER IN THEM.
I SEE A SHOGUN OVER THERE. - THERE IS AN ORDER.
IT'S KIND OF, LIKE, A COOLNESS FACTOR.
- OKAY. - SO, LIKE,
MY ROBOTECH AND MACROSS STUFF IS THERE,
AND THEN THERE'S A WALL SHELF OF JUMBOS, AND THEN
GODAIKINS GET THEIR OWN SHELF.
- SCOTT'S A COLLECTOR OF JAPANESE ROBOTS.
THEY ARE MAINLY FROM ANIME SERIES IN JAPAN,
AND THEY BURST ON TO THE SCENE IN THE MID-1970s IN THE USA,
AND HAVE BEEN A MAINSTAY EVER SINCE.
- I ADORE THE JUMBO MACHINDERS, UM--
- OKAY. WHY? - BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT STARTED IT FOR ME, FOR ROBOTS, WAS THAT--
HAVING THAT TOY AS A YOUNG KID.
- THAT'S INTERESTING. SO THAT'S--SO HE--SO THESE ALL--
EVERYTHING IN THIS ROOM IS TO BLAME BECAUSE OF HIM.
- YES. - [laughs] "JUMBO MACHINDER"
IS THE NAME OF THESE REALLY LARGE, PLASTIC,
OVERSIZED ROBOTS.
THE TERM IS OFTEN USED BY A LOT OF DIFFERENT ROBOT COMPANIES,
BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY TRADEMARKED BY THE POPY COMPANY.
SO IS THE LIVING ROOM THE ONLY PLACE
THAT YOU DISPLAY THE ROBOTS?
- I DO HAVE SOME EXCESS ROBOTS IN THE GARAGE.
- OKAY. LET'S GO, HOLL. - ALL RIGHT.
- THIS IS... - WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
- THE GARAGE.
- WOW, SCOTT. - [laughs]
- ARE ALL OF THESE ROBOTS?
- YEAH. - YEAH, YEAH.
- THIS IS ONLY A 2 1/2 CAR GARAGE.
- OH, MY GOD.
- IF YOU LOOK RIGHT THROUGH THERE,
YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THE WASHER AND DRYER.
- YOU CAN'T WASH YOUR CLOTHES.
- WHEN I NEED TO, I MOVE STUFF AROUND.
SOMETIMES I HAVE TO DIG DUG. - DIG DUG?
- YEAH, IT'S, LIKE, AN OLD VIDEO GAME?
THE ONLY WAY TO GET BACK THERE
IS TO GRAB A BOX FROM IN FRONT OF YOU,
AND PUT IT BEHIND YOU.
AND SO YOU KEEP DOING THAT UNTIL YOU GET
ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE END, AND GET WHAT YOU NEED.
- IS THERE ANY INVENTORY? - IT'S ALL IN MY HEAD.
- THAT'S CRAZY. - I THINK
SCOTT HAS A PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE IS A RESPONSIBILITY
TO YOUR COLLECTION WHEN IT GETS THAT BIG.
GOD FORBID,
SOMETHING HAPPENED, AND YOU--
- I WOULD JUST SIMPLY START REBUYING.
- YOU WOULDN'T CARE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL LOSS?
- THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT FINANCIAL LOSS.
- THERE IS IF YOU HAVE IT INSURED AND INVENTORIED.
- I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WITH WORSE COLLECTIONS.
- I'M--I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE OTHER PEOPLE.
I'M HERE TO HELP YOU.
SCOTT IS SO KNEE-DEEP IN HIS COLLECTION,
THAT HE CAN'T EVEN SEE HOW IT CAN BE BETTER,
BUT BEFORE I CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN OF ATTACK,
I NEED TO GET A HANDLE ON THINGS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE COLLECTION IS WORTH?
- SAY $1 MILLION. - I MEAN,
DO YOU REALISTICALLY THINK IT'S WORTH $1 MILLION?
- COULD BE.
I-I NEVER COUNTED IT ALL. - OKAY.
- BUT IT'S MY 401K, SO MY BANK IS MY COLLECTION.
- WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING AS GOOD AS THIS COLLECTION,
YOU DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
TO FIND OUT WHAT SOME OF THE TRUE VALUE OF THE PIECES ARE.
WELL, HERE'S WHAT I THINK.
I THINK YOU NEED SOME HELP, TO GET THE GARAGE
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE ORGANIZED,
GET YOU TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EVERYTHING IS WORTH.
SCOTT NEEDS MORE HELP THAN I THOUGHT.
HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB AT DISPLAYING HIS COLLECTION,
BUT TO BE A BETTER COLLECTOR, HE NEEDS TO DO MORE THAN THAT.
I THINK THAT IF SCOTT GETS EVERYTHING ORGANIZED,
INVENTORIED, AND APPRAISED,
HE'LL BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS COLLECTION
BECOMES AN INVESTMENT, AND HE COULD
POTENTIALLY RETIRE ON IT.
SO YOU'RE GONNA LET US TRY TO HELP YOU A LITTLE BIT.
- I'LL LET YOU TRY. - OKAY, GOOD.
I HAVE A FRIEND WHO'S A VERY WELL-KNOWN APPRAISER,
AND SPECIALIZES IN ROBOTS.
HE WOULD BE THRILLED TO SEE YOUR STUFF,
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR YOU TO REALLY LEARN
THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF SOME OF YOUR UNIQUE PIECES.
- OKAY.
- THE LAST STEP,
AND I DO THIS A LOT WITH PEOPLE,
IS, I CAN HELP YOU WITH CURATING YOUR COLLECTION,
BUT I LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN AND TALK ABOUT
THE BEHAVIOR OF HOW YOU COLLECT,
SO TO DO THAT, I LIKE TO BRING IN A THERAPIST.
- I-I WOULD PROBABLY SAY I WOULDN'T NEED THAT.
I'M WILLING TO LET ELYSE HELP ME GET ORGANIZED,
BUT A THERAPIST SEEMS LIKE, THAT'S GOING OVER A LINE.
narrator: COLLECTORS LIKE SCOTT OFTEN DON'T SEE
HOW THE THINGS THEY LOVE CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS.
MIKE IS ALSO HAVING SERIOUS DIFFICULTY
ACCEPTING ELYSE'S HELP,
BUT HE'LL NEED TO COME AROUND IF HE WANTS CAROL TO BE HAPPY.
- MY STRATEGY FOR MIKE WAS HE NEEDED TO LEARN TO CURATE,
WHICH MEANS BUYING AND SELLING, STORING, AND DISPLAYING,
AND I WANTED TO WORK ON THE STORAGE,
TO TRY TO GET THAT STUFF OUT OF THE GARAGE
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
- HOW'S IT GOING IN HERE?
- OKAY, YOU READY?
- YEAH. YEAH, LET'S... TALK ABOUT IT.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK EVERYTHING IS WORTH?
- MAYBE $60,000, MAYBE?
- YEAH, THAT--I THINK 60,000 IS A VERY REALISTIC NUMBER.
- OKAY, COOL. - IT'S IMPORTANT
WHEN YOU HAVE A REALLY BIG COLLECTION,
YOU GOTTA KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE,
AND YOU GOTTA KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH,
'CAUSE, GOD FORBID, SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN.
- OKAY. - OKAY.
- SO I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO...
- MM-HMM. - IS MOVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU
WANT TO KEEP INTO THE OTHER ROOM.
AND THAT WAY, WHATEVER WE HAVE LEFT HERE
IS KIND OF WHAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO EITHER GET RID OF OR SELL.
I WANT YOU TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS
OF SAYING, "YES, I NEED THIS," "YES, I WANT THIS."
I'M HOPING THAT IF MIKE ANALYZES HIS PIECES,
HE'LL REALIZE WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND WORTH KEEPING.
HE'S GOTTA GET OUT OF HIS COMFORT ZONE
IF HE WANTS TO MAKE A CHANGE.
OKAY, SO LET'S--LET'S GO, GUYS. - LET'S GO NOW.
- DO WE HAVE TO KEEP THIS PICTURE OF THE CAST?
- THAT IS SIGNED BY THE ENTIRE CAST.
- I'M SORRY.
- ARE YOU SERIOUS? - OKAY, WHAT ABOUT THIS?
- TH--IT'S BATTLESTAR, IT STAYS. WE KEEP IT.
- WELL, NO, BUT THE AGREEMENT IS
WE'RE GONNA GET RID OF SOME STUFF.
- EVERYTHING I HAVE, I HAVE CERTAIN
EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENTS TO, AND, UH,
I THINK MY WIFE-- I DON'T THINK
SHE TOTALLY APPRECIATES ASPECTS OF IT.
I WANT TO KEEP THIS.
- OKAY. ALL RIGHT. - MIKE AND CAROL ARGUE,
BECAUSE EVEN PARTING WITH ONE PIECE FOR MIKE
IS A BIG DEAL.
- WHY DO WE HAVE STAR TREK?
NICE. - 'CAUSE I HAVE AN ENTERPRISE.
- I--YOU DON'T EVEN LIKE STAR TREK THAT MUCH.
I WAS A BIT BOTHERED.
IT'S ALMOST FOR ME
LIKE HE'S BUILDING ON ANOTHER COLLECTION.
- I LOVE STAR TREK. I DON'T LIKE IT AS MUCH AS BATTLESTAR--
- YOU DON'T LOVE-- YOU DO NOT--
- GUYS, GUYS, GUYS, GUYS.
LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH STAR TREK STUFF
YOU ACTUALLY REALLY HAVE. - I DON'T HAVE A LOT.
- OKAY, SO IF IT'S NOT A LOT,
MAYBE WE COULD PICK SOME PIECES TO SELL,
BECAUSE IT REALLY DOESN'T FIT INTO YOUR COLLECTION.
- I LOVE THOSE GUYS. I'M GONNA, YOU KNOW,
HOPEFULLY DO SOMETHING WITH THEM.
- THIS IS NOT WHAT I CALL PROGRESS.
I MEAN, I THOUGHT THAT AS SOON AS
MIKE STARTED DIGGING THROUGH HIS STUFF,
IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR HIM TO LET GO.
WHATEVER I'M DOING, IT'S NOT WORKING.
I NEED TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO GET THROUGH TO HIM.
narrator: COMING UP...
- BEFORE WE EVEN START, I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU.
- OKAY.
- I BROUGHT A FRIEND. - [laughs]
RICHARD HATCH IN MY HOUSE?
WOW. WOW.
narrator: ELYSE HAS HAD A HARD TIME
BREAKING THROUGH TO MIKE ABOUT LETTING GO
SOME OF HIS PIECES THAT JUST TAKE UP SPACE,
SO SHE DECIDED TO LET SOMEONE ELSE STEP UP TO THE TASK.
- HI. - OH, HEY, ELYSE, COME ON IN.
- I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU.
- OKAY. - OKAY?
I BROUGHT A FRIEND. - [laughs]
WHAT'S UP, DUDE? - HEY, MIKE.
HOW YOU DOING, BUDDY?
- HOW'S IT GOING, MAN? - GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- WHEN RICHARD HATCH WALKED THROUGH MY DOOR,
THAT WAS PRETTY AWESOME.
I'VE BUMPED INTO HIM AT CONVENTIONS,
AND WORKED WITH HIM ON PROJECTS,
BUT I NEVER THOUGHT HE'D BE IN MY HOUSE.
RICHARD HATCH IN MY HOUSE.
WOW. WOW.
- MIKE IS IN LOVE WITH RICHARD HATCH.
RICHARD HATCH PLAYED CAPTAIN APOLLO
IN THE ORIGINAL TELEVISION SERIES.
HE WAS VERY POPULAR,
AND THEN IN THE NEW SERIES,
HE PLAYED A DIFFERENT CHARACTER, TOM ZAREK.
MY HOPE IS THAT IF MIKE GETS
TO SHOW OFF HIS COLLECTION TO HIS HERO,
HE'LL REMEMBER THAT IT'S WHAT HE SHOULD BE
FOCUSING ON AND TAKING CARE OF,
NOT THE THINGS THAT JUST TAKE UP SPACE,
AND DON'T ADD ANY VALUE TO THE BIG PICTURE.
- IN HERE, YOU WILL SEE
THE GREATEST BATTLESTAR GALACTICA COLLECTION.
- I HATE TO SAY THIS. IT'S WORSE THAN ME, MIKE.
I WAS KIND OF IN THE DARK, AS TO WHAT I WAS GONNA SEE,
BUT WHEN I CAME INTO THE GARAGE AND I LOOKED AT HIS MESS,
I REALLY WAS SURPRISED.
HE NEEDS HELP.
I WOULD THINK, LIKE, A MAJOR COLLECTOR
WOULD HAVE EVERYTHING LAID OUT AND DISPLAYED
AND LIGHTS COMING DOWN... - RIGHT.
SO THAT ANYBODY WALKING IN COULD SEE ALL THAT STUFF,
AND WHAT DO I SEE?
ALL THIS WONDERFUL STUFF JUST THROWN,
PACKED, SMUNCHED TOGETHER--
- WELL, UH, CAREFUL, THAT'S PLACED--
- I KNOW, SEE? IF YOU JUST TOUCH IT,
IT'S GONNA FALL, AND CRASH,
AND BURN. - IT'S, LIKE, I--
IT'S THE KIND OF THING I WISH I COULD GO BACK IN TIME
AND TELL MY 10-YEAR-OLD SELF
LIKE, "HEY, WHEN YOU'RE ALMOST 40,
YOUR COLLECTION IS GONNA BE SO BAD,
THAT APOLLO HAS TO COME FIX IT."
WHY DIDN'T THEY DO AN APOLLO ACTION FIGURE
BACK WHEN THEY WERE MAKING THE FIGURES?
- YOU KNOW WHY? - WERE YOU DIFFICULT?
WERE YOU--WERE YOU-- YOU WOULDN'T
GIVE THEM YOUR LIKENESS, OR SOMETHING?
- I ACTUALLY DID NOT.
IF I COULD REMEMBER
ALL THE STUPID DECISIONS I MADE BACK THEN.
I HAVE NO CLUE WHY I DID NOT GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO, UH,
TO DO A FIGURE OF ME, BUT I DIDN'T.
MIKE HAD SOME--SOME REALLY INTERESTING LITTLE, UH,
COLLECTIBLES THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY WERE EVEN MARKETING
AND PUTTING ALL THAT STUFF OUT. IT'S GREAT.
- HERE YOU ARE. MY VOODOO DOLL.
- ALL RIGHT. THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS REMOTELY LIKE ME.
- I HAD A SLIGHTLY BETTER-- - OH, MY GOD,
LOOK AT THIS! - YOU EVER SEE THAT?
- HEY, COOL. I'VE SEEN THIS BOOK.
- I STUDY THAT BOOK. - I THINK THIS IS MY BOOK.
SEE, MY NAME'S RIGHT IN HERE. - WELL, NO, THERE'S YOUR--
- YOU STOLE FROM MY COLLECTION, MIKE!
- [laughs]
IT WAS AMAZING TO GEEK OUT WITH RICHARD HATCH.
LIKE, WHO WOULDN'T WANT THAT EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW?
HAVE--HAVE YOUR FAVORITE ACTOR AT YOUR HOUSE,
AND JUST GEEK OUT AND TALK BATTLESTAR, TALK LIFE.
IT'S A REAL, GENUINE, HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
- YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY COOL STUFF HERE,
BUT ALL THAT STUFF STARTS TO AGE AND FALL APART,
AND GET OLD. - MM.
- IT'D PROBABLY BE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD THING
FOR YOU JUST TO ORGANIZE IT,
GET IT COVERED UP, SO THAT IT'S PROTECTED,
SO THAT 20 YEARS FROM NOW, IT'S STILL HERE.
- YEAH.
- OOH. SEE? - WHOOPS.
MORE STUFF IS FALLING.
- SO WOULD YOU SIT DOWN WITH ELYSE?
WILLING TO DO THAT FOR CAPTAIN APOLLO?
- [laughs] - TOM ZAREK, CAPTAIN APOLLO!
- YOU SEE, YOU'RE NOT PLAYING FAIR,
'CAUSE YOU'RE BRINGING APOLLO INTO IT.
HE REALLY DID SHOW ME THE LIGHT.
AS I'M ABLE TO DIG IN, AND GET MORE THINGS OUT,
I THINK THAT IT WILL BE EASIER
TO, UH, ORGANIZE. - THANKS, RICH.
- THANK YOU. - GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP.
- MWAH. - NICE MEETING YOU.
- THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT.
- SO? - WOW.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE HAVING A FIGMENT OF YOUR COLLECTION
COME TO LIFE AND TELL YOU
YOU NEED TO WORK ON YOUR COLLECTION.
IT'S PRETTY WILD. - WHAT DID HE SAY?
- WELL HE WAS JUST SAYING, LIKE, IF--IF YOU HAVE...
A COLLECTION LIKE THIS,
I NEED TO GO THROUGH AND ASSESS WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
- HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? I MEAN,
DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE READY TO LET ME HELP YOU?
- YEAH, HE MIGHT BE ON TO SOME--UH, YOU?
MAYBE. - [laughs]
narrator: WHILE ELYSE'S DECISION TO BRING IN
RICHARD HATCH WAS SUCCESSFUL IN INSPIRING MIKE...
SHE STILL HAS TO ENCOURAGE SCOTT
TO GAIN SOME ENLIGHTENMENT AS WELL.
- I LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN
AND TALK ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR OF HOW YOU COLLECT.
SO TO DO THAT, I LIKE TO BRING IN A THERAPIST.
- I-I WOULD PROBABLY SAY I WOULDN'T NEED IT.
- OKAY.
- I THINK IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR YOU.
- OKAY. - DEAL?
- S-S-SURE. - OKAY.
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR.
IT'LL BE OKAY.
narrator: ELYSE WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE SCOTT
TO TALK TO A THERAPIST ABOUT HOW HE BECAME
THE TYPE OF COLLECTOR HE IS.
IF SCOTT CAN LOOK AT HIS LIFE FROM THE OUTSIDE IN,
HE MIGHT BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK
TO GETTING A HANDLE ON HIS COLLECTION.
[knocking at door]
- HI, SCOTT. - HI.
- HOW ARE YOU? I'M JOHN. - OH, OKAY. HI.
- NICE TO MEET YOU. - HI.
- CAN I COME IN? - COME ON IN. YEAH, SURE.
- MY NAME IS JOHN TSILAMPARIS. I'M A PSYCHOTHERAPIST.
ELYSE CALLED ME TODAY TO COME OVER TO MEET WITH SCOTT
AND ASSESS HIS EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO THIS COLLECTION.
WOW.
YOU HAVE QUITE AN IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION.
HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON FOR YOU?
- UM, I'VE BEEN COLLECTING TOYS
SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID. - MM-HMM.
- YOU KNOW, I JUST SIMPLY NEVER GOT OUT OF IT.
I REALLY LOVE TOYS.
- LET'S SAY, SORT OF A MIRACLE HAPPENED,
AND YOU WOKE UP IN THE MORNING AND THINGS WERE DIFFERENT,
AND THINGS WERE THE WAY YOU WANTED THEM TO BE.
WHAT WOULD THAT BE?
- HAVING MORE MONEY TO SPEND ON MORE TOYS.
- OH. - [laughs]
I ONLY WORK TO MAKE MONEY TO BUY TOYS.
- AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING TO THIS COLLECTION?
- ABSOLUTELY. - OKAY.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM
MILD OR INTENSE CASES OF ANXIETY,
TYPICALLY HAVE VERY CONTROLLING PERSONALITIES,
AND I DON'T MEAN THAT CRITICALLY.
JUST MEAN THAT WE'RE STUCK ON OUTCOMES,
WE'RE STUCK ON RESULTS,
WE LIKE THINGS IN ORDER.
DO YOU RELATE TO ANY OF THAT AT ALL?
- YEAH, DEFINITELY. - OKAY.
BECAUSE USUALLY THE SENSE OF CONTROL
THAT WE CAN CREATE IN HERE GIVES US PEACE,
BECAUSE OUT THERE WE FEEL SOMETIMES OUT OF CONTROL.
THIS COLLECTION, IN MY OPINION,
SEEMS LIKE ONE BIG ESCAPE FROM ALL THE OTHER ISSUES
THAT HE'S NOT WILLING TO TALK ABOUT,
OR THAT HE'S UNAWARE OF.
WHAT'S THE DOWNSIDE
OF HAVING ALL OF THIS EXCESS IN YOUR APARTMENT?
- I DON'T-- I DON'T SEE A LOT OF DOWNSIDE.
I-I SEE-- THE ONLY DOWNSIDE IS,
I WISH I HAD MORE STORAGE SPACE FOR STUFF.
- IF THERE WAS ORDER,
AND YOU COULD UTILIZE THIS SPACE BETTER,
WOULD IT FEEL BETTER TO YOU?
- UM, I'M OPEN TO SPACE BEING UTILIZED BETTER.
- MM. - THE MORE EFFICIENT
YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING, THE BETTER SOMETHING CAN RUN.
- IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO WORK
WITH ELYSE, OR WITH SOMEBODY ELSE?
- YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT...
- MM-HMM. - IS GETTING THAT--
THE GARAGE AREA UNDER CONTROL... - MM-HMM.
TO WHERE IT'S MORE ACCESSIBLE,
AND IT'S MORE EASIER TO MAINTAIN.
- I THINK, STRONGLY, THAT IN THE BACK OF HIS MIND,
HE DOES FEEL LIKE HE NEEDS TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.
WELL, LISTEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
- THANK YOU.
narrator: BY SIMPLY TALKING THINGS OUT WITH JOHN,
SCOTT IS OPEN TO ACCEPTING ELYSE'S HELP.
AND FOR NOW, THAT'S A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
- WE COULD PROBABLY
GET RID OF SOME STUFF. - ALL RIGHT.
- I MIGHT EVEN SELL THAT SPEEDER BIKE.
HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A COMPROMISE?
narrator: IT TOOK BATTLESTAR GALACTICA'S RICHARD HATCH
TO CONVINCE MIKE TO REALLY ASSESS WHAT'S IMPORTANT,
AND TO REALIZE THAT CURATING HIS COLLECTION PROPERLY
IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO JUSTICE
TO HIS INCREDIBLE COLLECTION.
- IT'S LOOKING BETTER IN HERE ALREADY.
- IS THIS IT?
- I THINK THIS IS IT. - OKAY.
WE START LOOKING AROUND AT ALL THIS BATTLESTAR GALACTICA STUFF,
AND I'M LIKE, "WOW, THIS IS IMPRESSIVE."
I MEAN, YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW THAT BY WALKING INTO THE GARAGE.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF HERE, CAROL.
- I KNOW, TELL ME ABOUT IT.
I'M HAPPY TO FINALLY SEE, LIKE, WHAT IT CONSISTS OF.
- IT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE NICEST COLLECTIONS
OF BATTLESTAR GALACTICA I'VE EVER SEEN,
AND HE'S GOT SOME REALLY GOOD VINTAGE PIECES.
I'M JUST STRUGGLING, 'CAUSE I KIND OF REALLY FEEL
LIKE IT SHOULD BE ON DISPLAY.
- WHEN ELYSE SUGGESTED THAT WE DISPLAY THE COLLECTION,
I WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT SHE MEANT IN THE HOUSE.
PERMANENTLY? - YEAH.
- WELL, WE CAN'T PUT IT IN THE HOUSE.
I THOUGHT THAT THE SCRIPT HAD BEEN FLIPPED.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I FELT LIKE IT WAS MY INTERVENTION.
I MEAN, THERE'S ONE THING THAT WE COULD
POTENTIALLY THINK ABOUT DOING,
AND I THINK IT COULD BE PRETTY AWESOME.
narrator: COMING UP...
- THIS, THIS. 200 FOR EVERYTHING.
IT'S ALMOST SIGNING OVER A PIECE OF YOUR LIFE.
- CAN YOU GET THE DOOR?
narrator: ELYSE WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE MIKE TO PART WITH
SOME OF THE ITEMS IN HIS COLLECTION
THAT AREN'T BATTLESTAR GALACTICA-RELATED,
BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR HIM TO CONTINUE THE CURATING PROCESS
BY SELLING THOSE ITEMS WITHOUT BACKING OUT.
- MIKE'S BATTLESTAR GALACTICA COLLECTION IS COMPLETE,
AND IS APPRECIATING IN VALUE,
SO I DON'T WANT HIM TO SELL IT.
WHAT I WANT HIM TO SELL ARE THE OTHER PIECES IN THE GARAGE
THAT ARE JUST TAKING UP SPACE.
- ALL RIGHT. - MEET MY FRIEND GEOFFREY.
GEOFFREY, THIS IS MIKE.
SO HERE'S THE DEAL.
HE'S A REALLY BIG COLLECTOR,
BUT HE'S NEVER REALLY SOLD BEFORE.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF.
- COOL. - THE PUNISHER.
- EH, THIS PUNISHER STATUE BY BOWEN.
A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS--
IS SO DELICATE, AND THE PAINT IS SO PROFESSIONALLY DONE,
YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK FOR MARKS AND BLEMISHES.
THAT'S NICE. IT'S PROBABLY--
THE SILVER STAND IS PROBABLY WHAT MAKES IT
THE SAN DIEGO EXCLUSIVE.
STANDARD BOWEN PIECES THIS SIZE
GO FOR ABOUT 50 TO 60 BUCKS.
- THIS BUST OF MARVEL COMICS' THE PUNISHER WAS A 2004
SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON EXCLUSIVE FROM BOWEN DESIGNS.
AS WITH MOST MODERN COLLECTIBLES,
JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LIMITED EDITION
DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GONNA INCREASE IN VALUE.
- HUH, THIS IS A PRETTY COOL THING RIGHT HERE.
- YEAH.
- GOT THE ARMY OF DARKNESS BOARD GAME.
- ARMY OF DARKNESS IS A FILM FROM 1993,
DIRECTED BY SAM RAIMI.
WHILE IT BOMBED IN THE BOX OFFICE BACK THEN,
IN LATER YEARS, IT GAINED A CULT FOLLOWING,
MAKING ITS ITEMS HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER.
- ARMY OF DARKNESS IS ABSOLUTELY,
HANDS-DOWN ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES,
AND THIS IS A COOL PIECE OF MEMORABILIA.
IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY OLD OR EXPENSIVE.
I FIGURED YOU'D PROBABLY BE ABLE TO SELL IT FOR 30 BUCKS,
AND SINCE I'M THROWING IT IN MY PRIVATE COLLECTION,
I'D BE WILLING TO JUST OFFER YOU
THE STRAIGHT 30 BUCKS FOR IT. - REALLY?
- WELL THESE ARE ALL MEGO'S STAR TREK,
WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY PRODUCED IN THE '70s.
ALL OF THESE ARE THE REMAKES. - MM-HMM.
- SO THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH ONLY GONNA BE VALUED
AT MAYBE $20 APIECE.
PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY BUY ONE FIGURE,
THEY'RE GONNA BUY SPOCK, KIRK.
OR, IF THEY'RE EXTRA NERDY,
SCOTTY AND UHURA. - [laughs]
- EH, I WOULD PROBABLY OFFER 70 BUYING ALL OF THEM.
- OUCH.
- YOU HAD TO HAVE KNOWN THAT THESE THINGS WERE REALLY NOT
GONNA HOLD THEIR VALUE. - I DIDN'T BUY THEM FOR VALUE...
- YOU DIDN'T BUY THEM FOR VALUE. - YOU KNOW THAT.
I'LL MAKE YOU A DEAL. THIS, THIS...
ALL THAT...
200 FOR EVERYTHING.
PADOW.
- ABOUT 25 MORE THAN I WANTED TO DO.
I'VE GOTTA MAKE MONEY ON IT.
I'LL DO 190, BUT I-I CAN'T GO UP TO 200.
- YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH I DECIDED
THAT I'M LETTING THESE GO,
IT WAS A LITTLE HARD, UM, BECAUSE...
IT'S ALMOST SIGNING OVER A PIECE OF YOUR LIFE
THAT--THAT YOU'LL NEVER GET BACK.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- I THINK THAT IT'S A FAIR PRICE.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF THIS FITS INTO YOUR COLLECTION.
- YEAH. - I THINK YOU'LL
FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT WHEN YOU WALK AWAY.
I THINK YOUR WIFE WILL FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT,
I THINK IT'S A GOOD FIRST STEP.
- ALL RIGHT, 190.
- ALL RIGHT. - DEAL.
- MIKE SOLD $190 WORTH OF STUFF.
THAT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THAT'S A HUGE FIRST STEP.
AND I DO THINK HE'LL BE BACK TO SELL MORE.
- THANK YOU, SIR, PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS WITH YOU.
- YEAH, YOU TOO. - THAT WASN'T SO BAD.
YEAH, IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT,
BUT IT WAS A WAY FOR ME TO TRULY AND GENUINELY
GET THOSE ITEMS OUT OF MY LIFE.
- I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT MIKE LET SOME OF HIS STUFF GO.
I KNOW IT WASN'T EASY,
BUT I'M HOPING THAT IT WILL HELP HIM
SELL SOME THINGS IN THE FUTURE,
AND YOU GOTTA START SOMEWHERE.
narrator: SCOTT HAS NO IDEA
WHAT THE VALUE OF HIS ROBOT COLLECTION IS.
ELYSE BELIEVES THAT IF HE FINDS OUT
WHAT SOME OF THEM ARE WORTH, IT WILL MOTIVATE HIM
TO GET ALL OF THE ROBOTS APPRAISED,
WHICH IS AN ESSENTIAL STEP IN SECURING HIS FUTURE.
- WE WENT TO SEE TOM FRANK,
WHO'S A REALLY WELL-KNOWN APPRAISER IN THE ROBOT FIELD,
AND KNOWS A LOT ABOUT TOYS,
SO I THOUGHT HE'D BE PERFECT FOR SCOTT.
TOM. TOM, SCOTT. - HOW ARE YOU?
- I--WE WANT TO JUST GET A GENERAL IDEA OF--
TO THE FAIR MARKET VALUE
OF SOME OF HIS PIECES. - OKAY.
THIS IS FIVE ROBO.
THIS IS FROM BANDAI.
THIS IS A SENTAI SHOW THAT PREDATES POWER RANGERS.
- FIVEMAN ROBO IS A JUMBO MACHINDER ON A TECHNICALITY.
TYPICALLY, JUMBOS ARE SINGLE ROBOTS MADE OF VINYL, BUT...
FIVEMAN IS MADE OF MULTIPLE ROBOTS,
AND IT SAYS "JUMBO" ON HIS BOX, SO HE GETS A PASS.
WHAT'S THIS WORTH, OUT-OF-BOX? - I WOULD SAY 90.
- OH, I WOULD SAY MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
IF I WAS TO TAKE THIS GUY TO A CONVENTION,
I WOULDN'T SELL HIM FOR LESS THAN 500.
- THAT'S EXTREMELY HIGH, YOU'RE SAYING.
- YES. - YEAH, YOU GUYS ARE WAY OFF.
SO YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT. - YEAH, I MEAN, UH--
- I MEAN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW.
IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN PRICE FOR IT, THAT'S TOTALLY FAIR,
BUT IT--FOR AN APPRAISING POINT OF VIEW,
IT'S WORTH 100 BUCKS.
TOM IS GIVING SCOTT THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE PIECES.
RETAIL VALUE IS USUALLY HIGHER, BUT REMEMBER,
FAIR MARKET VALUE IS A WILLING BUYER,
AND A WILLING SELLER, THAT'S GOING ON IMMEDIATELY.
RETAIL, IT CAN SIT IN YOUR STORE,
OR IT CAN SIT IN YOUR HOUSE
FOR AS LONG AS YOU WANT UNTIL YOU GET THAT PRICE.
- SO THIS IS COMBATTRA.
THIS WAS THE FIRST DELUXE CHOGOKIN TOY,
AND THIS IS THE JUMBO MACHINDER INCARNATION OF HIM.
THIS IS PRIZED IN THIS COUNTRY,
BECAUSE THIS CHARACTER WAS NOT ISSUED BY MATTEL
AS A SHOGUN WARRIOR.
- SHOGUN WARRIORS WAS A LINE OF ROBOT TOYS,
WHICH MATTEL RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE LATE 1970s.
- THIS IS AN ACCESSORY FIST THAT CAME WITH IT.
- OKAY. - SO THIS FIST LAUNCHES,
AND THIS IS BROKEN HERE. - OH, I SEE, IT'S A MISSILE.
HOW MUCH DOES THAT AFFECT THE VALUE?
- SIGNIFICANT. IF YOU HAD THIS IN--"MINT IN BOX,"
UH, YOU WOULD BE LOOKING AT $2,500.
- WOW. - I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW,
YOU COULD PROBABLY GET BETWEEN $550 AND $800 FOR THIS ONLINE.
- COMBATTRA IS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC FIGURES
IN THE SHOGUN WARRIOR LINE.
BECAUSE OF THAT, IT'S HIGHLY SOUGHT-AFTER
BY COLLECTORS, REGARDLESS OF THE CONDITION,
AND IF THE CONDITION IS TOO TERRIBLE,
THEY'LL RESTORE THE TOY, JUST TO HAVE IT IN THEIR COLLECTION.
SO BEFORE WE CAME,
YESTERDAY WHEN YOU AND I WENT THROUGH ALL YOUR STUFF,
I KINDA JOTTED SOME STUFF DOWN AND SENT IT TO TOM.
I REALLY WANT SCOTT TO HAVE A BALLPARK FIGURE
FOR WHAT HIS COLLECTION IS WORTH,
BUT SINCE I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO INVENTORY IT ALL,
I MADE A LIST OF SOME OF HIS PRIZED POSSESSIONS,
SO THAT TOM COULD GIVE HIM AN IDEA AS TO WHAT THEY'RE WORTH.
- YOU DO NOT MAKE THIS EASY. - [laughs]
- YOU ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH YOUR COLLECTION,
AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT INTERESTS,
AND THAT'S EXCITING.
- I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TOM'S GONNA APPRAISE
THIS COLLECTION FOR, BECAUSE IT'S SO ECLECTIC,
IT COULD BE WORTH A TON, OR IT COULD BE WORTH NOTHING AT ALL.
- YOU HAVE A LOT OF LOWER-VALUE ITEMS,
BUT YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE TO COME UP WITH A NUMBER...
narrator: COMING UP...
- WELL, I HAVE A BIG SURPRISE FOR YOU.
- OKAY. - HERE HE IS!
[cheering]
- YOU ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH YOUR COLLECTION,
AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT INTERESTS, AND THAT'S EXCITING.
narrator: IN ORDER TO HELP SCOTT GET A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE,
ELYSE HAS ENLISTED AN APPRAISER
TO PUT A VALUE ON A PORTION OF HIS COLLECTION.
LET'S HOPE THAT HEARING SOME ACTUAL NUMBERS
WILL BE JUST THE REALITY CHECK THAT SCOTT NEEDS
TO PLAN FOR HIS FUTURE.
- YOU HAVE A LOT OF LOWER-VALUE ITEMS.
YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE TO COME UP WITH A NUMBER...
YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST OVER 200 GRAND
FOR THE STUFF THAT WAS ON THE LIST, YES.
- THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG OF THE COLLECTION.
IT'S KIND OF IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCEPT THAT FIGURE,
BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE OF THE COLLECTION
THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THE DAY TO SEE,
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I KNOW IT'S WORTH A LOT MORE MONEY.
AS A FREELANCER, I DON'T HAVE A 401K.
- SURE. - SO MY BANK IS MY COLLECTION.
- YES. - THAT'S MY SAVINGS.
- THIS IS YOUR LIFE SAVINGS.
LET'S GET IT ORGANIZED, SO THAT,
GOD FORBID, IT GOES UP IN FLAMES TOMORROW,
YOU STILL HAVE THAT 401K PLAN.
- GOTCHA. - RIGHT?
- THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA.
- I THINK WE'RE READY TO MAKE OUR NEXT STEP.
- OKAY. - THANKS, TOM.
- YOU'RE WELCOME. - NICE MEETING YOU.
- NICE MEETING YOU. GREAT STUFF.
- THANK YOU.
narrator: ELYSE WAS ABLE TO HELP SCOTT
GET A VALUE ON SOME OF HIS PIECES,
BUT IN ORDER TO GET A COMPLETE APPRAISAL,
HE'LL NEED A FULL INVENTORY OF EVERYTHING.
- READY TO MOVE SOME BOXES, DO SOME INVENTORY?
YOU READY? - I--SURE.
- MAKING AN INVENTORY WHEN YOU HAVE THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PIECES
IS A HUGE, HUGE UNDERTAKING.
WE GOT WORK TO DO. IF YOU WANT THIS TO BE YOUR RETIREMENT FUND,
YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE.
I HAVE MY LIST, SO LET'S START.
ON THE GODAIKIN SHELF I'VE GOT 20.
RIGHT ACROSS FROM GODAIKIN, GETTER TEAM TIMES TWO.
I HAVE TWO SETS OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS.
ONE TETSUJIN 28.
NINE MANZINGERS.
32 SMALL GUNDAM.
17 LARGE ROBOTS.
- THIS IS A LOT OF WORK, SCOTT.
- TRANSFORMERS, WE HAVE 27.
ONE VOLTES V.
ONE COMBATTRA. ONE BLACK OX.
THERE'S 32 SMALL ROBOTS ON THE NEXT SHELF.
27 ON THE NEXT SHELF.
32 SMALL GUN. 59 ROBOTS ON THE BOTTOM SHELF.
- IT HOURS, BUT WE FINALLY GOT AN INVENTORY
OF THE BULK OF SCOTT'S ROBOT COLLECTION.
IT'S DEFINITELY THE BIGGEST COLLECTION
OF ROBOTS I'VE EVER SEEN.
PHEW! LOT OF WORK.
HOW MANY ROBOTS DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE?
- THERE'S--THERE'S AT LEAST A COUPLE THOUSAND ROBOTS.
- WE'RE AT 2,115.
- RIGHT. - YOU WERE ON THE MONEY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU PICKED IT OUT,
AND I CAN'T BELIEVE WE JUST INVENTORIED 2,115 ROBOTS.
AT THIS POINT, I WOULD SAY
THAT SCOTT'S ROBOTS ARE WORTH ABOUT $300,000,
AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN MADE IT INTO THE GARAGE YET.
- ARE YOU READY TO DIG DUG? - DO I HAVE A CHOICE? [laughs]
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GO.
OKAY, SO WE'RE BACK TO THE GARAGE.
- OH, GOD.
- WE HAVE TO DIG DUG. - WE'RE DIG-DUGGING.
I'M EXCITED TO DIG DUG. - YES.
- SOME G.I. JOES... - G.I. JOES.
- AND A ROBOT. - AND A ROBOT, OKAY.
- HERE'S A BOX OF ALL THE SAME GUYS.
THIS IS A... - OH. HOW MANY ARE THERE?
- MAYBE 50.
- ELYSE INSPIRED ACTION.
SHE WAS THERE, GOING "HEY, LET'S DO THIS NOW,"
AND WITH THAT INSPIRATION, YOU GET UP AND YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN,
AND ONCE YOU START, IT'S EASY TO FINISH.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WE GOT THAT MUCH STUFF DONE.
- THAT WAS SO MUCH WORK. - OH!
- I MEAN, LOOK AT ALL THIS.
SO NEXT STEP IS WHAT?
- CONTINUING ON THE INVENTORY.
- AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE THE INVENTORY?
- THEN WE GET IT INSURED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME YOU SPENT,
AND GIVING ME THIS ROAD MAP
TO GETTING MY COLLECTION UNDER CONTROL.
IT MEANS... IT MEANS A LOT TO ME.
I'M VERY HAPPY ELYSE CAME OUT.
INSPIRATION IS A DIFFICULT THING TO GIVE,
AND SHE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT.
I NEVER WOULD HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT HER.
- SEE YOU LATER. - UM, BEFORE YOU GO...
- YEAH? - YOU GOT TIME FOR ONE GAME?
- NOW THAT SCOT IS GETTING EVERYTHING INSURED,
HE'S PROTECTING HIS FUTURE.
THINGS DO APPRECIATE OVER TIME,
SO I CAN EASILY SEE SCOTT'S RETIREMENT FUND
EVENTUALLY CASHING IN AT ABOUT $500,000 AT THE VERY LEAST,
AND THAT'S AMAZING.
- [laughs]
narrator: CAROL CAME UP WITH AN IDEA
TO DISPLAY MIKE'S BATTLESTAR COLLECTION
AT HIS COMIC BOOK STORE, THE COMIC BUG,
AND SURPRISE HIM IN FRONT OF HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS
AND ONE SPECIAL GUEST.
- I SPENT A LOT OF TIME
SETTING UP MIKE'S COLLECTION TO DISPLAY AT THE STORE.
HE'S GOT SOME OLDER STUFF FROM THE '70s,
AND THEN HE HAS THE MORE RECENT STUFF,
SO WE PUT ALL OF THE STUFF FROM THE '70s IN THE MIDDLE
AND WE PUT THE MORE RECENT STUFF AROUND THE PERIMETER.
- ALL RIGHT, SO WE THINK WE LOOK GOOD?
- I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT.
- I HOPE HE FEELS THAT WAY.
- I DO TOO. - I'M REALLY PROUD OF CAROL,
THAT SHE'S RECOGNIZING HOW SPECIAL MIKE'S COLLECTION IS,
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT THEY AGREE ON AND COMPROMISE
HOW THIS COLLECTION FITS INTO THEIR LIVES.
YOU WORKED HARD.
- YOU KNOW SOMETHING, I THINK, ONCE HE SEES THIS...
SERIOUSLY, I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE THIS?
- I THINK THAT THIS IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
- I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS... - YOU LOOK A LITTLE NERVOUS.
- BUT I THINK--I THINK HE'S GONNA LIKE IT.
I THINK HE'S GONNA LIKE IT, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
I REALLY DID BEGIN TO APPRECIATE HIS COLLECTION
MORE THAN I EVER HAD BEFORE.
- EXCUSE ME, IF I COULD HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION?
I'M GONNA GO GET MIKE, SO WE'D LOVE FOR YOU ALL
TO GO INTO THE GALLERY AND SEE HIS COLLECTION,
AND SURPRISE HIM WHEN HE COMES IN.
- HOW'S IT GOING. - FINE.
- GOOD. NICE TO MEET YOU. - PLEASURE IS MINE.
PLEASURE.
THAT'S ME IN THE COCKPIT RIGHT THERE.
CAN YOU SEE ME? - [laughing] YEAH.
[laughter]
- WHEN ELYSE TOLD ME TO MEET HER AT MY SHOP,
I WAS HOPING IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM,
THAT ALL MY STUFF WOULD BE THERE,
AND I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS.
- I HAVE A BIG SURPRISE FOR YOU. - SURPRISE. OKAY.
- HERE HE IS.
[cheering]
- WOW.
narrator: CAROL FINALLY FIGURED OUT A SOLUTION
TO THE COUPLE'S SPACE PROBLEM BY DISPLAYING
MIKE'S BATTLESTAR COLLECTION AT HIS COMIC BOOK STORE.
HOPEFULLY, MIKE WILL BE PLEASED WITH HER DECISION.
- I HAVE A BIG SURPRISE FOR YOU. - SURPRISE. OKAY.
- HERE HE IS.
[cheering]
- WOW.
[cheers and applause]
- I WALKED BEHIND THE CURTAIN, AND THERE WAS MY COLLECTION,
AND THERE WERE FRIENDS, THERE WERE FANS,
PEOPLE I DIDN'T KNOW,
RICHARD HATCH WAS THERE, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS MY HERO.
IT WAS A REALLY GREAT FEELING.
[cheers and applause]
- HE WAS THRILLED WITH WHAT HE SAW.
HE WAS SO EXCITED, I COULD SEE IT IN HIS FACE,
AND HE COULDN'T BELIEVE
SEEING HIS ENTIRE COLLECTION DISPLAYED UNDER LIGHTS.
- MM. - WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- WHAT A SURPRISE.
WOW, IT'S--
LIKE, WHAT A COLLECTION OF FRIENDS.
[laughter] - AH.
- I WAS AMAZED THAT CAROL TOOK ALL THOSE BOXES--
WITH CARE, MIND YOU.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING WAS SO LOVINGLY DISPLAYED.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT, AND IT TOUCHED ME.
[laughter] - WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PIECE?
- THIS THING RIGHT HERE. - AW.
- THIS LIFE-SIZE APOLLO. - HEY, RIGHT HERE.
[laughter]
I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL, THE REAL, THE ONE, THE ONLY...
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ORIGINAL SCRIPT.
- I DO NOT.
- I'M ACTUALLY GONNA GIVE THIS TO YOU.
- YOU'RE GONNA GIVE THIS TO ME? - I AM.
THIS IS THE SCRIPT THAT I GOT...
- WOW. - WHEN I FIRST WAS OFFERED
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.
- ANY ORIGINAL SCRIPTS CAN BE WORTH A LOT OF MONEY,
BUT THIS PIECE IS VALUABLE,
BECAUSE IT CAME DIRECTLY FROM RICHARD HATCH.
THAT MEANS MORE THAN ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY
THAT YOU COULD EVER GET FOR IT.
- THIS IS FOR YOU. - BROTHER.
- MY FRIEND. - THANK YOU.
KEEP THE FAITH, MAN.
- BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A COOL GUY.
- AWESOME. - AND I'M--AND I'M--
AND I'M SO PROUD OF YOU-- [applause]
I'M SO PROUD OF YOU, YOU KNOW, FOR HELPING TO INSPIRE THIS,
BECAUSE NOW EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY ALL THIS.
- RICHARD HATCH GAVE ME PROBABLY,
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING BATTLESTAR ARTIFACTS
IN MY COLLECTION.
IT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I'LL ALWAYS TREASURE.
LET IT BE KNOWN THAT TONIGHT... - [laughs]
- IS THE GRAND OPENING OF THE GALACTIC MUSEUM.
- THERE YOU GO. - WOW.
- ALL RIGHT? AND YOU'RE HERE. - WOW.
- THERE IT IS. - SO SAY WE ALL, EVERYBODY!
all: SO SAY WE ALL!
- THIS EXPERIENCE DEFINITELY
BROUGHT MY FAMILY CLOSER TOGETHER.
THAT ASPECT OF MY LIFE I'VE ALWAYS KEPT TO MYSELF,
AND I THINK, BY SETTING UP THE DISPLAY,
CAROL APPRECIATED MY ROLE AS A RELIC HUNTER.
YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THEY CAN ENJOY IT WITH ME IS GREAT,
AND THE DOORS OF THE BAT CAVE ARE OPEN.
I KINDA LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO WORK TOMORROW NOW.
- I KNOW, WELL, IT'S-- - [laughs]
- IT'S, LIKE, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO TALK MORE
ABOUT YOUR COLLECTION. - YEAH, SOMETHING I CARE ABOUT.
UM... - YEAH.
- THANK YOU.