"In 1992, plans were in the works to create a life-sized Starship Enterprise in downtown Las Vegas. The model ship would have been roughly as long as the Eiffel Tower is tall, and would have contained all the key rooms and areas from the original Star Trek series. Vegas business owners loved the idea, and so did Paramount Licensing. So what went wrong?" Well, anyone who remembers Majel Barrett's Trek convention tales of dealing with Paramount studio execs and accounting department should be able to guess. Still, it pays to read the full story at
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