{"id":3064,"date":"2013-08-20T11:17:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T17:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/?p=3064"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:39:17","slug":"dismembered-riker-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/dismembered-riker-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Dismembered Riker Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I never liked Will Riker.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure if it was how Jonathan Frakes portrayed him, or whether it was part and parcel with how bland &#8220;Star Trek: The Next Generation&#8221; was in total, but the fact was that the Enterprise-D&#8217;s first officer always struck me as a bush league James T. Kirk rip-off, minus the charisma and cojones.<\/p>\n<p>So when my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/?p=2704\">fat dog<\/a> chewed up my Will Riker action figure, I wasn&#8217;t too upset about the whole thing. The guy deserved it. Especially after he grew the beard.<\/p>\n<p>So I posted the results of my canine&#8217;s handiwork on Facebook, like so:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/694227790_o1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3066\" alt=\"694227790_o\" src=\"http:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/694227790_o1.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI had originally planned to keep this as a cheap token recording my dog&#8217;s dental records, but a friend offered to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/STAR-TREK-TNG-WILL-RIKER-ACTION-FIGURE-DISMEMBERED-WHILE-VISITING-ALIEN-PLANET-\/310725460588?ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123\">put it up for auction on eBay!<\/a> It has a starting bid of only $.99, with a reasonable $2.00 shipping and handling fee.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the eBay description:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WILL\u00a0RIKER\u00a0HAS\u00a0BEEN\u00a0DISMEMBERED!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This vintage action figure of the Star Trek:\u00a0The Next Generation figure met its demise when visiting an alien planet.\u00a0 Thankfully, the crew of Enterprise were able to transport the remains back to the ship!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Due to a special camera embeded in his uniform, the crew has identified the alien and are currently planning revenge for their fallen comrade (please see photo #2)&#8230;\u00a0 Will they cut off its biscuit or water supply?\u00a0 Will they load weapons with fleas and ticks and venture to the planet&#8217;s surface?\u00a0 Can they withstand the lovability and kisses they would receive when they got down there?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Here is your opportunity to own the remains of this figure&#8217;s last adventure.\u00a0 You will receive Riker in his current condition (photo #1).<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please see photo #3, which shows Riker in better days.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This item definitely comes from a home with a pet.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Live long and prosper, my friends.\u00a0 At least longer than this poor Will Riker figure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>No takers. Maybe everyone hates Riker just as much as I do. But I&#8217;m surprised that most people aren&#8217;t jumping at the chance to buy a mutilated piece of plastic. I was hoping the sale of this thing would put my kids through college.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, seriously, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/STAR-TREK-TNG-WILL-RIKER-ACTION-FIGURE-DISMEMBERED-WHILE-VISITING-ALIEN-PLANET-\/310725460588?ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123\">would it kill you to bid?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inever liked Will Riker.I'm not sure if it was how Jonathan Frakes portrayed him, or whether it was part and parcel with how bland \"Star Trek: The Next Generation\" was in total, but the fact was that the Enterprise-D's first officer always struck me as a bush league James T. Kirk rip-off, minus the charisma  ... <a title=\"Dismembered Riker Auction\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/dismembered-riker-auction\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dismembered Riker Auction\">Read more<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5109,"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3064\/revisions\/5109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallioncornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}