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Sept. 18, 2026

Episode 698 - Brian Volk-Weiss: The Man Behind the Magic

Episode 698 - Brian Volk-Weiss: The Man Behind the Magic
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In this episode of Trek Talking and Beyond, host Uncle Jim and co-hosts engage in a lively discussion with Brian Volk-Weiss, the creator of the documentary series 'Center Seat.' They explore the success of the show's second season, the revival of Star Trek action figures, and the creative process behind toy design. Brian shares insights into his career, the challenges of licensing, and his passion for Star Trek. The conversation also touches on future projects and the excitement surrounding upcoming figures, including a special Beverly Crusher figure. The episode concludes with reflections on the importance of authenticity and integrity in the industry.
Takeaways:
The reaction to season two has been exponentially better than season one.
Being independent allows for more honest storytelling.
The Star Trek action figure line is the best-selling since the 90s.
Choosing niche characters can resonate with the community.
Authenticity in communication is crucial for success.
The importance of integrity in product releases is paramount.
Future projects include exciting collaborations and new franchises.
Fan engagement is key to the success of toy lines.
The Sub Rosa Beverly Crusher figure was a community-driven decision.
Persistence in business can lead to significant opportunities.

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What's that?

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Well, good evening, Trekkies and Trekkers around the globe. It's Thursday,

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September 17th, 2026. Welcome to episode 698 of Trek Talkin'

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and Beyond. Before we go too far, we have a

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very special guest with us, but I want to introduce

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my awesome co-host first. First, we have David. David's out

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in Portland. How are you doing tonight, David?

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Oh, pretty good. Pretty good. It's warming up in here

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pretty quick, but other than that, I'm fine.

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Excellent. And also on Portland, we have us, Eric. How

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are you doing tonight, Eric?

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I'm doing fantastic, man.

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As you can see, I'm just here on the bridge

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of the Discovery one more time, having a good time.

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The air conditioning feels good in here. Excellent.

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And out in Las Vegas, we have with us Charles.

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How are you doing tonight, Charles?

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I'm doing good in the outside studio with a breeze,

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so it's feeling nice out here.

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And we're going to swing back to Portland and talk

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to Paul, our very own toy guy. How are you

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doing tonight, Paul?

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Uncle Jim, I'm a Twitter because in 24 hours I

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am cutting loose on vacation, right? And I am like

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free as a tumbleweed and I cannot wait. And in

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addition to that, we get to talk to our guest tonight,

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which I'm just like, I can't even process it.

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I mean, I'm about to have a cerebral explosion. I'm

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just very excited by this.

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Well, Paul, how would you like to introduce our guest

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to all of our listeners?

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Well, can I start with a.

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Let me start from the alphabet, from the letter L.

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Let's use the word legend, okay?

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I think that is basically how Brian Volkweis should be

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described in the firmament that we have here. I mean,

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it is a pleasure, Brian, to have you on here. Folks, hopefully,

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I mean, most of us treksperts on the show and

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a lot of our friends have been diving deep into

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the center seat, too, ever since that debuted across... More

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platforms than I can shake a stick at last week.

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But what a phenomenal achievement, man.

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I mean, it's incredible. Are you getting the response that

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it deserves?

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I mean, first of all, I just want to say

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thank you for having me. Second of all, I love

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that song. Third of all, thank you for including Logan's run.

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But if I'm being honest, the reaction to season two,

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and I think this is a career first, has been

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definitely better than season one. And season one was pretty good.

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But I think I can even use the word exponentially better.

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And a lot of that has to do with, you know,

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as I'm sure you may know, there were some issues

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with the way season one was aired by History Channel.

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You know, out of order, half linear, half whatever. So

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just by putting it on very easy places all at once, It's,

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I think, made a big difference. But the reaction has

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been absolutely, I've teared up a couple times from things

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I've seen and read.

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I mean, it's just amazing.

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I mean, it's just, you know, for those who don't

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completely know Brian's backstory, he's, you're a showman, man, in

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your blood, in your DNA. How many stand-up comics have you, like,

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assisted or managed in the course of your career?

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I can't even imagine. I mean, so many.

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You've produced TV shows, the toys that made us. I mean,

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a lot of people hopefully know that series of shows

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as well, but the center seat too, it's just, it's

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so well promoted, man. I mean, you have such great

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instincts for how to promote and get stuff out there.

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All of a sudden it was just like, okay, we're

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all celebrating Star Trek 60th. And within like a few

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hours of that milestone, everybody became aware of center seat too,

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like that.

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It was just amazing.

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And it was so good and refreshingly candid. Like when

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something was like, you were talking about a movie and

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an episode that wasn't necessarily well beloved, you know, like

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an insurrection say, right. I mean, everybody's just kind of

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tell it like it is.

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Which was amazing. You don't get candor like that, brother.

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So, You know, we're an independent company, so we can

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ask questions that if you're doing an EPK or a

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Blu-ray bonus, nobody, even if the people being interviewed were honest,

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there's a good chance, you know, the network or the

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studio wouldn't put it on an EPK or a Blu-ray.

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And I don't just mean Paramount. I don't just mean

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Star Trek. So because we're independent, we can ask whatever

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we want. And usually people are excited to tell the

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truth and not have to say the same BS over

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and over and over. And I also, because Paul, you've

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been incredibly, you've paid me a lot of compliments. I

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do feel obligated to say, I represent a team of,

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incredible people. So it's not all me. And I just

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always feel a little guilty or awkward when I hear

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all that. So I just thank you for saying it.

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But I do work with a phenomenal team, both.

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On the show and the company.

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You clearly hire well, because the way that the center

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seat was edited was just like, somebody would make a

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comment about something like, uh, and that could have been better.

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And then there will be this beautifully positioned clip from

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the show that has like the exact dialogue that like,

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you know, sells the theme of what you're talking about.

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It's just, it's just a wonderful thing, but I know

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your time is limited, Brian. And, uh, I want to

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get to some Tory questions here and as much time

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as we have, but, uh, in addition to all of

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his media work, which is just exhaustive. I mean, we

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could go on for hours with Brian about this stuff.

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He has done what I almost considered to be the impossible.

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He is miraculously resurrected star Trek action figures in a

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brand new incarnation that I just never thought I'd see.

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And the only phrase to describe it was gangbusters, right?

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I mean, they just, I was just like, all of

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a sudden they just appeared.

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And, uh, It's amazing.

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And I wanted to ask you, just approaching that, Brian,

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after some of the more recent figure launches from, say,

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companies like Master Replicas and that kind of strange reattempt

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that Playmates had to resurrect their line that just didn't...

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It was.

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Like, I can do it! I'm done. And it was

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just kind of.

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I mean, were you worried to get back in the

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figure milieu for Trek again, Matt?

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No.

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Not at all. I.

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You know, you're asking a great question. It's a little

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tough to answer because, you know, I love Playmates. And,

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you know, I know a lot of the people that

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work there. And just in general, I don't punch down

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or I try not to. But this is what I'll say.

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You know, I got a 15 to 1600 piece Star

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Trek collection. I bought one of Playmates' new figures, and

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the only reason I bought it, it was Spock, is

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because he came with the radiation gloves. So I wasn't

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surprised that it didn't last that long. And it was,

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believe it or not, I mean, this whole thing is

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so surreal. I was in a meeting at Playmates about

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nothing to do with Star Trek. And in that meeting,

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they told me they weren't making more. And that was

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the catalyst to have me call Paramount. And yeah, that's

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how the whole thing happened. So I wasn't worried in

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the slightest because... I know I'm not the only person

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who loves Captain Jellicoe. I'm not the only person who

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wanted to see Sulu with the teacup. But I was

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also pretty sure the community did not want another Kirk

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or Khan or Spock or Data. So I trusted my instincts.

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And luckily, because this doesn't always happen. But luckily, I

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was right. And it's, you know, it's being talked about

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by third parties, so I can talk about it too.

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But it's we do have the best selling Star Trek

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line in since the 90s. 90s and it's because I'm

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not the only person who likes Captain.

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Garrett well shameless product placement.

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Yeah not shameless at all I'm telling.

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You these things are just phenomenal and I just have

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them in their boxes for you know the sake of

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the show but they're coming out here And I just

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can't tell you how amazed I was when, and I

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remember at one point they were supposed to come out

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and then you like made this big public thing saying,

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you know what, brothers and sisters, I'm just not happy

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with what came out and there's a problem. And I'm just,

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I will not do this to you. I would rather

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make you wait and give you something awesome than something

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I'm not happy with. And I just thought that was like,

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I'm like, that's the ballsiest move, man. I was just like,

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that was so, uh, It was just reeked of integrity.

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And I just, it's such a scarce commodity anymore. And

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I just wanted to thank you for that because, man,

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the results, whoa.

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You know, it's funny, since I was much, much, much,

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much younger, even as a kid, I thought it was

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very strange that Bill Clinton, at a time when marijuana

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was highly illegal and frowned upon, I found it very

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odd that he admitted to smoking weed, but then really

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stupid that he said he didn't inhale. And then I

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remembered when George W. was running, he was asked like

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a week into his campaign, hey, there's a lot of

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rumors that you've done coke. Have you ever done coke?

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And he was like, yeah, yeah, I've done coke. A

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lot of it, I have to admit. And then it

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never came up again. And I've you know, I've known

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that for a long time. And so when I found

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out that the the figures didn't look good, I was like,

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you know what, I'm just going to tell the truth.

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And it is what it is. And hopefully I'm right

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that Clinton was a moron for saying he didn't inhale.

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And I can't believe I'm saying this about George W.,

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but he actually handled it right. And that was really

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what guided me. I mean, I made that video less

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than an hour after finding out I was at a

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museum in Japan with my family and like literally recorded

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it like outside the museum. And again, thank God it worked. Yeah,

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it was very well received and appreciated. but I just

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felt like I had no choice. I had to be

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honest and hope for the best.

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Well, your, your communication instincts are stellar, man. And it just,

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you know, I mean, come on. I mean, look at this, right?

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I mean, to, to package Edward Jellicoe with a six pack,

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who else would think about doing that?

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Oh, wait, wait a minute. That's the wrong, that's the

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wrong accessory. I don't know how that happens. Sorry. Forget, forget, forget.

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But, but they come with so many accessories, Brian, it's

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easy to get confused. I mean, you know, it's like

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an avalanche of accessories, which nobody does. You'll have like,

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you know, I don't even have lost count of how

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many different figures I'm going to need to get to completely,

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you know, get my Wrath of Khan environment put together.

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I mean, it's crazy. We're working on it. Oh man,

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it's beautiful. Carol Marcus is coming.

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Yeah. And you saw what's coming with her, right?

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Oh yeah. It's, it's just nuts.

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I mean, half of Romulan, you know, flagship comes with

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the Romulan commander.

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I mean, it's just crazy.

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But I was curious, you know, do, People that fund

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things for you, if there's investors, do they get nervous

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about things like obscure character choices? Because you've chosen such niche,

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interesting characters, right? Really intentionally.

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It's a really good question. And none of this would

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be happening if I did not own the company outright.

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So I have no partners, no debt, no nothing.

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Wow.

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That's amazing. Yeah. There's someone... I never say the name

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because I like this person a lot, but there's someone

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in our community who's a, you know, I consider myself

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to be a, you know, seven out of 10 Trekkie.

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Gates told me I'm an eight, which not sure if

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that was a compliment or not. I know a guy

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who's a nine and he also has a toy experience and,

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And when we announced wave one, uh, he texted me, um,

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Val Chris with a question mark. You should, you, you

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should have talked to me first. And, um, that, that,

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you know, that made me a little nervous, not going

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to lie. Cause this guy knows what he's talking about,

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but it, I, I just, I just had a feeling

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people wanted new, you know, and, uh, I tell this

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story all the time, so sorry to repeat it here,

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but maybe you haven't heard it or your listeners haven't,

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but I didn't need another Picard with the flute. It

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was just like so, and again, Inner Light's a great episode,

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you know, I love it. But it's like, for the

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love of God, like Picard did a lot of other

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things than play that flute. And if you're going to

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do a Picard, fine. but do a different Picard.

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Yeah.

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But even that's been made, you know? So it's like,

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as you know, our solution was for our Picard is,

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you know, he's in a uniform. You haven't a version

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of a uniform you haven't seen. And he comes with

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the wall of ships that he smashes. So that's, that's,

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that's our, for lack of a better word, ethos.

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Yeah.

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Well, I love it.

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I think it's amazing.

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And, it gives me hope that I'll see eventually like

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classic old school, original series characters that have never, that

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I've been like for years, I've been like, give me

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a salt vampire, right?

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Give me a rock. Give me that Ted Cassidy rock.

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Give me, you know, Pike in his wheelchair with a beeping,

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you know, I mean, I've just always, you know, the

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stuff that we always used to think about.

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Playmates someday, will you? And they never did. Right.

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And it's just, so it's amazing that, kinds of choices

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that you've been given us there. And speaking of all

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those characters, man, how do you, how do you secure

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all these likenesses? How do you go about it? I mean,

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it's just, I mean, probably secretive, I'm sure, but it's amazing.

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I can't get into that too much, but basically, you know,

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Paramount runs a pretty tight ship and they really, they, they, yeah, it's,

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it's not, it's not as hard as it should be.

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And I, I give Paramount the credit for that.

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Okay.

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Well, whatever you're doing, it's incredible. Cause I mean, just

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to Rachel Garrett, I'm like, what? I mean, it was

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just so shocking. And the likeness is like amazing. I mean,

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it is amazing. So just really, really good. Real quick. I,

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Still almost, I don't think I know that I've ever

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seen the cell figures in stores. Is that part of

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your distribution model? You don't, you'd prefer to be online

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through you?

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So we are in a lot of stores, but they're

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independent stores. So we're not, you're right. We're not in Target.

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We're not in Walmart. And there's a reason for that

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because we have other toys in Target, in Walmart. But

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I cannot get into that reason. So I apologize. But yeah,

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you can go to many, many, many, I mean, hundreds

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of independent mom and pop toy stores and they're there.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Good to know.

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I'm just a curious individual. So I'm going on vacation tomorrow, right?

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I'm super excited because I'm going to have two weeks

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in the UK. I cannot believe it. So I got

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to shamelessly whisper when I say this. Even more excited

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than that trip is how excited I am to get

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my eight pack of Expanse figures.

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Okay. I'm like, wow.

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I mean, I cannot wait for those suckers to arrive.

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I am just the preposterous amount of accessories they come

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with and the accuracy and the likenesses. I'm just like

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a brilliant choice for a figure line. Cause it's like

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one of the greatest new science fiction franchises ever. Are

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there other dream franchises on your list? Like I know

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for a lot of folks, Blade, I can't talk. Blade

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Runner is like a Holy Grail license, right? But a

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likeness headache. I mean, are there other things on your

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wishlist or anything that's coming you want to whisper about

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or anything?

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So the good news, I can answer your question and say, yes,

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there is a wishlist. The bad news, and I learned

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this the hard way, I can't tell you what it

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is because when I tell people what it is, then

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the price goes up. But yes, we're doing a Judge

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Dredd thing now. that we're pretty psyched about, to put

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it mildly.

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Wow.

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But we have, hopefully, knock on wood, we got some

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pretty good announcements coming up over the next six to

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eight months.

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I can't wait. Judge Dredd.

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Hiya just did a bunch, but, you know, petite, right? So,

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you know, I mean, this is going to be like

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the six, seven-inch scale, I'm assuming, right?

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Yeah, that'll be one-tenth scale.

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Okay.

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It's not Judge Dredd himself. We're doing... We have a

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brand that we own called Biker Mice from Mars. And

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we're doing a collab with Rebellion for a comic book.

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And we are. I need to shut up now. I'm

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not supposed to say anything.

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NBA burning into players. Oh, what happened? All right, man.

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We got stuff cooking. We got stuff cooking.

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Just know I'm excited, and I would spend $ 100, $ 200

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a figure for Blade of War.

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Okay.

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Whatever you want to cost. Dealer's choice. You get to

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say what the price is. It's amazing.

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And then so I'm looking through things, right? And I

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come across this thing for Nacelle on, I want to

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say it was like memory alpha.

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And it was like previewing like when for TBA. Right.

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And I thought maybe I was dreaming because I do

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dream a lot.

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Right.

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And I thought it said that there was a sub

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Rosa version of Beverly Crusher on that list. Is that it?

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There is.

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And there's there's a great story to that, too. I

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was going to do that. I knew I wanted to

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do a Beverly Crusher and wave for. I wanted to

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do her in the chain of command commando outfit. So

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one day she was in the office recording voiceover, not

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for Center Seat, but for another show we do. And

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I just went to the editing bay or the ADR

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bay to say hello. And I was like, hey, keep

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it between us, but I just want to let you

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know there's going to be a Dr. Crusher in Wave 4.

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She was like, oh, that's great. You made my day. Awesome.

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Which Beverly is it going to be? And I go,

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the Beverly from Chain of Command and the armor, the

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battle armor. And she looks at me and goes, Brian,

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do you want to make money?

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And I'm like, yeah.

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And she's like, you got to do Sub Rosa. And

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I go, well, I can't do Sub Rosa because then

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everybody's going to think I'm like the horny little 15

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year old boy who's now, you know, not 15 anymore. And,

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you know, you can like see your nipples in like

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half of that episode. And she was like, doesn't matter.

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That's the one you got to do.

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Yeah.

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And I go, I was like, Beverly, I was like Gates.

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The only way I would do it is if you

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make a video where you tell the community, it was

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your idea. Cause I don't want to be called a misogynist.

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I don't want to be called like, Oh, little horny Brian, blah, blah, blah.

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And she made, you can see it on YouTube. It,

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she made, she made a video about, We have a

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rule at the company. Once the calendar flips to another year,

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we really don't show anything at panels that we had

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shown before. So she made a video for SDCC 25,

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and we took it out of all of our 2026

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presentations and everything. And I suddenly realized I was telling

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this story at every panel. So we put it back in,

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but you got to watch it. It's like 90 seconds.

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She sent it to us, I kid you not, less

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than two hours before the panel. And let's just say

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I will never forget where I was when I watched it.

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It is hysterical.

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Oh, my God. I can't wait. I'm assuming the figure doesn't, like,

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vibrate or anything, right? I mean, that would be... It

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doesn't vibrate. I think that's the best question we've ever

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been asked, by the way.

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So kudos.

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Kudos to that.

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I want to make sure you're having a good time.

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I'm having a great.

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Time. That's great. Any plans for Strange New Worlds down

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the road?

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No, our license only goes to the end of Enterprise.

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Okay. Okay, excellent. I see Hoshi Sato's coming. I thought

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I saw that on there.

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Yep.

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And, okay, man, you got to do it. Big question.

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Favorite episode of Star Trek?

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Yesterday's Enterprise.

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Wow. Excellent, excellent.

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And Captain Carrot, by the way, I mean, she has

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my favorite line in pretty much, wait, are you guys frozen?

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Hello?

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I can see you. You're moving a little bit. Yeah,

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you froze for a second. You okay?

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Yeah.

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She has my Captain Garrett. I mean, she has like

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my favorite line from all of Star Trek, not said

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by Captain Kirk. And it's a very simple line. It's

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Lieutenant Castillo informed the crew we're going back. And like

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it's hard. I mean, I just got goosebumps even saying it.

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But yeah.

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And by the way, that's my favorite episode in all

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of anything Star Trek ever TV wise. Not not just

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next gen.

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Wow. That's powerful. That's powerful, brother. Yeah.

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Do you remember what the first episode you ever saw

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as a kid was? Like a gateway moment for you?

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I don't remember the first episode I saw, but I

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vividly remember my mom describing Star Trek to me before

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I saw it. And I remember her being like, there's

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a spaceship in the future, and there's Captain Kirk. So

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I don't remember the first episode I saw. But I

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remember her, and she was a big Trekkie, and that's

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why I'm a Trekkie.

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Excellent. Genetic. Yeah. What part of Queens did you grow

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up in?

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Flushing.

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Okay. Where it all goes down. All right.

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Uncle Jim.

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Big Flushing. I married into Flushing. My wife's from Flushing.

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Nice.

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Right down the street from the old Shea Stadium. That's phenomenal.

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No wonder I like you.

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So I want to make sure I check into you

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on your time, man, because I know you're like a

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busy guy.

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You've got a lot of things going. Are you okay?

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I technically have one minute, but I'd be happy to

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answer one more question.

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Yeah.

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I hope they told you I only had half an hour.

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So I, yeah.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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So I'm all caffeinated to talk quickly, but, but yeah,

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I mean, I just think this has been a treat for,

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for all of us to have you on here.

472
00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:25.779
I mean, it's just been amazing.

473
00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.299
Thank you.

474
00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:31.819
You're, And just whatever your instincts are for toys and media,

475
00:26:31.910 --> 00:26:35.059
just keep following those, man. Thank you. Because you've got

476
00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:38.700
such good showbiz running through your veins, and I just

477
00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:41.559
love the way you approach being so authentic about things

478
00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:44.339
and making choices that other people would go, oh, no,

479
00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:46.779
not safe, right? And you just do what you think

480
00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:50.710
is right, what you would like. And I'm just dying

481
00:26:50.769 --> 00:26:53.170
to get my hands on this next batch of figures, man.

482
00:26:53.269 --> 00:26:54.069
I mean, the bridge.

483
00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:57.279
I mean, I don't know if everybody knows, but one

484
00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:59.480
of the big things we are going to see is

485
00:26:59.549 --> 00:27:02.769
this enormous, you know, what, three, four foot wide bridge.

486
00:27:04.250 --> 00:27:05.089
Don't go crazy.

487
00:27:05.109 --> 00:27:05.549
It's not four.

488
00:27:05.569 --> 00:27:07.109
Well, you know, it's pretty big.

489
00:27:07.470 --> 00:27:10.650
It's about three and a half feet wide. But you

490
00:27:10.670 --> 00:27:13.470
can buy sections. You don't have to buy all 12.

491
00:27:13.470 --> 00:27:16.930
So you can have a nice little.

492
00:27:16.109 --> 00:27:18.569
One foot section. Yeah, yeah. Like if you want to

493
00:27:18.589 --> 00:27:20.619
just have Spock looking into his thing, you can have

494
00:27:20.630 --> 00:27:22.299
Spock looking into his thing, right? Yeah. Totally.

495
00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:22.619
Totally.

496
00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:25.519
But it can barely fit the whole thing in your trunk, probably.

497
00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.299
I mean, it's huge.

498
00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:29.079
It's just crazy. I mean, unless you have like a

499
00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:32.779
Toyota Tundra, you will absolutely not be fitting it in

500
00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.380
your trunk.

501
00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:36.859
But that's, you know, lights and sounds and everything.

502
00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:39.500
I was just like, man, I mean, it's just an amazing,

503
00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:44.539
I just, you know, I mean, the mind boggles. So just,

504
00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:46.069
I mean, it's risky stuff, right?

505
00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:50.960
But, you know... To quote Captain Kirk, risk is our business, right?

506
00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:53.480
I mean, so that seems to be the attitude that

507
00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:53.940
you've got.

508
00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:59.569
It certainly is, much to my CFO's chagrin. But, yeah,

509
00:28:00.309 --> 00:28:01.910
risk is our business.

510
00:28:02.650 --> 00:28:04.750
Well, you've got a bunch of happy customers out here, brother.

511
00:28:04.769 --> 00:28:05.529
Thank you.

512
00:28:05.589 --> 00:28:07.390
I don't know if you're on West Coast time tonight

513
00:28:07.430 --> 00:28:08.200
or East Coast time.

514
00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.759
West Coast, L.A.

515
00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:12.180
West Coast. Is it dinner time for you? Yeah, it's

516
00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:14.740
time to get out there. Yeah. and go have fun.

517
00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:17.059
You probably work till like nine, is my guess.

518
00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:18.769
Yeah, it's definitely not dinner time.

519
00:28:19.789 --> 00:28:21.789
Oh, it just occurred to me real quick, and you

520
00:28:21.890 --> 00:28:24.869
bought nacelles, right, from the experience in Vegas?

521
00:28:24.990 --> 00:28:27.049
I did, yeah. And are they hanging out in the

522
00:28:27.089 --> 00:28:27.650
lobby now?

523
00:28:27.849 --> 00:28:32.700
Not yet. They weigh over 300 pounds each. They're over

524
00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:38.269
15 feet long each. And I'm also going to have

525
00:28:38.690 --> 00:28:42.029
a replica of the saucer and the star drive made.

526
00:28:43.029 --> 00:28:45.970
They're going to be not painted like the Enterprise. They'll

527
00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:50.460
be gray, probably, or the Federation blue, just so it's

528
00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:55.160
not two nacelles sticking out. So my guess is it'll

529
00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:58.569
go up probably in January or February.

530
00:28:59.630 --> 00:28:59.890
Wow.

531
00:29:00.029 --> 00:29:02.569
Congratulations. What a purchase. What a purchase, man.

532
00:29:02.589 --> 00:29:04.990
And by the way, I'll close on this. You know,

533
00:29:05.029 --> 00:29:08.750
I had bid on him 10, 12 years ago and lost.

534
00:29:09.390 --> 00:29:15.529
So it really was a chance to take another swing

535
00:29:15.569 --> 00:29:16.390
at the same ball.

536
00:29:17.309 --> 00:29:21.150
Well, Brian Volkweis, you are living proof that persistence pays off,

537
00:29:21.930 --> 00:29:25.299
my friend. And if your travels ever bring you to Portland, Oregon,

538
00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:28.200
you've got a bunch of... Trek experts here would love

539
00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.680
to buy you a drink, take you out to dinner,

540
00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:32.349
whatever we could do to entertain and annoy you.

541
00:29:32.369 --> 00:29:36.609
I would do a shameless plug. If you haven't been

542
00:29:36.630 --> 00:29:41.000
to Billy Galaxy's Toys and Comics, go there. in my

543
00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:45.259
top three favorite stores in the world portland you know

544
00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:46.079
uh do.

545
00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:48.140
You know dr tongue in portland have you ever been

546
00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:49.309
to dr tongues oh.

547
00:29:49.230 --> 00:29:53.690
I feel bad now tied with dr tongue is billy

548
00:29:53.730 --> 00:29:57.869
galaxy's okay toys and i love love love.

549
00:29:58.650 --> 00:30:00.970
I just mentioned it because I'm about three blocks up

550
00:30:00.990 --> 00:30:03.609
the street from Dr. Tug.

551
00:30:04.150 --> 00:30:05.309
I hit him up last year.

552
00:30:05.329 --> 00:30:06.150
Both places are great.

553
00:30:06.930 --> 00:30:11.039
Billy's an old friend. Billy worked on season one of Toys.

554
00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:13.839
That shop is legendary.

555
00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:17.279
I apologize. Thank you for your time. This was a

556
00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:19.420
lot of fun. Thank you very much for having me.

557
00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:22.940
We had a ball, Brian. Thanks for being so great

558
00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.440
with your time.

559
00:30:23.750 --> 00:30:24.230
Of course.

560
00:30:24.289 --> 00:30:24.730
Thank you.

561
00:30:24.890 --> 00:30:25.549
All the good of y'all.

562
00:30:29.579 --> 00:31:05.490
Okay. Thank you.

563
00:31:10.309 --> 00:31:50.779
Very much. Thank you.

564
00:32:18.750 --> 00:32:22.509
Well, unfortunately, David, Brian didn't get to see the video,

565
00:32:22.529 --> 00:32:26.049
but I think he did a great job. Before we

566
00:32:26.069 --> 00:32:29.380
move on, though, David, were you able to find the

567
00:32:29.410 --> 00:32:32.619
Gates McFadden sub-roast of video that Brian was talking about?

568
00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:36.480
I did. I'll go ahead and play that now.

569
00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:41.220
Let's roll that for our viewers. Hi, everybody.

570
00:32:41.289 --> 00:32:45.170
It's Gates McFadden. And Nacelle has a new Star Trek

571
00:32:45.990 --> 00:32:49.289
action figure line. And we know that action figures usually

572
00:32:49.369 --> 00:32:55.700
are like, right? Action in space. And I just want

573
00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:58.880
you to know that they're coming along with a new Beverly,

574
00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:02.299
Beverly Crusher action figure. And it's a different kind of action.

575
00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:07.599
It's a sub-close action. And that's really, it's one that

576
00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:10.369
you're really going to enjoy. First of all, she's out

577
00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:12.470
of her space suit and she's in a pink nightgown.

578
00:33:12.509 --> 00:33:16.339
How often did that happen? And then also, You've got

579
00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:19.240
all sorts of, like, accessories. The candle.

580
00:33:20.029 --> 00:33:20.900
You know, Ronan.

581
00:33:21.109 --> 00:33:24.930
What can I tell you? I hope you enjoy it.

582
00:33:24.930 --> 00:33:31.109
She's 1 12th the size, 7 inches. Anyway, check it.

583
00:33:35.670 --> 00:33:36.009
Out.

584
00:33:36.069 --> 00:33:41.150
That's hard to beat. That's pretty good. Where do I sign?

585
00:33:41.170 --> 00:33:46.200
I think that's an appropriate response. So I just want

586
00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:48.680
to say thank you to Brian for taking time out

587
00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:52.170
of his busy, busy schedule to hang out and talk

588
00:33:52.250 --> 00:33:54.509
with us, with Paul for a little while. We had

589
00:33:54.529 --> 00:33:56.569
to cut that short, but I wanted to get it in.

590
00:33:56.650 --> 00:33:58.250
So thank you to Brian.

591
00:33:58.789 --> 00:34:01.980
It's the best legendary conversation. Amazing.

592
00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:06.839
Thank you to Paul for preparing that interview. Thank you

593
00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.440
so much, Paul.

594
00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:10.559
I'm so thrilled we got the chance. He's such a

595
00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:14.260
great dude, man. And, you know, such integrity and such guts.

596
00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:18.000
I mean, what a combo. So thank you. Thank you, Jim,

597
00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:22.070
for nabbing him for us. A tremendous treat. I can't

598
00:34:22.110 --> 00:34:23.809
wait for us to share this with people.

599
00:34:24.050 --> 00:34:24.449
Amazing.

600
00:34:24.730 --> 00:34:27.829
Thank you. Thank you to David for an awesome video,

601
00:34:27.869 --> 00:34:29.469
even though he didn't get to see it. Thank you, David.

602
00:34:30.070 --> 00:34:31.710
Yeah, it took me a little bit. I was like

603
00:34:31.730 --> 00:34:33.409
trying to find out what button to push. I was like, ah!

604
00:34:35.750 --> 00:34:38.369
Well, maybe he'll see it in the replay. And thank you, Eric,

605
00:34:38.409 --> 00:34:40.010
for hanging out with us tonight. Thank you, Eric.

606
00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.179
Yeah, you bet.

607
00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:43.599
And thank you so much to Charles.

608
00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:47.139
Thank you, Jim, and thank you, Paul.

609
00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:49.460
And with that, I want to say to everybody, please,

610
00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:54.239
hailing frequencies are closed. Be good to each other and

611
00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:55.829
stay safe. Good night, everybody.

612
00:34:57.010 --> 00:34:57.969
Hold long and prosper.