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Then he sells it on eBay for close to a million dollars

By ROBIN BROWNFIELD
Source: SyFy Portal
May-16-2007

If a "Trekkies 3" documentary is ever made, they have to include this guy in it!

A Star Trek fan turned his U.K. home into a replica of a part of the starship Voyager, and has sold it for £425,000 (more than $840,000) -- five times its market value.

Tony Alleyne spent two years and more than $59,000 turning his studio apartment into a detailed copy of Capt. Janeway's bridge.

He put his home up for sale on eBay a month ago with a guide price of £50,000 to £130,000 ($99,000 to $257,400). It has sold for five times that amount after five Star Trek fans began a bidding war. In the end, a millionaire businessman won the auction.

Alleyne started work on the apartment two years ago after his marriage broke up. The apartment has molded wall panels, blue lighting and a reproduction of a transporter room.

In February Alleyne filed for bankruptcy after running up debts of more than $330,000. He spent more than $59,000 converting the apartment as well as almost $200,000 on marketing for his business, 24th Century Interior Designs.

Despite going bankrupt, he renovated the apartment using government income support payments.

Alleyne already was featured in Roger Nygard's "Trekkies 2" after SyFy Portal's very own Michael Hinman shared Alleyne's story with the director.