![]() Backlit with colour selectable bias lighting, the Command Console is a work of art on its own. The Limited Edition HAL 9000 with Command Console recognizes your voice commands and responds with appropriate audio clips and video displays. HAL 9000 with Command Console HAL 9000 with Command Console (Limited Edition). The eye lens is removable for viewing and separate display if desired. HAL 9000 Bluetooth Speaker EditionĪn LED in the eye lens provides a red glow that looks just like HAL in the film. HAL’s dimensions are taken right from the original studio blueprints. The HAL 9000 Bluetooth Speaker Edition is an unlimited edition and includes a power supply and handsome desk stand. ![]() The internal speaker is compatible with Bluetooth 4.0 devices. The HAL 9000 Bluetooth Speaker Edition features a glass primary lens, brushed aluminum faceplate, extruded aluminum trim, and built-in magnets for mounting on a desk or a wall. HAL 9000 Bluetooth Speaker Edition HAL 9000 Bluetooth Speaker Edition The product line includes the full-size HAL computer replica with Bluetooth speaker and, for fans who want the ultimate collectible, there is the limited edition HAL 9000 with a voice interactive wall mounted Command Console. Master Replicas have created the world’s first voice-activated and remotely updatable film prop replica! Licensed by Warner Bros., the ultimate replica of the HAL 9000 – the sentient supercomputer from 2001 – is now available to order on crowdfunding site Indiegogo with only 14 days left to go. “A bush baby” his daughter answers but if you’re a Sci-Fi fan you’ll need to add this new mega-gadget to your own birthday list post-haste. “Is there anything else special that you would like for your birthday?” Dr Floyd asks of his daughter in a video call from space to earth in 2001: A Space Odyssey (decades before video call technology had even been invented). The virus stalled production early in 2020, and the company warned that its operations had been “very limited” in the following months.Update 12.1.21: Since publishing this article in August 2018 it has come to our attention that the Master Replica Group, the company behind the crowdfunding project for the HAL 9000 replica film prop has filed for bankruptcy and as far as we are aware the products never went into production. And yes, the COVID-19 pandemic had a direct impact. The HAL 9000 replica was originally meant to ship by March 2019 but faced a string of delays. Master Replicas had been in trouble for a while, however. Our reader hasn’t received a response, either. We’ve asked the company for comment via Twitter, but it hasn’t posted on its social feed since May. ![]() Its site still has a placeholder for a store that’s “coming soon,” while it hasn’t updated its Indiegogo page since the Chapter 11 message in July. It may be difficult to get answers from the company. Master Replicas is shutting down, and supporters likely won’t get their voice-activated 2001 speaker. An Engadget reader and others who backed Master Replicas Group’s functional HAL 9000 prop on Indiegogo has receive a notice from the company indicating that it converted its Chapter 11 bankruptcy ( filed in July) to Chapter 7 on October 16th - that is, from reorganization to liquidation. ![]() Another high-profile crowdfunding project appears to have imploded, and supporters are paying the price.
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