Captain Jean-Luc Picard's Head For $80? Engage!

You can buy practically anything on Craigslist these days, including a life-sized version of Patrick Stewart's head. A Phoenix Trek-fan is currently selling an eerily accurate replica of the noggin of the Shakespearean actor (who played both Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Xavier in...

By Benjamin Leatherman

July 22, 2011

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You can buy practically anything on Craigslist these days, including a life-sized version of Patrick Stewart's head.

A Phoenix Trek-fan is currently selling an eerily accurate replica of the noggin of the Shakespearean actor (who played both Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Xavier in the first three X-Men films) via the online classifieds website for $80.

An Ahwatukee resident who asked only to be identified only as "Joe" says he purchased seven of these heads from eBay in 2007.

"One of my friends did some research and said they were from an actual cast of Patrick Stewart's head that were made for a Star Trek episode," he says. "Other than that I know very little about them. Some of my friends think it's interesting, others think it's eerie."

UPDATE: Our friends over at local geek blog Lightning Octopus also had a really funny post about the Picard head earlier this week.

He also explains that he resells secondhand Star Trek merchandise (as well as other items and collectibles) online and has so far sold six of the heads.

The head is made from silicone, weighs five pounds, and feature "wrinkles, bumps, creases, [and] clefts" that are accurate for Stewart's chiseled countenance.

Any Star Trek fans or Captain Picard fetishists interested in purchasing the head can click this link and make it so.

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music, and nightlife. He began writing for New Times in 2003 and joined the staff full-time in 2005. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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