$6,000 futuristic chair

[Lleyn]

We can see why this futuristic pod… chair… thing is called “The Emperor,” because there’s no way you wouldn’t feel like some powerful sci-fi movie villain hunting the rebels from your battle cruiser’s control station when sitting in it. But if you can actually keep your power fantasies from distracting you, this chair guarantees increased productivity and maximal office comfort.
 
 
Unfortunately, that productivity and comfort comes at the cost of most of your office space. Oh, and US$21,500. That’s almost on par with the cost of a trip to space.
 
Quebec City-based MWE Lab boasts that the appropriately sci-fi sounding Emperor 1510 LX comes replete with futuristic amenities including a five-monitor stand mounted on a retractable “scorpion tail,” a Bose sound system, reclining Italian leather chair, and rotating base.
 
MWE Lab is also throwing in a cup holder, because no matter how advanced we become, mankind will never find anywhere else to put their drinks.
 
 
 
Of course, all the comfort and bragging rights in the world is not enough to convince most people to drop 22 Gs on an office chair. Besides, even scarier than the cost is its faint resemblance to GlaDOS, the megalomaniac computer antagonist from the Portal games, and the idea that it would be pretty difficult to escape from – possibly on account of being just too damn comfortable – in case of fire or malfunction.

That's the price of a decent sized house here

But I doubt anyone one here wouldn't get it if they had the money 0.o

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[AthleticTypist]

Am I the only one that thinks this looks a like a glorified dentist or eye doctor chair?  For $21,000, that thing better do a lot more than what it's showing.

 

[Lleyn]

Lil update, it seems that the price was brought down to $6000.
The chair now excludes the monitors, but considering that you can get a great one for $1000, its not a huge loss.

 

[Oakster]

Even for $6k it's still a glorified dentist chair with monitor supports, it looks cool but it just isn't worth the money.

 

[polaroidsredwine]

It reminds me of the setup that guy from the movie Grandma's Boy had.  All you need is an equally ridiculous looking room to match.

It looks kind of over the top, and I'm not sure I'd buy it even if I had the money for it.  I'm just going to agree that it looks like a weird dentist's chair.  I think I'd feel a little claustrophobic sitting in that.

 

[ToCool74]

I don't know, It really does not look like what I expected when I read "futuristic chair".

 

[Lleyn]

Am I really the only one that thinks this looks cool? 0.o

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I wouldn't say it looks cool but I would love to sit in that and try it out. I would budge on buying it for 1k.

 

[Lleyn]

I wonder how much it would cost to have one custom made.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

depends how much it costs to just make the base that everything connects together and how the chair it's self works.