The creation of V'Ger caused problems for the entire production. The crew was dissatisfied with the original four-foot clay model created by the Abel group, which looked like a modernized Nemo's Nautilus submarine. Industrial designer Syd Mead was hired to visualize a new version of the mammoth craft. Mead created a machine that contained organic elements based on input from Robert Wise, Gene Roddenberry, and the effects leads. The final model was 68 feet (21 meters) long, built from the rear forward, so that the camera crews could shoot footage while the next sections were still being fabricated. The model was built out of a plethora of materials-wood, foam, macramé, Styrofoam cups, incandescent, neon and strobe lights.

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