- Penny gets mad at the guys when their full scale model of a time machine causes her to miss work, which prompts Leonard to give up all of his nerd memorabilia.
- Leonard buys a replica time machine online. As the boys move it into the apartment they accidentally make Penny late for work causing her to lash out at Leonard for his nerdy ways. Upset, Leonard decides to get rid of all his 'nerdmabelia' and the guys try to convince him not to.—Anonymous
- On an impulse, Leonard makes a bid of $800 on eBay for a miniature time machine prop used in The Time Machine (1960), $800 which he does not have. Unfortunately, his is the winning bid. The guys make a pact to split the cost and its use four ways before they see the actual machine, which is full sized. But Leonard comes to regret buying it when Penny's reaction to it is less than enthusiastic. Her comments make him think about whether the time machine and other like minded toys that he has are preventing him from ever attracting a woman like Penny. Will anything change his mind?—Huggo
- On a whim, Leonard buys a replica of the time machine from the 1960 film The Time Machine for $800, only to find that it is actually life-sized. Penny becomes angry when his new purchase causes her to be late for work and lashes out at the guys for being grown men who still play with toys. This causes Leonard to rethink his priorities to the point where he is ready to sell his beloved collection. The guys try and talk him out of it, but Sheldon blames his current distress on a hypocritical Penny whose apartment also has collections of stuffed bears and Hello Kitty memorabilia.—Jerry Roberts
- In an online auction, Leonard buys a full-sized replica of the time machine from the 1960 film The Time Machine, believing it to be a miniature. Leonard was hoping that it would sell for thousands of dollars and just wanted to be part of the experience and bid $800 on it. But to his surprise and horror, there were no more bids on the auction..
The guys had each put in $200 to help Leonard buy the machine for $800. When the machine arrives at their apartment lobby, they figure out its a full sized replica and not a miniature, which is why there were no bids on it. The men's efforts to move the cumbersome object into the apartment cause Penny to lose a work shift (Sheldon had proposed that Penny goes to the roof, jump to the other building and take their stairs. But the gaps was 3 feet and she scraped her knee, the door was locked, so she took the fire escape which ended at the 3rd floor. She had to enter the apartment of an Armenian family who insisted she stay for lunch. It was 8 courses of lamb and they tried to fix her up with their son), and she lashes out at them for their obsession with childish memorabilia.
This upsets Leonard, who decides to sell all his collectibles. Raj offers to buy his time machine share for $300 but wants the machine installed in his balcony. But Sheldon offers more money to Leonard to keep the machine in his apartment.
His friends try to dissuade him, but they also want his collectibles and argue over who should get what. Howard offers to pay Leonard $2600 from his Bar-Mitzvah bonds and 2 trees in Israel for his entire collection, but Leonard refuses since he knows that if he sells to any one of his friends, the other 2 will be very upset. Sheldon tries to block Leonard's way, upon which Leonard threatens to remove a mint condition Jordy action figure (without his visor) from its box, which would make it lose all its value.. The guys argue over Leonards actions, which gains Penny's attention who comes out of her apartment.
Sheldon later accuses Penny of hypocrisy, pointing out her own love of such things as Hello Kitty or Care Bears or My Little Ponies. Penny apologizes to Leonard (says she was upset the previous day) and dissuades him from abandoning the things he loves; he decides to keep his belongings. His hope of a relationship with her is thus very briefly renewed until her current boyfriend Mike (Andrew Walker) appears and pulls her into her apartment. Sheldon later has nightmares of being attacked by Morlocks (in the first nightmare, Sheldon lands in a distant future where he is attacked by Morlocks, and wakes up in the 2nd nightmare where he agrees with Leonard to remove the machine only to find that Leonard had hired Morlocks to move the machine, who again attack Sheldon), and persuades Leonard to return the time machine replica.
Title reference: Leonard getting rid of his collectibles, which Howard refers to as "Nerdvana".
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