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Posts: 207 Nov 22 11 2:29 AM SF1701st Props Quartermaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Just had to bust out the showoff thread for this fine piece. Built and detailed for me by Steve Dymszo of SDStudios. This is the kit sold by Roddenberry.com. No electronics unfortunately, we just couldn't connect those dots. But as a static piece, it rocks! Steve even fixed the trigger button for me, giving it a black cap (can't abide Radio Shack red-button phasers! ) Comes apart with screws, and has the switches and LEDs already installed, so if the right electronics do turn up, it can easily be made into a "hero". My "Genesis Planet" exploration set is at last complete!
Mike Paugh.propreplicas		#1	[-]
Posts: 381 Nov 22 11 10:33 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Nice collection you have there. I really like the look of the Trek III gear. I think they could have just used that for the rest of the TOS movies without any updates.
phase pistol		#2	[-]
Posts: 207 Nov 22 11 9:34 PM SF1701st Props Quartermaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I know, right? Well at least a version of the Trek III tricorder shows up again, with a slightly different configuration of lights, as the tricorder in Trek 5. If you look closely the design shows up one last time on McCoy's shoulder in Trek 6, when he goes to try to help the Klingons after the photon torpedo attack. And of course the Trek III communicator, modified to shine a light onto the inside of the antenna flipgrid, is the Trek V communicator (no Federation comms are seen in Treks 4 or 6, alas). The Trek III phaser returns again to be featured in the TNG episode "Final Mission" guest starring Wil Wheaton and Nick Tate. The phaser also appears briefly in the early first season TNG episode "Too Short a Season" along with the WOK phaser and the Trek III Klingon disruptor with shoulder stock, as part of a wall display of weapons. And the Trek III phaser was filmed one last time for Star Trek Generations, as part of a "shrine" in Captain Kirk's cabin in the Nexus (along with a TOS Enterprise dedication plaque, photo of the crew, and a painting of the TOS Enterprise). Unfortunately the phaser doesn't quite appear in the final film, it's just out of frame. A photo of it is in the book "The Art of Star Trek." Last Edited By: phase pistol Nov 25 11 10:45 AM. Edited 2 times.
rumbeard		#3	[-]
Posts: 298 Nov 24 11 12:28 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Now if someone could just make a hero prop of the Star Trek II heavy tricorder, that'd do it for me... with lights and beeping. I want to walk around in a dust storm and say this is the garden spot of Ceti Alpha VI.
The Admirable		#4	[-]
Posts: 7059 Nov 27 11 12:33 AM SF1701st President Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Actually, you should be able to get it from the source. It was an off the shelf item (like the box comm and wrist comm) from "Brick Price Miniatures", now called "WonderWorks". Steve
Mike Paugh.propreplicas		#5	[-]
Posts: 381 Nov 27 11 12:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I checked the link to WonderWorks but I couldn't find anything that offered them for sale. Rodd.com sells them though.
The Admirable		#6	[-]
Posts: 7059 Nov 27 11 2:22 PM SF1701st President Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Its likely they no longer have the ones used for TWOK, but should be able to make one for you. After TWOK, they likely got scooped up by collectors. They were stock props from (then) Brick Price that movies companies could rent. I would ask them what movie props they have for sale or would be willing to sell. I just remembered that I did call them once about the props after TWOK. They quoted me a BIG price to buy them! Apparently they had gotten calls from other fans too! Here are some pics of the props at Richard Coyle's site. And here's a discussion on the tric at RPF Steve Last Edited By: The Admirable Nov 27 11 2:42 PM. Edited 2 times.
rumbeard		#7	[-]
Posts: 298 Nov 29 11 12:52 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Brick also responded... sorry that would be a violation of our contract when I asked if I could either buy the items or if they had blueprints I could buy. He didn't answer any of the other questions in my e-mail.
Mike Paugh.propreplicas		#8	[-]
Posts: 381 Nov 29 11 2:55 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Mike Paugh wrote: Nice collection you have there. I really like the look of the Trek III gear. I think they could have just used that for the rest of the TOS movies without any updates. I was wrong, they sell the TMP tricorder not the TWOK one. Sorry
The Admirable		#9	[-]
Posts: 7059 Nov 29 11 12:43 PM SF1701st President Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Interesting that, Andrew. A "contract" should not be an issue after all these years. It was their property. At the RPF site, screencaps were posted showing the same prop used in another show or movie. Steve
phase pistol		#10	[-]
Posts: 207 Dec 4 11 7:32 PM SF1701st Props Quartermaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The WOK tricorder also shows up as part of an Interface Chair built by Barclay in the TNG episode "The Nth Degree"... hard to see here but it's on the chair arm.

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