I was lucky enough to get one of the better MM kits. Again, it will be interesting to compare to the WP and the JL P1. In the case of the latter, VERY interesting. (And I'll do my best to ignore that "huge" WP side dial. Sheesh...)
Yes it is. I'm in the middle of re-vamping mine. I've hollowed it out and extended it to fit John's P1 (and I'm doing a new build to match GJ's, velcro on the side and all), I'll be making a brass handle for it, and full internals. That'll tide me over till I scratch-build one, whenever that turns out to be...John's Masterpiece Models kit is great, if you got one with better cast parts. If you want to ever get rid of it let me know.
Because they are taking advantage of the fact that there are people too stupid to do a Google search and find the proper place to buy them.
Also Greed. Plain simple gouging! so sad. But hey that is what happens with collectibles. They go up in price or drop off. it is a game of give and take. mostly take. So order from either startrek.com or thinkgeek.
Tom, the video's going to be on Thinkgeek, or they're releasing the video prior to Thinkgeek shipping them?The Wand Company said to watch for a video of the final shipping phaser being demo'd just shortly before release at ThinkGeek.com
Can't wait!!
The Wand Company image, shown below, is a recent photo of the actual product and not a 3D render. The Wand phaser is very similar to the initial accurate Master Replicas prototype (before the China manufacturer changed the P1 in the shipping item).
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j...pics/comparison_wand_master01_zps85331fc6.jpg