Chrisisall
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Sorry, what looks to you as malformed I call too zoomed in pixilation. The rest of the body is solid with angles. Crapizoids were soft, like this:
Alleged Screen Used Hero TOS Phaser up for auction (now the aftermath)
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Chrisisall
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So, is this? I guess it could be. Crapizoids weren't so bad then. At least not all of them....
AdmiralBaxter
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They did a mix up between Crap(s) and Mid(s) near the end...
BEFORE that scene we see a HERO phaser on the ground. I labeled the caps in order to sort the scenes
AdmiralBaxter
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We refere to them as crapzzz because they look like well up crap compared to the other props....
Chrisisall
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Mid 1, mid 1A & crap 1 are all in the same shot!?!?!?!
Ahem….clearly a crapazoid.
You can even see the dome on the bottom of the phaser II handle that is indicative of crapazoids only.
The Phaser II handle is also distinctly short in the palm of the hand, another indication of this being a crapazoid.
And the typical crapazoid silver paint slathered over where the Phaser II window should be is clearly seen.
From the Jein collection desription…note that the rear 10 turn is a machined aluminum piece.
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Chrisisall
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Is this the time where I plead temporary insanity and/or needing new glasses?
AdmiralBaxter
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I know on one I posted it could have been the same crap BUT in one of the screen caps the P1's side rails are thicker than the other which makes them different props
AdmiralBaxter
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Time to plead for new glasses under temporary insanity cause you no longer have insurance......
Chrisisall
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Okay, I got home, and was thus able to pop in my Blu-Ray for analysis.
For the record, my original thought, before Chrisisall raised doubt, was that the Helen Noel kiss phaser was indeed a crapazoid. Having now seen the scene in question on my nice, big 4K TV, I’m definitely convinced it is.
As Captain Dunsel noted, it has the bubble on the bottom of the handle, and the emitter nozzle looks softer-detailed and silver-painted, as opposed to the sharply-detailed, shiny aluminum emitter of the Spock hero phaser in the same scene. And, of course, it clearly has very little heft, based on how she holds it.
But it’s a nice crapazoid, so mistaking it for a midgrade at first glance isn’t unreasonable.
And, yes, the crapazoid emitter nozzle DOES break off when Kirk knocks it out of Van Gelder’s hand in the scene on the Bridge.
For the record, my original thought, before Chrisisall raised doubt, was that the Helen Noel kiss phaser was indeed a crapazoid. Having now seen the scene in question on my nice, big 4K TV, I’m definitely convinced it is.
As Captain Dunsel noted, it has the bubble on the bottom of the handle, and the emitter nozzle looks softer-detailed and silver-painted, as opposed to the sharply-detailed, shiny aluminum emitter of the Spock hero phaser in the same scene. And, of course, it clearly has very little heft, based on how she holds it.
But it’s a nice crapazoid, so mistaking it for a midgrade at first glance isn’t unreasonable.
And, yes, the crapazoid emitter nozzle DOES break off when Kirk knocks it out of Van Gelder’s hand in the scene on the Bridge.
asalaw
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Absolutely. Crapazoid.
AdmiralBaxter
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IF you mean list of details I'm not sure..
There is this topic that has lots of useful info: STAR TREK: The Original Series - Hand Phaser Props - P2s and P1s
Chrisisall
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Opinions please, if I take this phaser I just made, and I do some sloppy paint brush strokes on it, then scratch it up a bit, and drop it on pavement a few times, can I make a hundred K selling it at auction?
Obviously.
Just be sure to come up with a ridiculous story as "provenance", and LoAs written by non-existent people named after STAR TREK characters and/or episodes, like "Phillip Boyce" and "Robert Shorley" ("Shore Leave").
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AdmiralBaxter
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Honestly and not trying to be harsh in the slightest because you did a very good job for what it is. The overall shape and such is too precise for it to be passed off as a prop built 60 years ago.
IF Star Trek TOS was made 2 or 3 years ago you might have a snow ball's chance in hell lol
AdmiralBaxter
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Well he could say he's the son of JPL who worked in the Desilu Prop Shop building phasers from the show and his dad gave it to him and he decided to keep it in a secure place to preserve the iconic sci-fi prop.......
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