Bradleyfett
Sr Member
I can't do a side-by-side, but this may help: some pics of a EM phaser that I sold a while back (the top sticker was missing):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10867551@N00/sets/72157601823407253/
Mark
DST WOK PHASER... Who got theirs?!?
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I can't do a side-by-side, but this may help: some pics of a EM phaser that I sold a while back (the top sticker was missing):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10867551@N00/sets/72157601823407253/
Mark
Bradleyfett
Sr Member
Between this andhttp://www.therpf.com/member.php?u=6108 SSgt Burton's explanation (post #87), I could buy into this kind of mundane explanation.
Actually, Robiwon's point is well taken- I can see both styles being in service at the same time; perhaps the officer's prefer the older WOK style phaser by the time of WOK/SFS and the SFS phaser has become 'general issue' for security personel?
M
There is: there's a tab/hook dealie. A couple of times I've accidentally attached the P1 using the magnet only, and not letting the tab click into place...sounds like that's what's happening to you.
That's what I did. I've tried to unbuckle it from it's seating with swift waving, Terminator like speed and all, but it didn't budge.
antigravity
Well-Known Member
I was just going through this conversation again, and this post triggered a memory. In the Art Asylum blog (21 September 2009), the company rep states that:
"The TMP phaser will have sounds that the TWOK phaser will not."
He doesn't specify what those sounds might be, but -- based on past cases like the exclusive communicator and the different tricorders -- it's reasonable to think that those sounds are also present but latent within the general release model.
I don't know whether this piece is easy to open, and I'd have to leave it to someone in a red shirt to weigh in on the electronics involved. But it's probable there are more effects in the TWOK phaser than we can access right now.
reference: http://www.artasylum.com/blog/2009/09/askdst-qa-54-star-trek-edition/#more-1521
thegreatgalling
Master Member
I have had this problem as well. I wasn't aware there was a tab. That error noise was starting to drive me crazy.
Sounds like a job for... THE JUMPER CUTTERS! :cool
thegreatgalling
Master Member
Sounds like a job for Karl! :lol
The tab does make it more secure, but it still unseats with rougher play. A securing rail underneath would have made it extra sturdy. It's not a big drawback, just one of those "would have been nicer" kind of things.
I also noticed that the phaser has the pinky divots! That is a detail that could easily have been overlooked or omitted for simplicity's sake, but they are there! That is simply amazing attention to detail for a toy.
As for different models of phasers being in use simultaneously, keep in mind in DS9's "Homefront", both the cobrahead and boomerang were used simultaneiously.
OK the WOKs have arrived! 
This is actually a pretty neat toy, probably the second best toy phaser after the origianl AA TOS phaser. Really fun to play with. The lights are BRIGHT, and the sounds are loud.
For a change this toy is NOT in "try me" packaging. You have to open her up and pull a plastic tab out of the battery cover (under the removable P1 hand phaser) to arm it for play. :cool
The overall design is satisfying, though not strictly screen-accurate. The body is molded (or painted) in what appears to be a Titanium color (most evident in the shot next to the TOS phaser, below). A warm metallic color. Not much like the cooler colors we usually associate with this phaser.
The hand phaser just pulls off of the front, held on by a magnet. When you put it back, there's a "chikty-chikty-WRRR" sound of it integrating and powering up.
With the pistol assembled, you push the big "dilithium crystal" button in back to power it up. It makes a warbling powerup sound, and LEDs on the right side of the control pad bounce back and forth indicating that it's active. The dilithium crystal button also stays lit.
All the LEDs on the control pad are clean WHITE, which diverges from the prop which in WOK at least appears to have yellowish lights. Perhaps a thin coat of transparent yellow paint would fix this, as has been suggested on RPF.
You use the rightside button on the pad to change settings. With each push, an LED on the left "stack" lights up, indicating one of the four power levels.
The phaser first powers on into "safe" mode, so you have to change settings at least once to get to the lowest setting. Trying to fire the phaser in safe mode just gives you a "beep".
Each setting has an associated unique sound effect and emitter light pattern. The patterns go LOW STUN: two outer lights, STUN: two inner lights, KILL: all four lights, DISINTEGRATE: cycling rapidly (or "sweeping" outer to center and back).
The light patterns and sounds are the same when the hand phaser is separated from the pistol grip. When separated either of the two "center rectangle" buttons on the controls pad are used as triggers.
Unfortunately the action of the trigger switch is reversed... it fires when you RELEASE the trigger, not press it. This is kind of a bummer. :unsure
All screw holes are plugged and the finish is overall quite good. The seams are a bit obvious but then the prop had no seams except for the p1 separation plane. The holo tape is incorrect but this can be replaced easily if the correct type can be found.
There is an array of sound holes under the "chin" of the hand phaser; these are unfortunate but probably unlikely to be seen due to their location.
Another downside is that the large "shield shaped" wraparound trigger on the grip, is the actual trigger. The cylinder part is just molded into the large trigger. This is wrong for WOK since that version has no large trigger and the cylinder trigger goes through to the inside of the handle. However this means that the conversion to a TMP version of the toy would just mean grinding off the cylinder part.
So overall, thumbs up on this fine phaser!
comparison with AIM dummy casting
you're dead, Jim!
changing settings with the controls pad button. The indicator lights cycle constantly back to front
sound holes and plugged screws
with the AA classic Phaser
This is actually a pretty neat toy, probably the second best toy phaser after the origianl AA TOS phaser. Really fun to play with. The lights are BRIGHT, and the sounds are loud.
For a change this toy is NOT in "try me" packaging. You have to open her up and pull a plastic tab out of the battery cover (under the removable P1 hand phaser) to arm it for play. :cool
The overall design is satisfying, though not strictly screen-accurate. The body is molded (or painted) in what appears to be a Titanium color (most evident in the shot next to the TOS phaser, below). A warm metallic color. Not much like the cooler colors we usually associate with this phaser.
The hand phaser just pulls off of the front, held on by a magnet. When you put it back, there's a "chikty-chikty-WRRR" sound of it integrating and powering up.
With the pistol assembled, you push the big "dilithium crystal" button in back to power it up. It makes a warbling powerup sound, and LEDs on the right side of the control pad bounce back and forth indicating that it's active. The dilithium crystal button also stays lit.
All the LEDs on the control pad are clean WHITE, which diverges from the prop which in WOK at least appears to have yellowish lights. Perhaps a thin coat of transparent yellow paint would fix this, as has been suggested on RPF.
You use the rightside button on the pad to change settings. With each push, an LED on the left "stack" lights up, indicating one of the four power levels.
The phaser first powers on into "safe" mode, so you have to change settings at least once to get to the lowest setting. Trying to fire the phaser in safe mode just gives you a "beep".
Each setting has an associated unique sound effect and emitter light pattern. The patterns go LOW STUN: two outer lights, STUN: two inner lights, KILL: all four lights, DISINTEGRATE: cycling rapidly (or "sweeping" outer to center and back).
The light patterns and sounds are the same when the hand phaser is separated from the pistol grip. When separated either of the two "center rectangle" buttons on the controls pad are used as triggers.
Unfortunately the action of the trigger switch is reversed... it fires when you RELEASE the trigger, not press it. This is kind of a bummer. :unsure
All screw holes are plugged and the finish is overall quite good. The seams are a bit obvious but then the prop had no seams except for the p1 separation plane. The holo tape is incorrect but this can be replaced easily if the correct type can be found.
There is an array of sound holes under the "chin" of the hand phaser; these are unfortunate but probably unlikely to be seen due to their location.
Another downside is that the large "shield shaped" wraparound trigger on the grip, is the actual trigger. The cylinder part is just molded into the large trigger. This is wrong for WOK since that version has no large trigger and the cylinder trigger goes through to the inside of the handle. However this means that the conversion to a TMP version of the toy would just mean grinding off the cylinder part.
So overall, thumbs up on this fine phaser!
comparison with AIM dummy casting
you're dead, Jim!
changing settings with the controls pad button. The indicator lights cycle constantly back to front
sound holes and plugged screws
with the AA classic Phaser
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What about your thoughts on the trigger click sound? Don't you think it's a wee bit loud?
The trigger click sound is fine, its not incredibly loud IMO, its what you expect from pushing a trigger
Trigger clicks (there are three firing triggers, a setting button and the dilithium "power" switch) are all kind of... emphatic I guess. :lol
It feels like you're detenting a metal dome or something... like those old clicker toys. "tunk-KUNK" when you press it.
That in itself isn't bad, but I'm disappointed that the firing actually takes place on the release rather than the trigger press. This means no "continuous" firing, like you have in the TOS phaser toy. You press-release, and it does its thing.
You can however keep stabbing the trigger and get a rapid "refire" effect. Tchoo-tchoo-tchoo-tchoo. But no extended continuous fire.
k
It feels like you're detenting a metal dome or something... like those old clicker toys. "tunk-KUNK" when you press it.
That in itself isn't bad, but I'm disappointed that the firing actually takes place on the release rather than the trigger press. This means no "continuous" firing, like you have in the TOS phaser toy. You press-release, and it does its thing.
You can however keep stabbing the trigger and get a rapid "refire" effect. Tchoo-tchoo-tchoo-tchoo. But no extended continuous fire.
k
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You should try my insulation method I mentioned in my previous posts. Feels more like your pressing a button than pulling a trigger. And it's far more movie-accurate too. I don't hear no 'click' when Kirk uses his phaser to zap the eel.
:cool
I'll have to check it out when I get a chance to mod the paint job
I want to add that I am really surprised at how much fun the p1 hand phaser is. I always kind of thought it looked sort of stupid by itself. :lol
But in the toy, it's a blast. Pulling it off, and then you have the little handheld unit... when you re-attach it, the magnet grips hard and it makes the "kchack" and power up sound, much like the ammo-clip loading in the MR Assault Phaser.
Really cool! Also the hand phaser by itself kind of reminds me of the original Playmates "cricket" phaser from TNG, which was huge. :lol
But in the toy, it's a blast. Pulling it off, and then you have the little handheld unit... when you re-attach it, the magnet grips hard and it makes the "kchack" and power up sound, much like the ammo-clip loading in the MR Assault Phaser.
Really cool! Also the hand phaser by itself kind of reminds me of the original Playmates "cricket" phaser from TNG, which was huge. :lol
THAT my good sir would have been my one and only deciding factor in keeping the Assault Phaser from Master Replicas. Unfortunately it was not to be and my interest in it was shot. Here's a link to my video review showing you what I mean.
I hope AA/DST continues this trend of rapid 'refire' because a phaser that can only be fired once every two seconds flat out sucks.
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