Factory Entertainment Tricorder
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Tripper Alex I could see you got some pushback from your comments on the Trekcore video too.
I don't understand the denial with some fans claiming the FE "replica" is accurate and then questioning anyone who points out the errors.
I know we here and on other boards are very discerning fans and can spot a lot of details straight away having meticulously studied the props for years.
I just find the hostility from some people in those YouTube comments to be really odd.
I don't understand the denial with some fans claiming the FE "replica" is accurate and then questioning anyone who points out the errors.
I know we here and on other boards are very discerning fans and can spot a lot of details straight away having meticulously studied the props for years.
I just find the hostility from some people in those YouTube comments to be really odd.
NakedMoleRat
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If ignorance is bliss, then they’re the happiest people on Earth.
F.E. are also seemingly deleting comments on that Trekcore video. I posted a reply to someone who directly replied to a comment I made and an hour later it was gone. I posted the reply again a day later and again it was gone.
I was commenting on the inaccurate sound of the peripheral scanner. The guy from F.E. says there were multiple sounds. Totally false. There was one sound for the Mark VII peripheral scanner and it is very clearly audible in the DS9 season 2 episode "The Wire" when Bashir scans Dax's sick plant. It is also audible in the TNG season 5 episode "The Game" when Wesley scans Data in Sickbay
But F.E. seemingly ignored that and would rather make a false claim that there are multiple sounds to justify using, for their replica, what sounds like a generic Tricorder sound taken from the Trekcore Audio Files section.
F.E. don't do their research and then try gaslighting the casual fans with statements like "there were multiple versions of the Mark VII Medical Tricorder" which is simply not true, there was the Mark VI Medical in season 1 and 2 and a Mark VII Medical introduced in "Transfigurations" at the end of season 3. F.E either conflate the two or simply don't know that there are two different models of Tricorder. Either way they are misleading their casual fans and these people are lapping it up and defending F.E. whilst having a dig at fans who point out these errors as "trying to spoil other people's fun" or "you don't know what you're talking about".
So frustrating having to deal with these people who are in complete denial.
F.E. could triple their run of this prop if it was accurate.
Look at what at the Wand Company are doing with their TOS Tricorder replica, meticulously researched, even down to the micrometer measurements on the kydex pattern replication. Yet F.E. can't even be bothered to watch 2 episodes to get a sound right.
I was commenting on the inaccurate sound of the peripheral scanner. The guy from F.E. says there were multiple sounds. Totally false. There was one sound for the Mark VII peripheral scanner and it is very clearly audible in the DS9 season 2 episode "The Wire" when Bashir scans Dax's sick plant. It is also audible in the TNG season 5 episode "The Game" when Wesley scans Data in Sickbay
But F.E. seemingly ignored that and would rather make a false claim that there are multiple sounds to justify using, for their replica, what sounds like a generic Tricorder sound taken from the Trekcore Audio Files section.
F.E. don't do their research and then try gaslighting the casual fans with statements like "there were multiple versions of the Mark VII Medical Tricorder" which is simply not true, there was the Mark VI Medical in season 1 and 2 and a Mark VII Medical introduced in "Transfigurations" at the end of season 3. F.E either conflate the two or simply don't know that there are two different models of Tricorder. Either way they are misleading their casual fans and these people are lapping it up and defending F.E. whilst having a dig at fans who point out these errors as "trying to spoil other people's fun" or "you don't know what you're talking about".
So frustrating having to deal with these people who are in complete denial.
F.E. could triple their run of this prop if it was accurate.
Look at what at the Wand Company are doing with their TOS Tricorder replica, meticulously researched, even down to the micrometer measurements on the kydex pattern replication. Yet F.E. can't even be bothered to watch 2 episodes to get a sound right.
It's so stupid. All they have to do is say it's idealized and made some creative decisions that deviate slightly or something and leave it at that. Something is either accurate or it's not. And it can be proven it's not so why go down that road? It won't hurt their sales a damn bit to be more up front about it. And it's not too late to be up front about it.
Mr.Engineer
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Well, I dunno. If FE wants to cover up their schmuck, let them be and the same for others.
Having been around TheRPF, I'd also know this Medical Tric is not what it is. Given the chance, I'd still go with Stapleton and gmprops as they're the closest to the real prop.
I'll just slowly cook my popcorns until those fellas who support them and bought some, decided to sell them off to the market...
Having been around TheRPF, I'd also know this Medical Tric is not what it is. Given the chance, I'd still go with Stapleton and gmprops as they're the closest to the real prop.
I'll just slowly cook my popcorns until those fellas who support them and bought some, decided to sell them off to the market...
this made my day, laughed hard enough to snort
I have a Stapleton kit and an HMS kit with GMprops electronics for both. They are the only replicas I want given that they are accurate.
But, F.E. could have had another sale if they had bothered to try. Oh well, if they want to sacrifice sales and profits, it's their loss.
NakedMoleRat
Master Member
Very kind, thank you.
NakedMoleRat
Master Member
Because people buy them. And so, they have no reason to go the extra mile.
Because when enough people think "yeah, that's close enough" and are willing to pay for inaccuracy, why bother trying to improve?
Settling for mediocrity is fast becoming their hallmark, in my book at least.
NakedMoleRat
Master Member
It’s all nostalgia bait anyway. 75% of those buying them have no idea what the details look like. They’re getting them because they look cool, they were 18 when TNG aired in 87 and they now have money and can afford it.
Don't judge me! LOL!!!!!!! When I was a kid we played with the most inaccurate toys you could imagine and it didn't bother us. I put this in the toy category. I'll have fun with it and display it. If anything annoy the wife. Priceless.
Ronldheld
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Those toys were all we had, plus no accurate references, should we have that much interest.
Well I did have the Making of Star Trek book in the seventies. I still built the exploration set models. As a kid it was that or nothing. But I drew the line at that cassette tape recorder Tricorder. LOL
NakedMoleRat
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