Julien’s Upcoming Hero Phaser & Communicator Auction

[Gregatron]

No, there is ONE scene in "The Enemy Within" when Sulu removes the handle and puts on a new one . . . . unless my memory is faulty, which is possible!!! Funny, if you watch the scene, he actives the P2 emitter light while doing it! whoops!! lol It's one of the scenes when they are freezing down on the planet while warming the rocks. It's pretty quick and kind of dark but the white handle helps see it.

I will look for a screen cap

As I recall, this is the only time that we see the P1 get snapped into the P2, but the handle is still attached.

 

[feek61]

As I recall, this is the only time that we see the P1 get snapped into the P2, but the handle is still attached.

You know, you are correct!!! Sorry, I said my memory was faulty!!!!

Saves me from looking back and proving myself wrong!!! lol

 

[phase pistol]

Spock hands Kirk "Capt. Tracey's reserve belt packs" in Omega Glory... they are probably dummies.

 

[phase pistol]

It has an additional screw on the back bottom and the emitter is strangely short along with the painted P1 release. Seems like this was the pathfinder. Also, it's in the early promo photos with Shatner so it may have been the first finished.

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"Short Emitter"... well the plexi emitter cone retracts into the body when the P1 is not present, and it may retract/extend when the emitter knurled area is turned (not sure if this was ever a feature of the working prop).

In any case short emitter is not necessarily permanent, so it may not be a "feature" of this particular prop.

 

[feek61]

It appears when the Conscience / Lenore / Riley is extended with the P1 in the cradle that the emitter does not extend out as far as the other phasers which seems to be a feature of this particular phaser which differentiates it from the others

 

[drusselmeyer]

Yes, that happens with the older phasers. It is just a case of Emitter Dysfunction.

 

[Gregatron]

It appears when the Conscience / Lenore / Riley is extended with the P1 in the cradle that the emitter does not extend out as far as the other phasers which seems to be a feature of this particular phaser which differentiates it from the others

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Along with the other differences, I suspect that the short emitter was a result of the Lenore being built first, which is something they rectified when constructing the other props.

 

[feek61]

Along with the other differences, I suspect that the short emitter was a result of the Lenore being built first, which is something they rectified when constructing the other props.

Exactly, my theory as well

I think the production may have liked the longer emitters because the later midgrades were all longer than the heros.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Spock hands Kirk "Capt. Tracey's reserve belt packs" in Omega Glory... they are probably dummies.

These were sold, recently, at the Greg Jein Auction.

 

[AdmiralBaxter]

These were sold, recently, at the Greg Jein Auction.

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Now these are cool in their own way

 

[Gregatron]

These were sold, recently, at the Greg Jein Auction.

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The prongs aren’t seen in “The Omega Glory”, since Nimoy presumably handed them to Shatner butt-first. But these are fiberglass handles with dummy prongs, right?

 

[Captain Dunsel]

The prongs aren’t seen in “The Omega Glory”, since Nimoy presumably handed them to Shatner butt-first. But these are fiberglass handles with dummy prongs, right?

They are cast resin with wooden panels (the famous popsicle sticks?) and metal prongs, according to the auction description.

 

[Gregatron]

They are cast resin with metal prongs, according to the auction description.

There ya go.

 

[feek61]

I believe there were wooden handles as well based on the production memo that mentions 6 wooden power packs.

 

[Gregatron]

I believe there were wooden handles as well based on the production memo that mentions 6 wooden power packs.

If those were indeed made, perhaps they were the ones used in the “Galileo Seven” phaser locker, with resin duplicates made later on.

 

[newworld]

No, there is ONE scene in "The Enemy Within" when Sulu removes the handle and puts on a new one . . . . unless my memory is faulty, which is possible!!! Funny, if you watch the scene, he actives the P2 emitter light while doing it! whoops!! lol It's one of the scenes when they are freezing down on the planet while warming the rocks. It's pretty quick and kind of dark but the white handle helps see it.

I will look for a screen cap

EDIT: I was wrong, was thinking it was the handle but it was the P1, sorry!

While it’s not the handle thing, the fact that a P1 and a P2 are separate then combined on-screen is nevertheless an astounding thing - no matter how hard it is to see.

 

[feek61]

I am sure they (the wooden handles) were made, let me clarify, it was not a memo that mentioned them but an inventory; the same one that lets us know there were 4 hero "practical" phasers.

 

[Gregatron]

While it’s not the handle thing, the fact that a P1 and a P2 are separate then combined on-screen is nevertheless an astounding thing - no natter how hard it is to see.

It’s still astonishing how the Exploration Set had all of these cool working parts…which were almost never seen onscreen. No onscreen P1/P2 assembly (except for “The Enemy Within”), very rare uses of the P1 sight mechanism, no removable tricorder data discs, and only a glimpse or two of the communicator moire effect.

These props were made for 1960s, small, low-res, often black-and-white TVs. The chances of these details even being seen IF they were used on-camera were pretty slim. Fans mostly got their info about the fictional items and how they worked from TMOST and the Franz Joseph book.

And, aside from the oblique references to “phaser number one” and “phaser number two” in “The Devil in the Dark”, many viewers probably wouldn’t have even realized that the smaller hand phasers were supposed to combine with the pistol body to form Phaser Two. There were no freeze-frames, no rewinding, minimal reruns (at first), and the aforementioned low-res TVs standing in the way.

 

[newworld]

It’s still astonishing how the Exploration Set had all of these cool working parts…which were almost never seen onscreen. No onscreen P1/P2 assembly (except for “The Enemy Within”), very rare uses of the P1 sight mechanism, no removable tricorder data discs, and only a glimpse or two of the communicator moire effect.

These props were made for 1960s, small, low-res, often black-and-white TVs. The chances of these details even being seen IF they were used on-camera were pretty slim. Fans mostly got their info about the fictional items and how they worked from TMOST and the Franz Joseph book.

And, aside from the oblique references to “phaser number one” and “phaser number two” in “The Devil in the Dark”, many viewers probably wouldn’t have even realized that the smaller hand phasers were supposed to combine with the pistol body to form Phaser Two. There were no freeze-frames, no rewinding, minimal reruns (at first), and the aforementioned low-res TVs standing in the way.

This echoes the conclusion I’ve reached after being immersed in this business for months now: they were WAAAAY over-engineered for what their actual use would be. I'm sure others have reached this same conclusion as well - not claiming to be the first. Including “The Enemy Within” business there is not a single use of the various mechanisms that help tell the story in any meaningful way. If they had simply given four phasers the hero add-on details and never made any of the internal mechanisms, we would see the stories in exactly the same way we see them now. I can love the fact that all this stuff is there while simultaneously concluding that none of it was needed.

 

[Tosfan1]

I actually think the Conscience / Lenore / Riley was the first one made because it has differences that neither the GJ or the TMOST have.

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