Julien’s Upcoming Hero Phaser & Communicator Auction

[Leinads]

super bummed out. I was really hoping we’d finally see the ‘lost’ rhinestone tricorder and phaser show up, but now… yeah, great

 

[Sparklejinx]

I was really hoping we’d finally see the ‘lost’ rhinestone tricorder and phaser show up

Which one is that?

 

[Leinads]

None.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

This weekend, I was working on restoring my Beta communicator build (I had to replace the stopwatch, replace the lower moire pattern disc, rework the aluminum control panel plate, and replace the T-Jet hubs and jewels) and have been pouring over the new batch of photos, yet again…

I have to say, whether it is accurate to the original prop, or not, John Long’s decision to use this design for the restored brass stopwatch winding stem (with a flat head screw installed for ease of winding) is absolutely genius:

 

[Nicksdad]

Nice comm man, I love the hero's.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Nice comm man, I love the hero's.

Agreed. Amazing how much work Wah and the Desilu prop shop put into the original “Landing Party” Hero Comms, Phasers, and Tricorders…unprecedented for the time and they received amazing little to no screen time.

 

[asalaw]

Agreed. Amazing how much work Wah and the Desilu prop shop put into the original “Landing Party” Hero Comms, Phasers, and Tricorders…unprecedented for the time and they received amazing little to no screen time.

Well, that's the story of a prop maker's life (and set decorator's, for that matter).

 

[Gregatron]

‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition’ Screening, Show Memorabilia Auction Set To Cap Off Infinity Festival

Captain James T. Kirk's "phaser and communicator" used during the production of the original Star Trek will be among the items auctioned off during a special event closing next month's Infinity Festival.

deadline.com

 

[feek61]

Interesting, selling off the helm / navigator console, I guess the Paul Allen foundation / museum is selling off their Trek stuff.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Interesting, selling off the helm / navigator console, I guess the Paul Allen foundation / museum is selling off their Trek stuff.

That is a bummer, if true. MOPOP was the only place to publicly see these items. If they sell them off, who knows when they will be seen again?

 

[feek61]

They have a few dozen TOS items in the up-coming Juliens Auctions. Some nice photos here:

STAR TREK

Set your phasers to "stunned" and prepare to be beamed up to Los Angeles this November for Julien's Auctions' "Bid Long & Prosper" auction, an unpr...

www.juliensauctions.com

 

[Captain Dunsel]

I've always considered Justman's comment to be about the Laser Pistols from The Cage, NOT the B&W phasers. His mentioning how they were plain and unimaginative not only better describes the lasers, but if he really thought the B&W phasers were unimaginative, it's a pretty big dig at Matt Jefferies, since the actual phasers pretty much match what he designed.

I agree with your take on Justman’s comments.