New Star Trek Beyond Phaser

[spockboy]

Thoughts?


Spockboy

 

[UnitPD]

I like it!!

 

[JiminSTLouis]

It looks kinda cool but there are a lot of shapes going on there. It might look sleeker without that thing hanging down on the back. Whatever is hanging down in the front appears to get in the way of the trigger finger. At least they toned down the chrome and it looks like they got rid of the flippy-do-thing.

 

[Sean]

I don't like It. looks like some kind of little robot head up front. with what I take to be to side by side barrels. even has a mouth.:lol

 

[doppelganger]

Much prefer it to the first jjtrek phaser which looked like it had been purposely designed for toy versions.

 

[Blackbirdcd]

I'd like to know more about this variant. It's different than some of the others seen in the trailer.

And actually I do like it - more so than the 2009 version (agreeing with Doppelganger here).

So which of the RPF'ers here worked on it?

 

[sdhlaw1701]

It looks 100% better than that stupid chrome ray gun JJ came up with. Is this Star Trek or Buck Rogers JJ?

 

[Mike J.]

Might be John Eaves' design work. He designed some phasers / rifles for the first two JJ movies.

 

[Halliwax]

reminds me of a mecha alien head

 

[Apollo]

Makes a crapazoid look like a Hero :unsure

 

[starbuc]

Looks like the standard Phaser got an update too.
They changed it just enough so that QMX can make another replica to sell.:lol


Terry

 

[Eric Ardros]

Ah, so they didn't get rid of the rotating barrel *sigh*

 

[Funky]

Two thoughts here:
1. Don't like it. It looks way more complicated than it needs to be.
2. Zachary Quinto is one hairy dude!

 

[Blackbirdcd]

Here's another good shot of the phasers

 

[Felgacarb]

It does look like the ergonomics with regards to the trigger are terrible- but that is normal for a phaser!

I like it. At least more than the earlier JJ phasers.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

Have any of these guys ever WATCHED Star Trek? They must think TOS stands for Theatrics Over Substance!

 

[Krel]

It reminds me of a SG1 Replicator for some reason. :lol

David.

 

[Zombie_61]

*yawn*

 

[Toa Quarax]

Kinda off topic, but that case seems to be an ArtBin carrying case (the 12 inch maybe):

• http://www.deserres.ca/en-ca/produc.../translucent-plastic-carrying-case/333/ARTBM/
• http://michaels.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-MichaelsCanada-Site/en_CA/Product-Show?pid=10998653
• http://www.amazon.com/ArtBin-12-Inch-Carrying-Container-6977AB/dp/B001ELDERU

And here's a video that shows off a few props on display: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80KCgjlgBAw

 

[BAK55]

So glad I did a search on this subject as I was about to start a thread inquiring about these.

Saw the movie this last weekend. At first I thought my old eyes were misinterpreting these "new" phasers with the standard ones.
It's OB10's impression that these phasers were from the U.S.S. Franklin. It's an older ship, therefore the phasers are more "retro" that the standard issued phasers. It also explained to me why they looked so extra bulky in Spock's and McCoy's hands.