WinstonWolf359
Master Member
Well, besides the fact I actually like Trek V, if you skip it you'll miss out on the only looks at the sliding cowl on the assault phasers...
Official Star Trek Phaser Thread
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You're a brave man to admit that.
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PodRacer X
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Oh, I have all of the DVD Directors' editions (except Nemesis which is awful). I love the text commentaries.
And I'll also admit to having a fondness for ST:V because it's one of the first movies I ever saw on opening night. I was 16 years old when it came out and I waited at the end of a long line to get a terrible seat all the way up front and on the extreme left-hand side of the theater, but it was a lot of fun. I even sent away for a Kraft marshmallow dispenser -- my first Trek prop.
Anyway, I acknowledge that it's one of the weaker entries into the Trek oeuvre.
And I'll also admit to having a fondness for ST:V because it's one of the first movies I ever saw on opening night. I was 16 years old when it came out and I waited at the end of a long line to get a terrible seat all the way up front and on the extreme left-hand side of the theater, but it was a lot of fun. I even sent away for a Kraft marshmallow dispenser -- my first Trek prop.
Anyway, I acknowledge that it's one of the weaker entries into the Trek oeuvre.
Well let's stay focused on phasers then... :lol
To help get us back on track, here are a couple items I don't think were posted yet... the IPI "laser pointer" TNG Cobrahead phaser
And here's a fanmade replica I picked up off the board here... nice, it has the flip open door in the back, ala Data's phaser from "Ensigns of Command". (you can also build the Rodd.com kit this way)
Here's the fanmade again (top) shown with the Playmates TNG cobra phaser toy, which is actually not that bad either.
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To help get us back on track, here are a couple items I don't think were posted yet... the IPI "laser pointer" TNG Cobrahead phaser
And here's a fanmade replica I picked up off the board here... nice, it has the flip open door in the back, ala Data's phaser from "Ensigns of Command". (you can also build the Rodd.com kit this way)
Here's the fanmade again (top) shown with the Playmates TNG cobra phaser toy, which is actually not that bad either.
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uscm buzz
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Ok I have to deffend the Playmates Phaser.. Gentlemen.. That phaser may be incaccurate now.. But at the time it was released.. It was the coolest phaser released to the general public.. and at a damn affordable price.. nobody at the time was screaming inacurate or anything like that.. we were asking for more..
The playmates phaser was based on a Phaser which appears to have been a mark English fake.. ... which they didnt know at the time.. this was before.. dvd screen caps etc..
The phaser for what it is.. a Toy.. is pretty dang cool.. sure the AA is better.. but we didnt have that at the time..
And as far as survival.. The playmates are very durable ....
I was going to get rid of mine.. until I found out they used them on Exeter 1 and 2.. so I decided to keep mine..
A phaser collection without a playmates is an incomplete collection.. and yes I got the mego phaser game too...
The playmates phaser was based on a Phaser which appears to have been a mark English fake.. ... which they didnt know at the time.. this was before.. dvd screen caps etc..
The phaser for what it is.. a Toy.. is pretty dang cool.. sure the AA is better.. but we didnt have that at the time..
And as far as survival.. The playmates are very durable ....
I was going to get rid of mine.. until I found out they used them on Exeter 1 and 2.. so I decided to keep mine..
A phaser collection without a playmates is an incomplete collection.. and yes I got the mego phaser game too...
franz bolo
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Oh I agree, at the time (mid-90s), I was very excited to get a Playmates TOS phaser.
Then I discovered Rich Coyle's site, and then RPF and ASAP... and discovered what I had been missing. :lol
The AA wipes the floor with the Playmates tho... the Playmates' P1 isn't even removable. :rolleyes
Playmates is, let's say, the "dummy phaser" of toys.
Mego's accessory toys ALL sucked, the blue communicators, the "tape deck" tricorder... I was actually a kid at the time AND loved Star Trek AND saw the Mego toys AT THE STORE and passed them up, they were so bad. :lol
And then, there's this monstrosity. :$
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Then I discovered Rich Coyle's site, and then RPF and ASAP... and discovered what I had been missing. :lol
The AA wipes the floor with the Playmates tho... the Playmates' P1 isn't even removable. :rolleyes
Playmates is, let's say, the "dummy phaser" of toys.
Mego's accessory toys ALL sucked, the blue communicators, the "tape deck" tricorder... I was actually a kid at the time AND loved Star Trek AND saw the Mego toys AT THE STORE and passed them up, they were so bad. :lol
And then, there's this monstrosity. :$
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WinstonWolf359
Master Member
"Space Fun Helmet." :rolleyes
Yeah, I'm sure many a 10-year-old geeky Trek fan had his ass totally kicked if ever caught outside his yard wearing that thing... :lol
Man, that's awful.
Jimbo890
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I wish I had my Mego toys still. They were crap, and fell apart. Mom took them back and got a refund. [all I remember having were those blue comms] Anyone remember the phaser that shot the round plastic discs? Or, the Phaser toy that was basically a flashlight, and you put these stencils in, and it projected the shadow of different lame versions Star Trek ships on the wall? I still have my AMT model version of the "Exploration set". Sadly the tricorder did not survive. [too much playing Arena, and tossing it as an exploding tricorder, LOL]
PodRacer X
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I had a set of those "communicators". I also had a Mego Kirk and Spock with the little blue phasers. Good memories.
skyit
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