QMX New Releases: Trek, Stargate, DW, WH13 PICS PG.2
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greatwazoo42
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I just hope they don't run out of those stunt phasers in the first hour. I want to make sure to be able to call one mine without having to mug someone for it. 
JiminSTLouis
Master Member
I wont say.
Yes. A Prototype is finished.
The FB posting claimed they RUN was finished...did it not?
Lets review: "We're looking at end of Q1 2011. The work is all done"
What work? That sounds like the RUN is all done. Perhaps its just how I interpret it. Silly me. My Bad....
But that end of the 1t Quarter...last I checked that was March 31.
So ten weeks. Nope. Don't see it happening.
"it's just taking time to make a full run of them."
That is also a TRUE statement.
In fact...it's REALLY true...it's gonna be "SOME TIME" alright....which was my original point.
If they ship, it will be May give or take a couple of weeks.
How many are gonna Pony up 1600 bucks for it by the way?
Just curious.
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1600? Wow! Pricey, would get a screen used stunt for not much more than that. Hopefully they can knock the price down a little bit.
Stuntman Mike
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QMx just posted their Farnsworth sale page. $299.95 for the season one artisan replica. Available at 1PM EST Monday Jan 24, 2011. Edition size is 100 pieces:
Farnsworth Season One Artisan Replica: The Warehouse is calling!
Farnsworth Season One Artisan Replica: The Warehouse is calling!
For $300 you would think they could include a real center knob. They are $1.20ea. It doesn't have a real switch either.
greatwazoo42
Master Member
I smell a mod-fest coming on. Who plans on putting real walkie talkies in theirs?
themeinside
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With all this Warehouse 13 stuff etc. going on, hows about the sonic? anyone got any news yet?
Westies14
Master Member
It mentions other knobs and many other parts being sourced from the original suppliers. If those two items, as inexpensive as they are, are "cast from the original prop" there must be a reason for it. Perhaps the knob you're referring to isn't exactly right - is there definitive photo evidence of the match? If anyone prefers the knob you're referring to, at least $1.20 doesn't sound like an expensive upgrade. Cast from screen-used isn't usually a point of contention around here!
You'd prefer a real knob even if it may not be accurate, in colour and possibly shape, over colour matched casts off the original prop? The Davies Moulding knob is only what fans without access to the original prop have assumed is accurate, it's black and would need to be cut down, and then painted vs castings from the actual prop...
JiminSTLouis
Master Member
Well, the wait is over. They are in stock and ready to ship per the QMx site. Just need to get in there early enough to snag one. The ones that were sold at DC count against the 100 edition number.
greatwazoo42
Master Member
Same here. I'm also waiting on the release of their Abrams phaser.
The Davies knob is the correct knob. It was available in brown which is what is on the original piece. Allied has the black ones in stock. Davies will make them in the brown or any other color but it is custom order thing.
Davies Molding - 1910CS - Hardware - Tools & Hardware - Allied Electronics
I understand your liking of the cast off screen used but that is one piece i would rather have a real one of, the switch also. Anyone who wants to upgrade it with lights and sound and wants the button to be functional will have to go source a real button. Also the bakelite knob will outlast a resin one by a long way. I'm guessing putting a set screw in a resin knob and wrenching it tight enough to hold up to a real rotary switch will last all of 3/4 of an attempt.
If having it cast off screen used was so much better than why didn't they cast the left knob too?
It's nice but i think for the money they could have at least used a real knob. What are we talking $120 more for the whole run of 100 units?
You're basing that the Davies knob is correct on what info? Did you have access to the original props? I'm not saying the Davies is or is not the correct knob, but QMx has put out an replica prop, not an "easy to put your own electronics and customizations into it kit".
Those knobs were made when copyright laws still meant something. Back when you couldn't just use someone elses design and pass it off as your own. That is a Davis knob. They have been making that knob for decades and have been making knobs since the 30's. If there is another one that looks like it it is either a licensed rebadge or a fake. There are no other knobs that look like that.
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exoray
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What does copyright have to do with these knobs? They most certainly fall well outside the realm of copyright protection...
Design patents expire in 14 years...
So even if they got around the 'useful article' exemption and got a patent, it's almost certainly long expired and thus the design is in the public domain...
Taiwanese copy of the Davies #1900
One thing to note about the above 'copy' is that unlike the Davies 1900, the flutes on that one only go about 3/4 of the way down, shorten that knob up to the end of the flutes and I would say it looks very much "like that"...
Just like the left knob on the Farnsworth there are multiple manufactures of similar knobs...
Could it be a Davies knobs, sure it could, could it be a similar copy out there, sure it could...
If it's only going to cost you $1.20 to 'upgrade' the knob to what you consider kosher what is the big deal, especially if you are going to rip it apart to put in electronics or a rotary dial anyway?
It may look close but the flutes are not as deep or sharp. And seriously, you guys are jumping out on a limb thinking they went to Taiwan for those when the real ones are made here.
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