Yep, they finally make the phaser that everyone wanted the first time and then they make it an exclusive from Amazon. I don't own or have any desire to buy a 3D tv - ever. So buying the 3D blu-ray is useless. And as a Canadian I can tell you buying from Amazon in the States is no walk in the park. This is one of the dumbest moves by QMX yet.
Fans wait three years for a spinning phaser and get the middle finger from QMX when the decide to make one.
@Allen Castillo
All the Super Heros, Heros, and Tear Down phasers, that I made for Into Darkness is different and not identical to the 2009. The heros from 2009 had a totally different handle, had no lens or functioning rotary setting on top, had a ton of visible bolts holding the thing together, and the paint was different. So to say the phaser is identical is not correct.
With that said... the phaser QMx made for the film is the same design they had for the QMx 2009 replica but is now utilizing a magnetic hold for the manual rotate of the barrels that I developed for my tear downs in the film. QMx states that their phasers are pulls directly from the same molds. They are referring to their molds off their replicas... not my heros in the movie. If QMx provided background phasers for the film, I can not confirm what they may have provided and that could be the molds they are referring to. However, all the phasers on screen are mine... so I don't know where their backgrounds would be. Could have been cut out of the final edit. The phaser they are releasing with the dvd set, according to their site, will be spring loaded. I will be putting an article together so i will confirm what exactly they will be producing.
Now, the animatronic 2014 phaser they mentioned on their site would be mine. I mentioned to them that I would love to make a limited edition of the hero phaser I made for the film. I just want to be clear on a few things so there's not misunderstanding. I hope this helps clear up some questions.
Cheers,
Kenney
Nothing about the phaser is metal plated.
Lord knows QMx have had more than their fair share of blunders but the Phaser is not one of them. They released a heavy, 1:1, replica for $60. Similar static props by certain other companies would have cost 3X as much. There are similarly scaled resin kits in the JY that cost upwards of FIVE times as much (including my and Morganthirteen's Lawgiver kit).
They have admittedly completely dropped the ball on some of their Firefly offerings (like the large scale Serenity model that I and may others ended up paying 4X as much for when the initial announcement said $500). But in regards to the Trek phaser, they hit a home run on that one. I challenge anyone to find a better prop replica deal!
The combo-package available through Amazon is still basically the cost of a Bluray plus the replica. (And I'd be surprised if that set didn't include a standard Bluray version of the film as well.) It's still less than half the cost of what certain other companies would charge for the same piece.
Then, this phaser is the same QMX from the 2009 movie, which was a different size than the movie originals?
By the way, according to blu-ray.com the set will include the standard bluray.
Yep, they finally make the phaser that everyone wanted the first time and then they make it an exclusive from Amazon. I don't own or have any desire to buy a 3D tv - ever. So buying the 3D blu-ray is useless. And as a Canadian I can tell you buying from Amazon in the States is no walk in the park. This is one of the dumbest moves by QMX yet.
Fans wait three years for a spinning phaser and get the middle finger from QMX when the decide to make one.
Thats my big problem, its a US exclusive only, that isnt QMX fault or not entirely, this is the Paramount giving that middle finger you mentioned to anyone outside of the United States... I would love one of these but Im not buying 2 copies of the movie, one of which I cant watch, for a prop Phaser!
That said, I am tempted it would cost too much to buy in, they need to release this generally after the film.