Star Trek (2009 J.J. Abrams movie) Phaser Defined Thread!

[MooCriket]

Why all the steam? Are they boarding a train? :lol

That cadet just climbing the stairs needs to consult with Grace Lee Whitney about hair styling. :rolleyes

The shuttle is called "MOORE" eh... nice to see Michael Moore finally getting the credit he deserves, hundreds of years from now.

eek:wacko:sick In that order. Spot on as always Phase Pistol:thumbsup

 

[nickytea]

Where are these pictures from?

 

[misterfusion]

Try here:

http://www.treknews.de/treknews/newspro-treknews/static/123931404963561.php

 

[redshirt]

Look out Jim... Spock is set to KILL! :eek

I loved the Galaxy Quest Thermian Nebulizer and I think this phaser has that beat. It's cool and retro looking. I still love the original series phasers, but this is cool in it's own way.

Now where can i buy an original screenused prop of this to go next to my screenused Galaxy Quest Thermian Nebulizer?

Tom

 

[Zombie_61]

Boy, they sure built those dirigible hangars to last, didn't they?

 

[SSgt Burton]

I just noticed the movie era Starfleet Command symbol in the lower right corner.


Kevin

 

[Pumpernickel]

My local Toys 'r Us has put out the entire Star Trek movie line of toys. The phaser is kinda cool. It has three different sounds--power up, stun, and vaporize. The "power up" dial on the top rear lights up when accessed, while the blue and red plastic barrels light up when the phaser is fired. The barrel manually rotates so that the red or blue barrel is pointing forward. A push of a button on the side automatically rotates the barrel back to the opposite direction (very fast!). If you hold the trigger down, it activates continuous firing sounds. The top part of the phaser is molded in silver, whereas the lower half and handle is highly reflective metalized plastic.

As far as the action figures, I liked the 12" and 6" best. The playsets and Enterprise looked cool, too, but I ordered those from newforcecomics.com so I didn't buy them.

Here's a few pix.

Pumpernickel

 

[Kylash]

huh, so they cheaped out on some of the chrome..

 

[Neon Sentry]

Playmates' site listed the Phaser as being vacuum metalized ABS, having the two separate materials just looks wonky! Not to mention the metalized grip smudging easily... lots of fingerprints in those pics...

 

[TOSPHASER]

Playmates' site listed the Phaser as being vacuum metalized ABS, having the two separate materials just looks wonky! Not to mention the metalized grip smudging easily... lots of fingerprints in those pics...

The screen used prop is in fact the two tone color!!! :cool

 

[Neon Sentry]

The screen used prop is in fact the two tone color!!! :cool

The difference on the PM Phaser is huge. The difference on the prop is like the differing sheen between metal and cold cast metal, not nearly as stark. It's not so distracting on the real deal.

 

[Pumpernickel]

Playmates' site listed the Phaser as being vacuum metalized ABS, having the two separate materials just looks wonky! Not to mention the metalized grip smudging easily... lots of fingerprints in those pics...

If you go back and look at the early toy phaser photos from a few months ago, you can now tell that the top half was molded in silver and the bottom half metalized plastic. The whole phaser should have been molded in silver, and then it would look closer to the movie prop.

Pumpernickel

 

[nick daring]

I bet if you hit the whole thing with a dull coat it would unify the look a little while still looking like two different materials.

Nick

 

[glim999]

Wouldn't a little steel wool improve the look of the lower half?

 

[Kylash]

any chance of a video of the sounds and lights?

 

[Tripper]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8ccJDjj_Ao

 

[Pumpernickel]

any chance of a video of the sounds and lights?

Ok, here's a vid of the lights and sounds that I will maintain until the toy filters out:

http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn114/pumpernickel_2008/trek/?action=view&current=MVI_3328.flv

And here's the ruler shot someone wanted.

Pumpernickel

 

[Pumpernickel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8ccJDjj_Ao

Nice demonstration video, but a spoiler alert would have been appropriate---he gives away a couple of plot points to the movie. Regards,

Pumpernickel

 

[misterfusion]

"Now I'm going to Vaporize my cat"

Heh heh!

Thanks for the vids.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Here are another couple of shots I dug up for color reference...