Prop Collector
Sr Member
Was it not clear that I was being sarcastic? Who cares if it's delayed again? You weren't required to pre-order like pretty much every other collectible company.
The Wand Company TOS Tricorder is coming!
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dbrussee
Well-Known Member
The tricorder user manual has been posted online!
www.thewandcompany.com
Star Trek Tricorder user manual | The Wand Company
JiminSTLouis
Sr Member
If it weren’t for the Chinese New Year month long shutdown, the Tricorder would be in full production now. The final firmware version is probably locked in.
JiminSTLouis
Sr Member
Those instructions seem pretty confusing. It probably makes total sense when you’re holding it and following the steps.The tricorder user manual has been posted online!
Star Trek Tricorder user manual | The Wand Company
JiminSTLouis
Sr Member
NakedMoleRat
Master Member
So excited.
Gotta wonder how this will affect the availability.
International service disruptions
Effective Feb. 4, the Postal Service will temporarily suspend only international package acceptance of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong Posts until further notice. Note the flow of letters and flats from China and Hong Kong will not be impacted.
International service disruptions
Suspension of Inbound Parcels from China and Hong Kong
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE SUSPENSION NOTICE – effective Feb. 4, 2025Effective Feb. 4, the Postal Service will temporarily suspend only international package acceptance of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong Posts until further notice. Note the flow of letters and flats from China and Hong Kong will not be impacted.
Most likely, it’s determined on a case-by-case basis whether merchants comply with any enacted tariffs, penalties, duties, etc. My hope is that once it is determined that a company (Wand) is in compliance, they would send it through
NakedMoleRat
Master Member
US tariffs don’t apply to the UK.
JiminSTLouis
Sr Member
So I asked Chris Barnardo about shipping and received this reply. It turns out I was wrong about the tariff impact.
Chris Barnardo February 5, 2025 at 8:30 am
They will be shipped from China to the US and the UK warehouses. Products manufactured in China are now kindly subject to tariffs going into the US regardless of where they are shipped from. every product manufactured in China has to bear the words, “made in China”. We could not have swapped the manufacturing to another country even with years of notice, as relationships to manufacture taken years if not decades to build up. Also if we were manufacturing the Tricorder in the Uk or the US it would cost between twice and five times more to make (as a guess), if it could even be done in either of those countries.
They will be shipped from China to the US and the UK warehouses. Products manufactured in China are now kindly subject to tariffs going into the US regardless of where they are shipped from. every product manufactured in China has to bear the words, “made in China”. We could not have swapped the manufacturing to another country even with years of notice, as relationships to manufacture taken years if not decades to build up. Also if we were manufacturing the Tricorder in the Uk or the US it would cost between twice and five times more to make (as a guess), if it could even be done in either of those countries.
AnubisGuard
Master Member
That makes sense – otherwise every company in the world could bypass the tarrifs by routing products though a middleman country.
NakedMoleRat
Master Member
I was wrong. Oh well.
asalaw
Sr Member
China has been doing that through Canada and Mexico, as well as skating by on other products with the de minimus exemption, which I believe has been closed.
EDIT-- Yup. Just looked it up, the de minimus exemption has indeed been closed (with respect to China), and I think the tricorder would have come in duty free under it, since it was set at $800.
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