The Wand Company TOS Tricorder is coming!

[Leinads]

News to me they are actively …..”roll it in to a patch update we are working on” that means user access through the USB-C….. imo.

It would be nice if they included activating the MSDC slot…expedited because of the B&M that people have done….including me

Right?
How awesome would it be if this isn’t just a ‘patch update,’ but the patch and the update we’ve all been waiting for?

 

[JiminSTLouis]

Latest from the Tricorder Blog:

Mitch August 11, 2025 at 10:51 pm
Will there be another run? I had registered right at the beginning of the campaign, hoping for some kind of early access, but kept missing out each time a batch was released for sale (on Amazon US). Very disappointing, as you can imagine.

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Chris Barnardo August 12, 2025 at 1:30 pm
We’re not sure at the moment. It depends on the demand from fans asking to be informed through the Star Trek Shop. At the moment the numbers aren’t massive and no where near enough to warrant another run. The email we sent you inviting you to purchase it from Star Trek Shop or IGN was delivered to you one minute after we sent it and opened by you one hour later. The stock on IGN was available for over 14 hours after we sent the email out, so I am not sure why you missed out on that opportunity. In total we sent out 5 invite emails to you.

 

[FANATICO]

Latest from the Tricorder Blog:

Mitch August 11, 2025 at 10:51 pm
Will there be another run? I had registered right at the beginning of the campaign, hoping for some kind of early access, but kept missing out each time a batch was released for sale (on Amazon US). Very disappointing, as you can imagine.

Reply

Chris Barnardo August 12, 2025 at 1:30 pm
We’re not sure at the moment. It depends on the demand from fans asking to be informed through the Star Trek Shop. At the moment the numbers aren’t massive and no where near enough to warrant another run. The email we sent you inviting you to purchase it from Star Trek Shop or IGN was delivered to you one minute after we sent it and opened by you one hour later. The stock on IGN was available for over 14 hours after we sent the email out, so I am not sure why you missed out on that opportunity. In total we sent out 5 invite emails to you.

How dare Chris calls you out……”In total we sent out 5 invite emails to you”……..the nerve of that guy! Sheeeeesh..

 

[FANATICO]

I dont know if there is a way to keep it from going to the starfield after 15min. Nothing in the manual about it either.

 

[Leinads]

At the moment the numbers aren’t massive and no where near enough to warrant another run.

I’m surprised. I suppose they took a pretty good loss on this? Hopefully the mood changes at Wand

 

[FANATICO]

I’m surprised. I suppose they took a pretty good loss on this? Hopefully the mood changes at Wand

Probably the word of its hiccups has spread across the WWW …to infinity and beyond.

WTC probably didn’t use independent non-biased Beta Testers….that’s where hiccups are discovered….imo.

Something like this….. The real human beta testing platform ….. there are other services like that.

 

[tripoli]

All the emails hit me at work. I work in a secured IT area, we do engineering for many high profile clients and the government. So most times i am unable to answer unless i am at home. Keep missing the chance at another Tricorder. As for the phaser, I will be happy with the FE Strange New Worlds Phaser. If the Wand co ever did come out with the phaser and communicator at this point, I expect I will be dead by that time. Hopefully FE also looks at some more of the Trek line props.

 

[drusselmeyer]

IF ……you make the attempt to make this sort of cable….you’ll have to pick a count of where you’ll make your group splits. You’ll have to use an exacto blade to begin the splits.

There’s two ways to go about splitting…

One is you use the exacto and try to maintain splitting down the length of the cable without cutting into the insulation of the individual wires ….or you start a split with the exacto and hand tear down the length of the cable ….if you know what I mean.

Remember…do not split all the way to the ends…tape off at the ends where you think you should stop splitting…so know when to stop splitting. If you split through to the ends….No Bueno…you might as well make wrist bracelets with wire groups….

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Chekov can't use that cable.

 

[JiminSTLouis]

I’m surprised. I suppose they took a pretty good loss on this? Hopefully the mood changes at Wand

I’m not sure many people know about the poll the Star Trek Shop is doing to gage interest. I’ve tried to pass the word here and in FB groups, but people still ask “When will these be on Amazon again”?

 

[Treadwell]

Yeah, that's an odd means of measurement.

 

[smithjohnj]

Maybe a small company, with its own website, and a direct vested financial stake in producing more tricorders, could set up a poll or comment section on their website where individuals who would like additional production of an item, or two, or three, to be considered could have their say. It might even be helpful not to just ask "is there any interest" - but also to ask - how many are you interested in purchasing. Maybe a small company that goes by TWC which is where I would express interest in someone MAKING more tricorders (communicators, phasers) - not in someone TALKING ORDERS for more. I expressed an interest in the tricorder early on. I was NEVER asked how many I was interested in purchasing. I ALWAYS knew I would be getting more than one. I KNEW there were family members and friends who wanted at least one but they did not have the time to "register" or "monitor" relatively minor websites for five years to know EXACTLY when the (non-flood) gate might swing open and the hot iron could be struck. At one point I was TOLD I could get two. I think some still missed out. I remember reading the tricorder updates about how all of the decisions of each little detail was discussed and pursued during the design and development cycles. I wish more of the order, purchase, and distribution issues had been discussed and addressed. The protective packaging was an amazing detail - and a critical one because Amazon destroys about half of the packages it delivers to me. But much of the rest seemed ill-considered. And now I feel as if TWC does not really care about next steps. I hear the customer service continues to be excellent. But customer service is more than just servicing product problems of past customers who DID get their toys.

 

[scotthm]

I’m not sure many people know about the poll the Star Trek Shop is doing to gage interest.

How could they?
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[2vix]

well... the 40-pin ribbon arrived today and i managed to feed it through the left-side hinge opening:

 

[FANATICO]

I’m not sure many people know about the poll the Star Trek Shop is doing to gage interest. I’ve tried to pass the word here and in FB groups, but people still ask “When will these be on Amazon again”?

FYI…..

 

[2vix]

Tricorder still available on amazon UK LINK

 

[FANATICO]

well... the 40-pin ribbon arrived today and i managed to feed it through the left-side hinge opening:
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Challenge is to also get it into the hood……

You also have that 20pin LEDs/Switches ribbon to shoehorn? and the speaker wires?

I’ve lost track….which Frankencorder Operation did you finalize to perform again?

We’ve been going back and forth…..like a bird…

 

[2vix]

Challenge is to also get it into the hood……

You also have that 20pin LEDs/Switches ribbon to shoehorn? and the speaker wires?

I’ve lost track….which Frankencorder Operation did you finalize to perform again?

We’ve been going back and forth…..

The current plan is to actually get the Raspberry Pi (Video Drive Section) to work on the tricorders original display. I have a 24-pin ribbon extension coming, and a breakout board that can turn the ribbon connections into wires that will attach to the Pi's GPIO. All I need to do is find the last pcb I need: an Adafruit TPS61169 that can run the backlight on the O.G. display. Im having trouble finding one in-stock up here in Canada so someone the US find me one and mail it to me! ill pay!

I did order a new display screen + driver board for the trike, hence the 40-pin ribbon... but Im confident I can get the actual tricorder LCD display to work on the Pi. This would be ideal, since swapping the display is a drastic operation no-one will want to do to their trike. this new plan would only require disconnecting the display ribbon, adding the extension ribbon and feeding it down and in behind the moire. Then going from that spot down to the Pi in the lower compartment. Yes I still lose the tricorders original UI, but first-things-first: Getting Star Trek episodes playing on the tricorders display. after that I can start exploring ways to get the Pi and the original UI both working.

As far as new wires - Its just the 24-pin ribbon and the 3 wires for the IR receiver that I need to get out of the hood section (Activities Unit) and down in behind the moire. Totally Do-able!

 

[FANATICO]

The current plan is to actually get the Raspberry Pi (Video Drive Section) to work on the tricorders original display. I have a 24-pin ribbon extension coming, and a breakout board that can turn the ribbon connections into wires that will attach to the Pi's GPIO. All I need to do is find the last pcb I need: an Adafruit TPS61169 that can run the backlight on the O.G. display. Im having trouble finding one in-stock up here in Canada so someone the US find me one and mail it to me! ill pay!

I did order a new display screen + driver board for the trike, hence the 40-pin ribbon... but Im confident I can get the actual tricorder LCD display to work on the Pi. This would be ideal, since swapping the display is a drastic operation no-one will want to do to their trike. this new plan would only require disconnecting the display ribbon, adding the extension ribbon and feeding it down and in behind the moire. Then going from that spot down to the Pi in the lower compartment. Yes I still lose the tricorders original UI, but first-things-first: Getting Star Trek episodes playing on the tricorders display. after that I can start exploring ways to get the Pi and the original UI both working.

As far as new wires - Its just the 24-pin ribbon and the 3 wires for the IR receiver that I need to get out of the hood section (Activities Unit) and down in behind the moire. Totally Do-able!

I’ve been looking at Adafruit too….nothing is popping yet…

Btw on eBay now from Germany…..Adafruit TPS61169

 

[2vix]

Btw on eBay now from Germany…..Adafruit TPS61169

Saw that one - Doesn't ship to Canada

 

[xlowes]

Tricorder still available on amazon UK LINK

Unfortunately no US shipping .