Growing up, I always wanted to own a piece of the show - a screen-accurate phaser, a tricorder, a uniform. Having seen all the wonderful offerings from the original Master Replicas company, The Roddenberry Company, The Wand Company, and more recently Factory Entertainment, I was curious as to what, if any, prop replicas you may have in your collections?
My holy grails growing up were your standard away team faire - the TNG Cobra and Boomerang phasers, the Mark VII and Mark IX Tricorder, and a FC Phaser rifle. There were times I scoured the Star Trek: The Experience replica website and came *this close* to buying something, even though I didn't have $500 for the EMH's mobile emitter. Ironically, gold pressed latinum seemed the most affordable prop, but not by much. I wanted to own an LCARS panel, dammit!
The closest I would ever get back in the day were thanks to playmates - my Insurrection boomerang phaser, and TNG science tricorder. Art Asylum scratched the itch somewhat with their Trek Tek offerings of Enterprises' Phase pistol and communicator, but these always left me wanting something more. Something with a little more weight and less screw holes and plastic.
I missed a lot of great replicas and opportunities to get them which now have befallen as obtainable only on the secondary markets: The Master Replicas FC Phaser, The Roddenberry/EFX Science Tricorders. I don't recall ever seeing any decent phaser rifle replica, the closest being a nerf replica (which I shamelessly bought and sits next to me as I type. I would mention ANOVOS products, but I have heard the horror stories before/during/after the companies collapse, and don't wish to trigger PTSD for those on the board.
These days, it seems Factory Entertainment has taken up the torch once carried by the previously mentioned companies. Their first offerings were a Borg Queen skull and spine replica from First contact for $1499. They followed up with a TNG hypospray and hand scanner, and some early TNG cricket and dustbuster phaser replicas. They also produced an Ilia sensor probe and Kirk Badge replica from TMP, and they recreated Khans necklace from TWOK. Their latest is a replica of the Phaser from Strange New Worlds.
For those looking for TOS replicas, The Wand Company has put out some fantastic replicas of TOS Communicator (that doubles as a Bluetooth phone) and a TOS Phaser (that doubles as a universal remote). I managed to get both of these, but their TOS Tricorder eludes me. It's been in the words quite some time, but it looks fantastic and like it will be packed full of goodies. Still waiting for preorders to open on this one.
Some would say (rightfully so) that these are expensively priced compared to what was offered back in the early 2000s/2010s. Even so, I recently decided to take the plunge and splurge on my first Tricorder replica. The pre-orders sold out and I received an e-mail last night saying these are ready to ship out to customers, and I can't wait to get my mitts on it and share it with the rest of the group.
FE's latest offerings are probably going to be of interest to TNG fans, although I won't fork over $500 for a replica of Geordi's VISOR. They will be offering the TNG "Cobra" Phaser, which will open to show internal mechanics as well as seen on the show. Adam Savage got to play with that and I believe a FC Phaser rifle, and I am very jealous, indeed.
Anyone manage to acquire something screen-used or a screen-accurate replica for their collections? Anyone pick up anything from the Christie's auction in the 2000s? If you want, share it here!
My holy grails growing up were your standard away team faire - the TNG Cobra and Boomerang phasers, the Mark VII and Mark IX Tricorder, and a FC Phaser rifle. There were times I scoured the Star Trek: The Experience replica website and came *this close* to buying something, even though I didn't have $500 for the EMH's mobile emitter. Ironically, gold pressed latinum seemed the most affordable prop, but not by much. I wanted to own an LCARS panel, dammit!
The closest I would ever get back in the day were thanks to playmates - my Insurrection boomerang phaser, and TNG science tricorder. Art Asylum scratched the itch somewhat with their Trek Tek offerings of Enterprises' Phase pistol and communicator, but these always left me wanting something more. Something with a little more weight and less screw holes and plastic.
I missed a lot of great replicas and opportunities to get them which now have befallen as obtainable only on the secondary markets: The Master Replicas FC Phaser, The Roddenberry/EFX Science Tricorders. I don't recall ever seeing any decent phaser rifle replica, the closest being a nerf replica (which I shamelessly bought and sits next to me as I type. I would mention ANOVOS products, but I have heard the horror stories before/during/after the companies collapse, and don't wish to trigger PTSD for those on the board.
These days, it seems Factory Entertainment has taken up the torch once carried by the previously mentioned companies. Their first offerings were a Borg Queen skull and spine replica from First contact for $1499. They followed up with a TNG hypospray and hand scanner, and some early TNG cricket and dustbuster phaser replicas. They also produced an Ilia sensor probe and Kirk Badge replica from TMP, and they recreated Khans necklace from TWOK. Their latest is a replica of the Phaser from Strange New Worlds.
For those looking for TOS replicas, The Wand Company has put out some fantastic replicas of TOS Communicator (that doubles as a Bluetooth phone) and a TOS Phaser (that doubles as a universal remote). I managed to get both of these, but their TOS Tricorder eludes me. It's been in the words quite some time, but it looks fantastic and like it will be packed full of goodies. Still waiting for preorders to open on this one.
Some would say (rightfully so) that these are expensively priced compared to what was offered back in the early 2000s/2010s. Even so, I recently decided to take the plunge and splurge on my first Tricorder replica. The pre-orders sold out and I received an e-mail last night saying these are ready to ship out to customers, and I can't wait to get my mitts on it and share it with the rest of the group.
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FE's latest offerings are probably going to be of interest to TNG fans, although I won't fork over $500 for a replica of Geordi's VISOR. They will be offering the TNG "Cobra" Phaser, which will open to show internal mechanics as well as seen on the show. Adam Savage got to play with that and I believe a FC Phaser rifle, and I am very jealous, indeed.
Anyone manage to acquire something screen-used or a screen-accurate replica for their collections? Anyone pick up anything from the Christie's auction in the 2000s? If you want, share it here!
). Both are extremely fun to play with. I've got their TOS Tricorder on order which should finally come available this year (Spring?)
