I don't understand how such a weapon would be holstered. There doesn't seem to be enough of a front to slide into anything. I guess there could be some kind of slot in the back of the holster for the handle to stick out of. But that would block the trigger.
Did any of the original series movies use a holster for the phasers?
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Did the two Starfleet assassins sent to kill the Klingon chancellor in TUC have holsters on their space suits?
Of all the movies (including post-TOS) I like the TUC hand-phasers with their slick blue beams the most. This new phaser for the movie seems to take some cues from the TUC-one, I can't wait to see it on the screen.
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The laser pistol from the first episode of TOS (and The Cage) attached to a belt, but no holster as such.
I think all the movies ones had velcro, but the TOS dustbuster had a holster, and all the others did since. I'd check Lee's site if you want to be sure.
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We know the phaser has some knid of spinning nozzle, dependent on setting in use. I assumed they were incorporating the rotating-barrel motif of the Laser Pistols into the Phaser itself. But this looks more like the nozzle rotates horizontally, around the vertical axis, rather than around the axis of the body of the weapon like the Lasers did. Also, the handle looks more like that on the Laser rather then the Phaser.
I'm reserving judgement for now, anyway. I should really design a page for my website but I simply can't be bothered. I can't decide whether to: add it to the existing TOS section (easy, but probably wrong and certainly anachronistic); create a new section altogether (more work, and I'd have to redesign the whole front page); or, the preferable option - to completely re-design the site using more modern coding which allows you to browse by date or type of weapon (like I'll ever have the time, inclination or ability).
I think the TOS Type-I was intended to have a little concealed holster but I'm not sure whether it was ever shown (by all accounts they just tucked it into their waistbands when filming). The only other holster seen prior to TNG was the weird upside-down configuration on the TWoK Away-Team jackets, as Sean said. Other than that, weapons were just fastened to the outside of clothing by Starfleet Magic.
quote:Originally posted by Lee: We know the phaser has some kind of spinning nozzle, dependent on setting in use. I assumed they were incorporating the rotating-barrel motif of the Laser Pistols into the Phaser itself. But this looks more like the nozzle rotates horizontally, around the vertical axis, rather than around the axis of the body of the weapon like the Lasers did.
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Hmm, I'm not commenting on the dolls, because honestly, I could care less, but on the props...
The tricorder looks nice, as does the communicator, though that looks a bit too much like an iPod ( I notice a theme going here). The phaser looks nice, although I don't see a detachable type I anywhere. At least that's only a minor technical detail that could be easily left out, and all the props actually pretty closely resemble the originals they are supposed to represent.
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"From the looks of the images these dolls are very detailed and have excellent likenesses, especially Pine."
Is there something wrong with this reviewer's eyes? I guess, technically, the Kirk doll's face is slightly less horrifyingly wrong than the Spock one...
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I have to hope that that really -isn't- too close to the prop used in the movie, 'cause that looks rediculous. The one used in TOS, even the Playmates version thereof, was far superior.
But, I guess, that one didn't look like an iPod threw up.
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