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Rating:  -
Used it with a Halloween costume, and had lot's of fun.
It is not very durable, but works great for a cool prop.
Rating:  -
What can I say. If it loks like a phaser and sounds like a phaser then it must be a phaser. I love this toy. It makes all the different sounds a phaser makes.It lights up.It even remove phaser 1 from the main body to have a smaller pocket sized phaser(perfect for shooting the boss,teacher,pastor or,or anyone else that anoys you. The coolest thing is the self distruct feature.My wife and have hours of fun playing hot potato and blowing each other up.Get one today and let the carnage begin
Rating:  -
Like a lot of Trek fans I grew up watching the original series and wanting a phaser of my very own. Over the years there have been many available props from varying sources, with very mixed results. I myself am a prop fanatic, and while The DST Phaser is very nice, it's far from perfect. It not only has aesthetic inaccuracies, but flaws in it's design that do effect it's functionality.
When I first received mine I was amazed at how light it was. Every other phaser prop I've held has always had a solid construction with a bit of heft to them, usually due to the batteries in the handle, giving them a realistic feel. This thing feels cheap in your hands, lightweight but top heavy and overall fragile... When shaken ever so slightly, the loose buttons and knobs make it sound like a baby rattle. When I pulled the trigger, the sound was low and dull, with the flashing red nozzle getting on my nerves. The locking mechanism for the Phaser I doesn't really lock it into place. So it can be easily pulled off with a slight bit of pressure.
I really had a hard time taking this item seriously at fist, and after hearing the glowing praise for it, was a bit underwhelmed.
Those were my fist impressions of the phaser, which changed after some time playing with it. I came to terms that this isn't the studio prop recreation I've always hoped for, and is in fact - A TOY. Eventually I did find a few things by going back and reading the instructions... The setting dial on my P1, which I thought was static, actually did turn. But mine was stuck in place. Pushing it really hard snapped it into the next positions, which eventually revealed the classic phaser sound everyone knows. Why the packaged phasers aren't set to this one by default puzzles me, but the dial now turns much more easily. Secondly, I was always too afraid to touch the knob on the back of the phaser II housing. Just looking at it, you can see the spindly peg that holds it in place, rather loosely I might add... It looks like a weak point that I'm sure will break with enough play, but does work to give us that nice overload sound.
This made me much more comfortable with it's TOY status... for the price, it's really nice. No other toy has ever come even close to this in terms of quality for cost, and I'm sure that we won't ever see anything this nice again.
But I was looking for more than a cheap feeling, but nice looking toy, and so, as I've done with almost everything I've ever owned... I started taking it apart.
First off, there is one defect that is completely the fault of the manufacturers. It should have been caught and fixed, but due to someone being asleep at the wheel, made it through to production. The battery compartment on the Phaser I has been molded in a way, that makes it impossible to completely close it, while there are batteries inside. Three squares molded on the inside of the cover, keep it from being screwed in all the way. As such, the phaser I does not sit in the cradle of the Phaser II properly. This is why the locking mechanism doesn't work. I was able to repair this by grinding down the inside of the cover to remove the excess plastic. It now sits flush with the Phaser II, eliminating the gap, and firmly locking into place. It is now impossible (beyond breaking it) to remove the P1 without pushing the release pin forward.
This is something I should not have had to do, and will not be easily fixable for a lot of people.
So, after having fixed the battery compartment, my major gripe is all the loose parts. After being dubbed "trekkies first rattle" by me and my friends, I went about isolating all of the major culprits of this. the loose deflector grid and dial, the P2 setting knob, release pin, the side knob and bezel ring which control the light. All of these things rattle rather obnoxiously in your hand.
The setting knob on the back of the phaser has two problems... it's loose, and has a weak pin. This could have been solved with a ridge around the pin that would keep it from moving back and forth. I created my own by cutting off one of the rings from the twist tie holders that originally held it inside the box. After splitting it in two and sanding it down a bit, it slid the 2 disc sections into place, a drop of glue, and now the knob has the support needed to keep it from snapping off, and the friction to keep it from rattling.
Similar efforts can be used on the other rattling parts of the P2... A bit of extra plastic to increase the friction prevents it from rattling around.
The P1 needs to be opened and have the hinges on the dial and deflector grid tightened to prevent them from rattling. I did this with a tiny bit of electrical tape around the pegs.
After doing this, it greatly altered my feel toward the piece. It's feels solid now, less cheap and prone to breakage. It still doesn't fix several of the aesthetic issues, but stops it from feeling like a toy, and more of a licensed prop.
Rating: -
This toy is AWSOME!!! Has great sound effects just like the ones from the movie! Has 4 settings and an overload feature that will make a humming sound ending in an explosion-like sound!
Type 1 phaser removes from the type 2 phaser pistol! Pull out the gold-bronze colored pin gently to release the type 1 phaser.
The type 2 phaser has a few knobs and buttons as well. The trigger is obvious. There is a knob just above the trigger which lets you turn the LED light on or off. The overload switch is on the top back of the type 2. Turn the knob so it clicks and press the trigger. The beam emmiter has a turning diam that lets you adjust the brightness on the type 2 phaser.
The type 1 has a rubber trigger on the bottom. The dial on the left will flip up the silver grid. Do this and you will get better sound. The dial on the right will change the settings. You have to turn this dial when the type 1 is attatched or seperate from the type 2 to change sound effects.
My only complaints are very minor.
1. Sound is a bit too soft.
2. Pull the trigger to far or twist the overload dial too far and the type 1 will pop off. This is because of the loose pin.
3. Why not use AAA batteries? It uses LR44/AG13 batteries.
OVERALL, GREAT TOY!!!!!!!!! :) All Trekkie fans will be very pleased!
VERY great value. It is worth the cost!!! :) STrongly encouraged to buy!!
Rating: -
Relatively durable and well-priced original Series phaser replica, full phaser and detachable hand phaser. A very fun phaser replica for its price. I would not recommend it for small children as it is only plastic, but for plastic it is extremely durable.
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