Julien’s Upcoming Hero Phaser & Communicator Auction

[AdmiralBaxter]

It's also a handy tell to spot a replica with.

Yeah but takes some out of the fun of just being honest.

 

[Gregatron]

I now find myself wondering if John Long restored the missing parts on these props (I'm told that the phaser meter and brass handle butt plate have been replaced, along with the comm's moire ring and graphics) using replica parts made by the very same vendor whose parts were used on the forgeries.

The mind boggles.

 

[AdmiralBaxter]

That was one of the first details I looked at when the 2021 forgery came onto the scene. We had the Jein hero as a reference, with its single plant-on rail, and Velcro on the other side. That gave us a basis for the construction technique used on the other heroes.

This second phaser now confirms it.

The problem is that future forgeries may well take this into account. Which is why we need to be vigilant.

There was so much wrong with the 2021 forgery... woooo!!

 

[Gregatron]

There was so much wrong with the 2021 forgery... woooo!!

Not enough to keep it from selling for a quarter-million on the off chance that it might be real, unfortunately.

If the buyer had just waited three more years...

 

[AdmiralBaxter]

I now find myself wondering if John Long restored the missing parts on these props (I'm told that the phaser meter and brass handle butt plate have been replaced, along with the comm's moire ring and graphics) with replica parts made by the very same vendor whose parts were used on the forgeries.

The mind boggles.

Ugggg and that individuals parts are not accurate... disgusting to use on such an important prop

 

[AdmiralBaxter]

Not enough to keep it from selling for a quarter-million on the off chance that it might be real, unfortunately.

If the buyer had just waited three more years...

Oh stop.... you of all the folks here know exactly what I mean as we have talked about this at length...

It really does make me sick to see people that can't build honestly and just come out admit to being the ones that have skills that good.

 

[Chrisisall]

I now find myself wondering if John Long restored the missing parts on these props (I'm told that the phaser meter and brass handle butt plate have been replaced, along with the comm's moire ring and graphics) with replica parts made by the very same vendor whose parts were used on the forgeries.

The mind boggles.

As Long (see what I did there?) as it looks right....

 

[AdmiralBaxter]

As Long (see what I did there?) as it looks right....

.....For a DST

 

[Chrisisall]

.....For a DST

We are way past accurizing DST's here....

 

[AdmiralBaxter]

Here's a mystery phaser for everyone...... (yes I would actually like to figure out which replica this is)

 

[Leinads]

I now find myself wondering if John Long restored the missing parts on these props (I'm told that the phaser meter and brass handle butt plate have been replaced, along with the comm's moire ring and graphics) using replica parts made by the very same vendor whose parts were used on the forgeries.

The mind boggles.

How dare you speak about the (J)et (P)ropulsion (L)aboratory like that. Oh, strike that. I think you may be correct though on the parts supplier if he did repairs

 

[Gregatron]

.....For a DST

Beta needs a much fatter butt, in that case.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Yes, 4 heroes. 2 down, two to go!

My memory seems to recall the tale of a third discovered hero…

A hero with a Phaser One and Phaser Two that had been separated for years and then united, like the mythical Power Sword from the Masters of the Universe…

A hero that was…

Nevermind, I believe that thread is closed.

 

[Gregatron]

Oh stop.... you of all the folks here know exactly what I mean as we have talked about this at length...

It really does make me sick to see people that can't build honestly and just come out admit to being the ones that have skills that good.

I'm quoting the wrong franchise, here, but greed is a powerful ally.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Here's a mystery phaser for everyone...... (yes I would actually like to figure out which replica this is)
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The Phaser II base is a slightly modified 23rd Century Pistol Kit with a Phaser One donor of unknown origin.

 

[Gregatron]

How dare you speak about the (J)et (P)ropulsion (L)aboratory like that. Oh, strike that. I think you may be correct though on the parts supplier if he did repairs

It's possible that Long fabricated the parts, himself. Perhaps we'll find out.

I'd just collapse into a deep puddle of irony if JPL parts were used to restore the actual phaser prop. The very same parts used on the 2021 and Nichols midgrade forgeries.

 

[Gregatron]

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My memory seems to recall the tale of a third discovered hero…

A hero with a Phaser One and Phaser Two that had been separated for years and then united, like the mythical Power Sword from the Masters of the Universe?

A hero that was…

Nevermind, I believe that thread is closed.

But the eBay store lives on.

 

[Leinads]

The base is a 23rd Century Pistol Kit.

Which was then the basis for the DST design

 

[AdmiralBaxter]

The base is a 23rd Century Pistol Kit.

Yes and no I have a 23rd century phaser already... It's like some sort of recast as some of it is just different in a weird way (see attached pics)

My 23rd century phaser is the lighter color phaser. I did at a midgrade ten turn & mylar crispy to the phaser in question

 

[Gregatron]

Which was then the basis for the DST design

Point of order: It was the HMS convention phaser which was the basis for the "Trials & Tribble-ations" and AA/DST/Roddenberry.com phasers.