The Wand Company TOS Tricorder is coming!
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JiminSTLouis
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I wouldn’t do any of that… in fact I’m only getting one. My wife and daughter have no interest.I say…try if you will. I just proposed a possibility.
I’m just gettin 2….one to hoard with my other dup’s….. and one to play and display
JiminSTLouis
Sr Member
Let me clarify, the $6.09 is listed as an exchange rate FEE. It’s charged on top of shipping.Currently $1.30 to 1 British Pound. Not to bad. Ten year average graph shows the dollar is doing Ok. <shrug>
I'm so old my rule of thumb was $1.50 per Pound.
asalaw
Sr Member
Hey, on another subject entirely, have you guys read through the instructions yet? When you first get it, the magnetometers need calibrating. You have to rotate the tricorder through 360° in all three axes, then the orientation features will work. It's like you get to play with it before you get to play with it!
Here's the link to the instruction book in case you haven't seen it yet.
Here's the link to the instruction book in case you haven't seen it yet.
FANATICO
Sr Member
Hey, on another subject entirely, have you guys read through the instructions yet? When you first get it, the magnetometers need calibrating. You have to rotate the tricorder through 360° in all three axes, then the orientation features will work. It's like you get to play with it before you get to play with it!
Here's the link to the instruction book in case you haven't seen it yet.
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This is going to be great for ghost hunting and UFO detection! Ubetcha!
FANATICO
Sr Member
I’m ok with flipping a switch, pressing a button…you know, the uncomplicated. But a retinue of navigating through a maze and layers of steps just to get it to say “do you want cheese with that whine” is utterly ridiculous.
Is it to late to ask them to program patch in some AI so we can use voice commands instead? You know like they did on the ship…
”Computer!” …… “Working” …. Nowadays it’s “Siri” or “Google”
A fine example below……but no, we are still in the dark ages
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JiminSTLouis
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I recently received this message from Richard Blakesley at The Wand Company. Funky, there’s some information in here for you too. I’m not sure this applies now that TWC has given us more info about tariffs.
Richard Blakesley (The Wand Company)
Mar 29, 2025, 21:01 GMT
Hi Jim,
I'll jump in here to answer that question, as I'm the person who wrote the website code that generates the certificates and their numbers (using artwork created by Chris, of course).
The numbers are, in general, sequential but, as you noticed, it doesn't always work out that way. Also, the number isn't incremented by one each time, so your certificate number does not mean that there are 77,633 people who registered their interest before you.
The page actually allocates a certificate number (incremented by one) for each person as soon as they visit the page, but the number only actually makes it onto a certificate (and into our database) if and when they complete the sign-up process. Only around 1 in 10 people who visit the page continue to sign up for the "interested" list, so most of the possible certificate numbers are actually discarded. We had a few reasons for doing this:
When we first launched the sign-up page, we didn't want it to look like tumbleweed if only 30 people signed up.
We thought it might be better if it was somewhat difficult to "fake" a certificate number, as only a subset of the possible numbers are actual valid numbers.
I can't remember why, but it was the easiest way to implement the certificate numbering at the time.
In hindsight, though, it's debatable whether or not it was actually a good idea – we've been very pleasantly surprised by, and grateful for, the enthusiastic response of Star Trek fans to this project, even though we've had so many hurdles and delays along the way. (And personally speaking as co-owner of the company, I'm also incredibly grateful for the persistence and talent of my colleagues James Thomas and Andrew Stockdale, who kept toiling away on the project for many years when plenty of other people would have given up.)
So, the high numbers shown on the certificates have probably caused unnecessary concern for some people – I'm sorry if this includes you.
I hope that helps, and that you enjoy the Tricorder when you finally get your hands on one. Thanks so much for all your patience, and for supporting us over the years.
Best wishes,
Richard
P.S. To answer your earlier question about the HTS code, it's not 100% finalised yet but I believe we're planning to bring the Tricorders into the UK under tariff code 8519 8900 00. This exact code doesn't exist in the United States HTS system, but is equivalent to 8519.89.20.00.
Richard Blakesley (The Wand Company)
Mar 29, 2025, 21:01 GMT
Hi Jim,
I'll jump in here to answer that question, as I'm the person who wrote the website code that generates the certificates and their numbers (using artwork created by Chris, of course).
The numbers are, in general, sequential but, as you noticed, it doesn't always work out that way. Also, the number isn't incremented by one each time, so your certificate number does not mean that there are 77,633 people who registered their interest before you.
The page actually allocates a certificate number (incremented by one) for each person as soon as they visit the page, but the number only actually makes it onto a certificate (and into our database) if and when they complete the sign-up process. Only around 1 in 10 people who visit the page continue to sign up for the "interested" list, so most of the possible certificate numbers are actually discarded. We had a few reasons for doing this:
When we first launched the sign-up page, we didn't want it to look like tumbleweed if only 30 people signed up.
We thought it might be better if it was somewhat difficult to "fake" a certificate number, as only a subset of the possible numbers are actual valid numbers.
I can't remember why, but it was the easiest way to implement the certificate numbering at the time.
In hindsight, though, it's debatable whether or not it was actually a good idea – we've been very pleasantly surprised by, and grateful for, the enthusiastic response of Star Trek fans to this project, even though we've had so many hurdles and delays along the way. (And personally speaking as co-owner of the company, I'm also incredibly grateful for the persistence and talent of my colleagues James Thomas and Andrew Stockdale, who kept toiling away on the project for many years when plenty of other people would have given up.)
So, the high numbers shown on the certificates have probably caused unnecessary concern for some people – I'm sorry if this includes you.
I hope that helps, and that you enjoy the Tricorder when you finally get your hands on one. Thanks so much for all your patience, and for supporting us over the years.
Best wishes,
Richard
P.S. To answer your earlier question about the HTS code, it's not 100% finalised yet but I believe we're planning to bring the Tricorders into the UK under tariff code 8519 8900 00. This exact code doesn't exist in the United States HTS system, but is equivalent to 8519.89.20.00.
FANATICO
Sr Member
To quote “so most of the possible certificate numbers are actually discarded.”
“We thought it might be better if it was somewhat difficult to "fake" a certificate number, as only a subset of the possible numbers are actual valid numbers.”
So…the cert numbers means Jack…as I suspected Just a hill of beans?
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asalaw
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mach7
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So, If I read this correctly,
" Only around 1 in 10 people who visit the page continue to sign up for the "interested" list, so most of the possible certificate numbers are actually discarded"
My 37892 is probably closer to 3700-3800 in the queue.
Thats not too bad I guess.
If the initial run is 10,000, Chris said the manufacturer had a 10,000 min run when talking about re-releasing the phaser and 80,000 was
the number listed as how many data discs were being made, I should comfortably be in that group.
The next question is how many units are being air freighted in each group?
So I probably don't have to obsess over my emails until mid to late April.
Hmm We will be in France the first 2 weeks....
" Only around 1 in 10 people who visit the page continue to sign up for the "interested" list, so most of the possible certificate numbers are actually discarded"
My 37892 is probably closer to 3700-3800 in the queue.
Thats not too bad I guess.
If the initial run is 10,000, Chris said the manufacturer had a 10,000 min run when talking about re-releasing the phaser and 80,000 was
the number listed as how many data discs were being made, I should comfortably be in that group.
The next question is how many units are being air freighted in each group?
So I probably don't have to obsess over my emails until mid to late April.
Hmm We will be in France the first 2 weeks....
asalaw
Sr Member
And on how many flights? And on what aircraft?
From Grok:
Atsa lotta tricorders!! But what if they have to share cargo space with Lizzo?
mach7
Well-Known Member
Heck,
I would classify this as a priority one situation! Get the C-5M's from Dover AFB to scramble and deliver the 10,000 trics fast!
36 pallet positions and 300,000 pounds of cargo capacity along with air refueling would make short work of it!
Actually, you could easily fit all 10,000 trics on one aircraft and have plenty of room left over.
The 747-8 is actually slightly faster by about 40 kts.
Thankfully I had to look up what Lizzo meant.
I would classify this as a priority one situation! Get the C-5M's from Dover AFB to scramble and deliver the 10,000 trics fast!
36 pallet positions and 300,000 pounds of cargo capacity along with air refueling would make short work of it!
Actually, you could easily fit all 10,000 trics on one aircraft and have plenty of room left over.
The 747-8 is actually slightly faster by about 40 kts.
Thankfully I had to look up what Lizzo meant.
finalfrontier
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asalaw
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asalaw
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I read the instructions all the way through. The tricorder definitely does everything TWC has been promising all these years! Also, I was specifically looking for how to engage the scanning sound effect, which I'm particularly obsessed with. To me, nothing identifies the tricorder in-universe like that high-pitched warble.
Found it in Radiation Mode, which is pretty cool--you get that nifty oscilloscope to go with the sound effect!
I love the safety warnings sprinkled throughout...
Found it in Radiation Mode, which is pretty cool--you get that nifty oscilloscope to go with the sound effect!
I love the safety warnings sprinkled throughout...
I can’t even find my certificate or registration number lol. I’ve been getting all the emails so I assume I’m good.
FANATICO
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