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Favourite phaser design?

Which rocks you weapon design world most?

  • TOS phaser ( type 1 or 2)

    Votes: 30 52.6%
  • TMP/Khan phaser

    Votes: 4 7.0%
  • TSFS/V/VI assault phaser

    Votes: 18 31.6%
  • Nu movie phaser

    Votes: 5 8.8%
  • I hate phasers; I'm a pacifist.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    57
Darn it! We need pictures, man. How can we decide without pictures? (Not to mention it would be waaaayyy more kewl...):guffaw:

p.s.- You forgot the phasers from The Cage/Menagerie.:devil:
 
Gotta to go with the TFF/TUC assault phasers (which were different from the TSFS phasers by the way) as the best phasers.
 
Gotta to go with the TFF/TUC assault phasers (which were different from the TSFS phasers by the way) as the best phasers.
OUCH! My bad!
But personally, I like the SFS phasers better- they were sleeker. But I can see why one would choose the FF/UC ones; they were very cool also.
As phasers go, I'm just a prisoner of the past, I guess.
TNG dustbusters are just laughable IMO. TMP ones leave me all *meh*. The new 'flip-phone' ones aren't terrible, but the OS & SFS & FF & UC are the coolest IMO.
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http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/chrisisall/?action=view&current=Phasers.jpg
 
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I really, really, really want a replica of one of those assault phasers from ST VI. I like the TOS classics, sure, but it really looks dated for my tastes.

You know what's interesting about the phasers in the new movie? Recoil. Pull the trigger, a energy projectile goes out, and there's a kickback. I wonder if the muzzle-rise is actually realistic as there's no slide / frame combination like semi-autos today.
 
I'm going with the III/V/VI phaser. I keep remembering the scene in VI when Scotty takes out the would-be assassin.
 
p.s.- You forgot the phasers from The Cage/Menagerie.:devil:
I didn't forget; those were lasers.;)
Ouch!
Now I can cast my vote. And the winner is.... [drum roll]... TOS!!! :techman:
Nothing looks as detailed and realistic as the original. The others are either lacking in detail (TMP) or bulky (TSFS) or cleaning appliances (TNG era), IMO.
 
TOS phaser for coloring and design ... but I do love the TFF one as well, just as (for me) it being a 'bold reimagining' (words I usually hate to use, since it is rarely true.)

Hate the TMP water pistols and think the SFS ones aren't even credible as toys. Less said about TNG-era weapon props, the better, but to be fair, the rusty turds from the abrams film are even worse.
 
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