hollowed out potato peeler with the blade removed

[Mrcasio]

hollowed out potato peeler with the blade removed and a plastic tube with a red l.e.d light....

 

[Lance]

That's because the ability to peel potatoes is seen as vital to 24th century medical science.

Either that or Chakotay has got a potato for a head.

And its possible that the second theory above is actually the reason for the first theory above.

 

[Melakon]

Chakotay, the Spud Stud.

If you squeeze his face real hard, he sweats vodka.

 

[Mrcasio]

the look on his face is like... Can't we make better proops?

 

[urbandefault]

Chak is a bit of a tater head, if you ask me.

 

[Pondwater]

I will never look at a potato peeler the same way again.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Wouldn't be the first time they did something like this. Wasn't Geordi's VISOR made from a hair clip worn by Mike Okuda's wife or something? And the Echo Papa 607 was a shampoo bottle.

the look on his face is like... Can't we make better proops?

The Proops we have is fine enough, I think.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuyoQuH4Uh4[/yt]

 

[SPCTRE]

hollowed out potato peeler with the blade removed and a plastic tube with a red l.e.d light....

I'll take one!

 

[scotpens]

Wouldn't be the first time they did something like this. Wasn't Geordi's VISOR made from a hair clip worn by Mike Okuda's wife or something? And the Echo Papa 607 was a shampoo bottle.

Not to mention Dr. McCoy's salt and pepper shakers.

 

[trekker670]

I believe this was covered in the Star Trek: Aliens & Artifacts book put out a number of years ago. They discussed many of the slightly-modified off-the-shelf products they turned into props. They gave step-by-step instructions for creating a dermal regenerator from a hairbrush and the away team lights from a wrist brace and flashlight.

It's very common for props to be straight off the shelf items, or slightly modified. Here are a few more examples

 

[AgentCoop]

Good ol' Commander Potatohead. Remember that great episode where everyone took turns swapping his facial features around? Good times.

 

[Ro_Laren]

hollowed out potato peeler with the blade removed and a plastic tube with a red l.e.d light....

Haha!

 

[Ro_Laren]

It looks like they used this prop a number of times. I noticed it today when I watched the Season 4 episode Revulsion. Paris has to use it to heal a cut on Seven's hand.

 

[Michael]

Wow, that's actually pretty clever! Well spotted.

 

[Ithekro]

If it worked, take it.

 

[erastus25]

I believe this was covered in the Star Trek: Aliens & Artifacts book put out a number of years ago. They discussed many of the slightly-modified off-the-shelf products they turned into props. They gave step-by-step instructions for creating a dermal regenerator from a hairbrush and the away team lights from a wrist brace and flashlight.

It's very common for props to be straight off the shelf items, or slightly modified. Here are a few more examples

My parents had a set of glasses that were identical to a set used on DS9 in later seasons. Completely unmodified, strangely. Always made me laugh.

 

[Kobayshi Maru]

It's actually been invented by Tuber... Tuvok's cousin.

 

[Richard Baker]

I have the 'Trigger' for the Execution Device from TNG "Angel One" sitting on my mantel.
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/File:Angel_I_execution_device_trigger.jpg

 

[SimpleLogic]

I love how they take ordinary things and make them look like something else in TV and film. This made me think of Star Wars Episode I. Qui-Gon Jinn uses a shaver as a communicator.
http://www.partsofsw.com/Ep_1/quicom.htm