"The Wand Company" classic Tricorder

[ZapBrannigan]

I sincerely hope you get yours soon.

Sounds like you should sleep with one eye open. JS might be coming for you.

 

[Redfern]

Sounds like you should sleep with one eye open. JS might be coming for you.

Uh, sorry...JS?

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Uh, sorry...JS?

JSnaith, the poster.

 

[JSnaith]

One is more than enough for me ;-)

 

[Daddy Todd]

The US Trade Court just vacated all Trump's tariffs yesterday (because they're illegal). I hope Wand can get a container of these to the USA before the SCOTUS overturns that decision.

 

[mkstewartesq]

The US Trade Court just vacated all Trump's tariffs yesterday (because they're illegal). I hope Wand can get a container of these to the USA before the SCOTUS overturns that decision.

And then a federal court paused enforcement of that ruling and gave both sides until sometime next month to prepare arguments for and against. So the tariffs are still in effect for the time being.

 

[Grant]

These are made in China?

 

[Tomalak]

Yes.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

These are made in China?

Wah Chang's parents were from China, so the prop is going further back than just "full circle."

 

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[JSnaith]

Finally home, and have finally (after a three week wait) opened mine and had a play.

Friggen awesome :-)

 

[JSnaith]

Uh, sorry...JS?

They are back in stock on Amazon UK - I really hope you get one :-)

 

[Tosk]

"This item cannot be dispatched to your selected delivery location. Please choose a different delivery location."

Well that's terribly annoying.

 

[Tomalak]

You need to wait until they email you. They are shipping stock directly to the US to distribute locally.

 

[Tosk]

I'm not in the U.S.

I'm also not in a huge rush. I'm sure I'll get sorted out eventually.

 

[Tomalak]

I'm not in the U.S.

I'm also not in a huge rush. I'm sure I'll get sorted out eventually.

Ah, apologies! Yeah there will be plenty available.

 

[KennyB]

Ok I’m ready to beam down.

 

[Redfern]

Ok I’m ready to beam down.

How we saw the AMT "Exploration Set" model kit as kids...

Well, at least I did.

 

[KennyB]

How we saw the AMT "Exploration Set" model kit as kids...

Well, at least I did.

Same---but not talented enough to make good GOOD

 

[Redfern]

Same---but not talented enough to make good GOOD

My assembly of the kit was certainly bit very refined, but just its existence was leagues better than the "make do" items my friend and I used previously, things like empty makeup compacts for communicators and binocular cases from tricorders.

I came across a YT video a day earlier this week and the host just mercilessly "roasted" the kit, stating particular frustration about the scale and lack of perforations in the comm's antenna lid. Oy, was the fellow not aware the kit was intended for (arguably young) kids engaging in roleplay? The final assemblies were fragile enough as they were. The "emitter" of the phaser could easily snapped off and the "rod" that allowed the comm's lid to "flip" could crack apart during enthusiastic playtime.. Perforations would have made the "antenna" insanely brittle and full scale props would have felt oversized in a young child's hands.

I suspect the "host" presented a scathing review just to garner comments and thus "traffic" for his channel. Surely he could not have been so clueless. Am I recalling the kit through the rose tinted glasses of nostalgia? Sure, but I also acknowledge the intent of the kit and as such and thus feel a bit more forgiving of its "flaws". Again, it was far better than using a pink, round makeup compact as a communicator! (My friend claimed a rectangular black one as his. )