Unraveling the Secrets of Star Trek Phasers & Their Unique Variations 

You beat me to the punch! He looks like he's either disinterested or tired. But either way, he looks like he would rather be somewhere else.

@@jaytc3218 A sure sign that the host was not doing his job.

I'll bet Nicholes didn't know she had a collection either until it was auction time and money to be made.

Old.

I imagine he's just heard it all and would love to be asked about anything that's new in his life.

@@acejackalope Hey Walter, what's it like to be old and unemployed?

@@Youngstown529stick around and see.

That's called retirement. You'll be there too, someday. If you make it.

And still works just as well as it ever did 😁

I'm astounded they were made so crudely. The looked so good on screen but very cheap in real life and no two were the same.

Matt Jefferies was brilliant. One of the wonderful aspects of the design is that It looks like it actually does something.

They look a lot better than the mini dust busters that were used in the next generation.

We'll find out on October 7th!

Are you Jewish tho

They probably worry about an actor’s finger getting injured or broken by being caught inside the guard. That, plus the fact that in a hastily-manufactured prop, that would be the easiest part to break. I have always loved the TOS Phasers as weapons, but they were impractical from a real-world standpoint in terms of their controls. Assuming the Type-2 Phaser was always carried on-safe, you’d need two hands on the weapon at all times. The primary hand would hold the weapon and press the trigger, and the reaction hand would off-safe the weapon immediately before pressing that uncovered trigger “stud”. The phaser wouldn’t be drop-safe with the safety off if something in the environment touched the trigger. A 1911 or BHP-style thumb lever for one-handed operation would be necessary. The Type-1 only works if the setting wheel also raises the “electron aspirator pile” so the user-facing edge can act as a thumb rest so the rigger finger can depress a trigger button on the underside. Although the Starflleet Technical Manual drawings (by Franz Joseph) placed the Type-1 trigger on top of the weapon, I don’t believe this was accurate. We never saw how the weapon was actually fired on-screen. It just “fired”. And although Velcro was futuristic enough in the 1960’s, it provided exactly zero weapon retention for the user.

LOL! I was thinking, 'I'm so glad Walter is there, bringing so much to the conversation.' Have a great day.

Funniest comment on this video by far

Something I realized after diving into a personal project creating a Type II, the seeming decorative lines on the sides just under the type I actually line up directly with the emitter. I would say they were intended to be "iron sights" for use by the actors but...almost never actually used because....actors.

I’m guessing that this isn’t the full interview.

He looks exhausted and ill

LOL! The props or the people? What are you talking about here

I thought the same thing. What I think I heard years ago is that the original props were not made even at consumer-grade level, they were made to last for the TV production. Staying 'together' longer than that wasn't part of the plan, so the materials just fall apart after decades. I'm wondering if modern 3D printed props will have the same fate years from now.