maryt@uicsl.UUCP (01/17/86)
This may or may not sound kinda weird but I'm looking for a phaser.
I guess everyone had a need for one at some time or other so it
probably doesn't sound that strange after all.
I anyone out there in net.land has a lead on where I can obtain such an
item, (or how I can make one if one cannot be bought) write or call the
address below.
Thanks
Mary
Mary Todd {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!uicsl!marytins_bjab@jhunix.UUCP (Jessica A Browner) (01/24/86)
> This may or may not sound kinda weird but I'm looking for a phaser. > I guess everyone had a need for one at some time or other so it > probably doesn't sound that strange after all. No, doesn't sound too strange. Try writing to Marco Ent. 293 Spruce Anaheim, Ca 92805 They often advertise phasers as well as other S.F. Weapons in STARLOG. Their catalog is $2.00. Jessica "But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here."
OH6@PSUVM.BITNET (01/27/86)
Last Halloween I dressed up as Mr. Spock and, as a University employee, I
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didn't have alot of money to spend. I came up w/ some (well, let's be honest)
*ingenious* Ideas on how to make the costume -- my masterpiece was my Phaser.
Here's how I did it:
I picked up two highlighter pens (I can't remember the brand; they
were ^ 3" X 1" X 1/2" and already nearly a perfect shape for a Phaser II unit.
One's body was florescent(Sp.) green, the other orange. I spray painted all but
the bottom 1/16" of the green pen gloss black (I decided to let a little of the
green show just because it looked good against the black--artistic license.).
I cut a ^ 1/2" by 1/2" piece of white typing paper rounded two adjacent
corners and taped it on the lid as a button. I put black electrical tape
around the orange pen, it was to be the handle for my Phaser I unit. The only
thing I did that required any skill at all (and it required more patience than
skill) was to design the body for my phaser. I bought myself a 1' X 1' sheet of
thin (^1/32") construction cardboard and built a box for the body of my phaser.
the phaser was ^ 7" long ^ 1 1/2" high and ^ 1/2" wide. It tapered down to a
1/4" square in front, and had a slow gradual taper to a 1/4 x 3/4" back. It had
a notch cut in the top the length of the green pen for the Phaser II unit (I
packed the front & back of the notch w/ foam rubber so The pen could be held
firmly and still be removed--WARNING:if you spray paint the foam rubber
don't put the pen in until it is thoroughly dry, other wise the foam will
compress and cease to hold the pen.). I also cut a hole in the bottom of the
box, slightly smaller but the same shape as the lid to the orange pen, this way
the pen could be held in place by puting the lid inside the hole, inserting the
pen from the outside and snapping them together. **rough** illustration:
__ v notch v _
__-- |________________| ___
,-- ___| profile
--__ ___---
--____________ ---
____________
,------ * hole * -------------,
------____________-------------' bottom
The body was also spray painted gloss black.
I know these instructions may sound "Hokie" but the end result was great. I
won 3 (yes 3) contests for best costume and people were always asking to see
my -ahem- Phaser. If you'd like a template for the box give me your adderss,
netnews doesn't exactly lend itself to computer aided design.
I've also been told that there are costumers that lease authentic phasers
though I tryed to find one w/ no success.
Kevin M. O'Boyle OH6@PSUVM.BITNET
ugzannin@sunybcs.UUCP (Adrian Zannin) (01/29/86)
I don't know if they still have them around, but a few years ago I used
to be able to go to my local hobby store and buy the plastic model kits for
the Enterprise (I bought 12 of them and made the whole fleet with the extra
decals provided) and I also made the Klingon warship and the Romulan Bird
of Prey ship. My brother had one that I didn't really care for...it was Spock
shooting a multi-headed creature with his phaser. Anyway, to get back to the
point, I also had a model kit that consisted of a phaser, communicator, and
the tricorder. Granted they are only plastic molds, but from a few feet away
they looked real enough.
I seem to remember getting some of the kits at a branch of the toy store
chain called Child World (the one with the silly panda bear mascot). You
might want to look into it, but if you do find one and purchase it, don't
plan on putting it through any rough stuff...they are only plastic ( I went
through several sets because I thought they would be neat to play Star Trek
with my friends in the back yard)
(Come to think of it, I remember building the K-7 Space Station one and
also the Galileo-7 one too...did I forget any?)
--
Adrian Zannin
SUNY at Buffalo Computer Science
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