Highlights
Quality
I own five of these and the build quality is a little variable
Verdict i am truly impressed with this phaser made by art asylum
Beyond that im happy with the toy but it more closely resembles a prop replica
It exceeds the playmates product in almost every detail
Price
The price may seem high depending on how big of a fan your are of this series but it is an exceptional product
Ok its just a plastic toy with some electronics to provide sound effects and the price is a whopping 100
I love movie props and star trek props even more i had heard a lot about this one and figured it would cost forty or fifty bucks
Packaging/appearance
The diamond select toy is made from the art asylum mold but it is far from a full scale replica as the packaging describes
I got two of these yesterday and i loved them before i had gotten them completely out of the box
Competitiveness
I also own a highend collectors quality hero reproduction of the tos phaser and although this art asylum replica is by no means... Read More
Notesince i purchased my aa 2in1 approx
All in all art asylum is to be applauded for the level of authenticity theyve achieved at such a reasonable price
Overview
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- This product had a total of 119 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 12 2022.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Unlike mr where you have to continually depress the trigger to maintain overload sound sequence with no explosion effect at the end
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Mr has multicolored phaser light depending on selected setting whereas aa has only red
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Operation after pulling off the little plastic tab demo purpose only one needs to rotate the numbered dial on phaser1 to activate the adjacent dial does nothing but raises the target sight
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Yes the trigger of phaser1 is the same for both aa mr ie
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The materials are first rate and the detailing leaves me little to modify
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Phaser 1 is a good start its features include 4 different sound effects which are the right pitch unlike the playmates one the targeting sight i really dont get it but okay
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The reason i gave it 3 stars for durability is in order to remove phaser 1 you have to pull the release pin