
Weapons don’t have this now, and it’s hard to imagine they’d need them then.

But evidently, 50 years later, for the alt universe this was needed for both the characters as well as the audience watching them. Somehow even in the low-tech 1960s TOS managed to do this without a flippy red/blue doohickey, and the audience was able to follow along. stunning (for which there is no canon to justify this)? Or is it there to tell the audience that they need to worry now because they phasers are all set to “red”? Is it there to make sure the crew doesn’t accidentally kill someone when they meant to stun them? Is it functional, such that a new lense is needed for killing vs. The Type-1B also includes an additional nod to The Original Series’ Type II with two dials, presumably used for power settings, located near the rear of the weapon. The barrel of the weapon is also rectangular, as opposed to the previous version’s circular design. The Type-1B maintains the same overall shape as the phaser that debuted in Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness, but ditches some of the prop’s chrome accents in favor of gun metal, black, and aluminum along with a gold toggle between settings. The phaser kit gives us our first close-up look at the Type-1B in addition to what we have seen in the trailers for Beyond.

It is currently not know whether the jacket will be the one Kirk sports in the trailers, or the U.S.S. Both are currently available for pre-order, with the basic version set for $300 and the servo-powered version $400.Īnovos’ Star Trek products page also list a Star Trek Beyond uniform tunic, dress, and jacket as coming soon. The phaser will be available in two models: a basic kit and one with a servo-powered spinner allowing the user to flip between stun and kill settings. The phaser kit, which requires assembly and painting, is scheduled to ship in November 2016. Quality costume maker Anovos has debuted their first Star Trek Beyond prop, the Type-1B phaser.
