We’re wrapping our coverage from San Diego Comic Con today with a bang — as Factory Entertainment generously shared their time with us during the busy convention to give us an up-close and personal look at three of their upcoming high-end Star Trek prop replicas.
 
With a special thanks to Factory Entertainment’s creative director Barry Eldridge, we’re today bringing you a special 15-minute preview of the company’s upcoming Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Starfleet “assault phaser,” their eagerly-anticipated Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Type II phaser, and the recently-announced Star Trek: The Next Generation medical tricorder.
 

 
In the presentation, Eldrige showcases some of the decisions that went into making each prop replica, areas in which the company added some extra flair to areas not fully complete in the original prop production (like the tiny Type I inside the assault phaser), and collaboration with the Strange New Worlds production team to make that phaser even more accurate than what’s been seen in the series to date.

He also goes into detail about some of the manufacturing limitations that have resulted in a few controversial deviations from accuracy in the Next Generation tricorder, including the screen dimensions, paint color, and why the device has an unusual raised power indicator.

Factory Entertainment’s medical tricorder replica is up for preorder now (and nearing a sellout, we’re told), while the Star Trek V and Strange New Worlds phasers will be announced for preorder in the coming months. The company also announced their Geordi La Forge VISOR replica over the weekend, also up for preorder.

After watching the video, be sure to let us know what you think about these upcoming replicas — or any of the other Star Trek prop replica prototypes that Factory Entertainment has been showing off this summer — in the comments below!