Joe K. Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 . Anybody else think this 1948 portable radio looks alot like Spock's Tricorder? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racerxc70 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Yes, In "The city on the edge of forever" This looks like the Tricorder used to connect to his makeshift computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morbius Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Only 18 years old this radio would be in '66, one of those cheap props they happened to have around at the time and with a few modifications becomes a Tricorder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 . It's the Air King portable radio camera: http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C259.html Also came in (Star Fleet) blue: I think Spock is gonna need a bigger screwdriver! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennetzel Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Wah Ming Chang designed the original Tricorder used in the classic series. I'm sure he was around then, so who knows where his influences came from. The simulation is eerie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morbius Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 As Darryl (Robotnut) mentioned to me on our Botstock trip this year, LoSt In SpAcE used whatever props they could find to create items or creatures for the show, Mardi Gras... or carrot they were 'on hand and ready'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve's Bots and Rays Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Interesting comparison. Thanks for posting! Props aside, it's amazing these two shows were on the air at the same time! Sci Fi at both ends of the spectrum. -Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 . Isn't that Cyrano Jones in the carrot suit? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennetzel Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Yes...Cyrano Carrot...CC for short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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