Adam Savage Gets an Up-Close Look at How STAR TREK’s Original Phaser Prop Was Built

Adam Savage Gets an Up-Close Look at How STAR TREK’s Original Phaser Prop Was Built

Few sci-fi weapons are as instantly recognizable as the phaser from Star Trek: The Original Series. It’s a wonderfully cool piece of 1960s production design that helped define the visual identity of the franchise, and Adam Savage recently got the chance to examine one of the rare surviving Type II phaser props used during production.During a visit to Propstore, Savage takes a close look at the original Star Trek phaser and digs into how the prop…