NERF LMTD Phasers Are Now Available For Pre-Order
The NERF Type 1 and 2 phasers. Images: NASA / NERF.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022 - Much of Star Trek tech is still on its way, despite the arrival of pads and flip phones. We are still well shy of the time of phasers, for instance, that will even temporarily defend you against assimilation by the Borg. The next best thing, though, is here now.
According to a press release, Hasbro has announced the latest in their NERF LMTD line, the Star Trek Starfleet Type 3 Phaser and Starfleet Type 2 Phaser. Celebrating the 35TH anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the new toys capture the look of the phasers used by Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise. The Type 3 motorized dart blaster (the technical term in the Nerf universe) has light-up effects that simulate the look of being assimilated by the Borg in homage to the film, Star Trek: First Contact; light-up phaser effects; phaser sounds; authentic First Contact movie sounds; and an internal 5-dart clip. It fires 1 dart at a time. The Starfleet Type 2 Phaser fires 1 dart and has a pull-back priming handle.
Each phaser includes seven foam Nerf Elite darts, and the motorized Type 3 requires four AA batteries, which are not included. (And it’s not technobabble if you’d rather refer to your darts as “partially reticulated polyether type polyurethane.”)
The phasers are available now for preorder at Amazon.
David is a contributing writer for Daily Star Trek News on the Roddenberry Podcast Network. He is a librarian, baseball fan, and book and movie buff. He has also written for American Libraries and Skeptical Inquirer. David also enjoys diverse music, but leans toward classical and jazz. He plays a mean radio.
