Star Trek – Electronic Starfleet Communicator
January 2nd, 2010 | 
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This classic franchise with over 40 years of history will be back in the spring of ‘09! This roleplay item looks just like the Starfleet Communicator used in the Star Trek Movie! The cover manually flips open t…
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Star Trek is back and even stronger in 2009. When it comes to toys – usually the best ones are in the hundreds of dollars and you hate to touch because of their price – however – Playmates is doing it right!
This COMMUNICATOR has Detail but it was the most dissappointing of the new toys. Not because of its quality of production or detail ,but because of the sounds. It is based on the new Star Trek film.
The COMMUNICATOR is realistic looking with the familar flip top and nice graphic in the middle of a bulb. It has a light and sound effects of “activation” when flipping it open. (With an On-Off Switch to save batteries when not in use.)
The sounds of it opening are very cool, however the two other activation buttons only do one thing each. One has a phrase from Kirk and the other a Phrase from Spock.
I would have preferred one button to alternate between 4 or 5 phrases from the film and the other for sound effects like tuning a frequency, alert sounds, transmission signal..etc.
Durability: I can see really younger kids might “over-flip” the Flip TOp to hard. But if you use it as if it were real – no problem.
Educational Value; Not really – but it’s great for playing like you are part of the Enterprise!
I’m sure the cast and crew of the new movie had fun with the real props, but Playmates allows us to have our own fun too!
And at their price – you can’t go wrong! Very well made.
“Hailing Frequencies Open, Captian.”
4-21-09
Purchased this for myself. Yes, I’m a Trekkie. Nice item. Has working buttons and flashing lights along with two recorded messages from Kirk & Spock (the “new” ones).
I loved Star Trek! My sister and I have been obsessed since we were children. It was really fun to see how the characters met and developed their friendships. The decision of young performers was mesmorizing
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