Bad Star Trek Props

A sampling of the less obvious, egregiously economical and borderline hilarious props from Star Trek The Original Series.

We need a platter of alien food -- hey, don't we have some decorations and a can of Hawaiian Punch left over from the cast Christmas party?

See McCoy's tin foil candlestick doo-dad -- snuck in there, perhaps, by a disgruntled passive-aggressive set designer who was forced to work with no budget?

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[plutobrandy1]

OK, but you will never get 3 better props than the Communicators, Tricorder and Phazers. There the ones people remember.

[nozcr]

You forgot Braun electric beard trimmer light saber handles. (Maybe it was Norelco, after all they made both beard trimmers and tape recorders in the 1960's).

[Mikanojo]

Mai gifu owns all of the old old Star Trek show and i think most of the other Trek series shows too - when i watched Journey to Babel (with the food) i thought it looked like a mix of marshmallows with food color (notice them floating in the glass) and then on the trays to me it looked like fruit bits cut in shapes with no rinds or skin, and maybe cookies with food color or even taffy bits or lumps of dried cake frosting? Yummy!

[jollygreen122]

Most of the props shown is agreeably funny and cheap. Except for the clip with Kirk Vs. Gorn. Although they where good props, those items were placed there by the alien race. Stating that the battle was brain vs brawn.