[Raine24]

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Originally Posted by Cyclopswc

[...]I don't know what's that stuff in the back of the Type 3 rifle, is that supposed to simulate the rifle being beamed in?

These are the versions introduced in the movie "First Contact", where the Borg are the villains, so it's supposed to be the phaser being assimilated by Borg tech, like this:

With some blocky texturing to replicate the surface of their ships:

But assimilating a phaser isn't something the Borg does. They assimilate people to turn into new Borg drones, and they'll assimilate ships to take control or utilize them as new hives, but individual weapons? That's never ever happened, except in a video game, so it's extra insulting. The tech is useless to them. I don't know why Hasbro thought this was a good idea. Scratch that: I don't know why they thought this wasn't a dumb idea. :/

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Originally Posted by Cyclopswc

As for the Type 2 phaser, it has always looks like a hair trimmer. Nothing can help that.

Hey, it's better than the season 1 Dust Busters!