After 50 years, you can finally buy a working Star Trek Communicator

I have watched pretty much every episode of ‘Star Trek: The Original Series.’ My dad was a big fan. But I’m not a true trekker/trekkie (though I do know about that debate). I’m certainly not one fanatical enough to buy this $149.95 official Star Trek Communicator. It hooks up to your phone using Bluetooth, so it’s not too far from the indignity of a headset in some ways, but when it stars shipping in January 2016, it’ll bring a 50-year wait to an end. Since Star Trek: TOS debuted in 1966, fans have wanted to get their hands on an officially sanctioned Communicator.…

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