star trek mark 1 tricorder limited edition unopened

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Hi you are bidding on a unopened still in plastic 1995 limited edition star trek tricorder mark 1 by vital technologies, has dual mode weather station, electromagnetic field meter, colorimeter stardate clock and timer, uplinks/downlinks to shipboard core computer.. this would be a must for any trekkie, any questions just e-me thanks this product is numbered 313/10000 Trek fans take heart, the tricorder is Vital Technologies' Tricorder Mark 1 is the first environmental sensing device marketed not toward researchers and scientists but to the general Trek-loving public. The Mark 1 can detect EMF emissions, monitor light intensity, record temperature and measure barometric pressure. It also functions as a colorimeter to help style-challenged Trekkies pick out matching fabric patterns and wallpaper'Real' tricordersA real-world device comparable to the tricorder was developed by a Canadian company called the Vital Technologies Corporation in 1996. The scanner was called the TR-107 Mark 1; Vital Tech. sold 10,000 of them before going out of business. The TR-107 could scan EM radiation, temperature, and barometric pressure. The company could call this device a tricorder because Gene Roddenberry had a specific clause in his contract that allowed any company who could get the technology to work to use the name.Interestingly, the real tricorders read more