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Light sabre apreciation thread

Posted: 2003-11-17 05:45pm
by ali-sama
I recently got myself an obwan sabre from ep 4. How Many others on this board own them. I'll be taking pictures of mine soon and adding it to the post. show off your sabres!
ali
ps I got mien from guy on ebay. http://swanb.net/light_sabers/light_sabers.html
thsi si a picture he took. I'll eb takign soem more when I have time this week.
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I bought it for $85. he did offer anyone who I know, 20% off the ebay price. so if you want one mention me and get a discount..

Posted: 2003-11-17 06:00pm
by zombie84
When i was 12 i bought one of those plastic ones that glow when you put batteries in them...

Posted: 2003-11-17 06:59pm
by ali-sama
zombie84 wrote:When i was 12 i bought one of those plastic ones that glow when you put batteries in them...
I rmemebr theos. I never had one but a relaitve did. And I liked playign with it when I vsited them.

Posted: 2003-11-17 07:18pm
by Mitth`raw`nuruodo
ali-sama wrote:
zombie84 wrote:When i was 12 i bought one of those plastic ones that glow when you put batteries in them...
I rmemebr theos. I never had one but a relaitve did. And I liked playign with it when I vsited them.
I used to have fights with those.... It was great fun until the plastic extending sword broke into pieces.

Posted: 2003-11-17 07:22pm
by KhyronTheBackstabber
I got a four light sabers. They're the ones made by Hasbro. I got Luke's, Anakin's (this one kicks ass) Dooku's, and Maul's. Also, I'm gonna be picking this baby up soon.



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Posted: 2003-11-17 07:27pm
by Crazy Goji
Mitth`raw`nuruodo wrote:
ali-sama wrote:
zombie84 wrote:When i was 12 i bought one of those plastic ones that glow when you put batteries in them...
I rmemebr theos. I never had one but a relaitve did. And I liked playign with it when I vsited them.
I used to have fights with those.... It was great fun until the plastic extending sword broke into pieces.
Hah, my friend and i were dueling with the really cheap ones and when I swung at it, it snapped in half. After about five seconds looking at it, I beat him into submission with mine. Good times.

Oh, and I won an auction on Hasbro.com for a blue lightsabre.

Posted: 2003-11-17 07:43pm
by El Moose Monstero
My mates all got them, but I didnt, I was saving at the time, we all went bowling, and we presented our mate, who'd just turned 19 with his, and we then proceeded to have a 3 way lightsaber duel across the bowling alley (it was empty because it was during school time but not during university time), there was us and a group of OAP's, who asked if they could join in. :mrgreen:

Posted: 2003-11-17 08:25pm
by zombie84
I wish i had those new ones they put out for the prequels--they may be plastic but they're acurately detailed. Mine wasnt even coloured--the blade was white! looked like that shot from ANH where the animators forgot to colour OB1's saber in. The handle also did not resemble any lightsaber seen in the films (in fact, i believe the details were painted on!). I made up for it by buying a hundred dollar two-piece Vader mask replica--much cooler. Ah, early 90's Star Wars memorabelia...

I've been meaning to get the new replica versions of Vader's and Luke's ANH/ESB saber. Does anyone have any idea of the cost? i seem to remember something like $250-500 dollars. Doesnt the Official Star Wars site offer them or something?

Posted: 2003-11-17 09:22pm
by KhyronTheBackstabber
zombie84 wrote: I've been meaning to get the new replica versions of Vader's and Luke's ANH/ESB saber. Does anyone have any idea of the cost? i seem to remember something like $250-500 dollars. Doesnt the Official Star Wars site offer them or something?
Here ya go http://masterreplicas.com

Does anyone remember the old school light sabers from the 80s? They didn't light up, and weren’t telescopic. They were hollow, and at the top there was a piece of plastic shaped like this + so when you swung it around it made swinging light saber noise. Me and my friends used to beat the shit out of each other with them.

Posted: 2003-11-17 09:24pm
by Soontir C'boath
Oooh it would be awesome to get one of them. My first paycheck or two will be dedicated to getting one.~Jason

Posted: 2003-11-17 09:37pm
by ali-sama
Soontir C'boath wrote:Oooh it would be awesome to get one of them. My first paycheck or two will be dedicated to getting one.~Jason
get it to form the same guy I got it form. good prices.

Posted: 2003-11-17 10:20pm
by Drooling Iguana
KhyronTheBackstabber wrote:
zombie84 wrote: I've been meaning to get the new replica versions of Vader's and Luke's ANH/ESB saber. Does anyone have any idea of the cost? i seem to remember something like $250-500 dollars. Doesnt the Official Star Wars site offer them or something?
Here ya go http://masterreplicas.com

Does anyone remember the old school light sabers from the 80s? They didn't light up, and weren’t telescopic. They were hollow, and at the top there was a piece of plastic shaped like this + so when you swung it around it made swinging light saber noise. Me and my friends used to beat the shit out of each other with them.
I had one of those. It was Luke's green ROTJ sabre. Don't have it anymore, though.

Posted: 2003-11-17 10:22pm
by Soontir C'boath
What is his eBay id?~Jason

Posted: 2003-11-17 11:03pm
by neoolong
Naw, I just made my own. Like a real Star Wars fan, you posers. :D

Posted: 2003-11-17 11:07pm
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
Mitth`raw`nuruodo wrote:
ali-sama wrote:
zombie84 wrote:When i was 12 i bought one of those plastic ones that glow when you put batteries in them...
I rmemebr theos. I never had one but a relaitve did. And I liked playign with it when I vsited them.
I used to have fights with those.... It was great fun until the plastic extending sword broke into pieces.
I had two, a green one and Maul's double-bladed one. They're probably broken now, though.

Posted: 2003-11-17 11:27pm
by ali-sama
Soontir C'boath wrote:What is his eBay id?~Jason
go here.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3352162271
darth_man

Posted: 2003-11-17 11:33pm
by Drooling Iguana
I've heard that the original props were made out of pieces from old cameras. Anyone know anything about this? Where would I find one of these cameras and, once I get one, how would I go about making a lightsabre out of it?

Posted: 2003-11-17 11:36pm
by ali-sama
Drooling Iguana wrote:I've heard that the original props were made out of pieces from old cameras. Anyone know anything about this? Where would I find one of these cameras and, once I get one, how would I go about making a lightsabre out of it?
it dopens on which one. lukes and vaders wehre. ob1 was made form sink parts and parts of a biek grip and other asorted parts. lukes from rotj was machiend.
gettign a real camer apart woudl cost you 100 or min now a days. the camera peopel knwo wean tto use them for light sabres so their bleediung us dry,

Posted: 2003-11-17 11:39pm
by neoolong
Drooling Iguana wrote:I've heard that the original props were made out of pieces from old cameras. Anyone know anything about this? Where would I find one of these cameras and, once I get one, how would I go about making a lightsabre out of it?
They are made from the handles of flashes from old cameras with extra doodads. Graflex I think.

But you'd be hard pressed to find the parts. And assembly is hard enough.

Posted: 2003-11-17 11:42pm
by neoolong
Drooling Iguana wrote:I've heard that the original props were made out of pieces from old cameras. Anyone know anything about this? Where would I find one of these cameras and, once I get one, how would I go about making a lightsabre out of it?
I was right. Graflex.

Posted: 2003-11-18 12:38am
by DPDarkPrimus
I have always wanted to make one, but I do not have either the time nor the inclination to do it.

Posted: 2003-11-18 12:57am
by Drooling Iguana
ali-sama wrote:
Drooling Iguana wrote:I've heard that the original props were made out of pieces from old cameras. Anyone know anything about this? Where would I find one of these cameras and, once I get one, how would I go about making a lightsabre out of it?
it dopens on which one. lukes and vaders wehre. ob1 was made form sink parts and parts of a biek grip and other asorted parts. lukes from rotj was machiend.
gettign a real camer apart woudl cost you 100 or min now a days. the camera peopel knwo wean tto use them for light sabres so their bleediung us dry,
That's still quite a bit less than they charge for the replicas, and you get the added satisfaction of knowing that you're building your lightsabre yourself using the same methods used to build the ones for the original film.

Posted: 2003-11-18 01:21am
by Tsyroc
I remember these light sabers that were basically flashlights with this inflatable blade on the end. You could turn them on so they'd glow and you could safely wail away on each other. :D

Posted: 2003-11-18 02:08am
by ali-sama
Drooling Iguana wrote:
ali-sama wrote:
Drooling Iguana wrote:I've heard that the original props were made out of pieces from old cameras. Anyone know anything about this? Where would I find one of these cameras and, once I get one, how would I go about making a lightsabre out of it?
it dopens on which one. lukes and vaders wehre. ob1 was made form sink parts and parts of a biek grip and other asorted parts. lukes from rotj was machiend.
gettign a real camer apart woudl cost you 100 or min now a days. the camera peopel knwo wean tto use them for light sabres so their bleediung us dry,
That's still quite a bit less than they charge for the replicas, and you get the added satisfaction of knowing that you're building your lightsabre yourself using the same methods used to build the ones for the original film.
I got mine for 85. much cheaper then that.

Posted: 2003-11-18 05:38am
by 2000AD
Bah! I want one!

I do remember someone having a Lightsaber TV Remote.