Custom lightsabers have gotten pretty awesome (1 Viewer)

[Sam Posten]

So in advance of May the 4th my nephew told me he wanted a dueling saber for Christmas and I went down the rabbit hole of research. Lots of new tech, especially new pixel LED blades that do ignition effects and advanced sound boards that can react to other blades, simulated blaster shots and even dragging the tip on the ground.

He wanted a specific ultra saber model. I’ve since read that ultra saber is a bit of a shit company and their quality is uneven, but that’s what he wanted so that’s what I got him as a gift. What he didn’t know he wanted was a pixel blade with proffie sound. Ultra has since errrr ripped off proffie with their own fork, will see how that shakes out. Anyway, ordered a nicely loaded up one with a great May the 4th discount

And I uhhhh, had to get one too. For research purchasss. Mine is a crimson mantis model. Can’t wait.

 

[Sam Posten]

His:

Order a Dark Apprentice v5 Custom Lightsaber Online

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Mine:

Build a Custom Crimson Mantis Lightsaber Online

Shop for your own curved Crimson Mantis custom lightsaber online from Ultrasabers, your one-stop-shop for all your lightsaber needs! Order now!

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[Sam Posten]

/r/lightsabers disavows Ultra:

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Proffie drama:

 

[Sam Posten]

 

[Edwin-S]

And I thought the toy I was looking at was expensive.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

$8000?!

I hope he says “thank you”

Pretty awesome! Best I ever had was a plastic light up one that did noises. The Qui-Gon Jinn, circa 1999.

 

[JamesSmith]

And I uhhhh, had to get one too. For research purchasss. Mine is a crimson mantis model. Can’t wait.

For research purchasss. Of course, we believe you.
--jthree

 

[Sam Posten]

Porpoises

 

[DaveF]

A friend got a fancy, high-end replica light saber from his kids for a christmas last year. Not an $8k dealie, but it's noice. Sound effects. Neato light up effects.

Might be the ultrasaber line you got, not sure.

 

[Sam Posten]

Hnnnnng

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[Edwin-S]

Kenobi must have ran up one hell of a bar tab at Moe's tavern for his Light Saber to end up under Moe's bar.

 

[Sam Posten]

Whut

 

[Edwin-S]

Whut

It's the narrator's voice. The inflection kind of reminded me of Moe from The Simpsons.

 

[ChristopherG]

Whatever floats your boat Sam!

 

[Sam Posten]

Hey man I’ve been obese since age 5 and living with a brain tumor since 18! As my favorite restaurant used to say “life is short, eat dessert first”

 

[ChristopherG]

For sure. I'm more jealous than anything....

 

[Edwin-S]

Is that your voice and light Saber on the video?

 

[Sam Posten]

Is that your voice and light Saber on the video?

Lol no

 

[Nelson Au]

This is an interesting thread. I had seen and read about light sabers with light and sound and how well done they look in videos. And I was surprised to see that they are strong enough to use for combat. Play combat of course! it’s amazing how far these sabers have come in recent years.

I’m a Star Trek prop fan and have been reading a lot of Star Trek prop forums, so Star Wars props are less known to me. I have been on the look-out for a Graflex camera flash that was used in A New Hope as Luke’s saber to make my own light saber. But this company I see also has a Graflex model. So that’s cool. I am not as knowledgeable about the Star Wars light saber variants from each of the prequel films and other Star Wars shows and looking at that site made me wonder if those sabers are their own designs as a way to avoid any copyright or legal issues with Disney. But seeing the Graflex model, it’s not an exact replica, so maybe it’s skirting by?

 

[Sam Posten]

Wish we had heard the warnings on Ultrasabers before ordering. Just opened both lightsabers, they looked anmazing out of the box and the first playtime with them was great…. Then we were removing the batteries to charge them (with the sabers off). Both batteries exploded and caught fire in the electronics. The chassis are ok but both batteries and electronics are toast. No response from support email so far. They didn't answer our calls or return our messages.