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Post by kivaanzion on Nov 30, 2005 9:04:46 GMT -5
Bottom line is that MR sabers are definitely not meant for dueling- I have a friend who allowed his young son to swing his Luke Ep V saber around on Halloween. His son hit the saber so hard (against another saber) that the blade actually detached from the hilt. MR clearly states that their sabers are not for dueling- so it is really not too smart of them having a demonstration video of two guys going at it full tilt in a lightsaber duel.  I collect them as working display pieces. |
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Post by hunterpred210 on Nov 30, 2005 10:39:04 GMT -5
Yes it wouldn't have the power up and down effect. Im thinking of the luxeon LED plus only the blade that houses El wire.
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Post by Johann Shinobi on Dec 7, 2005 0:12:37 GMT -5
Does the EL Wire Create a Power Up Effect?
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Post by LoreenShadowchaser on Dec 7, 2005 13:58:39 GMT -5
No, you cannot create a power up or down effect with EL wire. It's either on, or off.
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Post by hunterpred210 on Dec 9, 2005 10:58:23 GMT -5
Im not talking about using el wire at all. All im saying is couldn't they take just the type of material they use to house the el wire polycarbonite and have the internals of the Master replica sabers instead of the soft polycarbonate MR uses for blades. Apparently there is a differnace in strength.
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Post by Johann Shinobi on Dec 12, 2005 19:44:37 GMT -5
Does anyone have a pic of the "guts" of their MR Blade. I'm interested to see how it is made maybe we can figure a way to make a stronger blade that works the same.
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Post by Leda EmBorr on Dec 15, 2005 23:40:07 GMT -5
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Post by Seda Navilli on Dec 15, 2005 23:51:40 GMT -5
Hey, thats really cool - if you get a conversion, you can remove and replace the blade. That pretty much dispells the only downside of the MR sabers. Does anyone know how much a conversion costs?
Oh but does that mean you dont get the power up/power down LED effect?
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Post by Olos Nay on Dec 16, 2005 12:09:13 GMT -5
I am not certain how UltraSWG makes his blades, you should email him about that, but starting from that setup it is really possible to have a luxeon blade where you see a power-up/power-down effect. Mine does it, and it flickers on impact and saber-lock. The trick it to have the proper driver and interfaces. :-)
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Post by Leda EmBorr on Dec 16, 2005 19:54:52 GMT -5
Hey, thats really cool - if you get a conversion, you can remove and replace the blade. That pretty much dispells the only downside of the MR sabers. Does anyone know how much a conversion costs? Oh but does that mean you dont get the power up/power down LED effect? I'm not sure how much it costs... He has an ebay store and the link to it is somewhere in the site, I remember seeing it. |
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Post by Ky-Wan Zann on Dec 18, 2005 4:48:23 GMT -5
at many of our electronics big name stores here were getting MR sabers ins tock more and more so I'm more ..free flowing with mine now I know I can find another one if it breaks
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Post by LoreenShadowchaser on Dec 18, 2005 14:25:28 GMT -5
If anyone is curious, UltraSWG has a thread all about LED sabers over at TF.N's Jedi Council forum's Costumes and Props forum.
LED Blade Q and A's
I know a few of you are over at those boards, but I don't think a lot of the people here are.
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Post by Ky-Wan Zann on Dec 19, 2005 2:42:28 GMT -5
I'm kinda liking those luxon's simplky for the mod job alone
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Post by Johann Shinobi on Dec 20, 2005 0:10:52 GMT -5
I wonder if you could encapsulate th LEDs with some silicone potting compound. it may make it harder to damage the LEDs.
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Post by Ky-Wan Zann on Dec 20, 2005 6:23:28 GMT -5
could be a bit of work as well as cost, I might try this conversion kit if my MR breaks *knocks wood*
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