Luke-Woods Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Hi all, I'm currently in the process of Designing LX for a show in Norwich called 'Back To The 80's' and there is a lightsaber fight in it and I was wondering if anyone has had any experience in either buying or making lightsabers that are usable to fight with and light up?? Sorry if I have posted in the wrong place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oli Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 They used to sell lightsabers as toys. They would fling out and light up...I used to have them to fight with my friends :** laughs out loud **: Clicky These are battery operated and are available from quite a few places. E2A:link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stee_cri1 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 good question, I was sat thinking about this for a show I did a few months ago. I went down a few roots trying to do it, the problem I had was not the lighting issue but infact the cable issue. I tried versa tube and stealth and such things, even a flurecent tube (for fun and it just smashed as we expected) The answer I came up with was the LED lights things similar to what JML sell. I made a couple of them using white and lue LED's stuck then at the top and the bottom some clear plastic tube I bought and hey presto one lightsaber. Granted it didnt look like it was straight from starwars but it looked pritty cool when they started in the dark and then had delayed slow white beams from my 250's shooting all over the place. Then once it had been edited in Adobe After Effects it did look like the real thing ** laughs out loud ** I hope this helps If you need anymore info or ewt pm me Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantoman Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Selfridges have a boys toys / technology dept ,I have seen some light sabers there the Quality looks good ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin24 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 the Quality looks good Will it cut someone in half though..... !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke-Woods Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 the Quality looks good Will it cut someone in half though..... !! it's fine we only need to cut someone's hand off :** laughs out loud **: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LXbydesign Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Not a bad CV for someone just 22 yrs old!! . . . . Hmmm - you can just buy them off the shelf from any good toyshop , hamleys , themed party shop etc etc. Most effective used with UV / low level (intensity) lighting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkiDonki Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 There's several versions of the retail lightsabres. The best ones are about £100-£250 and look the part and the blade is durable plastic but lights up like a flourescent tube - really effective in the dark. We went to a fancy dress party a while back, and Darth Vader turned up as well as Obi Wan; Obi Wan suffered severe 'Sabre envy as he had the cheap telescopic version while Vader had the £100 one. They both looked good when being swung around in the garden. (The duel was going well until Vader had to go to the loo..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeper of the Keys Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Thinkgeek seems to have some nice ones:http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/giftsforhim/69de/Hope that helps... [edit]That one makes sound so you may want to disable the internal speaker. They also have a version without sound and with detachable colored blades, more expensive though:http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/collectibles/adc5/[/edit] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Lee Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Everybody knows that a true Jedi makes his own Lightsabre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handyandi Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Went to Legoland for their star wars themed fireworks with the kids last year & they were selling what I think were called light wands which were a fixed tube. They are constructed of a soldered ladder of parallel LED in a tube (had to take one apart when my 3 year old whacked it across a door & it failed - easy solder fix back on the switch - I was a hero for fixing it) . They are incredibly bright especially in the dark & with a few thousand being waved around very impressive!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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