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Force FX Lightsabers
Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" Started conversation Jan 10, 2012
Force FX Lightsabers are really expensive toys that replicate the look and sound of (surprise!) lightsabers. The standard colors for them are red, blue, green, and a few are purple. But the problem is that I want a yellow one. They're extremely hard to find because they have to be custom built and my particular difficulty is that I don't know where to go to get them, so!
Does anyone know where I can find a yellow lightsaber, someone who will make me a yellow lightsaber, or where I can get the parts and schematics to make the lightsaber myself?
Force FX Lightsabers
Icy North Posted Jan 10, 2012
Please don't expect me to turn out that mountain of unused lightsabres in my loft!
Seriously: it's an obvious question, but do you have the manufacturer's phone number?
Force FX Lightsabers
Geggs Posted Jan 10, 2012
Have you tried their website?
http://www.force-fx.com/
Geggs
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Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" Posted Jan 10, 2012
I have; as I said, they don't make them. They exist, but they're custom, and I don't know where to go to get them custom made.
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Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" Posted Jan 11, 2012
Force FX Lightsabers
Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" Posted Jan 11, 2012
It's an LED strip. I can't exactly just go get one at the hardware store. And even if I could, apparently they're quite fragile by themselves and I'm told that trying to replace the strip is likely to damage the lightsaber.
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clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Jan 11, 2012
In my work we use rolls of LED light strips, you roll out how much you want and then cut it off. The back is adhesive and there is a power supply clamp you attach to one end. I have seen them light up quite brightly with a 9 volt battery.
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=led+light+strips&gbv=2&oq=led+light+strips&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=1453l4735l0l11031l16l16l0l2l2l1l343l2780l0.1.9.1l11l0
I think your main problem would be having them light up in sequence, like the film LS. That could be solved by sequentially lighting separate strips by a bit of electronics.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=build+lightsaber&oq=build+light&aq=0&aqi=g1g-s1g1g-m7&aql=&gs_sm=c&gs_upl=12125l17797l0l20859l13l11l1l0l0l0l359l1907l0.2.4.2l8l0
But I would suggest you just buy a white light sabre, open it up and insert a tube of lighting gel that is a satisfactory shade of yellow.
http://www.rosco.com/us/filters/fluorescentSleeves.cfm
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- 1: Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" (Jan 10, 2012)
- 2: Icy North (Jan 10, 2012)
- 3: Geggs (Jan 10, 2012)
- 4: Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" (Jan 10, 2012)
- 5: Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" (Jan 11, 2012)
- 6: Xanatic (Jan 11, 2012)
- 7: Icy North (Jan 11, 2012)
- 8: Mr. X ---> "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!" (Jan 11, 2012)
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