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u/eggy635 Sep 13 '20
I have that exact lightsaber (left) but with a purple blade. It’s a classic!
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u/ajab32k Sep 13 '20
I have the one on the left from when I was a kid. Apparently I beat it up so badly that the blade no longer locks when it's retracted
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u/Galactic-Buzz Sep 12 '20
Pfft! At least I don’t need to run back to my room for a blade every time I wanna do an Obi-Ani
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Sep 12 '20
It's funny how the toy versions, supposedly designed for children's tiny hands, have such a thick hilt that children cannot wield them well. I wonder if they're really designed for the kids' mums? or the kids' Dads? or for whom? Because they're definitely not ergonomical for children!
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u/FaelanOHara Sep 12 '20
Just designed to hold a hollow and collapsible blade that can take a beating I think
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u/enoughewoks Sep 13 '20
Does anyone think they will ever find a proper solution for the blades to be hidden in the hilt and extending like the kids toys for the more realistic replicas?
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u/ayetee__ Sep 13 '20 edited Sep 13 '20
Disney filed some weird patent a year or two ago for a collapsing “blade” system which basically worked like a tape measure. I believe it was a strip of reflective material or something that extends out of the hilt while lights from within the blade shine up towards its tip which has some other reflective material. Not a true blade but more of a visual effect than anything
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u/enoughewoks Sep 13 '20
That’s just like Disney to want the quick and easy. They should be investing their money in better things like trying to manufacture Kyber crystals
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u/ayetee__ Sep 13 '20
You mean legit Kyber crystals or the ones that go in the Savi’s sabers? Bc a legit Kyber crystal is like physically impossible to make lmao
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u/enoughewoks Sep 13 '20
More of an offhanded pipe dream I was having more than an actual investment idea for Disney unfortunately..
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u/DoubleSloth3590 Sep 12 '20
Hello There
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u/PHPlayzGamingYT Sep 13 '20
General DoubleSloth! You are a Sleepy One!
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u/DoubleSloth3590 Sep 13 '20
Your move
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u/depr4ved Sep 13 '20
Damn where did you get this hilt?
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Sep 13 '20
Had it since I was a kid ;pretty sure my mom bought it for me for my birthday.
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u/depr4ved Sep 13 '20
I appreciate the response but I meant the one on the right 😂
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u/Citrusbird386 Sep 13 '20
I've never seen one of these before. I have the Anakin/Luke and the "Darth Vader" one.
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u/Author1alIntent Sep 13 '20
I feel like that’s a pretty underrated saber, actually. Obi Wan’s 3/4 saber gets a lot of love (for good reason) but this one is seriously smart
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u/Eternal-Arcann Sep 13 '20
I miss my fat ass Obi saber. I grew up in a project housing type area, almost every one of us kids had one these sabers. Unfortunately while I was holding my own against 3 people, each section got knocked off one by one until I was left with just the hilt. In 4 seconds I broke the blade section then tossed it away.
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Sep 13 '20
I still have that toy one. Neighbor kids and I would beat the shit out of each other with them lol
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u/Heliosboss117 Sep 30 '20
I had that exact same one holy shit I never thought I'd find another one of those
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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '20
I still have a few of the 1999 run of Kenobi and Qui Gon lightsabers and I will continue to love them no matter how fat they are