Man that was a fast delivery. I was expecting the shipment sometime next week. I bought these from ThinkGeek, and they are all the removable bladed models.
The boxes are rather nice.
Now, these models come with a belt clip and a replaceable plug for when you want to look like a real dork and do some of that Cosplay and prance around in a bed sheet pretending you’re fighting the force of good or evil…however you see yourself. Anyways, I digress. The base comes with two clear plastic holders that allow you to either display the hilt and blade side by side, or attached by simply pulling out one of the supports and turning it around. The back of the base has a sliding hatch that allows you to store the belt clip and emitter plug when not in use. Fairly well thought out, and it all works nicely.
Here is Darth Vader’s lightsaber with the emitter plug installed. Without it, there would be a deep well with a bunch of electrical pins at the bottom.
Now the blade is a lot brighter. My big accessory flash overpowered it. You can see in front of the hilt the emitter plug and the belt clip. Darth Vader’s lightsaber has a metal d ring that hooks into the belt clip. The whole thing would swing around a lot. I guess it is accurate to the movie…but not sure on that.
Vader’s lightsaber once again in the side by side storage method. Interestingly enough, all of these emit a static charge if you activate the one button without the blade. There is also a click sound whenever you attach and detach the blade. Neat little touches.
Here is the next lightsaber, Obi-Wan’s showing the emitter plug installed. Note that the belt clip is much different. This one involves a round disk that slots into the clip. To release it, you have to press down on the clip…as the whole thing locks in place.
Here, just to give you an idea of how bright 64 LEDs are, I turned the flash off. Now this is hand held, and it is a bit blurry, but it should give you an idea of how bright the blade is. In a dark room, it is positively blinding.
Now, the battery pack is a bit interesting. Each lightsaber’s battery pack has a plastic sleeve over the batteries that require a Phillips screwdriver to unlock it. Not sure for the reason for this, but it does insure that the batteries are not going anywhere.
Last is Anakin’s lightsaber. Both previous blades required unscrewing a tightening end piece, sliding that piece over the blade, and then pulling the blade out. Anakin’s is a bit different. The blade is held in place by a long screw. The belt clip is the same as Obi-Wan’s.
Here are all 3 of them stored with blade installed.
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