Wong Yoon Wei
10-05-2010, 01:13 AM
Hi, I am from Malaysia. Don't know where it is? That's the big piece of land above Singapore. I am sure you all must have heard of Singapore. ;-)
Malaysia is also one of the F1 venue if you are into F1. A fun fact is Malaysians own Lotus now. Yes, the manufacturer of those cool Elise, Exige, Evora, etc....
Anyway, I found this place through lurking around in fx-sabers. I have yet to register there but chose to register here first instead because I am going on the path of becoming a Jedi. :D
Yes, after years of renouncing religion (I was born a Taoist, but kept on thinking I was a Buddhist cause that's what it says on my birth certificate (there is only 4 option to choose from and Taoist is not an option), then going through a confusing period where I almost converted to Christianity)
But now my mind is clear and I decided to adopt Jediism. My friends have laughed at me, called me crazy and told me it's a fake religion. But I love the Jedi values values and I do believe there is some kind of a "Force" that binds us all together. My friends can laugh at me all they want but a Jedi has good values worth adopting and I see no harm in that.
My first lightsaber was a HFX ROTS Obiwan. It was cool at first with the sounds and light and all but after a few days, I realized it was too big, the neck is FAT and I can't remove the blade. So I sold it.
Recently I ordered the new HFX with removable blade ROTS Anakin. It's already here but still stuck in the customs for like three weeks now.
Reason I went with that one was because the hilt is very very close to the original Graflex prop and it's removable!!! I can now have the option of wearing the hilt.
Then, I found about all these Luxeon conversion. They look really awesome and they are duel worthy, only to find out that you can't convert those HFX removable blade version.
To be a Jedi, one must built his own lightsaber (or at least convert one, close enough)
So my next purchase will be an Obi Wan TPM, looks great, thinnest of the HFX and the conversion looks easy enough, even for someone who has never held a soldering iron in his life and dropped out of engineering school. (I am however very adept at taking things apart and putting them back together, sometimes with disastrous results)
Another point that motivate me is that Luxeon are made here. Yes, the factory is in Malaysia. So it should be relatively easy enough to buy most of the important components for the conversion, I will still need to order stuff from here and it is fantastic that there is a one stop centre here for all the parts to build a lightsaber from scratch.
The TPM conversion will be a long term project, spread out over a few months or maybe even years!!!
I hope I can get along with everyone here and the wealth of information everyone has shared here really gave me the confidence to take the plunge.
ps- the username is my real name. I pick that one cause I thought it sounded Jedi-ish. :lol:
Malaysia is also one of the F1 venue if you are into F1. A fun fact is Malaysians own Lotus now. Yes, the manufacturer of those cool Elise, Exige, Evora, etc....
Anyway, I found this place through lurking around in fx-sabers. I have yet to register there but chose to register here first instead because I am going on the path of becoming a Jedi. :D
Yes, after years of renouncing religion (I was born a Taoist, but kept on thinking I was a Buddhist cause that's what it says on my birth certificate (there is only 4 option to choose from and Taoist is not an option), then going through a confusing period where I almost converted to Christianity)
But now my mind is clear and I decided to adopt Jediism. My friends have laughed at me, called me crazy and told me it's a fake religion. But I love the Jedi values values and I do believe there is some kind of a "Force" that binds us all together. My friends can laugh at me all they want but a Jedi has good values worth adopting and I see no harm in that.
My first lightsaber was a HFX ROTS Obiwan. It was cool at first with the sounds and light and all but after a few days, I realized it was too big, the neck is FAT and I can't remove the blade. So I sold it.
Recently I ordered the new HFX with removable blade ROTS Anakin. It's already here but still stuck in the customs for like three weeks now.
Reason I went with that one was because the hilt is very very close to the original Graflex prop and it's removable!!! I can now have the option of wearing the hilt.
Then, I found about all these Luxeon conversion. They look really awesome and they are duel worthy, only to find out that you can't convert those HFX removable blade version.
To be a Jedi, one must built his own lightsaber (or at least convert one, close enough)
So my next purchase will be an Obi Wan TPM, looks great, thinnest of the HFX and the conversion looks easy enough, even for someone who has never held a soldering iron in his life and dropped out of engineering school. (I am however very adept at taking things apart and putting them back together, sometimes with disastrous results)
Another point that motivate me is that Luxeon are made here. Yes, the factory is in Malaysia. So it should be relatively easy enough to buy most of the important components for the conversion, I will still need to order stuff from here and it is fantastic that there is a one stop centre here for all the parts to build a lightsaber from scratch.
The TPM conversion will be a long term project, spread out over a few months or maybe even years!!!
I hope I can get along with everyone here and the wealth of information everyone has shared here really gave me the confidence to take the plunge.
ps- the username is my real name. I pick that one cause I thought it sounded Jedi-ish. :lol: