The Original Light Saber c. 1977 Force Beam Flashlight Saber

[amadeus768]

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How many of you have ever owned or seen one of these? I was about 9-10 years old when I got this for Christmas the year Star Wars came out - the first time.

It's a plastic Eveready flashlight that you could get at any store for probably 50 cents or a dollar. They fashioned a plastic pommel cap, and ring that went around the flashlight head and a blade holder with a plastic tube on it. Inside is a green filter. Standard 2.4v flashlight bulb and 2 D cells.

[Sunrider]

That is the o.g. saber. I never had one. :( But look how far we have come. :D

[Tarrell]

Pardon my expression, buth thats 'Old School'

[Arkhan]

I remember a hilt that had an inflatable "blade" Not sure how old that one was, but it was "for the children"

[amadeus768]

I am pretty sure the inflatable blade was the official Star Wars branded product that came out. I remember being disappointed that that was all Kenner or whoever made it was putting out at the time. These were way more cool. They had one with a red filter, too.

[cooky069]

this is cool i had one as a kid . it was handed down to me by my mum who said this was your brothers lightsaber, he wanted you to have it when you were old enough but your farther wouldn't allow it . and so she went against everythig dad said and gave me it. to cut a long story short goodby lamp shades goodby china doll goodby betamax vcr hello smaked bum :-o

[Sloda Foade]

Hey, I had one of those. As you said was an ever-ready torch with a plastic ring. Not very bright. I eventually had to replace the torch with another one as it broke. Wow that takes me back to the 70's.

[Big_Furry_Oaf]

I find it odd that it had a green filter even though the sabers in Episodes IV and V were all blue. What's the deal with that? They made Luke's a greenish Cyan-like color in the dvd releases and I've seen production art for Episode III with Anakin using a green saber. There must be some kind of conspiracy...

[jin starkiller]

I've seen these before ...Uncle had one and was not very bright ....brings back the memories of youth .....good times

[angle]

Well, the current crop of lighted sabers is certainly much more sophisticated and high-tech, but they're still essentially flashlights with translucent tubes attached. ;)

[Skottsaber]

LOLWHUUUT?

The first lightsaber I had was a 1999 Hasbro Qui-Gon Jinn.
I'm a prequel kid, sue me :p

[stegasp]

Haha... Yeah, The first saber I had was 1996 Luke ROTJ. My brother had the 1996 Vader.

And we fought & fought & fought.

[Darth Odious]

Same here, had the luke saber. It ended up wedged between the old bunk beds and the heater, it ended up melting the green plastic blade. Good times.

[spreadneck]

I remember some official sabers that I saw as a kid that had black hilts, did not light up, and the colored blades were fluted on the ends to make an interesting (but not particularly lightsaber-ish) sound when swung through the air.

[Knighthammer]

LOLWHUUUT?

The first lightsaber I had was a 1999 Hasbro Qui-Gon Jinn.
I'm a prequel kid, sue me :p

These kids these days....:roll:

[Loachri MacTalabh]

This was like my first lightsaber, only blue blade.
http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb399/Laochri/da2894c5.jpg

[TD-2272]

I remember some official sabers that I saw as a kid that had black hilts, did not light up, and the colored blades were fluted on the ends to make an interesting (but not particularly lightsaber-ish) sound when swung through the air.
Yes! I had two of them a yellow and a green.

[Loachri MacTalabh]

Yes! I had two of them a yellow and a green.
That is the same as the pic in my post, made by Kenner

[Boj-Vaati Mau]

HOLY CRAP! I'd forgotten about those. When the neighbor kid and I did our 8mm SW attempt, we'd used painted PVC & bicycle grips for sabers. These would've been slightly better....

[Jacen Solo]

The first lightsaber I had was a 1999 Hasbro Qui-Gon Jinn.


Same here! Got mine when I was 8 or 9 and I still have it except the blade snapped when I fought my little brother with it. Electronics still work though. Hmm saber idea...

[Darth Midian]

I remember some official sabers that I saw as a kid that had black hilts, did not light up, and the colored blades were fluted on the ends to make an interesting (but not particularly lightsaber-ish) sound when swung through the air.
I so remember those. I had the red one. You couldn't duel with then. The blades where too flimsy if I remember correctly. But they were still fun. I also had the flashlight saber. I never would've thought back then that I would be building lightsabers in my 30's.

[JulieP]

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The Force Beam
Yep, in fact I have one! In my closet since about 1978! In perfect condition except missing the decal that was on the side - must have fallen off a long time ago.


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[JulieP]

My apologies.

[amadeus768]

Well - at least I know there are two now. A red one and a green one. :)

[redeyejedi]

Man! I always wanted one of those when I was a kid. My first saber was the green "The Force" lightsaber from Kenner(still have it), but my friend had the force beam style flashlight saber...it was red and I wanted a light up saber soooo bad. Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[psab keel]

My first lightsabers were pieces of construction paper rolled and taped into tubes. My first officially licensed saber was a gray hilted one I ordered from The Adventurer (LucasArts gaming) magazine in the early nineties. It was from the George Lucas Super Live Adventure Show, which was a stunt/ variety act that aired in Japan, celebrating Lucas' work. the blade had really rigid tubing that probably would have cracked, so I never dueled with it, though the bulb did strobe which gave a really cool flicker effect! Man, if I only knew back then what would be available today, I don't know if I would have believed it!

[Kevin Starwaster]

I remember that. Mine was blue. It was a Christmas present but I got it early. I slept with it nearby. Just in case....

[sparki79]

i own one of these in full working order

[Titoshi]

I had the hollow one in green, But I remember mine glowing in the dark. I also remember it stinging like a wiffle ball bat.

[ObiShawn]

I still have my Force Beam- the golf tube is a little crunchy, but serviceable. Mine has three color lenses under the pommel cap in Red, Blue and Green that I could swap out for different colors.

In the pic, L to R: Force Beam, MR, Hyperdyne

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