Obi1
06-14-2014, 01:28 PM
I've been thinking about building my first LED string custom saber for a long time now, and now that I finished all the smaller projects around my existing sabers, it looks like I might even have the time for it (after the children already sleep :) )
Now it comes to getting the control electronics for the saber. I already have the hilt, it has a Long Emitter with windows to show the blade, so all in all I have little space inside to cram-fu all the stuff in there. I figured that I could fit in a board from an Ultimate FX, I still have 2 of those, but since they were my first sabers I'm reluctant to sacrifice them (I could say I keep them for the kids, but they will only play with the more sophisticated ones ... those spoiled little devils, they do not know what we would have given even for an Ultimate FX 30 years ago!!!).
I know it's just whistful thinking, but I would like to know how YOU think about it: I wish a NB_LS, i.e. an NB for LED string blades. The NB has a similar price to an Ultimate FX (at least in Planet Europe, I know that in USA they are considerably cheaper), so such a Beauty would be a real alternative to scavenging a Hasbro toy. It offers a lot of extra features, now with the v2.0 even FoC, 2 sound banks, etc.
Would that be something people making LED string sabers might consider as an alternative to rip the board from Hasbro sabers? Feedbacks would be highly appreciated...
(Disclaimer: it's not a market research for any vendor, I'm really curious...)
Now it comes to getting the control electronics for the saber. I already have the hilt, it has a Long Emitter with windows to show the blade, so all in all I have little space inside to cram-fu all the stuff in there. I figured that I could fit in a board from an Ultimate FX, I still have 2 of those, but since they were my first sabers I'm reluctant to sacrifice them (I could say I keep them for the kids, but they will only play with the more sophisticated ones ... those spoiled little devils, they do not know what we would have given even for an Ultimate FX 30 years ago!!!).
I know it's just whistful thinking, but I would like to know how YOU think about it: I wish a NB_LS, i.e. an NB for LED string blades. The NB has a similar price to an Ultimate FX (at least in Planet Europe, I know that in USA they are considerably cheaper), so such a Beauty would be a real alternative to scavenging a Hasbro toy. It offers a lot of extra features, now with the v2.0 even FoC, 2 sound banks, etc.
Would that be something people making LED string sabers might consider as an alternative to rip the board from Hasbro sabers? Feedbacks would be highly appreciated...
(Disclaimer: it's not a market research for any vendor, I'm really curious...)