Grab Bags...

[bigbret50]

Wow these "random grab bags" go extremly fast... I was waiting around to see if one came up. I hit refresh and there was a new one. By the time I tried to look at it and then put it in my cart it was already gone. I guess I shouldn't have tried to look at it huh. ;)

[tinfoilhelmet]

grab, man! grab!

[Lord Dottore Matto]

hell, it was in my basket and by the time I clicked pay now, it was swiped! you dudes are fast! (reminds me of the barracuda in med school!):(

[Darth Sorn]

Their useing mechanical road runners *BEEP BEEP* lol

[FenderBender]

Its been crazy watching these things, though I was able to get one. Thanks Tim!

[Donnovan Sunrider]

When the winners get them, post some good descriptions on what's in them. I'm really wanting one of those pieces with the swirly circle design on it, Is that an emitter?

Hopefully Tim will let us know when it's done so we can stop refreshing our browsers. :D

[valeon]

I bought the second one I think, I'll post pics when I get it. with details on whats broken and whats not, and why.

[Clockwork]

I think (hope) I got Number 5. If Tim's post is correct and it only lets those who actually have it have a placed order I am confident I have it (as mine says parts list printed). I will post a description when it arrives.

[FenderBender]

looks like Im the one who got beat by 13 seconds on No. 4. That really sucks. I was trying so hard to get one.

[Darth_DevilGuy]

missed # 6 by a tiny amount ><

[swear000]

darn..I almost had grab bag number 6. I had it in my cart and everything. You guys are so damn fast.

[Donnovan Sunrider]

Gah!
Another one I've missed!

I hope someone is willing to sell a spare one of those great emitters that seem to be in most of these. I really love that thing!

[Darth Leximus]

Yeah I give up on this. I've been sittin here reloading the site every 3 mins since 8:30 central time yesterday and I've missed every one of them. Haven't even gotten close enough to get one in a cart, by the time I see em up there, they are sold already. I love you Tim, but this was a cruel way to do this.

[FenderBender]

Tim is making things right for me. What an awesome guy!

[Donnovan Sunrider]

Yeah I give up on this. I've been sittin here reloading the site every 3 mins since 8:30 central time yesterday and I've missed every one of them. Haven't even gotten close enough to get one in a cart, by the time I see em up there, they are sold already. I love you Tim, but this was a cruel way to do this.

I know your frustration. I've been trying to think of another way of doing it, and I'm drawing a blank. I think the way Tim is doing it offers the most even chance. Since it's not a set schedule, none of us have a specific edge apart from our Mouse-Click Kung Fu.
It might not hurt as much if there were no pictures, but we want to know what we're buying.

[Strydur]

I was almost thinking of not putting the pics anymore since everyone is buying them without even looking it seems. It was do it this way or ebay again. When I did that everyone complained because they couldn't afford them. At least this way everyone has a sporting chance.

I wish the website had someway to better control more than one person getting it in their shopping cart as I hate to refund someone and tell them they didn't win.

[Darth Leximus]

I guess you're right, but the pics don't even seem to matter, no body has time to look at the pics before they buy it, someone else would scoop it up while you were browsing

EDIT:

I guess Tim beat me to it. I just wanted to clarify that I like this idea of selling the imperfect pieces in bulk like this, I sure know I could find uses for most if not all of those pieces. I also don't think it's unfair in anyway, I just don't see how I could of been more vigilant in keeping up with the store to see when they were released, and I didn't even come close to gettin one in my cart.

[ArkaiHalon]

maybe we'll get lucky and some of the winners will offer to
trade parts with us unlucky ones.

Like whoever got that copper jacket pc BH #7.

[Donnovan Sunrider]

That would be cool.

How many of those awesome emitters do you have?? Ever kit seems to have two of them. So cool.

[Strydur]

Which one are you talking about?

[Donnovan Sunrider]

The blade holders with the little circle thing on them. They have two horizontal vanes near the top.
In the grab bag 7 pic, they're the two pieces under the Psycho Lime choke.

Were those an old holder you discontinued or a test that didn't work out? They're really cool looking.

[Malaki Skywalker]

The blade holders with the little circle thing on them. They have two horizontal vanes near the top.
In the grab bag 7 pic, they're the two pieces under the Psycho Lime choke.


They are Anakin ROTS conversion kit blade holders ;)

[Donnovan Sunrider]

Oh, okay. I don't think I ever saw one before. There's only been Luke, Maul and Obi-Wan kits since I found the site.

Thanks.

[Darth Leximus]

Yeah now that I know thats what those are I'm a little more upset. I really need one of those Ani holders. Oh well there's people in jail who need out too

[TorLinWaDur]

BOOOO I keep missing.

[swear000]

It may be nice of TCSS owner to post pics of all the grab bags on a single thread so we could see what each of them had. Too much to ask?

[Darth_DevilGuy]

It may be nice of TCSS owner to post pics of all the grab bags on a single thread so we could see what each of them had. Too much to ask?

would kinda defeat the grab bag concept

[bigbret50]

I got number 2 but it won't come till next Monday.

[sekrogue1985]

i keep missing them

[Strydur]

Those are some miss-machined ones (anakin holders) but you may be able to make them work.

[bigbret50]

Number 8 gone. Looks like Tim might be running out of pieces. How many more do you think we will get?

[Dark Navel]

I got it, I got it, I GOT IT...dammit didn't get it..Next one came..I GOT IT , nope didn't get it, next I got...well you get the idea.:(

[Clockwork]

I agree, 8 looked alittle shy of the others, mind you it did have 3 of the standard center sections and they can be expensive. My bet is we won't see more than 10 Grab bags (although I hope for everyone's sake I am wrong).

Does anyone have any Idea what the green cirlular things are? they look like small green PCB boards connected together on the original spur. They are in the upper right on the number 8 grab bag, there is one spur with 3 of them on it (looks like originally there was 4, but the second from the top has been removed).

[Lord Dottore Matto]

maybe we should hold our own lottery to see who gets to buy them?:roll:

[Dark Navel]

They looked like PCB's to me as well.

[eastern57]

Does anyone have any Idea what the green cirlular things are? they look like small green PCB boards connected together on the original spur. They are in the upper right on the number 8 grab bag, there is one spur with 3 of them on it (looks like originally there was 4, but the second from the top has been removed).

I can't tell in GB#8, but in one of the other ones there was a few rechargeable battery protection pcbs... they were green too.

[Clockwork]

I can't tell in GB#8, but in one of the other ones there was a few rechargeable battery protection pcbs... they were green too.

That's what I would have thought they were too. 3.7v Li-ion if I am not mistaken.

[Darth_DevilGuy]

I got # 9 waiting till midnight payed off.

[bubbalew]

You Just Barely Beat Me

[Strydur]

I probably wont post anymore until wednesday night. I need to let the shipping department catch up ;)

[TorLinWaDur]

dang it! all missed! dang it!

[bigbret50]

Wednesday night. Oh great for us in the EST time zone that is crazy early. Oh well, I guess maybe I'll be a little tired tomorrow.

[Darth_DevilGuy]

Wednesday night. Oh great for us in the EST time zone that is crazy early. Oh well, I guess maybe I'll be a little tired tomorrow.

I had to watch 8 of em go while I was at work yesterday and couldn't take the time to camp the storefront, quit whining.

[bigbret50]

Relax, I didn't think I was whining, just making a little joke.

[Darth_DevilGuy]

Relax, I didn't think I was whinning, just making a little joke.

heh, sarcasm doesn't translate well into text...

[bigbret50]

couldn't tell the "tone" of your voice through the computer.

[eastern57]

LOL! If you guys are getting your panties bunched over "already available parts"... might I recommend some ritalin for the next CF batch sale... ;)

[FenderBender]

I was "camped" out all last night, and NO new grab bag 10;) Guess thats what I get for getting caught up in the madness, now Im wicked tired and will probably miss it when it does come up.:D

[Strydur]

We are still a little backed up in shipping. I will post here once I start putting them up again.

[valeon]

I'm just curious as to what something is in my grab bag.
Here's a pic of what it looks like, thanks ahead of time.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/newtype06/wierdthing.jpg

[Strydur]

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/showthread.php?t=2607

[valeon]

Any specifics on wiring these buggers? or do I just put a switch in the circuit like a resistor?

[eastern57]

Any specifics on wiring these buggers? or do I just put a switch in the circuit like a resistor?

I was looking at the specs: 3.6V - 4.5V... And they even suggest you use one Li-Ion! :o go figure!, they must have been sick of listening to novastar too :p... anyway, with voltage that low, may as well direct drive.

[Strydur]

Grab bags will be commencing again.

[Obi-Dar Ke-Gnomie]

Hey everybody, what's that over there?!? =====>

*YOINK!*

Got it!

First time I've actually been online when one was put up. Looks like a good haul. Definitely some stuff there I can use.

[valeon]

Specs are nice and all, but my question still stands. Do you just wire it into a circuit like a resistored setup? , or is there something that I am completely missing, aka a link to a pdf or something?
So far all that I've picked up is that the positive to the LED is soldered in the middle of the board between the two diodes, and the Negative to the LED is soldered to the round pad at the leg of the IC chip Q2. Which pads are batt input?

[Darth Leximus]

HA HA! Got one finally! Only took 14 tries

[Mazarill Slay]

congratz Leximus

[Darth Leximus]

thanks, the only thing that sux is that I really needed blades, and I get the one that doesn't have any, but thats ok there's some good parts in there

[Donnovan Sunrider]

Ya got enough choke points to choke a horse though. ;)

[Darth Leximus]

LOL right! I may make an all choke point saber, now that would be interesting

[Donnovan Sunrider]

Even if you just hooked it up and took a picture before taking it apart again, it would be cool to see. :)

[Darth Leximus]

Will do, I've got extra internal components out the a$$ so I can throw something in there.

[Mazarill Slay]

look forward to it..

I have to put some money on my debit card to get my saber together XD

[MoonDragn]

Bah, its impossible to get one of these grab bags. Was looking for parts to get some ideas going but every time I look at these grab bags someone has already brought them.

How about making a starter kit for some of us beginners who just want to mess around with a handle, like 1 or 2 random piece of each type etc. Separate kits for El and LED blades.

[Darth Leximus]

Moon...go read some of my earlier posts in this thread, I once thought as you do, but it is possible. I just went on to price some other things I need and just clicked on the GB to see what was in it, I noticed it hadn't sold so I just bought it, I even had time to take an annoying call at work in between seeing it and buying it. Patience young padawan

[Obi-Dar Ke-Gnomie]

Couple of questions, for those in the know...

I'm looking at GB#16 at the moment.

What are the two rings at the top, next to the BH#3? There were two of them in the GB I got.

Also, is that a 1.25" plastic sink tube at the bottom?

[Lord Maul]

The two rings are MPS pommel style 1s. No clue what the thing at the bottom is.

[Obi-Dar Ke-Gnomie]

Cool, thanks!

[eastern57]

What's with TIm pitching all the chokes? Did he make a over-tonage or do people just not like them?

[Darth_DevilGuy]

the ones I got had very minor nicks and a one had some thread damage, nothing I couldn't fix but depending on how much of a perfectionist Tim wants to be they could be considered scratch parts.

[Count Malik]

neat!:cool:

[Jhadious Aran]

good grief these things go so fast lol. time to keep on trying

[Strydur]

<--- OCD

Quality is and always will be what we put first.

[Jhadious Aran]

yay got 18! i think...

[FenderBender]

Does anyone know what the items on the left column of grab bag 19 in the middle are? I got one in my grab bag, it is a strange emitter-type piece with 4 threaded holes in the bottom equally spaced, and seems slightly smaller than the other MHS parts. I don't see them in the regular parts for sale. Tim, what did you have in mind when you designed these?

[Strydur]

Read all the posts in this thread again.:cool:

Actually its kind of hard to understand I suppose. Those are some miss-machined anakin conversion kit blade holders.

[joshrock]

lol! is there a flashlight in grab bag 20?

[Mazarill Slay]

lol I was wondering the same thing...

dang bag 20 is nniiccee...

[Strydur]

What?? You guys dont like flashlights?

[Kal El Rah]

Hey Tim, I see that you have in almost every grab bag the Anakin ROTS blade holder conversion part. I would like to know what the defects are and if 1 could possibly just get that part because that's all I would need to finish my conversion to battle quality.

Thanks in advance.

[Mazarill Slay]

I likez flashlightz :D


ooo another nice bag gone again...

[Clockwork]

I got Grab Bag 5 in the mail today (Thanks Tim). Everything looks good so far, a couple of minor scratches or some dodgy threads at times. But all in all, I couldn't be happier.

[swear000]

yeah I got grab bag 9. Will probably use everything but the glowing green neon parts and some of the plastic tubes. BTW a good way to build sabers is to use shoe boxes. You can store the hilt and all the parts in there and build from the box!

[bigbret50]

I got my first grab bag yesterday and I couldn't be happier. Some minor scratches but nothing that probably wouldn't happen assembling everything. Grab bag 2. Very pleased. I kinda spent a lot here these past two weeks so I don't think I will be trying for any more but very very happy.

[rehpot sirk]

I won 17...what a suprise! I don't work near a computer so I can only try when I'm home in the evenings...and just lucked out. Thanks for doing this, Tim.

[Braxus]

I won 17...what a suprise! I don't work near a computer so I can only try when I'm home in the evenings...and just lucked out. Thanks for doing this, Tim.

lol same here. i got 22. i was just going to check it and man! noone bought it yet so i snagged it :) i felt very lucky. and within 10 min. grabbag 23 was posted though its been 15 min. and noones bought it yet. wish i had more money ;) j/k

[Strydur]

Its a good thing nobody bought it as I was using the wrong pics anyways.

[tinfoilhelmet]

Hey Tim, I see that you have in almost every grab bag the Anakin ROTS blade holder conversion part. I would like to know what the defects are and if 1 could possibly just get that part because that's all I would need to finish my conversion to battle quality.

Thanks in advance.

Yes, perhaps this part can be reintroduced. there still seems to be demand. i can use one myself.

[Braxus]

Its a good thing nobody bought it as I was using the wrong pics anyways.

lol yea i just saw that you took it off and then put it back up ;)

[virus692]

I thought I had one but went to pay and basket was empty GRRRrrrrr. this Makes V AnGRY YOU NO LIKE V WHEN ME ANGRY!!!! *Rips keyboard apart*

update I THINK I GOT 25 very COool...... Will update again if i missed it.

[Ghostbat]

I Might have gotten 26... After struggling with the cart I got one hell of an error on checkout. Paypal has been charged but no confirmation as of yet and I'm showing a blank order in history, wheee the fun of sites being pounded with requests :)

[Mazarill Slay]

I'm banking my credits into my debit card this weekend lol

maybe I'll get lucky and get a grab bag along with the parts I am ordering when i get my paycheck

[MoonDragn]

Man 26 looked kinda interesting too. But I guess I already have my Graflex coming heh.

He must have ALOT of choke pieces.

[Ghostbat]

Ah well, phantom order canceled, no anakin parts for me :)

[MoonDragn]

Woohoo! I think I got 27!

At least the payment went through on it.

[Darth Leximus]

What did I tell you Moon, I was sitting looking at 27 and I couldn't decide so I thought I'd wait a few minutes to see if anybody grabbed it and then I was just gonna buy it if not so we could get onto # 28. Glad it was you that got it, congrats

[MoonDragn]

Thanks! One of those ribbed parts was one I wanted too. But this one helps alot. I get to see the relative sizes of these pieces and how they fit together. Even if I can't use these I can adapt them So I can. I love these grabags.

I also have a Tomy ANH Vader I want to convert. I wonder if one of those blade holders I got can fit inside one.

I also wanted to see the relative size of the battery packs and that one in there will give me a good idea.

[Mazarill Slay]

Good job :D

[ArkaiHalon]

I think I got #28

[Ghostbat]

Sigh, it's just as well I'm failing as the power supply on my macbook just died horribly and it's going to run me $80 or so to replace that.

How's that for a silver lining :)

[TorLinWaDur]

got my grab bag, thx tim

[Lord Dottore Matto]

oh yeah, BTW I got #23:rolleyes:

[Chen]

Aww man. I just get back from China and this happens! I missed out on #32
Hopefully I'll catch one but who knows what'll come next ^_^

I really want to get a couple of nice duelling sabers together for use with friends from uni wushu class.

[ArkaiHalon]

Ok, so I log into the store to pick up a couple blade holders so I can make a double ended saber with my last grab bag haul, and I see #35. Faster than I can stop myself, I got that instead. So now I have two more hilts coming, and four more chokes, but no bladeholders. SHEEESH

[Clockwork]

I noticed that grab bag was hanging around longer than normal. Maybe the mad rush has ended and things are starting to slow down

[ArkaiHalon]

I've nver regret buying anything from Tim, but this is the first time i've ever NOT bought what I was after. just have to wait now for the credits to free themselves up for buying the parts I NEED, and not OOOSHINY

[Arm on Fire]

I got #26 (the one with the Anakin hilt) Im excited to get it, i dont have an Ani in my collection yet, It looked pretty intact in the pic, Ill get it up and running one way or another :)

[ArkaiHalon]

Tim is giving some sweet deals in these grab bags. Knowing the quality he puts out, i doubt these are TOTALLY screwed up. Nothing we can't fix anyway. But between the two grab bags I picked up, i'm going to be able to finally build a saber i've been planning for months.

[eastern57]

Anyone want to take a guess at what those black things in #37 are? The Cog-looking thing and the thing with the star on it...

[Lord Maul]

Those are vertical saber stands. That's the kind that Tim no longer carries. It was a custom TCSS logo one.

Here's another picture of what it looks like (sorta).
http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/Vertical-saber-stand-P148.aspx

[eastern57]

rock, thank man.

[swear000]

those small cog looking things are luxeon pcbs. You solder the luxeon bulb to them. I wonder if CREE lights would be brighter?

[Mazarill Slay]

wow already up to 41...

and I was only gone for the weekend....

[Barmic Rin]

I've been off 3 weeks dude, how do you think I feel!!!!!

Dammit!!! I've been waiting so long for Tim to do Scratch & Dent & he waits til i'm away!!

I'll have to see what's up after payday...

[Mazarill Slay]

Oooo ouch...

payday can't come soon enough...

[eastern57]

wow already up to 41...

and I was only gone for the weekend....

I'm more amused at the fact that we're up to page #12 :D

[Darth_DevilGuy]

seriously waiting for tim to run out of choke points... seriously there's been 4 in each one so far I think, thats like 160!

[ArkaiHalon]

seriously waiting for tim to run out of choke points... seriously there's been 4 in each one so far I think, thats like 160!
and 2 anakin graflex blade holders

[Barmic Rin]

Throw in some sink tube adaptors, i've gone through all of mine I ordered afew weeks ago!!

[ArkaiHalon]

Throw in some sink tube adaptors, i've gone through all of mine I ordered afew weeks ago!!

He's had enough plain hilt number 1's that can easily be cut down into adapters (thats my plan with mine anyway, thanks to Obi-dar for the Idea)

[Darth_DevilGuy]

ooh that is a good Idea

[Mazarill Slay]

Lol I just need more money on my debit then I am getting one if its there...

[Obi-Dar Ke-Gnomie]

I got my grab bag today, and I have to say that I am absolutely thrilled with it!

Most of the problems with the parts I got were cosmetic. Nothing a little wet sanding and polishing couldn't fix. I'm even going to try to find some aluminum tubing from Online Metals to fit the Ani blade holders and attempt a Graflex style saber.

I got one long 1" blade that is a little messed up on one end, but if I cut 2" off, it will be the same length as my other blades. I got a short, red EL blade that I'm going to gut for the EL wire to decorate a Sith saber I'm planning, and two short 1" blades that will be perfect for the double ended PVC saber I'm going to make for a kid I know.

There was a large piece of white pipe, probably a little bigger than 1.5" ID, that I have no idea what to do with, but that's OK. I'm pretty happy with what I got.

[Clockwork]

Obi-Dar, if you find a tube to fit the Anakin blade holder, PM me. I have been looking for a week. 34mm ID tubes seem impossible to find.

[Strydur]

That white pipe would work good for overlays.

[Obi-Dar Ke-Gnomie]

Cool, thanks!

[FenderBender]

White pipe could also be used for a sled, a little snug but it could work. I got my first one last week, God it was like Christmas unwrapping all that stuff. I get more on Thursday and cant wait.

[ArkaiHalon]

I just checked my order status. According to UPS, i get one tomorrow, and one on Friday. I'm so freakin excited.

[Darth Leximus]

Got mine yesterday, and it was like christmas. Everything looked pretty good, gotta fix and clean up some threads and had a couple knicks here and there, but nothing a little sanding and elbow grease can't fix. From my haul I'm planning a Storm trooper saber, and a saber staff, plus for giggles I'm gonna make an all choke point saber.

[MoonDragn]

What are the dimensions of that thing in Grab bag 41? Can it fit a 1" blade holder? Whats the inner and outer diameter of the tube? how long is each handle?

Can it be adapted with MHS holders? or would it need a sink tube blade holder?

[xwingband]

That thing is a whole saber...

I din't know the details, but it would be reasonable to assume that the hilt already has the blade holding part built in. I also so think it's whole... why would you want to MHS adapt it? If you liked only part of it you could probably get custom work for a similar price (or cheaper).

[MoonDragn]

Well, the text says it was picked up off Ebay and does not have electronics. That means it may not have the necessary parts to fit in there for the Luxeon holder and heat sink. That mean you need to figure out how to fit one in. It would be easier to fit a premade blade holder in there. Also if the inner diameter inside is only 1" to hold the blade and theres no way to get access to the inside of the handle, it would make putting the electronics in there difficult. Thats why I asked about the dimensions.

Titanium isn't exactly the easiest material to cut into either if it does not have enough room and need to be enlarged.

[Strydur]

One side I enlarged to hold a 1" blade. The other side is still setup for a 3/4". The inner tubes have a lot of room in them. I will keep lowering the price every once in awhile until it sells as I just dont see myself ever getting around to doing anything with it.

[MoonDragn]

Heh thanks for answering the question but I guess someone already decided to get it. Oh well.

I would have had a hard time enlarging the other end anyway.

[eastern57]

GB#42: ultrasound v1 - gone :D

[Malaki Skywalker]

GB#42: ultrasound v1 - gone :D

Congrats eastern, got yourself a gem there ;)

[ArkaiHalon]

GB#42: ultrasound v1 - gone :D

sweeet. BTW, you get my last email?

[eastern57]

sweeet. BTW, you get my last email?

Yeah I got it - you should have one ;)

[chaos]

It was me that got Grab bag 41! ;)

I was buying stuff for a couple of sabers I'm working on and saw it, I just couldn't help myself.

I should be able to work my magic on it. It will be another nice saber to add to my ever growing collection.

[Donnovan Sunrider]

I love that gold/tan section in GrabBag #43. I'd love to see those become a standard item, but I bet the curved bits are a pain to carve out on the machines.

[Moordak]

It's kind of ironic that that piece was on there. On a saber I'm trying to visualize I want to get some curved lines cut like that on the hilt section. I wasn't sure if Tim could do it but it appears it's possible.

[Strydur]

Doing the last few grab bags. You will see 43 relisted as 53 since I must have thought it had sold and went on to 44 before it actually had for some reason.

[virus692]

I got my grab bag today YAY! I know what my first two MHS sabers will be named now... Gemini... possibly a double saber or two matching ones.... grab bags rule!

[MoonDragn]

Man, I've been hitting refresh every 5 mins the whole day. The first grabbag showed up before I got to work, the second showed up during lunch when I was getting food. Just now another one went by when I was experiencing internet problems LOL.

I think someone is trying to tell me something.

[Darth Leximus]

I believe your right, the message is send me all your moneyz!

[Strydur]

Ok..grab bags are all done. Thanks for cleaning out my shop :D

[ArkaiHalon]

Ok..grab bags are all done. Thanks for cleaning out my shop :D

Our pleasure. Thanks for having awesome products.

[MoonDragn]

Ok..grab bags are all done. Thanks for cleaning out my shop :D

Dang. Hopefully you'll get more scratches on your parts ;)

[Donnovan Sunrider]

Thanks for all the great deals Tim. I didn't get to snag one this time, but thanks for the opportunity to try. :)

Those of you who got some of these, share pics of your cool grab-bag sabres!

[JediKnightBJ]

Got my grab bag today, and I have to say I'm mostly happy. I am a bit confused about a few of the parts I got though. One of the parts I got looks like a Garlend EL adapter, but isn't the same as whats pictured in the store...Here's a picture of the part. I have two and no clue what to do with them:

http://i332.photobucket.com/albums/m357/bjall4jc/IMG_1273.jpg

[Lord Maul]

That's an Anakin ROTS conversion kit.

[JediKnightBJ]

Does anyone need a couple of those? Not trying to sell, Just offering for shipping cost.

[xwingband]

That's an Anakin ROTS conversion kit.

Mis-machined ones. He was not specific on what was off on them.

[JediKnightBJ]

Mis-machined ones. He was not specific on what was off on them.

both of mine have minor scracthes, in the machined out dimples...

[Lord Maul]

It's probably something wrong with how the optic sits in the blade holder.

[eastern57]

I got two of them... both seemed fine to me. The only thing I had to do was file down the edges of the screw heads that hold the heatsink in place - they stuck out a tad... everything else seemed to line up perfectly, so :confused: oh well...

[MoonDragn]

Mis-machined ones. He was not specific on what was off on them.

The holes are slightly off. I checked the distance and they don't match the holes on the ANH.

[Lord Maul]

It's for the Anakin ROTS, not the Luke ANH. They are two very different sabers.

[JediKnightBJ]

Well if anyone wants one of the two I have, i'll "give it to you" just for the cost of shipping, seriously no joke....Just email me at


bjall4jc@yahoo.com


If I'm not suppose to do that, someone please slap my wrist.

[JediKnightBJ]

one down, one to go gentlemen, and ladies.

[FenderBender]

I have enough chokes to make a Choke Saber Scepter. I put them all together and its almost 3 feet. Did finish my first MHS hilt tonight, quite proud of myself actually. Not that its really a big deal I just feel good about it. Gonna make the blade tomorrow. Thanks so much Tim. You Rock.

[Kal El Rah]

JediKnightBJ

Check your email

[JediKnightBJ]

Kal El Rah has the second one.

[Tradeliphine]

I had the luck/stubbornness/help of family/friends to win a few of these. I do not want to offend/insult tcss but I am willing to part with some of the pieces, I am not looking to make a profit or even money, I would prefer to trade for stuff, so like cosmetic pieces, doo dads, grip materials, that sort of stuff. I have a decent supply of the anakin blade holders, and the choke pieces, and some EL holders, as I have no plan to venture into EL any time soon I am willing to part with all of those. Again I apologize if this is unwanted or not allowed.


PS, I received several pieces in the lots that I dont really know what they were intended for and am looking for some help identifying them, I can snap some pics if needed, but basically I am curious about:

white plastic tubes, plumbing type, with one end flared larger, about 1" in diameter

metal strips about 4 inches long, 1/4 inch wide, 1/16 inch thick, I thought maybe as grip or spacers for applying rubber grips, or shims for inside, idk

lastly, a little oragish punch, like some sort of scrapbooking tool to punch out a circle, I thought perhaps it was to make the filter for LEDs from Lee books or something, but its too small of diameter, like 1/2 inch circle, not large enough to stay in/cover all of lens.

ty all for any help/offers

[Lord Maul]

The metal strips are for the MHS slotted double female extension. Other than that I have no clue what you've got

[Tradeliphine]

okies, got time to take some pics the other day when I took pics of my last 3 sabers I made

here are the metal strips which maul said are for grooved hilt sections, I have about 50 of them I think:
http://www.clanriotsquad.com/images/starwars/Saber44.jpg


Here are the plastic tubes, theyre really thin walled, dont think they can be used for pvc sabers, so still not sure what they were used/stocked for, have 3 of those:
http://www.clanriotsquad.com/images/starwars/Saber45.jpg


Anakin blade holder, have like 12:
http://www.clanriotsquad.com/images/starwars/Saber46.jpg


Choke pieces, have like eighty gajillion of those... ok its like 18:
http://www.clanriotsquad.com/images/starwars/Saber47.jpg


EL blade holders, dont plan to use el for any blades, like 5 of these:
http://www.clanriotsquad.com/images/starwars/Saber48.jpg
http://www.clanriotsquad.com/images/starwars/Saber49.jpg

[FenderBender]

The PVC is great for making sleds for your electronics. My choke staff is over 6' now. I haven't counted them but they're approximately 2" so...........

[Lord Maul]

So....36 choke points minimum. HOLY CRAP! That's more chokes than any one person has used yet. :shock:

[Tradeliphine]

ahahahaa


when i got the last of the grab bags in the mail i decided to see what i could build with them, so i put hilts and pommels and chokes and emitters together to make as many sabers as possible, the result was i believe 11 hilts and 2 double ended hilts, all at once, never tried making a staff though... ya know, saber staff with a giant exposed crystal chamber = gandolfs staff...

[eastern57]

Yes, that pvc part is called a tail piece. Try inserting into a regular MHS section - it should fit dang-near perfectly! ;) I've used them a lot and they're perfect for making internal structures, sound board sleds, resonators... just about anything that you need a secure fit for. Good stuff! :)

[astromech_kuhns]

wait what are grab bags im a bit lost and confused:confused:

[Obi-Dar Ke-Gnomie]

Back in Sept. Tim cleaned out his shop of all his scratch & dent stock. He put it in about 20 or so lots, and put them up for grabs at random intervals.

[FenderBender]

IT WAS AWESOMMMMMEEEE!!!!!

sorry you missed it.

Thanks Tim!

Hope you do it again.

[astromech_kuhns]

how much was this stuff then?

[Lord Dottore Matto]

how much was this stuff then?


The grab bags ranged from $20-150.

[astromech_kuhns]

wow thats cool. was the stuff all usable?

[Tradeliphine]

aside from not know what it was all for on some of the weird pieces, and tim cleaning out his desktop/junk drawer into one of them... still no clue why I got a scapbooking punch... yea its all great, most of it I couldnt even find a scratch or dent on it and threads were great, others mainly had dirty or knicked threads that were fixed with a little filefu

[Donnovan Sunrider]

What size was the punch? If it was between 1/2" to 7/8" it may have been for cutting color disks out of Lee filters. I'm going to be looking to get one of those myself.