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B5813
10-04-2008, 09:25 AM
My MR Luke ROTJ was acting a bit funny... not always powering on. I took it apart this morning to take a closer look. This is what I found:

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/5339/1000764jq8.th.jpg (http://img386.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1000764jq8.jpg)

An awesome conversion done by someone without a soldering iron or heat source to shrink down the shrink tube over the wire connections. The wires weren't even twisted into tight spirals before "attaching" them to the others.
Malaki Skywalker
10-04-2008, 09:43 AM
The spaghetti man strikes again. :shock: Who the F**K converted is like that?!?!? They should be SHOT!
B5813
10-04-2008, 09:53 AM
I kid you not; that is exactly what it looked like when I opended up the two halves of the MR black housing tube the board is attached to. Not sure if the unsoldered wire ends or the shrink tube made me laugh harder.
Hasid Lafre
10-04-2008, 10:03 AM
To me it looks like one of them DIY conversion kits you can get that reuses the stock MR bladeholder and blades, now I cant tell but is that a full metal bladeholder?
Kal El Rah
10-04-2008, 10:50 AM
One other observation, where is the shock sensor that's supposed to be attached to the positive lead?
eastern57
10-04-2008, 10:59 AM
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! :mrgreen: Not laughing at you... just the fact that whoever did that thought that it was an "acceptable" or even "adequate" means - oh my christ... I actually am laughing my blank off....

hoo.... Yeah, that sucks. heehee :D

I've opened up some saber hilts that -had I taken pictures- would absolutely destroy certain reputations... It truly is sad (or funny) sometimes...
Jedi-Loreen
10-04-2008, 11:00 AM
Wow, where'd you buy that? Off of evilbay?

What audacity to sell something that horribly done!

He could have at least used a cigarette lighter on the heat shrink. That would have hidden his lack of soldering, and probably kept the the connections together a little longer. :rolleyes:
eastern57
10-04-2008, 11:06 AM
Wow, where'd you buy that? Off of evilbay?

What audacity to sell something that horribly done!

He could have at least used a cigarette lighter on the heat shrink. That would have hidden his lack of soldering, and probably kept the the connections together a little longer. :rolleyes:

"Audacity" yes yes, good word... that or sheer "apathy"... it just kills me THE HEAT SHRINK ISN'T EVEN SHRUNK!!! OMG!! I'm rolling again...
Hasid Lafre
10-04-2008, 11:10 AM
Thats a mace or a luke board and the sensor is mounted on the board.


One other observation, where is the shock sensor that's supposed to be attached to the positive lead?
swear000
10-04-2008, 11:41 AM
The person who did that must have been thinking, "Let me incorporate this sound module with a luxeon led...red wire to red wire...ah...screw it...."
annon
10-04-2008, 02:02 PM
Lets be fair, maybe he had a good reason for doing it like that...
maybe he was bitten by a soldering iron as a kid :mrgreen:
Angelus Lupus
10-04-2008, 02:22 PM
I could, possibly, just understand someone being too lazy, or inept to do the soldering. BUT... to go to the effort of cutting the lengths of heat shrink tube, putting them over the joins and then not heating it so it shrinks :confused: I don't get it. After all the clue is in the name.
B5813
10-04-2008, 03:38 PM
Easy enough to fix though and I learned that taking apart the Luke is extremely easy. Now I can switch from this Ultra "hero" emitter to a Maul version to extend it a bit.
Darth_DevilGuy
10-04-2008, 04:08 PM
maybe he was bitten by a soldering iron as a kid :mrgreen:
dude, I have burnt the living [censored] out of myself with soldering irons, comes with the territory.
Novastar
10-05-2008, 12:24 AM
Leia: Well it could be worse...

RrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
(Enter: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pgYUqwG7BB8)

Han: (slowly turning, wide-eyed) ... It's worse... !
FenderBender
10-05-2008, 07:21 AM
Even if the lazy bastard didnt like soldering irons, the LEAST he could have done is use butt/crimp connectors. Sad.
eastern57
10-05-2008, 09:22 AM
What makes this situation SO DOUCHY, is at least spaghetti guy was doing that for his own purposes - fine, great, be happy where you won't hurt anyone... lame-o conversion dude, went out of his way to pawn it off to someone else... that's my prime definition of piss-poor customer service. If I ever see crap like this again first-hand, trust me, people will know about it... absolute BS...
ThreeQuadFive
10-05-2008, 04:05 PM
Leia: Well it could be worse...

RrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
(Enter: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pgYUqwG7BB8)

Han: (slowly turning, wide-eyed) ... It's worse... !

ROFLMAO!

That makes me want to eat PASTA!
Novastar
10-05-2008, 07:16 PM
<-- prefers buttered toast over pasta...
Hasid Lafre
10-05-2008, 07:17 PM
LOL! as long as it isent pasta with buttered toast.
eastern57
10-05-2008, 07:26 PM
LOL! as long as it isent pasta with buttered toast.

What about garlic bread? That's a form of buttered toast...
swear000
10-05-2008, 09:33 PM
add cinnamon and sugar to your buttered toast and see the magic happen!
SIDisTHE
10-05-2008, 10:07 PM
lol thats bad dude. i haven't even been on here very long and i can tell that is really bad. :P did you fix it?
MaverickJsmith
10-05-2008, 11:47 PM
I need to witness this magic for myself first hand *gets some bread, toaster, butter, garlic, cinamon, sugar, and waits for his toast to finish*

While I'm waiting for that, Jesus that's...I'm not sure there's a word that hasn't been used here yet for that.

...Oh wait, pathetic. There we go, yes pathetic.

That is the most Pathetic (needed to use a capital p) conversion, no-Wiring job I have ever seen. It's the worst because this was actually SOLD to someone (my sympathies B).

Sweet freaking lord. Find this guy and bean him on the head with a club for me, no all of us. God that's terrible.

This just chaps my hide *toast pops* Ohhhh! Magic time~

Maverick 8)
Jedi-Loreen
10-06-2008, 04:00 AM
No, no, silly, you don't put garlic on it with cinnamon and sugar! It's one or the other. Garlic toast or cinnamon toast.

All those together? Eeewww. http://www.rebellegion.com/forum/images/smiles/Sick.gif
Ghostbat
10-06-2008, 10:05 AM
At least that's going to be really easy to fix!
Hasid Lafre
10-06-2008, 10:24 AM
cinnamon toast does sound good right now.
B5813
10-06-2008, 07:58 PM
I'm still just happy that I got a "converted" Luke ROTJ for a pretty good price. Now Nova's video is funny! Imagine getting that out of your hilt.
kinchar bamin
10-07-2008, 01:37 PM
jeez, im better at soldering!
Jedi-Loreen
10-07-2008, 03:35 PM
Well, since there was no soldering done at all, that's not saying much. :rolleyes:

:p
Lord Dottore Matto
10-07-2008, 04:42 PM
Leia: Well it could be worse...

RrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
(Enter: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pgYUqwG7BB8)

Han: (slowly turning, wide-eyed) ... It's worse... !


That video says it all!!! OMG Pizan (Paisan)!!! Iam LMFAO and when I finish crying form laughing I will cry for B5813. Dude the guy that did that is a MOOOOOOORON!:confused:
MaverickJsmith
10-07-2008, 05:42 PM
Yeah that video made me laugh pretty good.

Nova, where did you find that picture of that monstrosity?

Maverick :shock:

P.S. Very interesting results from the toast. Not sure I'd do it again though.
kinchar bamin
10-08-2008, 12:07 AM
Well, since there was no soldering done at all, that's not saying much. :rolleyes:

:p

Shush!;)