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bigbret50

01-13-2009, 05:52 PM

Just wanted to give a heads up... I found these at Wal Mart today for $7.

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq232/bigbret50/IMG_2957.jpg

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq232/bigbret50/IMG_2959.jpg

Looked like Qui Gon saber with reversed color way and just called Sith Saber. Had basic (no LED 2 C battery) hasbro sound though with Clash and swing sensor. So I picked one up. Pretty Good for $7 I thought.

wadeh13

01-13-2009, 08:16 PM

I have built several sabers with those cards. They work as good as the other hasbro card do.

Donnovan Sunrider

01-13-2009, 09:53 PM

Does it have the connections for powering an LED, or is it strictly a sound card?

Jay-gon Jinn

01-14-2009, 10:05 AM

Be careful with the voltage you supply to these boards...if they are the same one used in the original sabers from 1999, they can only hadle about 4.5 volts.

bigbret50

01-14-2009, 08:13 PM

These are the older boards that do not light an LEd but a regular light. I am not sure I would drive the LED off of it, probably just use it for sound.

Jay-gon Jinn

01-14-2009, 08:23 PM

Don't get me wrong, you can run a Lux III off the boards, just don't try to give it more than 4.5 volts.

vargose

01-15-2009, 08:58 AM

Do you think they would handle 4.8 volts ok?

Ghostbat

01-15-2009, 11:04 AM

Do you think they would handle 4.8 volts ok?

Overdriving electronics is always a risk. You could take three boards and one may run for nigh ever, the second could burn out in a year, and the third could flash on and burn out in the same instant. Be prepared to kill a component if you want to risk it.

Jay-gon Jinn

01-15-2009, 12:22 PM

$.8 volts might be okay, but the inital charge of a 4.8 volt battery pack could be as high as 5.2 volts...that may be too much...only way to know for sure is to try it out. As Ghostbat said, though, be prepared to possibly watch your $7 go up in smoke.

vargose

01-16-2009, 08:01 AM

fair enough. Thanks

LordJaivus

01-18-2009, 08:27 AM

... or as was suggested to me, try using a 1amp 5v regulator.

celtickeeper1

01-26-2009, 10:22 AM

just got one, cant beat $7... will work great for a pvc padawan saber :) for anyone unfamiliar w these, they have hum, swing, and flash on clash. crappy hasbro sounds, but at least this way the kid gets an activation sound and hum. also good to practice on for first-timers installing sound (me).

LordCyric

03-01-2009, 09:07 AM

Hmmm, stopped by my local walmart this morning found sabers for 8 bucks but no sound or need for battery. Then I also saw $22 Version with the spring action blade and sound... I'm guessing the one you're showing us is somewhere in between. Any Idea what the actual Hasbro or Walmart part number is?

Regards,
LordCyric

PS - Is this the one you got? (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10792173)

Rhyen Skytracker

03-01-2009, 09:14 AM

I use them with a 4AAA battery pack (6 volts) and I haven't had a problem yet. I have built 12 sabers with those cards in them and have not had any problems. I use them with the CREE LEDs and they work fine with 6 volts. These must not be the same as the older Hasbro cards.

LordCyric

03-01-2009, 09:15 AM

psab keel

03-01-2009, 09:44 AM

You could use a Schottky Diode and then run the thing off of 4.8 volts.

Rhyen Skytracker

03-01-2009, 09:51 AM

LordCyric, that is the same one. I have used both the Sith and Jedi Versions. I can't find them in my local WalMart. I have to get them at Walmart Online, I have to pay $10 plus shipping there. Another use out of the saber is using part of the blade to make a enclosure for the sound card.

LordCyric

03-01-2009, 09:54 AM

Thanks for the hint on the Sound shroud... well as you can see the sith is on clearance at 5.92... you should pick up a few!

Regards,
LordCyric

Rhyen Skytracker

03-01-2009, 10:07 AM

Thanks for the tip, I just ordered 10 of them. I have shorted one out before and it blew the fuse, all I had to do was solder a wire across the fuse and haven't had a problem since.

LordCyric

03-01-2009, 10:09 AM

LOL, My wife only let me order 3 for starters... I hope they're still around when I get a little further into this hobby

Regards,
Lordcyric

Rhyen Skytracker

03-01-2009, 10:32 AM

I just hope they don't quit making them. Around Christmas I was getting the Hasbro Force Action (the ones where the blade springs out) for $15 and now they are $22.

LordCyric

03-01-2009, 10:55 AM

is the sound board any better on those or pretty much the same?

Rhyen Skytracker

03-01-2009, 11:15 AM

It is basically the same board sound wise. It is a little easier to wire the other ones though.

Ingchao

03-01-2009, 12:47 PM

Thanks for the hint on the Sound shroud... well as you can see the sith is on clearance at 5.92... you should pick up a few!

Regards,
LordCyric

Thanks for the tip, I just ordered 2!

Donnovan Sunrider

03-02-2009, 05:35 PM

I just got my hands on one of these from my local Wally for $5. I'll probably tear it open one of these evenings to take a look at the board.

DragonStar

03-02-2009, 05:37 PM

When you do open it up, this thread might be helpful since I just did so myself:

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com/showthread.php?t=7381&highlight=newbie+fried

I haven't followed up yet but I'll post pics when it is done.

Sairon

03-02-2009, 06:23 PM

If you want to build a saber with a small tube say 1.10 in diameter, the clone wars ultimate lightsaber is good seeing as it is 1 inch by 1 inch. I'm using this board on a saber for a friend because he has small hands, and i can put sound in a small tube. plus that hasbro board is cheap.

Rhyen Skytracker

03-02-2009, 09:17 PM

Those boards are great for the price. They are small too. they are only 0.975" x 1.577"

Obi-Wan Stromboli

03-06-2009, 04:34 PM

Looked like Qui Gon saber with reversed color way and just called Sith Saber. Had basic (no LED 2 C battery) hasbro sound though with Clash and swing sensor. So I picked one up. Pretty Good for $7 I thought.

So does it have swing and clash sounds? I've been looking all over the interwebs to find this guy and there are a bunch of very similar models out there at various price points. However, I haven't seen anything with that price and swing and clash sound effects. I did find a Darth Vader revenge of the Sith at ~$20 that :

Features real electronic movie sound effects, including awesome battle-clash and “humming” sounds! Motion-activated sounds place you right in the middle of the battle between the heroic Jedi and the Dark Side of the Force!

* Requires 2 “C” batteries (not included).

Which based on what I can find is about the sweet spot in terms of getting a board that has swing and clash sounds and isn't into FX price territory.

Jay-gon Jinn

03-06-2009, 05:07 PM

If that board is the same one used in the original Qui-gon Hasbro toy, no, it doesn't have motion activated swing sound effects...it makes a swing effect on every other clash sound. It also flashes the light bulb every time it turns on or off.

Rhyen Skytracker

03-06-2009, 09:49 PM

This board has all the sounds, power up, swing, hum, clash, and power down. You have to split the hot wire to the LED/battery/card.

Obi-Wan Stromboli

03-06-2009, 10:05 PM

Ok so if I read everybody right, the board from the $7 toy saber in the first post of this thread will do the power up, power down, swing, clash and hum sounds? Which is great except apparently everybody else on the thread was faster than me and bought them all up!

Rhyen Skytracker

03-06-2009, 10:16 PM

I can't believe they are all gone and I only got 10 of them. I knew I should have gotten 100 of them. lol

Ideal

03-06-2009, 10:40 PM

Which is great except apparently everybody else on the thread was faster than me and bought them all up!

there was an amazing amount of these things for them to all of the sudden be completely gone. i think walmart just pulled them from the shelves

Rhyen Skytracker

03-06-2009, 11:06 PM

You know it was all of US that bought them all. I just hope they restock them. I wonder how many sabers people here bought?

Ideal

03-07-2009, 12:43 AM

You know it was all of US that bought them all. I just hope they restock them. I wonder how many sabers people here bought?

how did you guys find my walmart??

seriously, both of my walmarts had at least 20 of these just sitting there one day and the next they were nowhere to be found. i really think they just shoved them in the back when they were doing resets

Obi-Wan Stromboli

03-07-2009, 08:37 AM

Grrrrrrrrrrr

LordCyric

03-07-2009, 04:58 PM

Got my three wally world clone wars sound board sabers today.. woot... they all power up and work...

F E A R M E H ! ! !

Ingchao

03-07-2009, 06:11 PM

Got my three wally world clone wars sound board sabers today.. woot... they all power up and work...

F E A R M E H ! ! !
Mine x2 came today. Except the package was addressed to the wife and she opened it in front of the kids. Doh!!
Now I need a plan to disappear these things to my secret lair for their scheduled surgery. I probably should wait until they get bored of them and then make them disappear.

Obi-Wan Stromboli

03-09-2009, 01:02 PM

Rhyen Skytracker

03-09-2009, 01:27 PM

Well, Crap, none of the Wal-Marts in Ft. Worth seem to have that model. They have the stinkin' Clone Wars versions for $21.00 but nothing in the seven dollar range with sound...

And on-line. No joy there either.

If you do end up getting the Clone Wars version, make sure you get either the Anikin with out the color change, the Obi-Wan with out the force feel or a Darth Vader. All of the other ones will not have all of the sounds.