New style hasbro saber!!! Please help!

**redeyejedi** · 02-06-2010, 02:19 PM

I found a NEW style of Hasbro lightsabers today at Toys 'R' Us. They are much closer to the size of a real saber than the previous ones and they have better quality sound FX(sounds like MR). I realy want to use this board in my first LED lightsaber, but it is different from any I have seen in the tutorials for Hasbro sound. I have many questions and need lots of help as this will be my first attemp at wiring anything. Here are some pics of the new board from the new sabers. Please let me know what you think.

http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/...l/IMG_2599.jpg
http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/...l/IMG_2601.jpg
http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/...l/IMG_2602.jpg
http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/...l/IMG_2603.jpg

**cannibal869** · 02-06-2010, 02:34 PM

Interesting board.
Momentary switch like all the others that Hasbro uses.
seems to have separate motion and clash sensors.
not quite sure what to make of the LEDs soldered to the board itself though I would guess that those are the LEDs that light up the blade. Getting rid of those and sticking in a Luxeon or P4 might be a little difficult.

Do you happen to have a picture of the box this saber came in?
Also any other details? Flash on Clash? Flash on powerup?
I'm assuming this uses the standard 3AA batteries?

**redeyejedi** · 02-06-2010, 03:14 PM

Here are some pics of the box. It has all the usual sound fx and it flashes on the clash and power up and down. I'm pretty sure I just ruined the board, trying to remove the LED's. It's a real bummer. The sound quality with these new sabers is really great. Please let me know if you or anyone finds one of these sabers and figures out a good way to remove the LED's from the board and hook up a P4. Thanks.

http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/...l/IMG_2607.jpg
http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/...l/IMG_2608.jpg

**Jedi-Loreen** · 02-06-2010, 03:19 PM

How did you ruin the board? Did you damage the pads trying to desolder the LEDs or what?

**redeyejedi** · 02-06-2010, 03:25 PM

It was glued in and soldered. The pads came off and the top of the slot the LEDs were in broke when I pulled it out.

**ARKM** · 02-06-2010, 04:41 PM

This is interesting news. I must buy one of these new toy sabers.

**GjBob** · 02-06-2010, 06:14 PM

I really like to see a video of the board in action.

**Dakarn** · 02-06-2010, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by ARKM

This is interesting news. I must buy one of these new toy sabers.

Ditto. Haven't seen this in Walmart or Toys-R-Us last I checked about 2 weeks ago.

And here it is at Hasbro.com:

http://www.hasbro.com/shop/details.c...966&src=endeca

And there are a few different styles (on the Hasbro Italy page, couldn't find this on the US site):
http://translate.google.com/translat...ial%26hs%3DXMH

**Shadar Al'Niende** · 02-06-2010, 10:40 PM

Its as if Hasbro heard our anguished crys! First the Ventress takes out the Monkey Gong issue...Now this Econ board comes to possibly be more promising than the Force Action...?

*looks around for Hasbro informants*