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Thread: Proper opperation of the Anakin AOTC FX

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    Default Proper opperation of the Anakin AOTC FX

    First post. Very cool site. I have searched for this answer with no avail so hope it was not covered in a real obvious place.

    Member of the R2 builders club and traded a few R2 parts for a pair of FX's for my 4 year old and I to play with. An Anakin ATOC and Vader EP2.

    Is this correct for a Anakin ATOC FX? Switch on turns the EL on and sounds the saber extend noise. Turn it off does the reverse as it should. When I strike the blade I get the same power up/down sound which I believe is not correct. Can anyone verify this? Should there be a separate strike sound too like my Vader one has?

    Vader has a burnt out LED which I know how to repair as soon as I get the strip out of the tube.

    Thanks

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    The Anakin should have clash sounds... more likely you have a crappy saber. That model had so many quality issues that some of them just plain didn't work. I have one of the boards and I can't get the thing to work... it's just a royal pain in the arse.

    If you want to attempt repairs the saber isn't too hard to get apart. http://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/index.php?topic=5337.0
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    I have 3 sound boards from those sabers, can't hear from any of them. worst FX ever.
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    I had one of the first runs of that saber and I called MR to complain that it wasnt working and they recalled it for me and gave me a brand new saber which has always worked 100% for me. But this was in 2002. Its possible you have one from the defective run.
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    EL is pretty dead now...

    Almost as dead as using a Lux I in a saber these days. Not cost-effective, not as bright, and not as much ability to "drive" it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Novastar
    EL is pretty dead now...

    Almost as dead as using a Lux I in a saber these days. Not cost-effective, not as bright, and not as much ability to "drive" it.
    He still might want to fix it...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Novastar
    EL is pretty dead now...

    Almost as dead as using a Lux I in a saber these days. Not cost-effective, not as bright, and not as much ability to "drive" it.
    hey... the proper lux I well-driven competes with a wrong lux III... and you get more run time :P
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    lol @ a "wrong" Lux III setup, heheheh!

    Well... that's a good point... hahahah
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    If I has an ep2 ani saber that dident work I would rip it apart and replace the eletronics with ones that does work and get rid of the crappy el.

    If it was in good working order I would leave it alone.
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    To me its not even worth converting. The saber is huge, its much heavier than even the Mace saber. Its completely out of proportion being that its the same size, almost exactly as the hasbro telescoping blade version. Its so bulky, plus (as stated before) its EL, meaning that it would be an added pain in the butt to take it apart. In the end, a nice collection piece, but not a saber that id want to convert and duel with. Just my opinion.
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