Can anyone tell me what Bin my Cyan Lux 3 and Blue Lux K2 is?

[Sohryu76]

wow Xwing...
you really know alot..
I'm very impressed. I'm lucky I even know Cyan or Sunrider's Destiny is even a real lightsaber color...
and I only know that because I played Star Wars Galaxies...

(cuts the rest of the post out to find a better spot to put it...)

[psab keel]

Soyrhu76

(Did I spell that right?)

Yes you did read that correctly. While there is a difference in the two LED's as X-Wing pointed out, the difference is quite minimal and the color is exactly that beautiful sky blue that many of the shots from the OT sabers had.

Cyan is a pretty difficult color to find because others have pointed out here that it is a difficult color for the eyes to detect. It has a very narrow range on the wavelength making it hard to tell the actual color at times.

[Sohryu76]

Close my friend...
Sohryu you just swapped the h and the y...
feel free to leave the number off if ya like...

I'll just hit Tim up and see if he has a Blue Bin 6 maybe... lol if he feels like digging. Im not so much interested in a sky blue... but a nice blue green.. true to the Sunrider's Destiny from Star Wars Galaxies...
anyone familiar with what Bin of what color would give me something like that... i thought the Bin 1 Cyan might have looked closest:
here is the representation of the crystal: http://images.wikia.com/starwars/ima...7s_Destiny.jpg
and the image of the blade extended: http://galacticarmy.com/coppermine/a...enShot0332.jpg

OH! another question... Bane's Heart: Crystal - http://images.wikia.com/starwars/ima...%27s_Heart.jpg

saber blade- (will take a screen shot once i get home, I have this blade in Galaxies...)

[Atomic]

So two possible solutions occur to me, and it's really up to Tim.

1) Tim offers LED selection as a custom service. You order your LED or Electronics Kit and add the Service for TCSS to select you a specific bin LED.

There are flaws to this plan. If Tim looks and cannont find it, do you still pay for the time to too to go thru all the LEDs? When you get the LED you requested and it's not the exact shade of mauvey-pink you wanted, are you going to (or be allowed to) publically whine about it?

2) Start an LED swap thread on TCSS. Post that you have X bin LED and want to trade it for Y bin LED. Shipping should be $1-$2 each for a padded envelope and a scrap of bubble wrap. The people do their transactions in PMs. You will not be allowed to talk about on these forums, since it seems clear you're trying to keep them clear of that.

The flaws. Plenty. People whining to each other, people whining to Tim, lost mail, damaged mail, etc.

The plus to #1 is people have a chance to get exactly what they want, and TCSS gets a chance to sell another service.

The plus to #2 is that if both parties are adult about it, at worst, someone loses an $8 LED at best, everyone is happy.

[Sohryu76]

So two possible solutions occur to me, and it's really up to Tim.

1) Tim offers LED selection as a custom service. You order your LED or Electronics Kit and add the Service for TCSS to select you a specific bin LED.

There are flaws to this plan. If Tim looks and cannont find it, do you still pay for the time to too to go thru all the LEDs? When you get the LED you requested and it's not the exact shade of mauvey-pink you wanted, are you going to (or be allowed to) publically whine about it?

2) Start an LED swap thread on TCSS. Post that you have X bin LED and want to trade it for Y bin LED. Shipping should be $1-$2 each for a padded envelope and a scrap of bubble wrap. The people do their transactions in PMs. You will not be allowed to talk about on these forums, since it seems clear you're trying to keep them clear of that.

The flaws. Plenty. People whining to each other, people whining to Tim, lost mail, damaged mail, etc.

The plus to #1 is people have a chance to get exactly what they want, and TCSS gets a chance to sell another service.

The plus to #2 is that if both parties are adult about it, at worst, someone loses an $8 LED at best, everyone is happy.

I'd never whine about anything Tim did when he tried to help me... he tried (his help so far with just the mechanical parts of my hilt are proof enough for me to believe that in the future) So even if I am allowed to Whine, I would not. Tim's a great guy, and has been phenominal with answering my nube questions...

That might be an idea... about the LED swap thread since i dont think swapping necissarily hurts Tim's business, but it might still be coming close to encroaching on his services... the other option is selling the LED on eBay if it doesnt work the way I want... I ordered a pair of resistors to perma-mount to a pair of 9v battery connectors just for the purpose of testing LEDs (lux III and lux V)... so there will be no damage to the LED for resale...

the other option i thought about is to go with a nice Red LED, and use some filters to get the hue close...

I started the thread here on the boards to see if someone else had seen a bin color they thought was close to help save on the whining and crying... also from talking to Tim, I think he already separates some of his LEDs by bin (possibly just the Cyans for obvious reasons) but when i asked him about Blues earlier he knew he only had two particular Bins in stock for the blues... (I asked about blues because supposedly a Bin 6 blue can look pretty close to the Bin 1 cyan according to the chart above, even though a second opinion from Xwing says they look more powder blue as opposed to cyan. *shrugs*)

but yes, if Tim asks for a custom work fee for searching through his LEDs, I'd pay it... I'd never ask him to test colors first though, so that is why i asked here... but I might just get a nice bright red, and play with filters to get the desired Bane's Heart color... (I might just order a red, and take my chances, then do the filter hunt instead...) I need a company that has all six bins in stock and takes returns to figure it out... lol

I'm just waiting now for the good word from the store about some Cyans coming in that Tim is happy with. and I can wait... Mainly because I already trust Tim.
oh and I wish Luv Vs were only 8 bucks... (which i kinda dont understand why another company only charges 10.00 less for their prebuilt Lux III LED packages than they do for their Lux Vs... but hey people are allowed to charge whatever someone else will pay, right?)

[Strydur]

I am not going to charge to look through the bins I have in stock..all you need to do is ask.

Cyans are currently on backorder so as soon as some come in which looks like early May I will see what bins are available and hopefully get some bin 1's.

I have thought about setting up the system so that I can show what bins are in stock but I dont think it would be possible and not to mention a pain in the arse. So if you need a specific bin then send me a email BEFORE ordering. If you dont really care but would like just the highest or lowest bin I have in stock then you can just mention that on the order and I will do my best.

[Sohryu76]

I am not going to charge to look through the bins I have in stock..all you need to do is ask.

Cyans are currently on backorder so as soon as some come in which looks like early May I will see what bins are available and hopefully get some bin 1's.

I have thought about setting up the system so that I can show what bins are in stock but I dont think it would be possible and not to mention a pain in the arse. So if you need a specific bin then send me a email BEFORE ordering. If you dont really care but would like just the highest or lowest bin I have in stock then you can just mention that on the order and I will do my best.

and people wonder why Tim is the man? Thanks for the update Tim! we all appreciate it! I'm almost tempted to work something, maybe with luxeon IIIs when the cash flow gets better, and actually posting pictures of what the different bins look like in the colors most requested, ie blue(or royal blue), green, cyan, and red... I know Tim is WAYYYY too busy for that, but I have more free time, just not the parts... yet... what do you guys think? this way its all the same room, the same camera, the same/almost the same ambient light... and as bins come in, i would add additional pictures...

whatcha guys think? worth it?

[Strydur]

I thought of doing the same thing.. Problem is by the time I ended up getting one of each bin color in stock to try we probably wouldnt be using lux3 anymore.

[Sohryu76]

I thought of doing the same thing.. Problem is by the time I ended up getting one of each bin color in stock to try we probably wouldnt be using lux3 anymore.

i just meant as a color variation thing...
i mean in my mind a bin 1 Lux III would be the same shade as a Bin 1 Lux 5 right? or Lux 10 for that matter?

[Novastar]

I thought of doing the same thing.. Problem is by the time I ended up getting one of each bin color in stock to try we probably wouldnt be using lux3 anymore.

Now THIS much is true!

Seriously, sometimes I wonder if I should just sell everything but the Flange IIIs and start over. You know... blow 'em all out for like $50 each or something, heheh