something fishy about that hasbro board

[Danz409]

went to wal*mart the other day and got a new Hasbro board to experiment.
i got the new force action, force unleashed one... ya know the one that changes from red to green etc.



yea! thatone... anyway

i figured, it changes colors so i had a theory it changes sound too... well... i was wrong. the sound however IS different the the Vader, Anaken, obi sabers that's being sold with it. and it does NOT have the swing sensor but does have a swing sound effect after a hard clash. and the blade-color change function was controlled by a internal memory switch that is activated by the Sith blades.
and it also makes a sound when it does this. sounds like a sword-ish sound, making a aux button just for this ^^. wile wiring it up tho. i found something unorthodoxy, i don't know if its just this model of boards. but after i wired it up and i left the switch on the ON position. its a slider type switch so i can control the LED and Hasbro from 1 switch. and then put the battery pack on. (i have a 4 AA pack that has a 9volt type snap on it) it does this beeping sound, at first i figured, "OH ****! I BLEW IT ALREADY!" i quickly stumble with the connector and hit the switch and it cuts off... i quickly turn it on agan to see if it works or does the same thing agan. i was surprised to be hearing what i was hearing. the Hasbro board was going though a sorta POST test or sound check/test of all the sounds on the board. going though them 1 at a time and reaching the last sound and going silent agan... at this point i thank i unlocked something. and turn it off and back on agan. its working normally now. can't seem to find anything out of the ordinary. but i believe i may have accidentally found some sort of test procedure used for Hasbro boards O.O

[Danz409]

bump, sorry posted at wrong time of day agan ^^;

[Darth Leximus]

Where you in need of some response to this??? I didn't see any questions asked??

[Jedi-Loreen]

I was wondering the same thing. So didn't understand why he bumped this.

[Darth Leximus]

My point exactly J-Lo

[Danz409]

sorry for confusion. but i was wondering if anyone else has found this? or is it just this board. and if they all have it. why?
and i bumbed it becuse i posted it at 3 am and nobody knew it was here

[Darth Leximus]

Ah, well in that case....

I'm fairly certain most of us stay away from that board for a number of reasons. Namely, the extra crappy sound (even for a hasbro). I know theres a thread around here somewhere about it, but it's probably pretty buried.

I do know that hasbros in general are kind of prone to acting wierd when different switch options are applied. Back when I was first starting out I tried to wire up a hasbro and the main LED to a regular SPST pushbutton switch (effectively trying to use a SPST as a DPDT...bad idea) That board did all sorts of crazy stuff before I started over and ran 2 seperate switches

[Danz409]

and a few months later that board glitches out... not just dies... but it went out with a bang... sorta. it was the main board i used in my lightsaber for a long wile. it was acculy kinda nice. i liked having a Hasbro that sounded a little different. and had a cool hardware sound demo to play all the sounds. but it starting doing a few odd things before it went out. like playing the sounds but at a ultra low frequency. the volume was good but everything sounded like the batteries was low. its on 6v so i 100% know that wasn't it... just thought it was mabe a rare glitch that happened with that board. well. as i used it more.. it got more common and common.. to a point that it ALWAYS sounded all deep and low pitched.. then it started cutting out after seconds into activation.. the befor i knew it. it doesn't power up at all... oh well. for a wile i was kinda out of cash but now my car is payed off i have a few "me dollars" i can spend every once in a wile! and today i just got a Darth Vader that was on clearance at wally world. also a few other goodies to completely redo the saber. looking forward to posting a much ***yer saber soon!
just a warning to anyone else that has thoughts of using this board... its nice an all if you want a cheap Hasbro. that sounds different. but don't be surprised to have to go fetch a new one a few months down the road

[DJMoonbass]

dude that sucks.... lol... i hate hasbro boards... any saber of mine that i will have will have an FX board or better with it. ill just save more $$$ untill i can afford a board. thats just my saber building rule. but im glad to hear you got a vader. enjoy the monkey gong!

[Danz409]

FX boards would be nice. but even those cost an arm and a leg. ~$60+ and if im going to blow some mega $ on a board. id rather just use a hasbro for a few months and save up to get a CF or ultrasound