These Hasbro toy light sabers are brand new and just released. I bought one today to take apart and see if they are worth gutting for sound.

So far the news is mixed.

There is no Flash on clash "Feature".
There is no Flash on start up "Feature".
There is only one sound board not two as the box would lead you to believe.
The board uses a single momentary switch to activate. Single push on single push off.

The sound is alright for a Hasbro board. Sounds really junky on the default speaker and a bit better with a TCSS premium speaker. It does sound a bit strange transitioning between the start-up sound and the idle humm gets quiet for a bit but then the humm starts.

The board does do a "Dim on Clash" tyupe thing where the voltage drops to about half when the clash sound triggers, it only does this once and only for about a second. It is not nearly as bad as the "Force Action" flash on clash that is on-off-on-off-on.

I took some cell phone ghetto pics of the disassembly process. Ill post them up later after I finish hooking it up to an LED for testing.

So far it is a mixed bag as to whether they are worth getting. Ill get more information out as I come across it.