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Offline Louis

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Hello There!!!
Finally, after reading all the reviews on this Luke ESB again and again, I've decided myself to buy one on ebay. A never use one. So, I bought it to a shop, via ebay.

It tooks less than a week to cross atlantic from USA to Paris! Amazing fast shipping!!!;)

Here is the emotion when I saw the box! I had to look on the side to check if it was really a Luke ESB!!! Like you'll see on the pic, I had the great pleasure to noticed that I wasn't dreaming! I was about to discover with my own eyes the beauty that I admire a long long time ago on your pics's reviews people!;)

So, I opened the box and my first reaction was to think! Wow! It's a BIG hilt!!! The fact is the hilt is the bigger one I've ever seen! But, it's the nicest too! It's incredibly close (except for the size) to the real graflex original prop!

So, I've putted the battery in, and here we go!!! The blade lights up without touching the switch!! In fact, it was on the "on" position before I've putted the batteries! What a surprise!!! Ha ha ha. So , I turn it off, then, for the real first time, I ignite it!!! Then, I first noticed that the colour of the blade( even turned off) isn't the same than the anakin one! It is a light blue, really more brighter than the anakin!
The sounds are less loud than the others fx, but I prefer that in fact! I usualy think that the sounds are too loud for my taste with the FX line.

So, about the tiny bad points: Buttons...They're toyish for me. Cheap plastic. And the bigger bad point is the size of the hilt.

So, except for that litlles bad points, this lightsaber is a reaaaaaal nice piece of beauty!!! It reach the second place in my top fav' list!!! Just behind the luke rotj, still in the first place because of it natural feeling to spin and it's green bright blade!!!

I guess that that lightsaber is a must have in a collection!!! I hope that next year, MR will make a Luke ANH with an accurate size...;)

Here are the pics. Click on the links under the pics to get some bigger sizes.

Hope you enjoyed this little review!;)

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Louis
Ps: Oh, and i've often read the following question: "why to get a luke esb when you own an anakin rots???" or the opposite...Well because they're defenetly not the same lightsabers at all!!! See those pics!;)


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and the big vid! 24,4 megs!

Patience my young jedi! Patience!

http://slouiss.club.fr/index.html/divers/louislukeesb.mov

« Last Edit: August 16, 2006, 06:19:32 AM by Louis »

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Nice review, Louis. And great pics.  :o
I do love the Luke ESB, too.  ;)
I realy like how you can see the blade through the hilt. For some reason that makes it seem more real.
I agree about the buttons, though. They are a bit cheap and toyish.
The hilt is huge but really nicely done, and the blue of the blade is quite magnificent.
A superb lightsaber, Louis. Enjoy.  ;)

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awesome pics. :)



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Thanks fellaz!!! Chewbacca! You're right about that hole in the hlt! I've just forget to take a pic of hit! That's done! I've added it, and a vid too!;)
It's a lovely Lightsaber, and the thing i've forgot too, is to talk about the weight! It's a "light" lightsaber! Even it's e big one!;)

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Thats awsome Louis! I too hope they make an ANH in the future that is scaled better. Congrats on the new  saber.
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nice pis and great vid. enjoy brutha. the sound did appear to be lower the ani ROTS though
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Destrius: Yeah, I hope they wil do that scaled ANH too!;)
Jedi Master Knucle: You're right, a lot lower. As I said, I prefer that. It's just enough for me!:)

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Congrats on the new addition to your collection.

The TESB Luke FFX is my Fav out of them all.  Its the one that epitomizes the Original Trilogy the most.  Just like Obi-Wan's seem to epitomize the Prequel trilogy.

Take care of that beauty!

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JMK: You're right!
Anakin: Yes I will! It took me a long time to get it, but it worth the wait!!!

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The Luke ESB is my favorite saber by far. It's the best made saber in my opinion. It looks like you reached into Empire and grabbed it right out of the wampa cave. It's such a great reproduction. I've added the chrome vinyl to mine to give it a little more movie prop authenticity. The sound is a little low but I just display mine so it doesn't bother me much. Glad you like your saber Louis. Take good care of it. The ESBs go up in value all the time and seem to be getting harder to get.


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I am glad you like your ESB, Louis. I hope and pray that you don't have the bad luck that I had with the two used ESB's that I bought. (They BOTH went kaput on me within 24 hours!! >:()

If they make a Luke ANH that is more accurate to size like the Anakin ROTS, then I will have to buy that one for sure.  8)


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It seems as though there were a bad batch of Luke ESBs. Joclad has had two faulty ones, and other members have had trouble with theirs, too. There are good ones out there, though.
Fortunately, I have had no trouble with mine, hope yours is the same, Louis.
However, make sure you take really good care of it, it is an older gen saber, and will be more prone to developing faults.
I wouldn't recommend dueling, and would advise you to use it as a display piece only.

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^And that's sound advice too. This saber should be treated as a display piece more than anything else. Yeah, I am convinced that I had some rather extreme bad luck with the Luke ESB and it has forever soured me on them. Take good care of it and you should be fine.


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Yeah, I love my Luke, the colour of the blade just totally does it for me, but I am so careful with it. It has hardly even been twirled in case I knock it against something and break it. It just gets lit up from time to time and admired.  ;)

 

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