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Offline Dark Skywalker

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Re: Anakin and his lightsabers...
« Reply #75 on: February 12, 2006, 10:57:51 AM »
nice job w/ the pics DS.....it really is thinner, quite a bit may i add. detail is excellent. love the view where you can look into the emitter. thanks for the pics!!

No problem, Knucle. The LE emitter is really cool, the mini has the gold in it too.



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Re: Anakin and his lightsabers...
« Reply #76 on: February 12, 2006, 05:31:10 PM »
The LE seems a lot thinner and longer that the FX. Is it taller/longer?

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Re: Anakin and his lightsabers...
« Reply #77 on: February 12, 2006, 05:56:29 PM »
No it's not taller but it is a lot thinner.



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Re: Anakin and his lightsabers...
« Reply #78 on: February 12, 2006, 06:01:23 PM »
yes, thanks for the pics.

I can't believe the liberty MR took with the centerband on the FX when compared with the LE.  They don't come close to the same finish.

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Re: Anakin and his lightsabers...
« Reply #79 on: February 12, 2006, 06:02:33 PM »
I know the center band on the FX looks like crap compared to the LE.



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Re: Anakin and his lightsabers...
« Reply #80 on: February 12, 2006, 06:05:53 PM »
Dudes,  you get what you pay for. ::)

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Re: Anakin and his lightsabers...
« Reply #81 on: February 12, 2006, 06:13:48 PM »
And I paid for it.



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Re: Anakin and his lightsabers...
« Reply #82 on: February 12, 2006, 06:28:18 PM »
I still can't believe how nice that looks. :o

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Re: Anakin and his lightsabers...
« Reply #83 on: February 12, 2006, 06:43:05 PM »
Well I will say in defense of the FX line that they are far more mass produced thn the LE...

I really see any of the short comings of the FXs as something entirely related to help ease production,
right down to the different ways of "plating" the copper and gold parts.

It's obvious that the thickness of the MR FX line is to add robustness to it's construction (maybe cheaper as well)
by using a thicker gauge lo quality metal, as opposed to a stronger thinner gauge.
By using a slightly larger diameter it ensured stock Graflex and MPP emitters wouldn't be an "exact fit" so it helps
guard against fraud etc...
I've placed MR components in an actual Graflex (trial fitting only for now)
and they fit just fine.
But MPP emitters don't just slide over the MR handles, hence when I had to grind down the diameter
to get a Chromed MPP emitter to fit...(see Anakin2.0 in Gallery under Master YODAs Custom Sabers)

Of course the biggest short coming of all was not making the blades removeable themselves and selling
replacement blades as this would become a "consumeable" for MR but... anyway.

On another note I do think that sometime in the future MR (or someone else) would be able to introduce
a High Quality Line of Sabers that would use a more "movie accurate" blade by using a different Lighting
technology all together as lighting technology it self progresses ;)

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Re: Anakin and his lightsabers...
« Reply #84 on: February 12, 2006, 06:46:35 PM »
Don't get me wrong the FXs are AMAZING. I wouldn't be on this site if i didn't think so but I'm just comparing the FX handle to the LE handle. And ofcourse the LE handle is better because it's supposed to be more accurate..



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Re: Anakin and his lightsabers...
« Reply #85 on: February 12, 2006, 06:52:17 PM »
Definatly. Sure the FX's aren't perfect but they're pretty xxx close. If they were we wouldn't have the LE's b/c the FFX's would cost about that much.

 

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