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Title: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour eXtender)
Post by: Luis88 on November 24, 2012, 07:11:18 PM
Hey FX-Sabers members. It's been a while since i posted anything but i'm back and glad to review a project that has been in the works since before the CF6 was released.
A lot of time, work, effort, skill, money and confusion went into this project but i couldn't be happier with the end result and for that i have the following to thank; Sanjuro, Slothfurnace, Erv, Yoda, VadersVault, Rebelscum, EFX collectibles, GINO, and most importantly, Mersenne, for being the guy to somehow put these beauties together. I would also like to give a thank you to Dave (c3po) and scottjua for the support. (I sound like I'm accepting an award of some sort  :-\ )

Mersenne (pete) put a lot of hard work and time into the Anh and ESB hilts and i wouldn't have this collection if it weren't for him. When we started discussing this project it was for 2 CF5 sabers with yoda DIY's but then the ESB hilt turned into a modded Yoda DIY to replicate his custom work with a large crystal but it doesn't stop there, I suggested putting a CF6 board in there with the colour eXteneder. I didn't think it could be done but pete was bold enough to take on that challenge. With his work cut out for him Pete ran into obstacles he would over came to finally complete what we believe to be the first CF4 w/CeX Vintage Graflex lightsaber with a customized Yoda DIY chassis. If there are any questions on how mersenne fit it all into yoda's chassis please direct your questions to him on this thread or PM him because I have no idea when it comes to his stuff. Pete is the man, I'm just the client.

I'll just give short description of the sabers because i believe that the photos will say more than I ever could about these sabers.

Luke Skywalker ANH Lightsaber                             Luke Skywalker TESB Lightsaber                         Luke Skywalker ROTJ "Reveal" Lightsaber            
CF5                                                                    CF6 w/ Colour eXtender                                        Stock Standard Hilt by EFX Collectibles
GINO Grips                                                          GINO Grips
Rebel Scum bubble strip                                      Sloth Furnace gold card with
Yoda DIY Chassis                                                  Customized Yoda DIY Chassis
Vintage Graflex                                                     Vintage Graflex
Cyan blade w/ Whitish FoC                                   Mix your own colour's
1.5W speaker                                                       2W speaker
                                                                             R.I.C.E Port
                                                                             Modified Vintage red button retention screw

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Thank you for reading the review and I hope you enjoyed the pics.


 




 
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour Xtender!)
Post by: Green Ranger on November 24, 2012, 07:27:17 PM
Jealous. THAT IS SWEET  ;D
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour Xtender!)
Post by: C-3P0 on November 24, 2012, 08:17:27 PM
Awesome man, those pictures look amazing! That stand really looks cool, congrats on all of this coming together so well for you. How are you liking the CF6 and cEx?
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour Xtender!)
Post by: LUMINARA UNDULI on November 24, 2012, 08:40:32 PM
Absolutely beautiful! ;D  Congrats, my friend, on such a stunning collection :).
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour Xtender!)
Post by: Jedi Yar Nala on November 24, 2012, 08:41:07 PM
Amazing collection of reveal Lukes here.

A huge congrats!!! Mersene... epic job here... kudos!!!
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour Xtender!)
Post by: Mersenne on November 24, 2012, 10:36:17 PM
Great post Luis.
These are wonderful pieces and they look brilliant on that gorgeous Sanjuro stand mate.
It was super fun building these for you - being very, very screen accurate pieces.
We used GINO (from theRPF) grips on both of them. Wonderful Rebelscum replica Bubblestrips. Amazing Solthfurnace ESB cards - soldered using lead free solder.

They both were hard to package up and send away that's for sure.  ;)

Hey, not to forget - but the ESB has a RICE port in the chassis too.

When Luis asked about the ESB having a CF6 + CeX also I thought - yeah sure.
Oh wait a minute ...... He'll want a RICE port too then  :o

We had discussed also using a larger crystal than the DIY kit one too while we were going to use a CF5, but the I hadn't seen the size of it until after the v6 arrived.

Well I am just as pleased to have made these for him, as he does own them.
What a wonderful wish list he had and I'm happy to have been involved mate.
Oh - and what you can't see is that we stuck with 14500 batteries on both Sabers.
For ease of change - if one set is flat and he feels like using either one - he can swap them over.

Have fun with your Lightsabers  8)
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour Xtender!)
Post by: scottjua on November 24, 2012, 11:14:24 PM
bleeding epic man!

I have and EFX Luke ROTJ reveal too, and planned something similar when I finally have time to build my own personal Graflex Lukes.

Excellent!!!! Luke sabers are the best!
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour Xtender!)
Post by: LUKE SKYWALKER on November 24, 2012, 11:35:57 PM
Stunning Luke collection!  :) and all on one stand! beautiful  :) congrats Luis!
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour eXtender)
Post by: erv on November 25, 2012, 12:33:12 AM
very nice, great "band of brothers" picture  :)
Gino grips are indeed awesome, I used them on my E11 !
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour eXtender)
Post by: Jerome on November 25, 2012, 04:17:10 AM
Epic collection Luis. That stand, with its minimalist features, really complements the sabers without detracting too much from them. And yes, Pete really is the man.
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour eXtender)
Post by: Scorpion on November 25, 2012, 04:26:27 AM
awesome set of sabers and a really nice display
great work by mersenne .....is the luke rotj a cf saber?
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour eXtender)
Post by: LUKE SKYWALKER on November 25, 2012, 04:31:40 AM
awesome set of sabers and a really nice display
great work by mersenne .....is the luke rotj a cf saber?

Im pretty sure it is a stock eFX hilt Steve. look at his descriptions above the pictures.
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour eXtender)
Post by: ANAKIN SKYWALKER on November 25, 2012, 05:11:07 AM
Gino grips are indeed awesome, I used them on my E11 !

Ditto.  awesome stuff here and nice job mersenne
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour eXtender)
Post by: Scorpion on November 25, 2012, 05:35:56 AM
awesome set of sabers and a really nice display
great work by mersenne .....is the luke rotj a cf saber?

Im pretty sure it is a stock eFX hilt Steve. look at his descriptions above the pictures.

ahh yeah lol i was on my iphone and just briefly looked awesome stuff though
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour eXtender)
Post by: Luis88 on November 25, 2012, 01:55:58 PM
Thank you for the kind words, guys. I'm proud to have this in my collection. It's a shame the rotj saber isn't isn't a cf but the efx still does an alright job and still looks great on display.

Pete did an outstanding job and has raised the bar with this esb hilt.
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour eXtender)
Post by: Estine Shabone on November 27, 2012, 07:01:52 AM
Your collection is just AMAZING!
I love it! :DD
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour eXtender)
Post by: Luis88 on November 28, 2012, 03:47:50 PM
thank you estine.

i can't help by stare at the sabers every time i walk past them in my house, or sometimes ill just walk into the room just to admire, ha.

sorry dave! i forgot to answer your question. I'm pretty stoked with the cf6, i'm loving it. The first of it's kind and proud to have it in my collection. colour mixing is actually a little harder than i thought. getting that PERFECT colour can be a challenge and when the graflex gets really hot i freak out and give it a 30minute rest.
Title: Re: Luke Skywalker Reveal Lightsaber trilogy (Vin YODA DIY with CF6 Colour eXtender)
Post by: Redthumbscrew on February 21, 2013, 05:25:53 PM
Luckily jealousy can also be inspirational  :)