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Master Yoda's Sith Planet OBIWAN Luxeon Conversion
« on: May 07, 2006, 11:55:17 PM »
Check out Master Yoda's latest custom:

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A Sith Planet EL become a Luxeon!! 8)
« Last Edit: June 22, 2007, 03:17:54 PM by Yoda »

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Re: Master Yoda's Larbel OBIWAN Luxeon Conversion
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2006, 11:56:43 PM »
Thats AMAZING :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
« Last Edit: May 08, 2006, 12:08:07 AM by Yoda »



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Re: Master Yoda's Larbel OBIWAN Luxeon Conversion
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2006, 12:02:19 AM »
Thank you for posting this for me Luke :)

Yes the Larbel EL now Goes Luxeon LED...
Much brighter than any EL and a rare addition to my Luxeons.

I've checked other places and I do believe this is the First one to be done so far ;)

It requires having a Larbel Hilt with the Parks electronics already installed so you get
all the right sizes for mounting the components in there.
It also uses a fitted on/off switch that you'll re use.
What I did is cut down the EL "stalk" and fit an LED on a heatsink with an adapter
tube around it, to keep it all in place.
It is powered by 4 AAAs down in the hilt which left no real room for a MR sound board but
you could get one in there if you used a smaller Lithium battery possibly.
I test fit a board I have and it's okay but it's still very crowded and no where to easily get the
sound "out" of the hilt with out serious drilling into that solid pomel.
and I didn't want to ruin it experimenting so...

... I've got more than enough sound making sabers around anyway and let this be a quiet but brightly
lit Saber I can turn on in the middle of the night with out waking anyone up.

Well except for that Blue Glow coming from my back yard :D

Enjoy the Pict and as of course...

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always
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« Last Edit: May 08, 2006, 12:17:52 AM by Yoda »


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Re: Master Yoda's Larbel OBIWAN Luxeon Conversion
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2006, 12:09:00 AM »
That is an AMAZing piece of work Master Yoda, you've really done yourself proud with this :)

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Re: Master Yoda's Larbel OBIWAN Luxeon Conversion
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2006, 12:30:33 AM »
Thanks Ben... a Lightsaber from your younger years... a more civilized era 8)

I cut a few fingers doing this one but it was worth it :D


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Re: Master Yoda's Larbel OBIWAN Luxeon Conversion
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2006, 01:10:59 AM »
Wow you got done with that quick!  Top quality as usual :)
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Re: Master Yoda's Larbel OBIWAN Luxeon Conversion
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2006, 01:15:13 AM »
WOW :o :o :o
That is so tight looking,10 out or 10!!
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Re: Master Yoda's Larbel OBIWAN Luxeon Conversion
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2006, 05:37:06 AM »
Fantastic looking saber,Yoda.  8)
The standard of the craftsmanship looks superb. Very impressive.
I wish MR would make the Obi-Wan TPM saber, it is definately one of my favourite designs.  ;)
I suppose I will have to wait quite sometime before that happens, though.   :(
It's a shame you couldn't get sound into it, but you could always figure out a way to do that later on.
Will you be making any more to sell, BTW?

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Re: Master Yoda's Larbel OBIWAN Luxeon Conversion
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2006, 06:25:25 AM »
Looks very nice!!!!
Also i would love to see a Qui gon jinn larbel converted to Luxeon



 

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Re: Master Yoda's Larbel OBIWAN Luxeon Conversion
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2006, 06:30:01 AM »
absolute stunning really really nice,   best looking conversion i have seen TBH.

i think the stand looks awesome too.





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Re: Master Yoda's Larbel OBIWAN Luxeon Conversion
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2006, 07:34:35 AM »
Wow - stunning!!
So is "Larbel" a saber builder who collaborated with Parks? It's the first time I've hard the name...

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Re: Master Yoda's Larbel OBIWAN Luxeon Conversion
« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2006, 09:21:46 AM »
Wow.. that does look great.  *Waves hand across your face*  You don't really need that though.. you will sell it to me cheap.   ;D
My collection:
2002 Anakin AOTC
2003 Vader ANH  **Sold**
2004 Luke ESB  **Sold**
2005 Anakin ROTS **Sold**
2005 Vader ESB **Sold**
2005 Luke ROTJ **Sold**
2006 Maul TPM
Custom 5w Luxeon (Green/Royal Blue)
2006 Obi-Wan ROTS  **Sold**
2007 Yoda
2007 Luke ANH
2008 Obi-Wan TPM
2010 Anakin ROTS (Removeable Blade)

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Re: Master Yoda's Larbel OBIWAN Luxeon Conversion
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2006, 12:40:09 PM »
Wow - stunning!!
So is "Larbel" a saber builder who collaborated with Parks? It's the first time I've hard the name...

All Larbels were sent to parks for electronics installation.
I'm working on the adapter to convert those to LEDs but they may not all be the same , hence it will
make for a lot of "custom" applications.

The Quigon will be most difficult :P but will be attempted eventually.
The Obiwan as you can see worked well and has plenty of possibilities for improvement with sound etc...
But it's not easy and that translates to expensive.

Oh and todd... mind tricks don't work on me, I'm YODA :D LOL

Thanks for the Compliments... I wasn't easy but it came together well and is very durable now 8)


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Re: Master Yoda's Larbel OBIWAN Luxeon Conversion
« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2006, 12:41:46 PM »
Stupid picture wont load all the way for me.   :'(

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Re: Master Yoda's Larbel OBIWAN Luxeon Conversion
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2006, 12:44:47 PM »
Sycor I emailed you the Pict! ;)

You should see it shortly ( i'm at work right now so don't respond to the email :D)


 

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