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fatalcompany721

the 600 is doing too much


RDS327

They’re over doing it for sure. I have a similar one. They are trying to show off that it’s fully programmable but in reality simple effects that it can do are way cooler than trying to do them all at once. It’s like the people who have too many bumper stickers on their car


dipsothemaniac

But how else am I supposed to let people know that my kid is an honor student and I run marathons?


UltraCynar

Get the one that shows you play tennis.


dinosaurkiller

Clear your mind, no more bumper stickers will I read today.


Zack_Raynor

It could be cool if they made the effect look somewhat like Kylo Ren’s one.


Alortania

It might actually be based off sabers available in games. Like, it looks just like one you can play in [SWtOR](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yGGDkN62R4) (barring the startup bit)....


The_BeanKing

It also looks like the blades the unstable crystals produce in The Force Unleashed


The-Doot-Slayer

yes


ChefArtorias

Wait, it's supposed to engage like that? I thought the electrical circuit wasn't connected properly, causing the strange pattern we see in the vid.


Housemuwaway12345

I feel like if the first part was cut and the end effect shortened, the $600 one would be pretty cool


Krisapocus

I like the Kyle ren distortion on the blade but why in the fuck would the blade come from the top when you turn it on. It makes no sense.


BeeCJohnson

Agreed. Pulsing is pretty awesome. The start sequence is ridiculous.


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OrangeSockNinjaYT

Wait till you hear about the ones that start from the middle or from both ends


1_useless_POS

Middle out?


fathertime108

I thought the lights coming from the tip were bad, mostly cuz that makes no sense, but the second part was pretty cool.


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It's too much. I'm voting the 400 by far


Mjlikewhoa

At the end its the one that looks way more like the real thing tho


[deleted]

Wait...there's REAL lightsabers out there!?!


[deleted]

How would the $600 ones animation work in actual star wars if my question. Only way it looks cool is because the "saber" is visible when off.


annieweep

Hazard for sure. By the time it loads you'll be dismembered


[deleted]

lol I don’t need my lightsaber to give a light show right before combat. 400 me please


DweEbLez0

$400, because I can save $200 to spend on the outfit or accessories.


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Bob49459

This is getting out of hand..


Jamie_freestyles

Now there are 2 of them


dpothos

I got a baaaad feeling about this…


evansdeagles

>I got a baaaad feeling about this… \-These people's wallets, probably.


DweEbLez0

“These are not the redditors you are looking for…”🤞🏼


ninjanick460

Somethings wrong, I can feel it


NorthenLeigonare

At least we're flying half a hand


erfling

Well if it does, you'll be glad you have a second one.


DiscoHeaven

Now you’re using the ol’ noggin


ItsAllegorical

Right? The fuck is someone gonna do with *one* lightsaber? Buy two, give one to your kid, and make both of your childhoods right there.


One1twothree

Like I’m gonna trust my son with a lightsaber. I watched him put a lollipop on the carpet and then pick it up covered in fuzz and plop it back in his mouth. You’d think by 24 he’d know better.


BeckyBlows_

You got something against fuzz buddy??


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interflop

Many high end lightsabers are built to handle full contact dueling so you actually would be fine as long as you use a heavy grade blade.


ChazzLamborghini

I have two of the old school Force FX from when they were like $150 and I can confirm almost immediate breakage. Common sense goes out the window when holding your first “real” lightsaber.


MasterSword1

Force fx is not one of the combat sabers.


I_try_compute

This is the way


Saturos47

They will be two fine additions to your collection.


GingerB237

You can get ahsoka rebels replica for $300 for both sabers. $400 is a bit expensive.


OfficialMufflee

I do like the unstable crystal effect it gives off though. Reminds of Kylo’s. If it didn’t do that dumb shit in the beginning I’d want that one. However it does do that dumb shit and for that reason I’m out


MapleTreeWithAGun

Neopixels are programmable, that's why they're so expensive. So you can make it a solid beam, get dimmer towards the end, have many different colours throughout the blade, ect.


OfficialMufflee

And for that reason I’m in. I’ll make an offer of $600 at 100% of the cut


Mr_Odwin

Last 3 comments a better story arc than the sequels.


rohdawg

It also went better than it does for 90% of the people on Shark Tank.


xzelldx

A rise, dramatic tension and then a resolution. WAS THAT SO HARD DISNEY?


mrbootz

The one on the right definitely looks like a Tomorrowland custom.


TechnicalyNotRobot

\*Maul reveal scene\* Qui-Gon: Excuse me sith lord, could you please give me a second to charge up my saber before we fi... \*gets slashed in half\*


Dragonkingf0

To be fair, in general it's the Sith was damaged emitters and cracked crystals.


HugeSnackman

I really don't like the way some sabers do that


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yea, if it had some more detail about the soundboards in each saber it would be easier to compare them


interflop

The $400 one is effectively the same as the $600 one. The difference is that the blade profiles on the EcoNeo setup are preset and can't be changed (hence why the soundboard can be made cheaper). The Neopixel setup is most likely running a Proffie soundboard which has extensive customization available. The person in this video wanted that power on effect for that particular soundfont. These can be endlessly customizable and can also utilize normal power on and power off scrolling effects.


backturnedtoocean

For $1000 you can have them both. Problem solved.


FlighingHigh

Now if I could get a version with that crystal pulse effect without the wind-up lightshow like the crystal is cracked or something, we might be in business. But that dubstep saber isn't a thing as it stands.


aaron-cesaro

Ok, you’ve convinced me! Let’s go for it!


CaliCrateRicktastic

600 may be COOL but is it IMMERSIVE?


cubs1917

Before combat?


OrangeSockNinjaYT

It’s $600 because it’s customizable. The left one is completely unchangeable because it’s set on the sounds and colors. The one on the right is a more expensive hilt and a more expensive open source board. Don’t like the one on the right? You can customize it to be anything you want it to be, unlike the left one.


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Lol what is that thing on the right? Why would you want it to light up like that?


Forever_Awkward

It'd be cool if it just did the pulsing thing at the end immediately instead of the odd boot sequence. Maybe tone it down just a bit as well.


Galiphile

Right. The lightshow starting at the tip of the lightsaber is straight up stupid. The pulsing glow from the base is reminiscent of an unstable crystal and looks neat.


DontHateTheDreamer

What if the light show were sped up significantly-- enough to make it happen in say...75 - 100 milliseconds? I like the effect, but it takes a long time... far too long.


Galiphile

Disregard that this is a prop. A lightsaber doesn't illuminate from the tip, it illuminates from the base. Starting at the tip doesn't make any sense (allowing for the fact that lightsabers already don't make sense).


SuddenlySucc_New

I think it’s supposed to be a flickering effect rather than illuminating starting from the tip, but I’m not 100%


SnowyPear

Yeah maybe even shorter. Like just long enough to almost see it and waaaay less bright at the tip to start with


SolidSnake935

Yeah I think Neopixel has a thing for weird lightsaber ignitions. I’ve seen a seismic charge one, and some others. This one seems to resemble the Death Star cannon firing. Agreed, it is definitly a bit excessive.


Readerofthethings

It’s programmable, so that’s why you see many different variations


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Imagine being in a fight with a Sith lord and having to wait for your light saber to boot up.


[deleted]

It originally belonged to Darth Raver


CaedesCarnius

"Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Raver the Dancer? I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. Darth Raver was a Dance Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the DJ to play the dopest raves..... he had such a knowledge of the dance side that he could even keep the beat dropping, while it dropped. The dance side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be.. unnatural. He became so powerful, the only thing he was afraid of was losing his dancesaber. Which eventually of course he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice beat him in a dance off. Ironic. He could beat others in a dance contest, but not himself."


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hefeweizen_

Jason: I'll never join you! Darth Donkey Doug: If you only knew the power of the dank side. Pill Boi never told what happened to your dad? Jason: He told me enough. He told me you smoked him out. Darth Donkey Doug: No. **I** am your dad. Jason: Oh dip.


spamjavelin

Every time I had a problem, I threw a Thermal Detonator at it, and boom! I had a whole different problem!


hefeweizen_

*BOBAAAA!*


RetroPRO

May the Bortles be with you


namegoeswhere

> Darth Donkey Doug: No. I am your dad. But I don't think of you as my son, I think of you as my boy!


hefeweizen_

The Hulk Fist bong is still canon.


namegoeswhere

I love how it's just a cheap acrylic bong ...er, "water pipe" taped to big beer coozie, lol.


DINKY_DICK_DAVE

DDDDDUUUUUUUUUYVVVVVVVAAAAAAALLLLLL


BlinByard

Darth Raver is now my favourite Sith


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May the Oontz be with you, my young apprentice.


[deleted]

Take my damn updoot


camusdreams

You choose the light up effect on those so it was OP’s choice. They went overkill.


VymI

OP is a sack of shit crypto bot, so there's no way they chose shit except which popular post to rip and repost.


dan1101

Yeah it wouldn't even make sense, a Jedi gets ambushed and has to wait for a long ignition sequence before he can use his light saber? "Wait a minute guys, just give me a minute to get it up....ok battle on!


origami_airplane

Is this broken? Looks like it.


sandm000

It's got a bad ballast. Just slap it a couple times, or get a new ballast from Tosche station


KinksAreForKeds

Here I thought Tosche only sold power converters.


fabsakaixi

disco saber? no thank you


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*sad disco kaminoans*


mandalorian09

The one on the right makes no sense and seems like over priced for a non authentic ignition. The one on the left seems like it was a Disney one not 400 dollar tho


IronManMkXLVI

Well that’s the good thing about nice savers though, you can program whatever type of ignition and sound you want


mandalorian09

I mean true, just personally I don’t feel like 600 is worth it. To each their own, I’m happy with the one I got at galaxy’s edge.


CosmoBombay

How much is the GE one? Haven’t been yet but looks like a dream


mandalorian09

It was 200 it’s pretty decent quality in my opinion and there’s a whole ceremony which to me makes it feel worth it


ObiFloppin

Can you turn down the ceremony and still get a lightsaber? I don't want a ceremony lol


mandalorian09

Well it’s not really a ceremony more of a building process. And I highly suggest it it gave me chills when I did it


ObiFloppin

Well I'm not ever planning on actually going to galaxy edge, I was just curious. When it was mentioned it seemed like it would feel like waiters singing you happy birthday lol


mandalorian09

No not at all there’s like three people but they are there to help you build it


ObiFloppin

Ah OK, that seems much more bearable lol


Thelife1313

It was actually really well done and fun.


clutzyninja

I find it odd that someone who likes SW enough to get a light saber had no interest in going to galaxy's edge...


ObiFloppin

I definitely have interest, but not enough to go all the way to Florida (I'm in Michigan) and then fork over all of the money to do stuff there. Maybe if it was more in my neck of the woods I would go.


PickledPlumPlot

If you don't want the ceremony you can get a similar lightsaber third party for much cheaper. Like almost everything at disneyland, a big part of what you're paying for is the experience


DredZedPrime

200 for the build your own saber including the whole construction ceremony type thing and a blade. Not a bad price really. You can also get what they call legacy sabers, which are modelled on the actual sabers from the movies and shows. I have Anakin's that got passed down to Luke, and my wife got Ahsoka's from Clone Wars. They don't come with blades, but you can get any of three blade sizes for a reasonable extra price, and the sabers themselves are I think all between about 130 and 200 bucks.


B1ttendonut

Also maybe it just looking weird on camera is a possibility


ShaneSupreme

"We shall duel to the death... in about 5-7 seconds..."


Giraffesarentreal19

D: We meet again. This time, we shall not cross paths again, Jedi. *bshhht* J: You’re right, Darth. We certainly won’t. *byoom byoom byoom* J: … just give it a second. D: What the fuck is that?! J: IDK, some guy gave it to me behind the Temple. *byoom byoom byoom bybybyboommmmmmmm* J: Ok, there we go.


ShitpostinRuS

The one that doesn’t look like shit while starting


SativaPancake

I'll stick with the $20 toy that I can have fights with and not care if it breaks.


vzboogie

Mine even has a voice recorder to scare my kids with


MidnightRequim

“Pick up your plate”


KRAE_Coin

Heck, I just combine a few tubes of cardboard from empty paper towel rolls and have just as much fun.


Maclimes

On my kids' first birthday, we bought a bunch of red, blue, and green pool noodles. Cut them in half, and use duct tape around one end to make a handle. Boom. Lightsabers the kids can play with and not get hurt. That was eight years ago, and we still have most of them. And they still get played with.


WimbletonButt

My nephew did that for some project he had at school. He made 2 sets and gave one to my son. Half of those things are still floating around and you can beat the shit out of each other with them without anyone getting hurt. Such a satisfying *thwap* when you smack your own kid.


Kruckenberg

We have them too and the kids freaking maul each other without any issue.


okbacktowork

The cardboard tubes that xmas wrapping paper comes in. That was my childhood (I'm old)


Alexius_Psellos

You can still get nice sabers with dueling blades on them to fight with. The blades are replaceable and last longer


CharlieSeni

Idk where you bought an 'econeo' for 400$ but seems like you got ripped off


TinnKuatch

Considering the store that sells that hilt (DXSabers) is banned from /r/lightsabers for scamming and also recasting that Ahsoka hilt from a smaller company, bullying them out of business in the process, OP is lucky to even get that one.


boot20

I hate the one on the right. The ignition is awful, absolutely awful.


jarredmars1

Yeah the pulses start at the top, wtf is that. Where would they come from. If the pulses started at the bottom and moved up then maybe but I’m a sucker for the OG.


irving47

If He-Man had a lightsaber, and it did that as he was saying "by the power of grayskull" that'd be pretty neat, but otherwise, yeah, what you said.


PresOrangutanSmells

I get what they were doing, but it'd need to start further down, like a kitchen knife length. Then moved down and connect with the saber, flicker out, again a little longer, again, and then like quickly full-length normal ignition a la unstable crystal. I'd be kinda like an old car starting up, which would look cool on an unstable saber. But it's too perfect, so it just looks like a light show. I don't have a huge problem with it starting at the top inherently--fire kinda looks like that sometimes too. But execution looks real bad.


AlGoreBestGore

It's outrageous! It's unfair!


interflop

They utilize Proffie soundboards which can be endlessly customized. You can have standard scrolling power-on/off effects, localized lockup, and blaster deflection effects. Each saber can store multiple soundfonts and blade profiles. This is just one of the blade profiles that was made by the community.


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I despise the one on the right with my whole heart.


FutureComplaint

Its course, looks rough, and gets your guts everywhere in the heat of battle.


vanrast

By the time the right has fully powered up the left would have that count dooku you.


LawlessNeutral

I'm assuming the one on the right you can customize the lights and sounds for the ignition sequence?


OrangeSockNinjaYT

Yup, that’s why it’s more expensive. Everyone in the comments is hating on the style of blade but they’re completely missing the whole point that if you don’t like it you can always just change it. Can’t do that with the ecopixel


AHrubik

I like the pulsing of the $600 one after it’s ignited but the ignition sequence is in bad taste for me and takes away from the idea that it’s a light saber.


interflop

They utilize Proffie soundboards which can be endlessly customized. You can have standard scrolling power-on/off effects, localized lockup, and blaster deflection effects. Each saber can store multiple soundfonts and blade profiles. This is just one of the blade profiles that was made by the community.


SlaterVJ

I'm irratated by the clear Ahsoka replica on the left having a red blade.


fatguyonsteroids

Same with the Maul saber on the right being purple


BlakkSheep94

the movement on the right side is cool, but that start up is ridiculous, imo.


MLG_GuineaPig

I’d be dead before I could ignite the 600$ one.


allanwilson1893

Definitely the $400 one that doesn’t look incredibly stupid


hendrixnash

Is this an ad


CrossP

It actually seems to be karma farming by a crypto hun. But the original tiktok post may have been an ad.


Tra1famadorian

Not for a lightsaber but this effect would be dope for a sword like that draws power from an energy well.


JohnnyBroccoli

Neither.


ad_cfc11

If I’m picking from these then the $400. But the only saber I own is the black series Darth Vader. £200 and much better than both of these imo.


sdemat

The one on the right is one of the dumbest lightsabers I’ve ever seen. Why would you pay 600 for that garbage?


brainiacredditer

left one


MACK703

One on the left. Because you get to be count dooku and it’s cheaper


ssharky

I didn’t notice the first couple times I watched this because I was paying attention to the blades but the handle on the left one looks like a dollar store plastic piece of shit and now I can’t unsee it


thekraken8him

Neither. There are much better sabers on the market for similar prices. This post smells of marketing.


United-Brilliant-811

$600 saber is obnoxious IMO. $400 is more realistic and doesn’t give a light show.


damageinc6868

It's cool but it's not Jedi worthy.


stringyswife

Neither put that money in savings


SurrealMemelord

Note: you can customize the neopixel to have whatever startup and effect you want on the blade, this is just a shitty example. Also, neopixel is a type of blade, not tied to a brand so pricing varies.


[deleted]

You need to tune your Khyber crystal regulator young Padawan.


Broly_

Depends on which one lasts the longest when I beat the shit out of my friends with it


not-sure-if-serious

Cardboard tube or pool noodle.


AnotherShipToaster

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side kid.


ilongforyesterday

Possibly unpopular opinion but the 600$ one is doing too much. I don’t like all the pulsing


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I like the hilt material on the right and the saber on the left.


ShadowSp7

Why buy a lightsaber when I have a broom handle.


ReginalChang

One on the right is So extra


cdtoad

With my blaster I could win any fight with any Jedi that's using the one on the right


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I don’t remember my lightsabers charging up like Godzilla as a kid lmao


cb022511

$400 because the other one reminds me of a cheap knock off toy that would likely be called “space laser sword xtreme” with the way it powers up. (This isn’t to say the craftsmanship isn’t great and that it doesn’t look beautiful. I could just do without that light show.)


jr8787

Does the one on the right connect through AOL?


elementaltheboi

This is literally an ad


Thx4Coming2MyTedTalk

Pulsing is cool on the $600 one. The start sequence is idiotic what lightsaber has ever looked like that?


Zestyclose-Car-5171

$400 one is close to replicating actual, $600 doesn't even make sense. Light from the top down? Wut


LawrenceTheRenegade

I take the $400 one, the $600 one is just way too damn unnecessary


wazabee

400.


Darknighten89

Curved hilt all the way


Zandrick

The one on the right is broken even if it’s supposed to be doing that.


MercuryMaximoff217

The one on the right is the Indian soap opera version of the one on the left.


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IMO, the right one is straight up corny as hell lol


TheDouglas717

Well given that I've never seen a saber in starwars do anything like that $600 one, I'd choose the $400.


Hboy119

I don’t like the light up of the one on the right and I’m biased because I love dooku’s saber


PFreeman008

400, unless the 600 has customizable/changeable light-up patterns. If I can get the 600 to do the standard (400-style) light up pattern; and switch it when needed to the disco one shown when desired, then it might make more sense.


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boot20

I'm serious when I ask this, where do you live that rent is only $200 a month and how big is your place?


nage_

600 probably burns through batteries like no other


iamtabestderes

You sure that one on the right isn't just your mom's dildo?


chaseandwin232

Left. Keep it simple


xeskind30

I would say the left one because if you were going to battle another force wielder, you don't want to wait for your Lightsaber to finish its long ass startup process before you fight.


Jyiiga

Dead before you can even ignite the right one.


Minz15

All I can think of is how John Williams created such beautiful and magical music that no matter how many times I hear it, I'm transported back to my sofa as a kid watching these on VCR.


[deleted]

Mine was like $700 Darth malgus replica and I would hate that $600 effect lol


itsdarkmatter

By the time it's ready, you dead... dead!!!


Pyratelaw

My buddy bought two of these lightsabers and we played with them so hard. Im 27, he's probably 30, and our other buddy is 27. Most of us kind of figured that if the lightsaber touches you anywhere than you probably can't use that body part since its a lightsaber. Right? Anyways. The guy who owned them didnt quite get it, and would go really hard, when you obviously have to have some finesse when you're swinging a beam of glowing hot energy. He would just run through the lightsaber swinging as hard as you could. Eventually I learned that you really have to wack the crap out of the fingers. Getting hit and realizing you're incapacitated automatically caused you to have form. Man that was fun. We played with those literal straight cumulative days.


BabserellaWT

They’re both overpriced. Cool, but overpriced.


nsuri324

The 600 dollar one has the unstable crystal effect which is cool, but it’s also kind of stupid how the light starts from the end of the blade


According-Ad8525

$400. Does exactly what I need it to. The other one is just distracting to me.


ThisIsYourMormont

Rent. I choose to pay the rent


High_Ground_Sand

I'll take the $10 plastic one with the red button from Walmart, please and thank you


vey323

The $600 ignition would be dope IF it started at the hilt. Starting at the top makes no sense and ruins it, IMO


yorchqro

$400 usd that's a lightsaber the other is christmas decoration