Lightsaber Calculator Bubbles NEW DISCOVERY!!!

James Kenobi 1138

I believe the picture was from Justin of World Famous Comics, he discovered the calculator bubbles.

Sym-Cha

OK. I have had contact with him when I mentioned the flattened sides in another thread. He was not aware of them but appreciated the discovery.

So in fact it's going to be rather hard to tell whether or not the people from Bapty used flattened or round bubbles in their lightsaber props aside from the Vader ROTJ MPP which are flattened. IMHO the flattened sides are much more common in most Exactra 19 and 20 and TI 2000 and also most likely not frosted which seems to be generally believed to be the ones that were used most of the time as activation buttons for the screen used lightsabers ... bubble replica's still can be ordered here :

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=67567

-Chaim

Aaron_1973

Considering they used these Exactra bubble strips on so many saber props, they obviously had easy enough access to them. Isn't there a possibility throughout all the publicity shots, stunt props, hero props, etc. - that along the way they may have lost a bubble strip here and there and had to replace it a few times? There are some publicity shots of Luke in ESB with a broken grip on his saber (by the silver screw).

My point is that they could have used both flattened sides and round sides. Just like us, when they opened the calculators, they didn't know which they would have.

Food for thought...

Jedi Reali

They're pretty interesting details, the flat vs. round bubbles, and the frosted vs. clear sides... but as to which variations were used on which sabers, I don't think we'll ever know. Just like the nomenclature on Obi-Wan's grenade, or the hot or cold sink knob, the kind of detailed reference photos you'd need just aren't out there (apart from the ESB/ROTJ Vader saber of course). And these new calculator bubble details may be the smallest yet.

Sym-Cha

Obi-Wan Kenobi ANH Lightsaber :

Exactra 20 Bubbles preferable round - Check

Graflex 3-Cell Clamp - Check

Tiny screws - Check

2 x Pieces of wire/ Nails - Check

D-Ring - Check

Browning 7.7 mm Booster - Check

Armitage Shanks (Millennia Traditional) Handwheel -
WWI British Rifle Grenade No.3 Mk.1 -
Rolls Royce Derwent 8 Jet Engine Balance Tube -
Motorola Transistors TO-99 x 2 -



-Chaim

kurtyboy

Why all the 's? Sounds pretty straightforward to me!

Sym-Cha

LOL

When you live in the UK ... where they have all these parts just available ... around the corner !



-Chaim

Serafino

Unless you've seen an original correct handwheel in a package, I wouldn't attach a name to them like that. Whatever the later ones were called, we simply don't know what the early, correct ones were called. Nor do the people throwing out old sinks with such treasures on them.

Sym-Cha

Hello again,

Just received my second Exactra 20 with all round bubbles!!!

This is actually the third that I've found on ebay. However
since the second wasn't sold outside the USA I asked our
very own and dear Philip (Rebelscum) to keep an eye out for
it and he nailed it. So perhaps in the near future he could be
persuaded to do a run of them for those who would also like
to have all round replica bubbles in their graflex clamps.

-Chaim

PS Serafino I edited post #30 like you suggested. Also scored
a real Booster in the mean time.

sjorsjo91

Heej Chaim,

Do you think you can help me getting some accurate grips and a calculator bubble strip from anh? I would really like to finish my luke anh graflex.

-Sjors