Luke ROTJ Hero lightsaber comparison pics
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It's the original hero. I saw it a couple months ago
wow!! i seriously hope this comes my way soon, whats the official name of this exhibit? i remember one in boston about 15 years ago.
It's a really lousy way to display to original prop. Its held in a mannequin's hands at least 6 feet away from the viewer in very dim lighting. It's really hard to see any detail.
Martin Sabers
Active Member
Dear all,
Regarding the triangles illumination.
To make it even more simple, a on/off PCB powering two blinking LEDs will be enough. (Like Vader Vault is doing with their hero).
Spirit of OB1 has provided an illumination kit with the crystal chamber he made for the Roman MK1 (see the pictures).
A similar setup can be used. You put the mini PCB inside the control box, solder two standard blinking LEDs in parallel (one red, one green) in front of the injection molded triangles. You drill a hole from the control box towards the hilt to rout the wire to the battery pack, which will be located inside the hilt. The black outside control box button could push/slide the on /off switch inside the box.
Spirit of ob1
Cheers
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Regarding the triangles illumination.
To make it even more simple, a on/off PCB powering two blinking LEDs will be enough. (Like Vader Vault is doing with their hero).
Spirit of OB1 has provided an illumination kit with the crystal chamber he made for the Roman MK1 (see the pictures).
A similar setup can be used. You put the mini PCB inside the control box, solder two standard blinking LEDs in parallel (one red, one green) in front of the injection molded triangles. You drill a hole from the control box towards the hilt to rout the wire to the battery pack, which will be located inside the hilt. The black outside control box button could push/slide the on /off switch inside the box.
Spirit of ob1
Cheers
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Martin Sabers
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erv
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I believe the people above were expecting how to achieve the accurate blinking sequence, not randomly blinking leds or static (that pololu board converts a momentary action to latching to turn the led(s) on and off). In the case it fits, Prizm also features a sequencer (32 stages) that can achieve this (no ads there, just mentionning).
[edit] I'm reading the thread from the very beginning (now) and I understand that's to achieve a display piece with no sound ? Creating a custom PCB that make the light blink is trivial but I'm wondering about the actual demand (vs a saber with sound).
[edit] I'm reading the thread from the very beginning (now) and I understand that's to achieve a display piece with no sound ? Creating a custom PCB that make the light blink is trivial but I'm wondering about the actual demand (vs a saber with sound).
Martin Sabers
Active Member
Merci Emmanuel For having taking the time to read the thread and answer.
In fact the demand for 1 to 1 prop Replicas is quite important. The prop Replicas from Anakin Starkiller are the best ever made and each of his runs are a huge success. I can imagine that over 100 people will register for the run.
As you already understood already we would need a PCB adapted to the control box being able to switch on and off the 2 led and apply the right sequence.
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In fact the demand for 1 to 1 prop Replicas is quite important. The prop Replicas from Anakin Starkiller are the best ever made and each of his runs are a huge success. I can imagine that over 100 people will register for the run.
As you already understood already we would need a PCB adapted to the control box being able to switch on and off the 2 led and apply the right sequence.
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Why not start an interest page and find out what is the interest level and what people want? Faithful replica? Sound and light features?
Lichtbringer
Master Member
Far away from that - nothing i ever bought here was so disappointing as the bad quality i got from him. And his customer service was next to non existent.
I still could slap myself for not immediatly complaining at paypal.
Ridire Firean
Sr Member
L-LUKE! There is a-noth-er H-E...R-O.
Looking around this morning I found these photos from (jere7my tho?rpe)'s photobucket account of The Magic of Myth Exhibit that he took back on November 1, 2001.
This photo he has labeled Vader's lightaber....
And this photo he has labeled Luke's lightsaber...
These are two different versions of the LUKE ROTJ HERO, on two different stands (one stalk painted silver, the other stalk is clear).
The "Vader" has less weathering on the windvane and a rusty Tri-Ring compared to the "Luke".
Both seem to have the blue clamp card and the extra grey bits under the brass right-angle strips.
So, which, if either, of these is the HERO, and how many copies are there?
Looking around this morning I found these photos from (jere7my tho?rpe)'s photobucket account of The Magic of Myth Exhibit that he took back on November 1, 2001.
This photo he has labeled Vader's lightaber....
And this photo he has labeled Luke's lightsaber...
These are two different versions of the LUKE ROTJ HERO, on two different stands (one stalk painted silver, the other stalk is clear).
The "Vader" has less weathering on the windvane and a rusty Tri-Ring compared to the "Luke".
Both seem to have the blue clamp card and the extra grey bits under the brass right-angle strips.
So, which, if either, of these is the HERO, and how many copies are there?
Don't hold me to this but I believe the second photo u posted is a resin copy of the hero
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Yeah, the giveaway is always the tri-ring - rusted = metal hero, shiny = resin casting of the hero.
Ridire Firean
Sr Member
Thanks guys! Has anyone ever researched how many resin castings are floating around out there in various exhibits, displays (Skywalker Ranch, Disney Parks, etc.)?
I know there's at least two LUKE TFA's out there: Disney World and Disney Land.
So I'm curious as to how many "Official" LUKE ROTJ HEROs there are? Because, some of us, not me, but some of us, have to have one of every lightsaber.
I know there's at least two LUKE TFA's out there: Disney World and Disney Land.
So I'm curious as to how many "Official" LUKE ROTJ HEROs there are? Because, some of us, not me, but some of us, have to have one of every lightsaber.
Ridire Firean
Sr Member
HA! Looking more closely at the shiny Tri-Ringed resin copy I can see that the triangle LEDs are painted on!
I'm 99.999% sure that until Obi Wan's ROTS saber, copper didn't appear on screen. Brass, baby, all the way. The shared stunt has a copper painted neck nowadays, but it was touched up (repainted, reflective tape added) for exhibition well after filming wrapped up (ca 95 or so?) . In certain lighting, brass can appear a bit coppery, so that may have informed the paint selection when touching things up. The shared stunt was used as reference for so much merchandising throughout the years that the copper neck proliferated the public consciousness. That's my theory, and unless someone can provide concrete photographic evidence to the contrary, I'm sticking to it.
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