A Lego saber for my son

[acerocket]

My 5 year old son has recently found a love of all things Lego. He particularly like the Power Miners and Star Wars stuff. We got to talking one day and he asked me if I could make him a Lego saber. I figured why not. It took me a lot longer than I had hoped to get around to it but I finally finished it thise week.

I started with a typical Lego Minigig saber and scaled it up 1200% (that's 12 times bigger). I know others have done these before but I went with a pure scaled version and not stretched to make it fit adult hands. It comes in at just about 7.5" long (not counting the blade), 2.814" at the largest diameter and has a 1.5" diameter solid acrylic blade.

With a Graflex for size comparison.

And just because I have to be different.

I am using a Seoul P4 white LED running from a 4 x AAA Ni-MH battery back through a 1000mA constant current Buck convertor.

 

[Jedi Loreen]

Nice, Ace. I like it.

 

[Fenris]

before clicking on this thread, I was expecting to see a lightsabre made out of lego bricks. this is waaaaaayyyy cooler.

did you make it in a way that the blade can be removed just like the lego versions?

 

[Knowone251]

Hey a saber made from legos would also be cool, but this is just over the top! Great job.

 

[Son of Skywalker]

Great job! What's the weight compared to the typical MR/Hasbro FXs?

 

[MurdocXXL]

before clicking on this thread, I was expecting to see a lightsabre made out of lego bricks. this is waaaaaayyyy cooler.

Such was my expection as well, hehe. Anyhow, what i see now is really some steps ahead :thumbsup Well done acerocket. Congrats.

 

[micdavis]

Great job!!

It that base the drop outs on laser cutting Imperial symbols?

 

[Flachzange]

Yeah, I spotted the base as well lol
Great looking saber! Makes for an awesome display!

 

[sabergirl]

Wow, that's the only one I've ever seen light up! Bada**

 

[Monkeywiz]

Any chance of getting adopted so I can have one too?

 

[Primrodo]

That looks GREAT! He must be thrilled!

 

[tkmarti]

Ha !

Brilliant work...Lucky lad !

 

[franz bolo]

That is sweet!! My son is also a LEGO fanatic! I can't wait to show him tonight!!

FB

 

[lint]

that is really great. what a cool dad!

 

[acerocket]

To answer some of the questions asked so far.

Yes, the blade is removable. There is a single set screw that holds it in.

Weight is a little less than 4 pounds. It was cut from 2" and 3" solid round bar. The blade is solid acrylic 1.5" diameter by 15.25" long. So the weight is up there.

The base (stand) is something I got from a member of the FX-Sabers forum a few years ago. Don't really know the story behind the design. It's the only stand I have for showing off sabers.

Sorry, but I don't plan on adopting anyone right now.

Thanks for all the compliments so far. My son enjoys playing with it. But we had to institute a 'no Jedis in the house' rule after he knocked a picture off the bookshelf.

 

[DJP]

That’s just an awesome job! This is one of the nicest I've seen. :thumbsup

 

[Darth_cepe]

Ace thats awesome

 

[00MrNotWrong00]

I think this is my favorite saber :love

 

[sithcundman]

Excellent Saber...does it come in red?

 

[TK-2126_MD]

ur a great dad!!!!!