And now the winners of the "2009 $1. Store lightsaber contest."
- Thread starter jason1976
- Start date
AndiB
New Member
Re: Voting is here, for the 2009 $1. Store lightsaber contest.
Oh..so many wonderful choices..
As much as I love #14 for its detail...Im gonna go with
#4
For its general look.
But they are all winners. My son is going NUTS seeing what can be done from dollar store parts...
I have a feeling he will be attempting to build his 1st saber soon after this!!
So please give details, when contest is over!!
:lol
:angel
Oh..so many wonderful choices..
As much as I love #14 for its detail...Im gonna go with
#4
For its general look.
But they are all winners. My son is going NUTS seeing what can be done from dollar store parts...
I have a feeling he will be attempting to build his 1st saber soon after this!!
So please give details, when contest is over!!
:lol
:angel
Bizarro Lois
Sr Member
Re: Voting is here, for the 2009 $1. Store lightsaber contest.
I keep looking over the entries, and there a quite a few that I wish I had built, but I keep coming back to #2. So that's the one that gets my vote, just for the Obi-Wan look.
I keep looking over the entries, and there a quite a few that I wish I had built, but I keep coming back to #2. So that's the one that gets my vote, just for the Obi-Wan look.
Combat Gerbil
Well-Known Member
Re: Voting is here, for the 2009 $1. Store lightsaber contest.
#7 for me...
#7 for me...
frostbolt85
New Member
Re: Voting is here, for the 2009 $1. Store lightsaber contest.
Wow, these are really hard to decide on. They're all great! My vote is for number 15 though. The cross-section shot in number 14 is great, but I really like the simplicity of number 15.
Wow, these are really hard to decide on. They're all great! My vote is for number 15 though. The cross-section shot in number 14 is great, but I really like the simplicity of number 15.
Mill. Falsehood
New Member
Re: Voting is here, for the 2009 $1. Store lightsaber contest.
After looking through them all, I have to go with #3. It's hard to believe it was built on a dollar.
After looking through them all, I have to go with #3. It's hard to believe it was built on a dollar.
jedi_master_adam
Well-Known Member
Re: Voting is here, for the 2009 $1. Store lightsaber contest.
All the entries were great. I had a lot of fun with this contest. My vote goes for 10.
All the entries were great. I had a lot of fun with this contest. My vote goes for 10.
electric jay
Well-Known Member
Re: Voting is here, for the 2009 $1. Store lightsaber contest.
#14 gets my vote.
#14 gets my vote.
Re: Voting is here, for the 2009 $1. Store lightsaber contest.
Ok, I'm back in town. Yes, I'm sorry, I rote my reply rather quickly Friday. Since most of the entries came in via e-mail the time stamps on them where corect (for there time zone), but since this is a mater of the board setting, this time, I guess that wont work quite as well. I never set mine to local time actually, because i have my local time right here on my desk top. (and I like seeing it in "board time"
)
There is still a lot of country left living on the 9th, when we here in the eastern states, move on in to the 10th. and for those on the West coast, it's still "prime time" (for the TV fans), when we make the switch here. So rather then cut off all those votes. I'll wait until it turns 12:01 on the West coast.
Sound Fair to all? (Hey we are just working out the kinks, it will go much smoother next year. )
Ok, I'm back in town. Yes, I'm sorry, I rote my reply rather quickly Friday. Since most of the entries came in via e-mail the time stamps on them where corect (for there time zone), but since this is a mater of the board setting, this time, I guess that wont work quite as well. I never set mine to local time actually, because i have my local time right here on my desk top. (and I like seeing it in "board time"
)There is still a lot of country left living on the 9th, when we here in the eastern states, move on in to the 10th. and for those on the West coast, it's still "prime time" (for the TV fans), when we make the switch here. So rather then cut off all those votes. I'll wait until it turns 12:01 on the West coast.
Sound Fair to all? (Hey we are just working out the kinks, it will go much smoother next year.
)
Last edited:
Re: Voting is here, for the 2009 $1. Store lightsaber contest.
Some really nice sabres, kudos to all participants!
# 7 gets my vote.
Besides,
As far as I understand do we (most members of this board, participants and voters) have an affinity to precision and accuracy - especially regarding the weapon of Force users.
Virtually the entire world, consistently spells the French word sabre correctly as ''sabRE''. Except that is, for the United States. In the USA, sport-fencers know that the word is spelled sabRE, but common convention employs the curious spelling ''sabER'', largely for the curved sword used by US cavalry forces last century. It is a curious linguistic convention that in the USA, virtually ALL French/Latin-derived spellings of this sort have been reversed, such as ''metER'' for metre & ''litER'' for litre, even ''centER'' for centre. Even the British, who have a far greater history of linguistic animosity towards the French, spell gallic words correctly.
Whilst STARWARS *IS* a US funded production, even IT originally spelled the word according to international conventions!
According to published LUCASFILM policy, ONLY the movies themselves, the film novels and the radio-plays are to be considered canonical - and in that order. The first edition of the ANH novel, therefore, is THE most canonical written source available. There, the word is spelled "lightsabre". To date, the only instance of the word "sabre" seen on screen was during the credits to TESB, where it was also spelled sabRE (a reference to the 'sabre system' CGI-FX programme developed by ILM and used for the sword effects onscreen).
Accordingly, why not choose to spell "sabre" according to international-English conventions? If a few less broadly minded fans have a problem with this policy, we can only crave their indulgence.
No offense, just a thought!
Cheers,
Falk
Some really nice sabres, kudos to all participants!
# 7 gets my vote.
Besides,
As far as I understand do we (most members of this board, participants and voters) have an affinity to precision and accuracy - especially regarding the weapon of Force users.
Virtually the entire world, consistently spells the French word sabre correctly as ''sabRE''. Except that is, for the United States. In the USA, sport-fencers know that the word is spelled sabRE, but common convention employs the curious spelling ''sabER'', largely for the curved sword used by US cavalry forces last century. It is a curious linguistic convention that in the USA, virtually ALL French/Latin-derived spellings of this sort have been reversed, such as ''metER'' for metre & ''litER'' for litre, even ''centER'' for centre. Even the British, who have a far greater history of linguistic animosity towards the French, spell gallic words correctly.
Whilst STARWARS *IS* a US funded production, even IT originally spelled the word according to international conventions!
According to published LUCASFILM policy, ONLY the movies themselves, the film novels and the radio-plays are to be considered canonical - and in that order. The first edition of the ANH novel, therefore, is THE most canonical written source available. There, the word is spelled "lightsabre". To date, the only instance of the word "sabre" seen on screen was during the credits to TESB, where it was also spelled sabRE (a reference to the 'sabre system' CGI-FX programme developed by ILM and used for the sword effects onscreen).
Accordingly, why not choose to spell "sabre" according to international-English conventions? If a few less broadly minded fans have a problem with this policy, we can only crave their indulgence.
No offense, just a thought!
Cheers,
Falk
Re: Voting is here, for the 2009 $1. Store lightsaber contest.
I am voting for #5.
I think there was a tremendous amount of creativity displayed in this contest -- moreso than I am used to seeing in how people make lightsabers. Congratulations to everyone who entered! You all did a fantastic job.
I am voting for #5.
I think there was a tremendous amount of creativity displayed in this contest -- moreso than I am used to seeing in how people make lightsabers. Congratulations to everyone who entered! You all did a fantastic job.
Similar threads
