Custom Saber Shop - anyone know anything about them?
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SmilingOtter
Master Member
I've never heard anything bad about them.
Ti-el_terall
Active Member
Awesome! Bought from them many times, fast shipping, good prices on the parts. Whenever I have a had a problem its been easily resolved.
Highly recommend them:thumbsup
Highly recommend them:thumbsup
franz bolo
Sr Member
They are great to deal with. Highly recommended.
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Stinky Dragon
Well-Known Member
Tim is a standup guy! Everything is top-notch quality, and chances are you'll get it very quickly! Can't recommend TCSS enough.
TheDisturbance
Well-Known Member
Umm.. Where to start. The blatant distribution of an infringing soundboard. :unsure
Being personally banned from their forum by their former moderator with no explanation. Even Tim didn't couldn't give me a reason why I was banned. He said it was his moderator's decision. That it wasn't his call. Giving me BS when it's his site and forum. Wouldn't even look into the situation. I was banned for simply showing proof that Hyperblades were brighter when folks were asking for proof. A simple picture. I told Tim that his moderator was a loose cannon and that he never gave a reason for me being banned. As a result of my unexplained account termination we banned Tim and his former moderator from joining our forum. As simple logic would dictate. Expecting to be let in the front door of my home after being stabed in the back? Defies logic. But both Tim and his former moderator like to perpetuate the lie that they have no idea why they can't join our forum. That they are "innocent". A long time afterward Tim finally demoted his former moderator siting multiple reasons. One of the reasons was that he was too harsh to people for a mod. Go figure. :wacko A big :thumbsdown in my book.
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Thanks. I don't know how I haven't heard about that site yet. I read a thing on theforce.net's boards for the Kyle Katarn saber that had a link to that site on it.
Sidewalker
Well-Known Member
I have had several great transactions with them. Fair prices, and high quality products. The stuff about their forum in the Disturbance's post was the first bad thing I've ever heard about TCSS.
To be fair, The Disturbance is a moderator at the forum of Hyperdyne, who produces a competing technology.
There was a scuffle a few years back about luxeon LED vs Hyperblades on various forums, and the LED Blade Q and A's topic on theforce.net archives a few examples of heated posts (and posts moderators edited) from both ends. It was around this time that The Disturbance was banned from TCSS's board.
Nowadays, things seem to be generally calmer, to the benefit of everyone involved.
On topic, I have purchased from Custom Saber Shop and found the transactions to be on the whole satisfactory. No complaints. (The same is true of my experience purchasing from Hyperdyne.)
hyperdyne
Sr Member
To be fair, Tim at TCSS is a business man first. But not an ethical one. He is great at dispersing disinformation, harboring and selling illegal/infringing goods, and bashing anyone who gets in his way. He used to send me emails hoping I would sue his competitor Ultra, since he was cutting into his sales. But then he got into bed with him later on to sell his wares. Anything to make a buck.
Maybe that is good for his customers, if they dont mind doing business with somebody morally bankrupt.
As for competing technologies, there is no comparison. That was put to bed recently. :cool
Maybe that is good for his customers, if they dont mind doing business with somebody morally bankrupt.
As for competing technologies, there is no comparison. That was put to bed recently. :cool
Malaki Skywalker
Well-Known Member
If theres one place on the internet I would recomend for saber building, it has to be TCSS, they have everything you need to build a high quality saber, jon the forum and see the amazing work people have done! 
TheDisturbance
Well-Known Member
How are my comments OFF topic? :confused
Could we please avoid another Hyperdyne vs anyone thread?
No disrespect to you Hyperdyne, I just remember the last thread on here and how it went. It got ugly quick and lasted way too long.
I have bought from Ultra and Tim but not Hyperdyne. Only reason is money. Hyper you have some real nice stuff and its very tempting. Just gotta get more deep pockets lol.
Hyperdyne, take the high road. Let it go.
No disrespect to you Hyperdyne, I just remember the last thread on here and how it went. It got ugly quick and lasted way too long.
I have bought from Ultra and Tim but not Hyperdyne. Only reason is money. Hyper you have some real nice stuff and its very tempting. Just gotta get more deep pockets lol.
Hyperdyne, take the high road. Let it go.
Actually, that was in reference to the majority of my comments. The context of old arguments isn't directly relevant to how good or bad TCSS is.
Your comments were highly relevant, and I'm sorry you misunderstood. :thumbsup
As I have said my fill regarding my experience with TCSS, I am going to stop posting in this thread so that I hopefully won't derail it further.
I needed to slap together a quick saber before SDCC. I bought what I needed from TCSS. Transaction went smoothly, and I recieved the parts in a timely fashion.
I have two complaints. It was hard to figure out what I needed to buy. They're not exactly "n00b-friendly". There's no parts list for a basic saber, and one of the tutorials on their forums is outdated and shows a "basic parts kit" which isn't availiable anymore, though all of the parts for it are.
Second, the adapter for the blade to fit a 1-1/4 sink tube- didn't. I didn't have time to go through the rigamarole of complaining and having another one sent, blah blah so I asked a friend with a lathe to help me out with shaving it down. Once we did that, the saber went together in about an hour and a half.
However, I will say this. After doing this, IMO, a Luxeon based saber basically is a flashlight with a stick on the end, and that's what it looks like. Cheap, and lights up.
If i'd had the time to do it right, I'd have gone with a Hyperblade. There simply is no comparison. You get what you pay for, and if you want your saber to look like it's from a galaxy far far away, a Hyperblade is worth every penny. The reason I figured I didn't have time, was that I didn't see a yellow blade on the Hyperblade site, and that was what I needed.
So, to sum up:
Will TCSS rip you off? NO.
Is a Hyperblade much, much, better looking? YES.
I have two complaints. It was hard to figure out what I needed to buy. They're not exactly "n00b-friendly". There's no parts list for a basic saber, and one of the tutorials on their forums is outdated and shows a "basic parts kit" which isn't availiable anymore, though all of the parts for it are.
Second, the adapter for the blade to fit a 1-1/4 sink tube- didn't. I didn't have time to go through the rigamarole of complaining and having another one sent, blah blah so I asked a friend with a lathe to help me out with shaving it down. Once we did that, the saber went together in about an hour and a half.
However, I will say this. After doing this, IMO, a Luxeon based saber basically is a flashlight with a stick on the end, and that's what it looks like. Cheap, and lights up.
If i'd had the time to do it right, I'd have gone with a Hyperblade. There simply is no comparison. You get what you pay for, and if you want your saber to look like it's from a galaxy far far away, a Hyperblade is worth every penny. The reason I figured I didn't have time, was that I didn't see a yellow blade on the Hyperblade site, and that was what I needed.
So, to sum up:
Will TCSS rip you off? NO.
Is a Hyperblade much, much, better looking? YES.
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I haven't seen either up close, but I've always thought the Luxeon one sounded like a big flashlight. Similar to those little MR lightsaber keychains.
TCSS owns as far as I'm concerned. I've made two MHS sabers and dropped more money than I care to think about at Tim's store. Everything is always high quality.
@Stormleader - Was your luxeon saber just a simple one (battery & resistor) or did it have either Corbin's driver, Erv's dimmer, Ultrasound, or Crystal Focus installed as well? I agree that a simple luxeon is just a light stick, but once you add in a driver board or sound the cool factor increases a TON. Crystal Focus is THE BEST sound card for a lightsaber available PERIOD as far as I'm concerned.
@Stormleader - Was your luxeon saber just a simple one (battery & resistor) or did it have either Corbin's driver, Erv's dimmer, Ultrasound, or Crystal Focus installed as well? I agree that a simple luxeon is just a light stick, but once you add in a driver board or sound the cool factor increases a TON. Crystal Focus is THE BEST sound card for a lightsaber available PERIOD as far as I'm concerned.
