Disney Parks Han Solo blaster?

[WyoWilliam]

Anybody own one of these? I'm less interested in the gun than I am the sound card/ speaker inside of it. I've been having a hard time finding the Rubies gun with the actual "movie" sounds (also blue and orange, interestingly) so was thinking this might work, or maybe even be better?

 

[H0llyw00d]

I'm in the same boat, man. For my DEC/Denix Han ANH build (Thanks Dave, you God you)

Don't get the current Rubies or the '96 Hasbro (see pics below). The Rubies sounds like a gun and the speaker on the Hasbro is so bad I'm not sure what it sounds like but it is NOT a DL-44. Maybe when I pair the Rubies speaker with the Hasbro board... I dunno. And I'm pretty sure the Kenner from the 70's will have a board too big to fit. Blah...

Before this is over I have a sneaking suspicion I will wish I had bit the bullet and bought the BlasterCore. :/

 

[Blue Leader]

I've seen videos of the new stormtrooper blaster (with the two firing modes) but I haven't seen anything about this blaster yet. I'm pretty curious about it myself.

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

The Disney one looks like you could take the scope off and with some work convert it to an ESB/ROTJ blaster easier than the Rubies where the scope is part of the body.

 

[WyoWilliam]

Don't get the current Rubies or the '96 Hasbro (see pics below). The Rubies sounds like a gun and the speaker on the Hasbro is so bad I'm not sure what it sounds like but it is NOT a DL-44. Maybe when I pair the Rubies speaker with the Hasbro board... I dunno. And I'm pretty sure the Kenner from the 70's will have a board too big to fit. Blah...

Yeah, I used a rubies sound card (from the blue/ orange version that actually sounded like a blaster) paired with a cell phone speaker, and that worked pretty well. Seems like all those wankers on ebay hoping to make a quick buck bought the good ones up and slapped some black paint on them to sell for $75.

 

[xl97]

maybe source a soundboard from an external vendor? more expensive, but quality.

There have been many people post their sound stuff..


PlecterLabs sells a BlasterCore board that is design the put any sound fonts/files you want on it..

 

[H0llyw00d]

Actually... I'm not completely disgusted. I took the new Rubies speaker and AAA battery compartment and paired it with the Hasbro board and fire control group. It sounds WAY better. Almost blaster-esque if I may say so myself. Now to file down the battery compartment, rout out the grips, drill sound holes in the grip slot, etc., etc.,... whew. :/

 

[Jedifather]

That thing looks ridiculous.

Anybody own one of these? I'm less interested in the gun than I am the sound card/ speaker inside of it. I've been having a hard time finding the Rubies gun with the actual "movie" sounds (also blue and orange, interestingly) so was thinking this might work, or maybe even be better?

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[H0llyw00d]

Buuuuutt...? How does it sound? Bump.

 

[RowBoatCop]

I have the rubies blue/orange one, I've always thought it sounds pretty decent

 

[RexKramer]

I LOVE that they have Han holding the toy on the packaging.

 

[H0llyw00d]

Bump. Anybody bought one of these yet? How's the sound? As good as the 2008 Rubies?

 

[Bradleyfett]

And I'm pretty sure the Kenner from the 70's will have a board too big to fit.

I don't mean to derail the thread, but I found this funny; the old Kenner blaster from the 70s didn't have a sound board; it was a motor with a gear on it that spun against a piece of plastic making a 'zzzzzzzzzzzzzz' sound!

Mark

 

[Contec]

I LOVE that they have Han holding the toy on the packaging.

So it must be screen accurate then...

 

[H0llyw00d]

Finally bit the bullet and bought the Disney blaster. Not bad at all! The sound is loud and definitely Star Wars blastery and the flashing red LED is pretty cool. I think I can work with this for my DEC ANH build:



It is powered by AAs however. Is there any chance this might work to power the board, speaker and LED?

http://www.adafruit.com/products/783



If so I think it could all fit in the magazine well of the Denix.

 

[WyoWilliam]

Mmmm... I think at 6v you would run the risk of frying the sound board. I assume that the blaster runs on two AA's? So, you're looking at 3v. and you can achieve that with either two AAA's, 2 button cells, or if you have a charger one of the small LiPo 3.7v batteries used in small flying toys and readily available on ebay.

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What about one of the other Hasbro offerings for a soundboard? I'm think specifically or the Jango or Boba Fett blasters that are still fairly readily available? Do they sound right?

 

[Blue Leader]

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What about one of the other Hasbro offerings for a soundboard? I'm think specifically or the Jango or Boba Fett blasters that are still fairly readily available? Do they sound right?

I don't think that Hasbro makes Jango blasters anymore. Not that I've seen, anyway. The only ones I see now are Rubies costume blasters in the Jango style and the sound card on those is horrible.

This is the Rubies blaster...

 

[Darth Lars]

Please do post a sound recording of the Disney blaster!

It is powered by AAs however. Is there any chance this might work to power the board, speaker and LED?
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If so I think it could all fit in the magazine well of the Denix.

A basic 2×AAA holder would only be a couple mm thicker and be able to hold more charge. Plus, easier to get replacements or to use rechargeable batteries.
A 2×AAA holder with on/off-switch would be too long though.

BTW, mind the bolt that holds the scope bracket. I have a big nut on the inside of the magwell because I find the wall to be too thin to hold a 1/4 thread on its own.
Maybe it would be possible to weld the bolt to a piece of thin sheet steel and epoxy it in there from the inside but that would be a very tight fit.
It might be easier to replace the spacer on the outside with a smaller nut for better fit and epoxy or weld that on to the rod, which would you would then epoxy to the outside of the magwell and the hole.

 

[WyoWilliam]

Uhg. That is awful. I see that the Boba Fett blaster is better, but sounds an awful lot like how they made the original sound effect - hitting a guide wire. Check it out at about 1:45 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxISCCoA5B8

 

[WyoWilliam]

BTW, mind the bolt that holds the scope bracket. I have a big nut on the inside of the magwell because I find the wall to be too thin to hold a 1/4 thread on its own.
Maybe it would be possible to weld the bolt to a piece of thin sheet steel and epoxy it in there from the inside but that would be a very tight fit.
It might be easier to replace the spacer on the outside with a smaller nut for better fit and epoxy or weld that on to the rod, which would you would then epoxy to the outside of the magwell and the hole.

I was worried about that front nut also at first, but found that once the posts were tightened down with the check nuts on the scope cross-bar that they were pretty stable and didn't really need additional support inside the mag well. (I have a pretty heavy scope assembly, too.) I wouldn't want to hit it hard with anything and dropping it could be a problem, but for regular use, I've had no problem with a well-tapped denix mag wall.