Hasbro rejected his automatic lightsaber toy design so he built it anyway: Goliath Power Saber
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The “Magic Hilt”
Yair Shilo teases that the Power Saber is “just the beginning” for his patented design, which he’s colloquially calling the “Magic Hilt.”
What else does he want it to do? He says he’s currently working on how to shrink down the mechanism further, partly so he can get the saber down to movie-accurate proportions, and partly so it could fit in other kinds of sabers too. Double sabers, crossguard sabers, darksabers, even build-your-own-lightsaber kits — he’d like to add automatic mechanisms to all of them
Yair Shilo teases that the Power Saber is “just the beginning” for his patented design, which he’s colloquially calling the “Magic Hilt.”
What else does he want it to do? He says he’s currently working on how to shrink down the mechanism further, partly so he can get the saber down to movie-accurate proportions, and partly so it could fit in other kinds of sabers too. Double sabers, crossguard sabers, darksabers, even build-your-own-lightsaber kits — he’d like to add automatic mechanisms to all of them
Mara Jade's Father
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I saw those on the shelves back around 25 July. I posted some images here…
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Maybe they will find their audience. I sort of feel like it’s something that should have come out 20 years ago. For me, it only has appeal as a novelty but not a novelty worth $60. So much more is out there for lightsabers that seem more appealing than this product.
As to why Hasbro backed away, I wonder if they felt it might not hold up to long term play by kids. I also think they have abandoned anything between toy lightsabers which focus on young kids and playability such as interchangeable parts and the adult collectors elite fx lightsabers. They used to make a lot various mid range toys such as some really nice kid size fx lightsabers and some pretty accurate sized and detailed hilts with collapsing blade and also the spring loaded blades. I have to wonder if their sales tended to either find that after a certain age, kids tended to want the higher end elite hilts so they stopped making mid range lightsaber toys. Maybe Hasbro has something better coming along up their sleeve. It is an interesting question.
New Hasbro Toy Lightsabers
I wonder why Kanan's is $189 at the parks but only $159 on line. There are a lot of differences in prices on line compared to the park.
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Maybe they will find their audience. I sort of feel like it’s something that should have come out 20 years ago. For me, it only has appeal as a novelty but not a novelty worth $60. So much more is out there for lightsabers that seem more appealing than this product.
As to why Hasbro backed away, I wonder if they felt it might not hold up to long term play by kids. I also think they have abandoned anything between toy lightsabers which focus on young kids and playability such as interchangeable parts and the adult collectors elite fx lightsabers. They used to make a lot various mid range toys such as some really nice kid size fx lightsabers and some pretty accurate sized and detailed hilts with collapsing blade and also the spring loaded blades. I have to wonder if their sales tended to either find that after a certain age, kids tended to want the higher end elite hilts so they stopped making mid range lightsaber toys. Maybe Hasbro has something better coming along up their sleeve. It is an interesting question.
Bloop
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I had some ideas for my own extending/retracting lightsaber which are different from from any of the ones out there, but I haven't gotten past the theorizing stage. On a related note I'm currently hoping to make extending/retracting, full-size Wolverine claws (not telescopic) for the costume I'm working on - if I have enough time after doing the rest of the costume.
ghostryder
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Which one is this?
First I’ve seen of this… and with the right lighting I bet it looks better than the disney one
Mara Jade's Father
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Looks like it a homemade one. I believe what you are seeing is video from a convention attendee. The guy fascinated in the video looks to be someone at a sales table selling other lightsabers. There are a number of people on YouTube who have been experimenting with such items.
drusselmeyer
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One more feature and it would be flawless.
drusselmeyer
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With that proof of concept, it's just an engineering challenge now.
There maybe a more efficient way of doing it without the middle screw BTW.
There maybe a more efficient way of doing it without the middle screw BTW.
I bet Hasbro backed out of the deal because they wanted to make a certain per-unit profit and the only way to make that profit would be to set the selling price at a level where they knew it wouldn’t sell.
The BS or Disney sabers are still toys, but because they have metal hilts with long, bright LED blades it’s easier for the consumer to pay $100+ for a ‘toy lightsaber’. But a plastic toy lightsaber- no matter how cool, is seen as something that should have a lower ‘toy’ cost so you can only charge so much for them.
I think the Power Saber is really cool, but I’d never pay $60 for it. Hasbro probably needed to sell them for $75-$100 to make the profit they wanted but they knew if they tried it would be a big financial loss for them.
The BS or Disney sabers are still toys, but because they have metal hilts with long, bright LED blades it’s easier for the consumer to pay $100+ for a ‘toy lightsaber’. But a plastic toy lightsaber- no matter how cool, is seen as something that should have a lower ‘toy’ cost so you can only charge so much for them.
I think the Power Saber is really cool, but I’d never pay $60 for it. Hasbro probably needed to sell them for $75-$100 to make the profit they wanted but they knew if they tried it would be a big financial loss for them.
Do we have any context for this? Where was it shot? When?
I also wonder how durable it’ll be, considering the whole Galactic Starcruiser debacle
I have a feeling they’ll charge extra premium for this while being less quality than the Legacies
I have a feeling they’ll charge extra premium for this while being less quality than the Legacies
I have a feeling it’s going to be almost identical to what’s out now..
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