I watched a video of the saber-building experience, and geez louise, I felt like I was either having to listen to a timeshare pitch, or was being brainwashed into joining a cult. I half expected to be asked to relinquish all my earthly possessions and break contact with all friends and family. Creeped me the hell out.
I'm also not in love with the saber designs...I don't hate 'em, but they aren't grabbing me. They're thicker than any of the movie props, for one thing, making them seem toylike. Some have sculpted-in aging and schmutz which just comes across looking like a sloppy product instead of antique. And the customization is limited because first you have to pick one of four styles, and customize only within pieces presented to you of that style. You choose between two available parts for each of the four sections of the saber, so that's, what, a total of 16 different variations you could achieve from each style, meaning 64 possible sabers the experience can produce (not counting blade color), as opposed to 256 that could result from being able to mix and match between all styles.
I like the less formal free-for-all of the droid thing, though. I notice that matching L-R legs are taped together---I wonder if you wanted legs of different colors they would let you break up sets.
