The OT stunt lightsaber blades research thread

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The Barbican I guess also had one of these blades in it remember
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I've been trying to figure that saber out for a while now... It doesn't resemble the Bies stunts since those are all casts of the Energizer according to Seth's guide

" In 1995, Lucasfilm provided Fox with 18 Darth Vader costumes for various promotional tours and events. The lightsabers that accompanied these costumes were all resin casts of the original Bunny saber. " I believe there are 4 or 5 of those 18 that we have pictures of. (unless these date before 1995)

Sansweet's saber only resembles the Planet Hollywood one:
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(not my image)

And all the details don't even mach this one either.

Anyhow, great research going on in this thread! I love it!
 
The cast point doesnt refer to pieces made for promotional stuff in lieu of the barbican and energizer hilts. The planet hollywood is another example
 
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The blade on Sansweet‘s saber doesn‘t look like a vintage HMP CX-4 to me. On the other two pics the blade is short, perhaps it is broken off at some point?

I talked with thd9791 about this, but there are 8 ft. versions of the same antennas made. Could they have sourced some, chopped them in half, and used both for fencing rigs? I think so.
 
Amphenol Procom CXL 2-1 is 16mm at base, too small for the ones we're looking for, FYI
 
I've been trying to figure that saber out for a while now... It doesn't resemble the Bies stunts since those are all casts of the Energizer according to Seth's guide

" In 1995, Lucasfilm provided Fox with 18 Darth Vader costumes for various promotional tours and events. The lightsabers that accompanied these costumes were all resin casts of the original Bunny saber. " I believe there are 4 or 5 of those 18 that we have pictures of. (unless these date before 1995)

Sansweet's saber only resembles the Planet Hollywood one:
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(not my image)

And all the details don't even mach this one either.

Anyhow, great research going on in this thread! I love it!
Actually you bring up another good point. it looks a LOT like the Planet hollywood saber. Same weird T track piece, same lever in the same weird position, same type of box, though smaller, and the shroud is similar but smaller in dimensions.
 
Actually you bring up another good point. it looks a LOT like the Planet hollywood saber. Same weird T track piece, same lever in the same weird position, same type of box, though smaller, and the shroud is similar but smaller in dimensions.
I‘m pretty sure I‘ve seen a similar saber on another display Vader around 1992, when they were promoting the opening of PH restaurants here in Germany.
 
Sorry guys, I had a used Glomex that was 5' that I was going to cut down and test using bigger antenna but it never left california, ordered weeks ago, and the post office can't find it.

I have a new order for 2 used Digital Antenna brand (which seems like a super generic chinese knockoff) but those haven't been shipped either... getting a little fed up

There are 2 Italian brands I'm looking up today
 
Can you stage a photo at the same kind of position as the kid in that picture, see if I can do some photoshop overlays?

Just to help us try and find an alternative to your HMP
Does this help?
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My aluminum inner cores and the outer rings for the antenna blades are still not ready yet.

I have just noticed that my second vintage HMP CX-4 antenna is about an inch shorter compared to my other one.
 
Vadermania that looks so good! It really looks the part - I can't wait to see Halliwaxes comparison to the Glomex or the screen used ones

So, folks, things are really screwed up for the PO here in the states too, PSA to lengthen your expectations and be flexible. The same disappearing package situation happened with my latest antenna order too.

Weirdly enough, yesterday I called the California station about the other one, who claimed he probably never dropped it off, only for it to appear as found, and "out for delivery" today
 
Vadermania that looks so good! It really looks the part - I can't wait to see Halliwaxes comparison to the Glomex or the screen used ones

So, folks, things are really screwed up for the PO here in the states too, PSA to lengthen your expectations and be flexible. The same disappearing package situation happened with my latest antenna order too.

Weirdly enough, yesterday I called the California station about the other one, who claimed he probably never dropped it off, only for it to appear as found, and "out for delivery" today

Dude.. we have 3 18 wheelers of packages behind UPS locked up... they are so far behind, now some packages have foods and meats which are now expired and leaking on all the other packages.. total chaos in my area when it comes to packages. I’ve had 3 lost in the last 4 months..
 
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