My Newest Real Parts Lightsaber Addition - A Genuine MPP Microflash Flashgun!!

Peacefrog35 · Feb 10, 2016

RayR said:
Beautiful Flash! I just got my Parks today. I am also keeping the nameplate. This is very accurate with just a few tiny things to make perfectionists crazy, lol Here are a few quick shots and 1 with my Graflex
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Very nice. When did you order it from Parks? I've contemplated getting one. I had one a few years ago and sold it. I just don't want to wait forever to get it. I've emailed and called him with no reply at all. I won't beg him to take my money.

RayR · Feb 10, 2016

If you are in a hurry...oops, lol I ordered this Oct. 12, 2015. and got it Feb. 10, 2016. I got a reply to about 50% of my emails. The price and craftsmanship is great, but you will probably have to wait more than advertised. And customer service doesn't seem to be a priority. I knew that going in from reading a lot of forums. Plus the work load is up out to the latest movie. I was shocked to see this very Parks MPP sell used on eBay for $400 last month. If you don't mind the wait, Jeff makes a great product at great price, IMO.

Jedi Reali · Feb 10, 2016

I have a Larbel MPP and I've thought about buying a Parks and combining the two, using the more accurate parts from each, but I read somewhere that they are different diameters. Can anyone confirm this? I don't see why they shouldn't be interchangeable if they were both modeled off of real MPP's. :unsure

Sym-Cha · Feb 11, 2016

Well as for the endcap my Larbel has the 3 ridges in the black center piece, whereas you can see the new Parks does not ... however I was lucky to receive a real spare vintage MPP endcap and that does fit perfectly on my Larbel so I swapped those. The Larbel endcap now sits comfortably on a Heiland 3 cell and improved it by much eventhough it's fatter than the MPP ... so that said I think you could swap between the endcaps even with a Parks ... what other parts were you considering of swapping?

Chaim

Jedi Reali · Feb 11, 2016

Sym-Cha said:
what other parts were you considering of swapping?

Well namely the endcap and the clamp tube (just the metal tube) from the Larbel onto a Parks. I like the Larbel just fine, but Parks has the correct large B port and metal details inside the ports, neither of which the Larbel has. But Larbel does have the correct "3 lines" endcap, which Parks does not. The Larbel clamp shape looks more accurate, but others have said Parks' clamp sleeve and sidebars are superior. This old thread gets into it:
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=3858

I used to be less into Vader's saber before the prop "discovery". Now I'm totally into it but I haven't converted my Larbels for ESB & ROTJ yet. I don't aspire to ever own a real MPP, so combining a Parks and a Larbel sounds ideal to me. But I wouldn't order a Parks without first knowing for sure that Larbel parts will fit it. I'm hoping someone here has firsthand knowledge.

Edraven99 · Dec 30, 2016

Sigh.... I've really got to stop hanging out with teecrooz... he's a bad influence (or a good one, depending on your certain point of view

)

So this happened... again...

Haven't gotten it yet, but it's on its way!

kevin926 · Dec 30, 2016

Nice score! Again. I can't wait to go on my flash gun pic in a week or so. I know he doesn't have an mpp but he may have parts.

Solos blaster · Dec 30, 2016

OMG, that's beautiful!! Nice grab.

I hope to get an MPP someday(don't we all?), I'm not sure which one I would convert it to though :lol. The ESB is my favorite, but the ANH is the original. And I have replicas of each. I'll worry about that bridge when I get to it I guess.

SO an ANH build now?

kevin926 · Dec 30, 2016

Solos blaster said:
OMG, that's beautiful!! Nice grab.

I hope to get an MPP someday(don't we all?), I'm not sure which one I would convert it to though :lol. The ESB is my favorite, but the ANH is the original. And I have replicas of each. I'll worry about that bridge when I get to it I guess.

SO an ANH build now?

You make a good point. I have a Parks that I upgraded with the help of Roy's parts and turned it into an esb version. Now that roman is showing interest in making an mpp, I may just get one and make it the anh version. I originally wanted to keep it anh, however the esb looks so cool I just couldn't resit

veektohr · Dec 30, 2016

Nice score!

Sieg · Dec 30, 2016

Whoah! Nice! Where'd you score it, and what kind of price range are we talking? If you don't mind my asking, that is. I'm trying to get an MPP now that I have a few Graflex flashes I'm building.

Edraven99 · Dec 30, 2016

Thanks guys! Honestly I have no idea what I'm going to do with it yet.

It's not perfect - it's once again a two-step shroud and more notably it's missing it's clamp - but it's got the correct end cap and sloped emitter and more importantly, I managed to pick it up for a really good price!

My thought is an ANH build, but we'll see...

Sieg · Dec 30, 2016

Edraven99 said:
Thanks guys! Honestly I have no idea what I'm going to do with it yet.

It's not perfect - it's once again a two-step shroud and more notably it's missing it's clamp - but it's got the correct end cap and sloped emitter and more importantly, I managed to pick it up for a really good price!

My thought is an ANH build, but we'll see...

Not ebay then, I would imagine.... :lol

Edraven99 · Dec 30, 2016

Sieg said:
Not ebay then, I would imagine.... :lol

Lol... definitely not eBay. I guess there's no harm; I managed to snag it for £325 - so about $400 US. Not as good as Roy's €100, but infinitely better than the $1,000+ that the last few on eBay have gone for :wacko

Sieg · Dec 30, 2016

Edraven99 said:
Lol... definitely not eBay. I guess there's no harm; I managed to snag it for £325 - so about $400 US. Not as good as Roy's €100, but infinitely better than the $1,000+ that the last few on eBay have gone for :wacko

Nice!! Definitely a lot better than ebay hahahaha.

DARTH SABER · Dec 30, 2016

Congrats!

I picked up an MPP on Ebay for about $250 years ago.
Shortly after i won the auction i was contacted by several members of the RPF who had just missed the auction.
Thats how i found my way to the RPF.

Panaflex · Dec 31, 2016

Fantastic score!
Good luck on your build which ever one you go for.

Edraven99 · Dec 31, 2016

A couple of more photos for you viewing pleasure:

Sym-Cha · Dec 31, 2016

Sieg said:
Whoah! Nice! Where'd you score it, and what kind of price range are we talking? If you don't mind my asking, that is. I'm trying to get an MPP now that I have a few Graflex flashes I'm building.

Prices may vary ... from $5 at a swap meat or vintage photography events, if you ever come accross one, and pretend to be into vintage photography ... to $1500 on ebay nowadays ... especially when more folks will realise it was a vintage MPP that was used in Rogue One ... eventhough we never got a nice close-up :wacko

Chaïm

kevin926 · Dec 31, 2016

Sym-Cha said:
Prices may vary ... from $5 at a swap meat or vintage photography events, if you ever come accross one, and pretend to be into vintage photography ... to $1500 on ebay nowadays ... especially when more folks will realise it was a vintage MPP that was used in Rogue One ... eventhough we never got a nice close-up :wacko

Chaïm

So if someone had a real graflex, perhaps it could be traded for a real mpp?

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