Would love to see the fabric covered memory foam saber :thumbsup
TFA Graflex Research (That's a Graflex, right? Force Awakens teaser trailer #2)
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Would love to see the fabric covered memory foam saber :thumbsup
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It looks like the edge connector in the pic where Finn is holding it has the thin traces on the opposite side from existing replicas. On the left side of the thicker trace instead of the right, so it would appear both versions are screen accurate. It's difficult to tell for sure, but it almost looks like the lines in the clamp wrap are not cut all the way through the material. There's definitely some shadow indicating some depth, but there's also some lighter color in there as well. To me this indicates either it's not cut all the way through or it is cut all the way through and that lighter color is the actual clamp underneath. You would expect to see the actual clamp lines under the cut outs but maybe it didn't line up perfectly...?
Also, it appears as though the Maz box saber and the Rey handing to Luke saber are possibly the same Hero prop based on the length of the grips.
For sure. The Hero appears to have the shorter grips.
Luke the Belter
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Or maybe by pushing the saber into the snow the bottom tube is pushed some millimeters farther inside than in the other scenes xD
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That wouldn't explain the grips going all the way to the pommel end of the tube though. A clear difference from the Hero in Maz's box where they stop short by a millimeter or two.
cayman shen
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In the snow, are the rivets closer to the pommel as well, or is the section below the rivets simply longer? It seems to me the whole grip is shifted toward the pommel.
I remember pointing out the Finn saber looked to have traces on the opposite side back in January:
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=237477&page=63&p=3864281&viewfull=1#post3864281
Which is kind of a drag since none of the reps are on that side now.
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=237477&page=63&p=3864281&viewfull=1#post3864281
Which is kind of a drag since none of the reps are on that side now.
JoMamma_Smurf
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I'm with the long grips crew and anyone who has owned a real G R A F L E X knows that there is a certain amount of play with the bottom and upper tubes in the clamp. you can pull down on the lower tube and create a gap that gives the illusion of shorter grips. Also, like anything in this hobby.. there are several versions of the prop and it all depends on which we're looking at.
You're right it could very well be that the grips are the same length on Hero and stunt, it's just the placement that is different on the bottom tube. The Hero clearly has them with a gap on each end, but the snow saber, I'm assuming to be a stunt of some sort, has them lined up to the end of the tube.
JoMamma_Smurf
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Ohhh I see what you're saying.
Wardog2a
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Quick fun-fact concerning the snow scene.
I was listening to the March 11th Nerdist Podcast with J.J. Abrams and Dan Trachtenberg and just learned some additional information about the climatic snow scene. During the interview J.J. Abrams explains that he was unhappy with the snow scene because it didn't feature enough close-ups of Rey. In order to get the shots he wanted he actually reshot the close ups for the snow scene in his California Bad Robot studio. He (J.J.) specifically mentioned the shot of Ren and Ray face to face before Rey overpowers Ren. J.J. never mentions the props used but maybe the stunt saber used in the reshot scenes could actually be a quick 3D-Print job, especially if the original props were no longer available for the stateside reshoot.
I was listening to the March 11th Nerdist Podcast with J.J. Abrams and Dan Trachtenberg and just learned some additional information about the climatic snow scene. During the interview J.J. Abrams explains that he was unhappy with the snow scene because it didn't feature enough close-ups of Rey. In order to get the shots he wanted he actually reshot the close ups for the snow scene in his California Bad Robot studio. He (J.J.) specifically mentioned the shot of Ren and Ray face to face before Rey overpowers Ren. J.J. never mentions the props used but maybe the stunt saber used in the reshot scenes could actually be a quick 3D-Print job, especially if the original props were no longer available for the stateside reshoot.
So far I'm betting on rivets!
In the plane back home on Monday, a Boeing dreamliner, TFA was in the entertainment system! So I had another good look at the Maz box scene:
Still hard to tell, but I'm pretty sure
Roy
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I knew HD screen caps would answer all our questions.
Absolutely, the grips on the saber in the snow do look like they go all the way to the end of the bottom tube. With that said, every other saber seems to show short grips that are short on both ends, short of the clamp and short of the tube endcap.
If the snow saber was a stunt due to a practical effect it may be different than the Hero seen in every other single shot in the movie.
I can't wait for the Blu-Ray and the special features.
Absolutely, the grips on the saber in the snow do look like they go all the way to the end of the bottom tube. With that said, every other saber seems to show short grips that are short on both ends, short of the clamp and short of the tube endcap.
If the snow saber was a stunt due to a practical effect it may be different than the Hero seen in every other single shot in the movie.
I can't wait for the Blu-Ray and the special features.
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