While looking around Dallas Comic Con convention, I met another great vender, Ultrasabers.com. This company sells custom designed lightsaber to call your own. Or you can buy off-the-shelf lightsaber designs that have already been constructed.
I played with some of their designs and it turns out that these aren’t anything like the lightsabers that you find in toy stores. Ultrasabers have different colored lights, offer a variety of sounds, and are constructed to be more like a real lightsaber. I noticed that one of the lightsabers in particular looked exactly like the one that the hooded figure (the newest Dark Jedi) was holding in the trailer for the movie, The Force Awakens.
This new lightsaber looked something like a traditional sword with a cross-guard. Normally other lightsabers do not have any cross-guards on them, so I was impressed that this one did. Even cooler: the cross-guard on the saber was also in lazar mode so it lights up just like the blade of the lightsaber itself. Here’s a look at the handle:
So how much do these lightsabers cost? According to the website, they run about $150 to $419. You can choose the simplest, no sound option or go all out for a custom design. They let you choose:
- hilts
- bodies
- pommels
- emitters
- sound effect
- end caps
- complete hilts
As an example, you could by a pre-made design that looks like Obi-Wan’s old lightsaber for about $169. This includes a choice of five blade colors and a polycarbonate blade. You can choose the length and type of blade, finish (extra for nickel plating), tip style (round or pointed) and a couple option features. Unfortunately, there are a lot of choices, some that require an additional charge, and you’ll need to read up on some of the options like battery type and such. Once you add it all up, this could be significantly more expensive than the base price.
The website shows that it’s also running a summer deals sale for free initiate sabers along with a discount code “FREEINITIATE”. The site even has some featured videos that show you commercials, how the lightsabers work, what they look like on the inside, how to add/remove a lightsaber blade, and about the new productions that have just hit the market. The FAQ page on the website uses featured videos (along with text) to help answer peoples questions when they’re asking about the lightsabers. Some of the products of where each different lightsaber comes from are named Menace, Flamberge, Chosen One, Scorpion, Sentinel, Apprentice v4, etc.
Here’s a quick video of the Ultrasabers:
Here is another video about how to add/remove a lightsaber blade:
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