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Mugen
Title: Tucson FanForce
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Date Posted:
6/30/07 6:33pm
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RE: Saber Dueling practices thread
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cathiecat posted:
how much does it cost again to upgrade a MR Mace to an Ultra to use for dueling? Since I am assuming the MR Mace as it stands won't hold up to dueling.
A stock MR Force Fx can be 'lightly' dueled with, but is NOT reccomended. I have seen them snap in two, seen them go dead, and I have seen the leds go dead at the place of impact, so the saber had icky dark spots in it.
I recommend a saber upgrade to a medium walled blade and a lux3 conversion for light sparring, and a thick walled lux3 conversion for heavy dueling.
the conversions cost from 60-75 bucks, if you send the sabers in (reccomended for dueling sabers)
and 45-50 bucks for the do it yourself kits. (takes skilled electritian skills)
www.ultrasabers.com
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cathiecat
Title: Tuscon FF Historian
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Date Posted:
6/30/07 6:42pm
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RE: Saber Dueling practices thread
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my only problem with sending a saber in to be upgraded is knowing that Mike is still waiting for his to be returned almost a year later.. kind of scares me a bit. Well.. that and the fact that Jake will crown me over the head when I tell him I want him to let Braiden learn to duel with His (Jake's) Mace FX Saber  as you can imagine Jake is probably not going to be that thrilled with the idea financially at the moment
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hal9k1
Title: Tucson FF
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Dec '03
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Date Posted:
6/30/07 7:15pm
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RE: Saber Dueling practices thread
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Mugen posted:
cathiecat posted:
how much does it cost again to upgrade a MR Mace to an Ultra to use for dueling? Since I am assuming the MR Mace as it stands won't hold up to dueling.
A stock MR Force Fx can be 'lightly' dueled with, but is NOT reccomended. I have seen them snap in two, seen them go dead, and I have seen the leds go dead at the place of impact, so the saber had icky dark spots in it.
I recommend a saber upgrade to a medium walled blade and a lux3 conversion for light sparring, and a thick walled lux3 conversion for heavy dueling.
the conversions cost from 60-75 bucks, if you send the sabers in (reccomended for dueling sabers)
and 45-50 bucks for the do it yourself kits. (takes skilled electritian skills)
www.ultrasabers.com
The DIY kit, it comes with everying needed to do the conversion?
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Mugen
Title: Tucson FanForce
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Date Posted:
6/30/07 7:39pm
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I dont know what is up with the situation with Mike's saber..it may be a mistake on the Ultra's part..but then again, If Mike has forgotten to put a blade color, or specify something..they are probably waiting to hear from him to correct the situation.
I have sent people to Ultrasabers.com and they have had thier sabers in as quickly as 1.5 week, and in Tucson, with a verbal arrangement with Ultra Todd or Alex, I am sure it would be no problem.
The cost is what it is, comes with a dueling blade(thick wall), Luxeon 3 led upgrade, gaurantee. These three things allow you to 1)Duel like you mean it. 2)detatch the blade and hang it on youre belt. 3)make the blade 20-30% brighter than the stock blade 4)retain all original sounds 5)And have a warantee on all the internal parts. You really cant go wrong for the money.
Damian, the do it yourself kits come with the led set up, intructions, and some light hardware..
Needed items: Soldering gun, solder, heat shrink, moderate electrician skills, and if you plan on dueling you need to order a thick wall or medium walled blade.
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UltraSWG
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Date Posted:
6/30/07 8:08pm
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Mike's saber wasn't a send-in FX conversion, it was a custom saber being modified. There was a misunderstanding on our part, we thought he was waiting for our sound board to come in. To make up for this miscommunication, we sent him a brand new OverLord:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a194/darthmaddy/Overlordfinal.jpg
Our typical turnaround for send-in conversion is about 2 weeks.
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hal9k1
Title: Tucson FF
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Date Posted:
6/30/07 10:00pm
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Mugen posted:
I dont know what is up with the situation with Mike's saber..it may be a mistake on the Ultra's part..but then again, If Mike has forgotten to put a blade color, or specify something..they are probably waiting to hear from him to correct the situation.
I have sent people to Ultrasabers.com and they have had thier sabers in as quickly as 1.5 week, and in Tucson, with a verbal arrangement with Ultra Todd or Alex, I am sure it would be no problem.
The cost is what it is, comes with a dueling blade(thick wall), Luxeon 3 led upgrade, gaurantee. These three things allow you to 1)Duel like you mean it. 2)detatch the blade and hang it on youre belt. 3)make the blade 20-30% brighter than the stock blade 4)retain all original sounds 5)And have a warantee on all the internal parts. You really cant go wrong for the money.
Damian, the do it yourself kits come with the led set up, intructions, and some light hardware..
Needed items: Soldering gun, solder, heat shrink, moderate electrician skills, and if you plan on dueling you need to order a thick wall or medium walled blade.
So what exactly are you converting it to if you don't get the dueling blade with the DIY kit?
So the DIY conversion for say and Anakin Ep.3 would be $ 78.00 with the blade.
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UltraSWG
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Date Posted:
7/1/07 12:29am
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You are removing the fragile string of LED's from the blade and installing a Luxeon LED module in the hilt.
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hal9k1
Title: Tucson FF
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Date Posted:
7/2/07 4:22pm
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UltraSWG posted:
You are removing the fragile string of LED's from the blade and installing a Luxeon LED module in the hilt.
Can your retain the soundboard in the hilt with the DIY kit?
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_Anakin_Vader_
Title: Tucson FanForce Keeper of the Library
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Date Posted:
7/3/07 2:29pm
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Just FY'all'sI (like that word play?), I got my new saber in yesterday, and it wasn't anybody's fault that it took so long. Just a miscommunication thing. But it's totally cool. So LET'S FIGHT!
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Bylar
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Date Posted:
7/3/07 11:02pm
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hey if i can get some sabers goin im in. it should be at night like a barbaque at reid park with burgers and chili dogs so we can duel and everyone will see the blades for blocks lol then eat after the workout.... ya that would rock indeed
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UltraSWG
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7/6/07 12:05am
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hal9k1 posted:
UltraSWG posted:
You are removing the fragile string of LED's from the blade and installing a Luxeon LED module in the hilt.
Can your retain the soundboard in the hilt with the DIY kit?
Yes
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