Ep3 hasbro lightsabers review

[obiwankedah]

for those havent got the chance to buy it yet

yesterday after work, i went to TRU Ampang and bought 2 EP3 lightsaber
anakin and obi wan (anakin last one there)
because got special add ons since the last lightsaber by hasbro...

Out of curousity i bought 2 , didnt get yoda lightsaber yet (got the voice of yoda in training mode also)

price is RM139.90. cheaper than the old one i think about RM159.90


1) batteries size has been change to smaller, now uses 3 AA instead of 2 C size

2) obiwan's saber can vibrate now! (when hit something) and light flashes
syok sungguh ni i can play for hours

3) anakin's saber can change color from blue baik to red jahat gila when u hit a button -got 2 buttons, one to turn on/off, one to change color.

(mentol dia ada 2 la, aku ingat something special)

the lightsaber plastic blade is transparent

4) box art very nice. the graphic looks great
anakin's box also got both him and vader!

pro : great new add ons , price also not too bad
obi wan's EP3 lightsaber very comfortable to hold!! idup obi wan

cons : sound very weak, compare to the old hasbro lightsaber which is louder

photos below




anakin ep2 and anakin ep3 lightsaber




anakin's box art

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obi wan's EP1 rubies lightsaber (the blade go in all the way! but no sound only light). Great to put on the belt.



other lightsaber in my collection
darth maul Ep1- rubies and hasbro
anakin Ep2- hasbro
obi wan Ep2 -hasbro
obi wan Ep1 - rubies
qui gon jin Ep1 - hasbro
Luke Ep4 - hasbro
Darth Vader Ep4 - hasbro
Yoda - Ep2 - hasbro
Anakin FX MR - Master Replica

not so great la, only got 1 MR lightsaber

thank you for your time
now rokok time

[fishyahoo]

Good review. Thanks.

I only got the Obi-Wan lightsaber. Don't have any others to compare with so I thought it somewhat overpriced. Disappointed the blade could not be removed. The vibrating action kinda cool, but the noise it makes vibrating is rather loud so distracts from the other sound effects.

Wah, so many lightsabers even Grievous cannot use all ;D

Which one is best for dueling?

[obiwankedah]

yes, all the hasbro blade is like that.
but if you use the old ones like luke , vader, qui gon, anakin and obiwan Ep2, you can remove the blade, but the sound and light will not work.

the rubies lightsaber is very light, but no sound

i think the best and most comfortable to hold would be obi wans Ep3 saber.

i also found this when i was in perth, wonder why i didnt get it

www.theforce.net/image_popup/image_popup_global.asp?image=episode2/newspics/rubies-1.jpg

[obiwankedah]

i am also disspointed with mace windu hasbro EP3 lightsaber
still uses the same design and shape as Ep2

hasbro should make a design to match the new mace windu saber, then i would buy it...

[fishyahoo]

obiwankedah said:

i am also disspointed with mace windu hasbro EP3 lightsaber
still uses the same design and shape as Ep2

Eh, I think is this the EpI version... sighted but didn't use

obiwankedah said:

hasbro should make a design to match the new mace windu saber, then i would buy it...

This one's nice. Very tempted with the MR FX version. Handled one on 13 March gathering. The purple blade really stands out compared to the now common blue and red... Hoping RM650 falls out from the sky ;D

About those Rubies costumes, are they still available in Perth? Where, where? Can't tell scale properly from the pics, so lightsabers seem a bit short.

Sabermaster, what say you?

[obiwankedah]

yes
the mace windu Ep3 saber is the same as Ep1 and Ep2 from hasbro

thats why im dissapointed

they should make a new design for Ep3 saber

i saw windu FX MR saber at perth selling for AU$300
thats too much for me (at empire toys)

but it is so cool....

about the rubies saber/costume, it is for kids.
the saber is short i think, but the face mask is nice.

you can get it at KMART or Big W
which is not in Perth City, they are in the suburbs.

[Plo Strax-Avix]

fishyahoo said:

About those Rubies costumes, are they still available in Perth? Where, where? Can't tell scale properly from the pics, so lightsabers seem a bit short.

Sabermaster, what say you?

obiwankedah answered the question already...and those photos are really bad quality, so can't see how good/bad they are. The Mace Windu mask look like Woopie Goldberg! ha ha ha!

Anyway my opinion would be to buy them(if they're like dirt cheap) and re-paint the props to make them look more realistic and wear them with own costumes.

[fishyahoo]

Let's go DUELING!!! vs.

[The SITH OverLORD]

fishyahoo said:

Let's go DUELING!!! vs.

You mean this vs. don't you?

[Yupa Anex]

Mmmmm.... Will there be Force Lightning displays??!!