Lightsaber Blade Plugs: What’s the most money you should spend on a blade plug?

lightsaber blade plugs from various companies

How much money are you willing to spend on a lightsaber blade plug? Functionally, lightsaber blade plugs are meant to be installed in the lightsaber when you’ve removed the blade in order to block out most of the bright LED light so it doesn’t shine in someone’s eyes. But many lightsaber enthusiasts look for blade … Read more

Darkside Engineering R2T-S2 Shredder lightsaber razor blade plug Full review

Darkside Engineering R2T-S2 Shredder Blade Plug

The Darkside Engineering R2T-S2 Shredder Blade Plug is a razor blade style lightsaber blade plug. Darkside Engineering (DSE) sells the blade plug through The Rebel Armory (TRA) forums. Darkside Engineering is known for crafting over 20 styles of blade plugs, most of which utilize a rotary shaver head in the design. Watch Darkside Engineering R2T-S2 … Read more

The Pach Store: Ultimate Works, Wonder Force, cheap sound sabers | Lightsaber Company Spotlight

The Pach Store Sanken V2 lightsaber

The Pach Store is a Hong Kong based website that sells custom lightsabers along with other movie replicas. The Pach Store sell lightsabers manufactured by several brands including: Wonder Force, Ultimate Works, and YDD Sabers (although companies rarely state the ‘YDD Sabers’ brand name when they sell lightsabers from YDD Sabers). Watch The Pach Store: … Read more

Would you buy a full sized LEGO lightsaber hilt?

handful of small LEGO lightsabers with a chrome silver hilt

Would you purchase a full sized lightsaber hilt modeled after the LEGO lightsaber hilt? I found a thread in the Saberforge forums where somebody proposed the idea of creating a full sized LEGO lightsaber hilt and I thought it was a fun idea. Like many LEGO pieces, the LEGO lightsaber has a very simple and … Read more

Ripper Blades Ninja Ripper Blade Full review | flat acrylic lightsaber blade

Ripper Blades Ninja Ripper Blade

Ninja Ripper Blade, by custom lightsaber blade company Ripper Blades, is a katana inspired flat acrylic blade. The blade is a show blade and is NOT duel worthy because acrylic is too brittle to endure the rigors of dueling. Ripper Blades (Etsy) https://www.etsy.com/shop/RipperBlades affiliate link Watch Ninja Ripper Blade review flat acrylic lightsaber blade Ripper Blades … Read more

Ultrasabers Dark Apprentice V4 Full review | stunt saber

Ultrasabers Dark Apprentice V4

This is an Ultrasabers Dark Apprentice V4 lightsaber with a Guardian Blue blade. The saber is configured as a stunt saber, so there’s no sound. The saber does feature several upgrades, including windows in the emitter and a black AV switch. The black AV switch blends in with saber hilt pretty well. Just below the … Read more

Ultrasabers lack of transparency on Mystery Box Sabers and Grab Bag Sabers

Ultrasabers custom sabers (various hilt models)

Ultrasabers lacks transparency on their Mystery Box Sabers and Grab Bag Sabers in several ways. First, Ultrasabers does not post the odds of receiving any given lightsaber or type of lightsaber as a Mystery Box or Grab Bag Saber. In my own experience and based on unboxing videos and posts from other buyers, it seems … Read more

Lightsaber Blade Brightness: What You Should Know (wattage vs. lumen rating)

lightsabers blades

Sometimes lightsaber enthusiasts seem to enjoy discussing lightsaber blade brightness nearly as much we enjoy discussing the hilt designs themselves. Let’s talk about the most important factors that affect lightsaber blade brightness and how to the select the brightest blade for your circumstances. Watch Lightsaber Blade Brightness: What You Should Know (wattage vs. lumen rating) … Read more