Electrum Sabercrafts Teases Diatium 3 Saber Core Board as ‘Louder, Bassier and Meaner’ (New Saber Technology)

Electrum Sabercrafts Diatium 3 SaberCore

Electrum Sabercrafts announced they will be releasing a new board, Diatium 3 Saber Core (D3), in 2019. The custom saber company started teasing some of the sounds on Diatium 3 Saber Core yesterday on the Electrum Sabercrafts Facebook page. Sounds in the video included: idle hum, swing sounds, and the turn off sound. In the … Read more

December 2018 Lightsaber Sales and Discounts

Custom sabers from various companies

Here are December 2018 lightsaber sales and discounts from various lightsaber companies. Please contact me with additions or corrections. UPDATED 12/25/2018 This list contains some affiliate links, meaning I may receive some money if you click through and purchase an item. Thanks for your support! AMAZON Star Wars Force FX Riot Trooper Baton $89.99 (50% … Read more

Lightsaber Keychain from The Custom Saber Shop MHS Style Keychain Review

lightsaber keychain

The Custom Saber Shop sells some neat machined aluminum, lightsaber keychains. They’re called ‘MHS Style Keychain’ and they’re listed in the TCSS Logo Items section (the keychains don’t use a TCSS logo, however). Watch Lightsaber Keychain from The Custom Saber Shop MHS Style Keychain Review on YouTube Both lightsaber keychains are similar in style, although … Read more

SaberSourcing.com Celebrates 1 Year Anniversary

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It’s somehow both easy and hard to believe that exactly 1 year ago today, I launched the SaberSourcing.com website. The SaberSourcing YouTube channel, which I started in May 2017, predates the website by about 7 months. I started SaberSourcing.com with the intention of adapting some of the lightsaber videos on the SaberSourcing YouTube channel into … Read more

Why Rebel Chumps (Lightsaber Reviewer) Left YouTube

Rebel Chumps

Rebel Chumps unexpectedly said goodbye to YouTube in late November 2018. Rebel Chumps is a YouTube creator that posted lightsaber related content including reviews, comparisons, discussions, etc. The channel first launched in November 2015, about 3 years ago. Life Changes Rebel Chumps cited many reasons why he will no long produce content for the channel. First, Rebel … Read more

Problems with Battery Packs from Star Wars: The Black Series Force FX Lightsabers

Force FX lightsaber battery pack

Star Wars: The Black Series Force FX lightsabers, which are manufactured by Hasbro, use wireless battery packs that run on three AA batteries (a few models use three AAA batteries). There are three major problems with The Black Series: Force FX lightsaber battery packs. Let’s take a closer look. 1. Force FX Lightsaber Battery Packs … Read more

Why did Imperial Royal Arms (IRA) change names to The Rebel Armory (TRA)?

Imperial Royal Arms(IRA) and The Rebel Armory (TRA)

Imperial Royal Arms (IRA), the influential custom lightsaber forums and resource, changed their name to The Rebel Armory (TRA) in 2017. Prior to the rebranding, the group had used the name Imperial Royal Arms since 2011. Watch Why did Imperial Royal Arms (IRA) become The Rebel Armory (TRA)? on YouTube The lightsaber group likely switched … Read more

One-Shot Custom Lightsabers: An Interview with Advanced Light Weaponry

Advanced Light Weaponry lightsabers

Bob Iannaccone, founder of Advanced Light Weaponry (ALW), designs and builds one-of-a-kind lightsabers from scratch. Iannaccone, who has a background in painting, sculpting and filmmaking, approaches each lightsaber build with an artist’s eye: no two lightsaber designs are alike. Iannaccone sells ready-to-ship lightsabers in his Advanced Light Weaponry eBay store [AFFILIATE LINK] and accepts custom lightsaber … Read more

Sith Bunny Discontinues Entire Lightsaber Blade Plug Line

Sith Bunny lighitsaber blade plugs

Sith Bunny, a popular lightsaber blade plug seller on Etsy, has discontinued production of his entire lightsaber blade plug line, citing low sales. Sith Bunny attributes poor sales of his lightsaber blade plugs, all of which were static, to the increased demand for neopixel lightsabers and accessories. Neopixel lightsabers use specialized neopixel blade plugs instead … Read more

What is a Frankensaber? | Lightsaber Terminology

Frankensaber lightsaber

A Frankensaber is a slang term for a lightsaber the combines pieces from two or more lightsabers or other sources. Frankensabers are often created by cannibalizing components from multiple existing sabers and could include external pieces (e.g. pommels, midsections, emitters, etc), internal pieces (e.g. soundboards, wiring, LED module, etc) or some combination of the two. … Read more