Lightsaber Clamp Card vs Bubble Strip

Graflex and MPP sabers

Lightsaber clamp card vs bubble strip; which do you prefer on a lightsaber hilt? Does it really just depend on the specific hilt model? Let’s compare the two most common types of activation plate styles. Both clamp cards and bubble strips are commonly associated with Star Wars: Original Trilogy style lightsabers. The main similarities between … Read more

How Ultrasabers Uses Windows in the Emitter on Lightsabers

Ultrasbers windows in the emitter

Windows in the emitter are a popular lightsaber hilt design feature offered by Ultrasabers. Windows in the emitter are small cutout sections near the emitter area of a lightsaber hilt that allow light from the LED to shine through. Ultrasabers uses several different designs of windows in the emitter, depending on the hilt. Some Ultrasabers … Read more

Why are weathered lightsabers so popular?

lightsabers from various companies

Weathering is: scratching, scuffing, tarnishing, damaging or otherwise aging of a lightsaber hilt. The intention of weathering is make the hilt look used, as if it’s been battle-worn, or just make it look like it’s not brand new, ‘right out of the lightsaber factory’, so to speak. Watch Why are weathered lightsabers so popular? on … Read more

Top 4 Sith Lightsaber Features and Traits

a selection of Sith lightsabers

Sith lightsabers contain several common features and traits that set them apart from their Jedi lightsaber counterparts. No two Sith lightsabers are alike and not all of the features are present with every single Sith lightsaber, nevertheless several Sith lightsaber traits do commonly recur. Watch Top 4 Sith Lightsaber Features and Traits on YouTube 1. … Read more

Why does Ultrasabers manufacture V2 V3 and V4 lightsaber hilts simultaneously?

Ultrasabers Dark Initiate V2 and Dark Initiate V4 lightsaber

Ultrasabers manufactures V2, V3 and V4 lightsaber hilt styles simultaneously for some of their hilt models. Why does Ultrasabers continue to manufacture older versions along with the newer ones? Typically when a company rolls a new version of something they will stop manufacturing older versions. Watch Why does Ultrasabers manufacture V2 V3 and V4 lightsaber … 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