OT: Company Creates Real Lightsaber!!!!

[MICHELLE H.]

May the force be with you: Company now selling real lightsabers


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In a very smart marketing move, a tech company has announced a realish,
working lightsaber, perfect timing, considering this is "Star Wars
Month".


The folks at Wicked Lasers have created what they affectionately call
the LaserSaber, which is a pretty obvious homage to the lightsabers made
famous in George Lucas Star Wars films.

So how does it work?


LaserSabers are energized by the light of Wicked Lasers, harnessing the
power of the force. The LaserSaber features an ultra smooth magnetic
gravity system that can "power up" and "power down" the blade. The
LaserSaber maintains its radiant brilliance even when the lights are on.


The LaserSaber is interchangeable, and will attach to any Spyder 3
model. The aircraft grade aluminum hilt ensures secure attachment of the
blade. Due to the extreme powers of the Spyder 3, only operate while
wearing LaserShades in a controlled environment.


The only downsides? Between the laser and the saber mechanism, it'll
cost you a cool $400 to start chopping off hands. Also, if you don't
want to go blind when looking at it, you have to wear the special
glasses, because the thing is so damn bright!!


But the device is absolutely awesome, and the effects look to be about
the closest anyone has ever gotten to making a real lightsaber. Check
out the LaserSaber in action below:

 

[MICHELLE H.]

Another Bold Step In Real-Life Lightsaber Technology

By Rob Bricken in Movies Tech

Monday, May 7, 2012 at 11:22 am


I was super excited when Gizmodo proclaimed  "They Finally Made a Real
Lightsaber!" I should have known is was too good to be true. Wicked
Lasers, the guys behind the last unlicensed lightsaber incident, have
announced their new "Laser Saber" ( subtle guys ) which puts one of
their crazy ass, blind-you-instantly-if-you-shine-it-in-your-eyes lasers
inside a faux lightsaber hilt.


The beam does rise up and down when turned off and on, but so do the
Master Replicas lightsabers. Actually, as far as I can, tell, the only
difference between the Master Replicas sabers and these things are that
the Laser Sabers are really fucking bright -- and maybe the tube housing
the light is clearer?


Oh, and you can actually hurt/burn/blind someone with a Laser Saber
because of the aforementioned super laser. While there's a certain
appeal there, the fact that Wicked Lasers says "DO NOT FAKE FIGHT WITH
THE LASER SABER AND WEAR SPECIAL LASER GLASSES IF YOU EVEN WANT TO TURN
IT ON" kind of ruins it for me. I mean, why even have a lightsaber if
you're not going to fake fight with it?


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[MICHELLE H.]

A lightsaber so bright that it blinds you!? So I guess there is no need
to use "the force" on your enemys, just shine the lightsaber in their
eyes and blind them, then kill them when they can't see you!!

 

[MICHELLE H.]

Sideous to Luke: "You want this, don't you......AHHHH MY EYES, MY
EYES!!!!!!!!"

 

[Bob F]

Sideous to Luke: "You want this, don't you......AHHHH MY EYES, MY
EYES!!!!!!!!"

When they start having multiple posting conversations with themselves, you know
thay've gone over the edge.