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Build your own lightsaber!

Post by Brian845 » May Fri 27, 2011 9:27 am

I can see we're going to have to make a stop at the Star Trader shop on our upcoming trip, these build your own light sabers look like fun. I wonder how much they cost*?

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*Ok, I see the prices in one of the pictures now, $21.95 for a single, $24.95 for a double. Spiff!

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Re: Build your own lightsaber!

Post by mindflipper » May Fri 27, 2011 9:40 am

It's not that bad of a price really, when you consider how much HASBRO charges for star wars toys. I wonder if the "build your own lightsaber" came about in response to IoA's Wizarding World of HP has that wand shop?

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Re: Build your own lightsaber!

Post by Future Guy » May Fri 27, 2011 10:32 am

That's been around for a while, actually. It was in Tatooine Traders before the Star Tours 2 rehab, and the World of Disney Store at DTD has had one since at least 2007. It's a lot of fun.

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Re: Build your own lightsaber!

Post by Amy » May Fri 27, 2011 11:15 am

Those look pretty cool - the site said $21.95 or $24.95...that doesn't seem too bad...

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Re: Build your own lightsaber!

Post by Wizzard419 » May Fri 27, 2011 11:37 am

If I recall, DLR had theirs since about 2005, I don't think many people used it though.

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Re: Build your own lightsaber!

Post by mindflipper » May Fri 27, 2011 12:17 pm

Future Guy wrote:That's been around for a while, actually. It was in Tatooine Traders before the Star Tours 2 rehab, and the World of Disney Store at DTD has had one since at least 2007. It's a lot of fun.
Then maybe it was the other way around - maybe the wand store was IoA's WWoHP reaction to "build your own lightsaber" at WDW.

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Re: Build your own lightsaber!

Post by Wizzard419 » May Fri 27, 2011 1:56 pm

Hmmm... you know, I haven't payed attention to the area. I wonder if we got rid of ours? I'll check on Tuesday.

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Re: Build your own lightsaber!

Post by MadEye » May Fri 27, 2011 2:06 pm

mindflipper wrote:Then maybe it was the other way around - maybe the wand store was IoA's WWoHP reaction to "build your own lightsaber" at WDW.
Doubt it. Harry Potter wands (character wands or otherwise) have been a huge collectible the last decade. Before potterland, the only places you could get good replica wands (mainly character wands) was online or at a Warner Brothers store at a mall.
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Re: Build your own lightsaber!

Post by jacobcary1 » May Fri 27, 2011 2:37 pm

This looks pretty cool.

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Re: Build your own lightsaber!

Post by Amy » May Fri 27, 2011 2:55 pm

Wizzard419 wrote:If I recall, DLR had theirs since about 2005, I don't think many people used it though.
I'm guessing they will garner a bit more attention with the opening of the new Star Tours...

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Re: Build your own lightsaber!

Post by jacobcary1 » May Fri 27, 2011 3:04 pm

This is true thats more than likely why they set up the booth.

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Re: Build your own lightsaber!

Post by Amy » May Fri 27, 2011 3:11 pm

jacobcary1 wrote:This is true thats more than likely why they set up the booth.
My middle name is Captain Obvious...or maybe it is Captain Oblivious...po-tay-to, po-tah-to :lol:

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Re: Build your own lightsaber!

Post by Wizzard419 » May Fri 27, 2011 3:54 pm

Amy wrote:
Wizzard419 wrote:If I recall, DLR had theirs since about 2005, I don't think many people used it though.
I'm guessing they will garner a bit more attention with the opening of the new Star Tours...
I'll check, but they may have simply gotten rid of it since it took up so much retail space and they wanted to put something else there.

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Re: Build your own lightsaber!

Post by Lion Sleeps Tonight » May Fri 27, 2011 5:25 pm

I made a blue lightsaber in Once Upon a Toy. It seems fun at first, but then try doing it when there's tons of kids and parents putting lightsabers together for their kids all at once. The real cool part was when I was in line to pay for it, the cashier asked if I wanted to be a Jedi or a Sith, and I said Jedi. She then gave me a Jedi pin.
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Re: Build your own lightsaber!

Post by rphillips14 » May Fri 27, 2011 9:33 pm

Build my own lightsaber....AWESOME!!! :D
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