Several years of searching finally over for me

So since 2004 when MR launched their line of Force FX sabers, I've been on a hunt for a particular one.. the Luke Skywalker RotJ. Websites that carried it were sold out, stores never got it in stock etc. etc. etc. I was able to find Vader and Skywalker Empires every-fucking-where. Then the news of MR's demise a couple years back made me REALLY sad.

Well today, I was hanging out with a friend of mine, and we went to Toys R' Us due to being very very bored. We're looking around and they have two displays up in their action figure isles, one specifically for Force FX sabers... but nothing out for sale which was rather baffling. An associate walked by and I asked him if they carried them anymore and he called a guy on his walkie who came over. I pointed to the sabers and he went off and came back a couple minutes later.

"We've got two reds, two blues, and ONE green." My jaw about hit the floor.

I asked him to go get it so I could see it. Sure enough, there was that long sought over priced geek stick I've been looking for (no-homo). I knew that with my situation my wife probably wasn't gonna go for it, but I called her and asked anyways. She asked how much it was, and I asked him to ring it up for a price check... 69.99 I totally played the pity card over the phone, but being the awesome one she is, she let me get it since my birthday present broke and I had to return it without an exchange :(

Long story short, I am a very happy fucker right now

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...n/DSC01742.jpg

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Originally Posted by wasabi

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Works for me ;)

Gotta ask, why all the nerd hate Wasabi? All the years of modding a game forum starting to wear you down?

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Originally Posted by wasabi

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Here you go just in case you forgot already:

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Originally Posted by SetaSouji

So since 2004 when MR launched their line of Force FX sabers, I've been on a hunt for a particular one.. the Luke Skywalker RotJ. Websites that carried it were sold out, stores never got it in stock etc. etc. etc. I was able to find Vader and Skywalker Empires every-fucking-where. Then the news of MR's demise a couple years back made me REALLY sad.

Well today, I was hanging out with a friend of mine, and we went to Toys R' Us due to being very very bored. We're looking around and they have two displays up in their action figure isles, one specifically for Force FX sabers... but nothing out for sale which was rather baffling. An associate walked by and I asked him if they carried them anymore and he called a guy on his walkie who came over. I pointed to the sabers and he went off and came back a couple minutes later.

"We've got two reds, two blues, and ONE green." My jaw about hit the floor.

I asked him to go get it so I could see it. Sure enough, there was that long sought over priced geek stick I've been looking for (no-homo). I knew that with my situation my wife probably wasn't gonna go for it, but I called her and asked anyways. She asked how much it was, and I asked him to ring it up for a price check... 69.99 I totally played the pity card over the phone, but being the awesome one she is, she let me get it since my birthday present broke and I had to return it without an exchange :(

Long story short, I am a very happy fucker right now

http://i.imgur.com/7ehtj.jpg

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Originally Posted by wasabi

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I don't get many chances to use that smiley by the way.

What, was it your wife's money?

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Originally Posted by wasabi

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wasabi, not only does he buy a lightsaber, but he asks his wife for permission before doing so.

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Originally Posted by Segata_Sanshiro

What, was it your wife's money?

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I asked because I've had to take my cat to the vet twice within the month and once was to an emergency clinic due to normal vets being closed and that snow storm crap was on the horizon. He lost the ability to walk, was treated with medicine, got better, then became paralyzed again. They've got him on a heavier medicine but it killed a BIG chunk of my monthly budget :(

I wish I could get that excited about anything.

I wonder what's wrong with me.

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I asked because I've had to take my cat to the vet twice within the month and once was to an emergency clinic due to normal vets being closed and that snow storm crap was on the horizon. He lost the ability to walk, was treated with medicine, got better, then became paralyzed again. They've got him on a heavier medicine but it killed a BIG chunk of my monthly budget :(

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O, that sucks.

Pretty amazing that Toys R Us still had a discounted item after several years. You'd think they'd have put it in a clearance bin by now.

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Originally Posted by Segata_Sanshiro

O, that sucks.

Pretty amazing that Toys R Us still had a discounted item after several years. You'd think they'd have put it in a clearance bin by now.

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There is a plus, he's slowly regaining his mobility. He can only stand for like two seconds before he falls back down, but I'm glad to at least see him moving. Another plus is I at least have an excuse for asking :p

Well, on the plus side the ROTJ skywalker is by far the coolest of the bunch.

Sadly, it's a lame, expensive bunch.

Congrats on the find though, doesn't matter what it is...

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There is a plus, he's slowly regaining his mobility. He can only stand for like two seconds before he falls back down, but I'm glad to at least see him moving. Another plus is I at least have an excuse for asking :p

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Yeah, big plus.

Different strokes for different folks.

Why all the serious action poses with the swords?

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Originally Posted by Phyeir

Gotta ask, why all the nerd hate Wasabi? All the years of modding a game forum starting to wear you down?

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he goes through a self-(nerd)loathing phase every year and a half

he outwardly says he dislikes the neo but deep down he would love to play WARRIRO'S RAGE

My boss let me borrow his to bring to the movie theater in Luxembourg when I was living in Europe. Bitches were wet upon eye contact.

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:tickled: ultra LOLZ

i'm really happy this guy's wife let him borrow his own dick for 5 minutes

hrm.

i found em on google in a bout 10 seconds...

I love when stuff like that happens. I don't know why people are ripping on you. I've been searching for older Evangelion Revoltechs. I found a Comic Con exclusive one at a store for $25. I checked the eBay prices, which were like 5X that. Not that that's the part that matters. Sorry about the kitteh.

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he goes through a self-(nerd)loathing phase every year and a half

he outwardly says he dislikes the neo but deep down he would love to play WARRIRO'S RAGE

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He needs to see a specialist about that. By that I mean go to an arcade with a case of Mountain Dew and just go to town. Cure what ails him.

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Originally Posted by fakeXsound

I love when stuff like that happens. I don't know why people are ripping on you. I've been searching for older Evangelion Revoltechs. I found a Comic Con exclusive one at a store for $25. I checked the eBay prices, which were like 5X that. Not that that's the part that matters. Sorry about the kitteh.

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i was honestly ok with the whole thing until he said that he was playing the pity card with his wife to buy a $70 toy

reading shit like this will keep me single forever :oh_no:

I'm gonna play the part of the critical jealous SW fan-boy..

Nah, the width of the saber beam is WAYYYY too narrow to be true to the ROTJ light saber. The beam on that fucker was like twice the width of ESB saber.

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that long sought over priced geek stick I've been looking for

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that long geek stick I've been looking for

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Shit son I want one of those.
(inner nerd speaking)

Hmmmm....I bought another gun today...and I didn't ask my wife for permission...

:up::up::down::down::back::forw: :back::forw::B::A:

yeah but you shot a bunny in your garden

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yeah but you shot a bunny in your garden

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Sure did...+1 for me:up:, +5000 for my garden:up::up::up:...-1 for the bunny population:down:...

Damn Seta, I had no idea how much you really wanted one of these. Looks like you did the right thing by not picking up my nerd stick.......wait:(....I mean not buying my Luke ROTJ FX.

And lol at Charlies reply.

I never understood the fascination with the RotJ Luke lightsaber. It's the lamest looking one in the entire Original Trilogy, imo. The one Ben gives Luke in the first movie is a million times cooler. Of course, everything in that movie is a million times cooler than RotJ anyway.

Nice action photo.

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The perfect first reply.

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Looks like you did the right thing by not picking up my nerd stick.......wait:(

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:lolz: I may have accidentally started a new meme. (and note I used nohomo)

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Originally Posted by SouthtownKid

I never understood the fascination with the RotJ Luke lightsaber.

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Do you mean the fascination with the FX version of just the Saber hilt in general?

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Do you mean the fascination with the FX version of just the Saber hilt in general?

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The hilt in general. Luke had a cool lightsaber in New Hope and Empire. Then he dropped it like a dumbass and the one he built to replace it looked like shit.

anyone here besides The Kid notice the hilt of a lightsaber used in Episode VI is different from those used in episodes IV and V

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anyone here besides The Kid notice the hilt of a lightsaber used in Episode VI is different from those used in episodes IV and V

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I did. The Return of the Jedi saber resembles Obi Wan's in A New Hope. Personally, I like Mace Windu's in Revenge of the Sith.

the absolute only thing any normal person should see as what differs between lightsabers is the color of the light saber itself


how the hell you people pay that much close attention to such detail is baffling

I still have my replicas in the box that the boxed lightsaber came shipped in. I didn't know that people were still looking for these.

To the OP: Is that the Hasbro or the Master Replica version?

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The hilt in general. Luke had a cool lightsaber in New Hope and Empire. Then he dropped it like a dumbass and the one he built to replace it looked like shit.

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That I understand then.
I don't think the hilt design itself was/is such a big deal with fans (however, check out the Elite Edition the MR did, that thing is fuckin ballin....for a nerd item), it was the fact that pieces like MR's LE hilt, thier original FX saber were released in smaller runs at times when they sold out quickly and mania insued amongst dorks round the globe.

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Personally, I like Mace Windu's in Revenge of the Sith.

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It's a cool design....but it does kinda look like a blinged out vibrator.

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the absolute only thing any normal person should see as what differs between lightsabers is the color of the light saber itself


how the hell you people pay that much close attention to such detail is baffling

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Shut up, sage.

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the absolute only thing any normal person should see as what differs between lightsabers is the color of the light saber itself


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I think it's just a matter of having seen each movie at least one time and not being in a persistent vegetative state.

Cool original lightsaber:
http://csos.movieset.com/download/mo...lightsaber.jpg


Lame replacement saber:
http://images.wikia.com/starwars/ima...TJsaber-MR.jpg


It's not difficult, stage. They are pretty different.

If you want to get technical the one from IV and V wasn't really Luke's to begin with.

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If you want to get technical the one from IV and V wasn't really Luke's to begin with.

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Okay, nes. So if you didn't BUILD YOUR CAR YOURSELF FROM PARTS, it's not "yours"? Interesting philosophy.

Ownership is 9/10 of the law. It was given to Luke = it's Luke's.

I thought Palpatine's from Ep. 3 looked pretty cool.

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__...tsaberside.jpg

That thing looks obscene.

Absolutely obscene.

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Okay, nes. So if you didn't BUILD YOUR CAR YOURSELF FROM PARTS, it's not "yours"? Interesting philosophy.

Ownership is 9/10 of the law. It was given to Luke = it's Luke's.

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They build up building your own lightsaber as part of your Jedi training, so sort of.

They go into some detail about that in "Shadows of the Empire", which is one of the only extended universe books I've read that I thought was good.

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Originally Posted by Nesagwa

They build up building your own lightsaber as part of your Jedi training

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Not until... the third movie. Which was convenient. Yoda never mentioned it in Empire. Ben never said anything in New Hope, either. He just handed Luke his dad's lightsaber and said, "Here. You are good to go."