Lightsabers - the tip - why?

[Merrion]

My Vader doesn't have a saber at all :roll: anyone got one

yes, but its permanently attached to me im afraid 8)

 

[Michael Sith]

Aw bullocks

 

[Merrion]

Yeah come on Mumbo your the resident expert :wink:

Children...are we all sitting comfortably.....uncle Mumbo will begin

:?:

Ok, I'll give it a go........

The telescoping version has two sub versions: The rare double-telecoping (also
called DT) version and the single telescoping version. The first version was
the DT version of which the thin inner saber telescopes out of the thicker
outer saber shaft which, on it's turn, telescopes out of the arm. Due to cost
reduction these were quickly replaced with the single telescoping sabers that
only have a thin tip sticking out of the thick shaft. The DT versions are very
rare and only came with the first issues of Luke Farmboy, Ben and Darth Vader.
The DT version of Luke is the most common since, next to the limited carded
versions, it also came in the first versions of the Early-Bird kit. The Ben
and Darth are rare and hard to find, especially in good condition. Carded
versions are very rare, especially for the Ben and Darth - and would set you back many thousands of dollars.

There are also prototype 'mushroom-tip' double-telescoping sabers that have, as thename suggests, a mushroom tip opposed to a normal bent tip. As these are proto-types, these are very hard to obtain.

But I may be taking bollocks or bullocks :lol:

Fair play for the reply and analysis Mumbo. But I couldnt help but feel it read like a star wars version of 50 shades of grey :lol: :lol:

 

[mumbo]

There you go!! All you did was fanny up what I said 8)

Fanny up :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[mumbo]

Yeah come on Mumbo your the resident expert :wink:

Children...are we all sitting comfortably.....uncle Mumbo will begin

:?:

Ok, I'll give it a go........

The telescoping version has two sub versions: The rare double-telecoping (also
called DT) version and the single telescoping version. The first version was
the DT version of which the thin inner saber telescopes out of the thicker
outer saber shaft which, on it's turn, telescopes out of the arm. Due to cost
reduction these were quickly replaced with the single telescoping sabers that
only have a thin tip sticking out of the thick shaft. The DT versions are very
rare and only came with the first issues of Luke Farmboy, Ben and Darth Vader.
The DT version of Luke is the most common since, next to the limited carded
versions, it also came in the first versions of the Early-Bird kit. The Ben
and Darth are rare and hard to find, especially in good condition. Carded
versions are very rare, especially for the Ben and Darth - and would set you back many thousands of dollars.

There are also prototype 'mushroom-tip' double-telescoping sabers that have, as thename suggests, a mushroom tip opposed to a normal bent tip. As these are proto-types, these are very hard to obtain.

But I may be taking bollocks or bullocks :lol:

Fair play for the reply and analysis Mumbo. But I couldnt help but feel it read like a star wars version of 50 shades of grey :lol: :lol:

And as tfb would say, did it give you wood :lol:

 

[Jedi_june]

Holy crap this moved fast :lol: this is way off topic, this will not be tolerated in other forums :? Ahem :roll: :lol:

All this talk about telescoping mushroom tip shafts in here, jordan would feel at home :lol: :lol:

Yes I went there! :lol:

TFB where you at? :lol:

 

[Bill McBride]

I might be able to shed some light on this - the saber tips are just remnants from the
original DT saber design. Nothing really earth shattering here; the DT sabers were too
fragile and costly to put into mass production, so Kenner went with a simple, one piece
design.
Regarding the prototype sabers, there is a transition during the development period with
the very first design being the Mushroom Tip sabers. For the most part, these are just
like a normal DT, but have a flat disk of plastic glued on the end. Kenner only mocked
up two of these per figure (Vader, Ben and Luke). They are exceptionally fragile, and the
majority of the remaining examples have a fair amount of damage (which is also the reason
these never got past the mock up stage). Kenner did try different designs, most of which you
can see in this group pic from my collection:

IFS - Double-Double Telescoping Saber Mock Up
IFS - Mushroom Tip DT Saber (this is the same figure seen in the early Kenner photography, displays, etc)
(left to right)
Production DT Vader
EP - Correct Color DT saber prototype
*Production DT
EP - Translucent DT saber
EP - Circles DT saber - Variation #2
EP - Circles DT saber - Variation #1

The interesting thing about the Circle DT sabers is that this design was used for production of Luke DT sabers,
and these do pop up from time to time.

Hope this Helps ! - Cheers
Bill

 

[Richard_H]

Awesome Bill cheers for that

 

[CRAZYHAZY]

Bill thats great info and those vaders are cool. Mumbo great efffort mate impressive most impressive.

 

[tiefighterboy]

Yeah come on Mumbo your the resident expert :wink:

Children...are we all sitting comfortably.....uncle Mumbo will begin

:?:

Ok, I'll give it a go........

The telescoping version has two sub versions: The rare double-telecoping (also
called DT) version and the single telescoping version. The first version was
the DT version of which the thin inner saber telescopes out of the thicker
outer saber shaft which, on it's turn, telescopes out of the arm. Due to cost
reduction these were quickly replaced with the single telescoping sabers that
only have a thin tip sticking out of the thick shaft. The DT versions are very
rare and only came with the first issues of Luke Farmboy, Ben and Darth Vader.
The DT version of Luke is the most common since, next to the limited carded
versions, it also came in the first versions of the Early-Bird kit. The Ben
and Darth are rare and hard to find, especially in good condition. Carded
versions are very rare, especially for the Ben and Darth - and would set you back many thousands of dollars.

There are also prototype 'mushroom-tip' double-telescoping sabers that have, as thename suggests, a mushroom tip opposed to a normal bent tip. As these are proto-types, these are very hard to obtain.

But I may be taking bollocks or bullocks :lol:

This whole thing gave me a headache.

 

[Michael Sith]

Great post sir 8)
Those vaders are super awesome

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

Great Post Bill Thanks for the input

 

[PIGCITY]

Every time I got a figure with an arm lightsaber I used to bite the skinny bit off so it went into the hand flush.I ****en hated them then and still do now.

If I ever turn up to an event and any of you lot have some loosies out be careful cos I'll have my gnashers out ready to start biting...