Lightsabers - the tip - why?

[Merrion]

So when I originally had star wars figures as a youngster I never reallly focused on the fact the lightsaber had a "tip". I was too young at the time to bother wondering why there was a tip in the first place?

Now that I have started collecting again and at a much older age 8) I do have to question why the saber has a tip in the first place?. I initially tought it looked naff and would be tempted to just cut it off (I didnt actually do this, just an implusive thought). I mean they didnt have this shape in the films.

But now that I have been reabsorbed into collecting I realise that cutting of the tip would destroy the original features and harm the value. Also when I am looking at figures that dont have the saber tip I instantly ignore them in the majorithy of cases. Now in fact the irony is that I think they look naff without the tip :lol:

Anyway whats your thoughts on the saber tip? Was it made that way because of the mould I would imagine?

 

[jackabina]

I imagine because the original plan was for them to be telescopic, to simulate the light beam growing from the sabers grip. Maybe they had at the point they decided to go with the one-piece saber, they had already spent a fortune promoting the way the figures would look, they wanted to honour that visual.
I may of course be talking bollocks!

 

[mumbo]

I imagine because the original plan was for them to be telescopic, to simulate the light beam growing from the sabers grip. Maybe they had at the point they decided to go with the one-piece saber, they had already spent a fortune promoting the way the figures would look, they wanted to honour that visual.
I may of course be talking bollocks!

Neil your talking bollocks again :lol:

 

[JuniorChubb]

I thought it just reflected the look of a Lightsaber, the way it tapers towards the end. There is the added bonus that the thinner tip is less obtrusive when it pokes out of the figures hand when retracted.

You could look at it another way though... :wink:

The original DT sabers had to get thinner towards the end otherwise they would not telescope, much like a fishing pole. This look was created out of necessity regardless of the amount of taper on a lightsaber from the films. This style was then carried over to the one piece sabre to keep the look of the lightsaber similar to what it had replaced...

 

[Jedi_june]

:lol:

 

[JuniorChubb]

Looks like Neils bollocks beat me to it...

And what a surprise DT Mumbo has arrived :lol: :lol:

 

[Jedi_june]

Nice one Junior Chubb

 

[Jedi_june]

I think it all comes down to production cost, since they did away with the DT saber they still used the same mold to make the regular sabers?

I may be talking bullocks too :lol: :lol:

 

[Michael Sith]

Yeah come on Mumbo your the resident expert :wink:

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

:?:

 

[jackabina]

Joint the club June :lol:

 

[mumbo]

I think it all comes down to production cost, since they did away with the DT saber they still used the same mold to make the regular sabers?

I may be talking bullocks too :lol: :lol:

This thread has gone from talking about saber tips, talking bollocks, neil's bollocks, dt sabers and bullocks. Way way off topic :lol:

 

[JuniorChubb]

I think it all comes down to production cost, since they did away with the DT saber they still used the same mold to make the regular sabers?

I may be talking bullocks too :lol: :lol:

The bollocks are strong with this one...

The readings off the chart, his sperm count is over 20 million!

Not even Master Yoda has a Sperm-count that high

 

[Michael Sith]

My 2 pennarth

The original sabers DT were designed to represent the blade of the lightsaber powering up
Then there was very high demand
As usual mass production realisation that one mould process is cheaper hence the progression to tip saber, which ultimately progressed to no tip, at this point the lightsaber was recognised in its own right and no need to have a tip

All about the money....supply....demand....production cost

That's my line of bollocks anyway :lol:

Edit ....Jeez in the time it took to type a post we are now on Sperm count :lol:

 

[jackabina]

Hey, leave my plums alone :|
What I say makes sense, if only in my little world :lol:

 

[JuniorChubb]

I think it was designed to snap off too make a complete Lightsaber more desirable 30 years later...

Forward thinking wankers :twisted:

 

[Merrion]

I think it all comes down to production cost, since they did away with the DT saber they still used the same mold to make the regular sabers?

I may be talking bullocks too :lol: :lol:

This thread has gone from talking about saber tips, talking bollocks, neil's bollocks, dt sabers and bullocks. Way way off topic :lol:

lol I have never found a more wretched hive of scum and villainy as I have on this thread :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:

 

[Michael Sith]

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

 

[Michael Sith]

Well I will bow to your sage like knowledge Mumbo

That'll do for me

 

[jackabina]

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