Vintage Star Wars Toys: Obi Wan FX Lightsaber Review

Average Reviews:
4.4 out of 5 stars

(More customer reviews)This is my second force fx saber, and my first made by Hasbro. You can feel the quality of the materials when you hold it. It feels heavy, and solid, and the metal is usually a little cold. The hilt is huge to hold if you have relatively small hands like myself.

Power up and down effects are pretty smooth, and the sound effects sync up nicely. The clash effects when you hit the blade against something are MUCH more responsive than my Yoda saber, for which I am very thankful.

The only disappointment was the brightness of the blade, and apparently this is because I'm spoiled by the green Yoda saber. I did a little research and apparently the green ones are considerably brighter than the other colors. Something else a tad irksome: the photos people post show a much brighter saber, with a slightly white core. Mine is just a dull blue compared to these photos. Would love to hear some comments from other owners on that.

It's fun to practice and show off the spinning moves from the movies, you'll find a lot of tutorials on the web (youtube). It serves as an attractive mantle piece and fun conversation item (everyone wants to turn it on), and perhaps best of all is dueling with two of them... looks and feels pretty awesome.

A final piece of advice - consider the Yoda one, especially if you're on the smaller side. I'm a small guy (5'8, 140lbs), and I find it much easier to wield, especially for executing one handed moves. It's lighter, smaller, and brighter.

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Product Description:

Own a piece of film history! Great fun for collectors or lucky kids! Features humming blade plus lights and sounds! There's no better weapon for slaying Sith lords! This Obi-Wan Kenobi lightsaber replica from the Star Wars saga features durable, die-cast metal parts that look and feel like the real thing! Its sturdy, blue, polycarbonate blade is permanently attached to the hilt and features realistic power-up and power-down glowing light effects. It also includes authentic, digitally recorded and motion-sensor-controlled sound effects such as power-up, power-down, idle, movement sounds, and clash sounds. Requires batteries, not included. 'An elegant weapon from a more civilized time' is forged by Hasbro within the Hasbro Signature Series brand. The Force FX Lightsaber collectibles embody all the technological wonder of the Jedi icon. Each lightsaber is a fully functioning replica featuring all the lights, sounds and heft of the actual weapon. For all their amazing features these lightsabers are no toys, but rather elegant reminders of a galaxy far, far away.