Harry Caul
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I get great enjoyment from the fact that lightsabers are essentially blinged out battery holders for the flash gun on an old 4x5 press camera!
Luke Skywalker Lightsaber sold for $375,000 + 20% buyer's premium
WIRED: STAR WARS LIGHTSABER IS A HACKED FLASHGUN BATTERY PACK -- https://www.wired.com/2011/07/star-wars-lightsaber-is-a-hacked-flashgun-battery-pack/
rfaspen
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OMG! I used to have one. I think I still have it in a box out in the garage.
My retirement may come sooner than previously thought!
My retirement may come sooner than previously thought!
rfaspen
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Ahhh. Just noticed that the one that sold for $375,000 is an actual modified stage prop used in the actual Star Wars movie(s).
Mine is just a flash unit. Wonder if I can get $100 for it anyway?
Mine is just a flash unit. Wonder if I can get $100 for it anyway?
Chubberino
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Yes, you probably could actually. People buy them and then buy pre-fab kits to turn it into a lightsaber.
x-ray
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I had one missing the red button that I sold not long ago for $760 on eBay.
rfaspen
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My wife is going to be thrilled:
1. Move more of the junk in the garage out
2. I might be able to fund a summicron v1 after all (OK, she could care less about this part)
1. Move more of the junk in the garage out
2. I might be able to fund a summicron v1 after all (OK, she could care less about this part)
Corran
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Last year, not long after the release of Episode VII, I found two correct 3 cell Graflex flash handles in estate auctions, in with Speed Graphic kits of course. Put them on eBay at $999 and I sold them almost instantly. I'm always on the lookout for those handles now...
Some "collectors" get real mad about that, since people chop them up to make replica lightsabers, including some with accelerometers and such that make the correct sound effects when you wave them around. I've had people send me extremely rude messages protesting that I was selling them and not "preserving" them as camera accessories. Yeah don't care.
Some "collectors" get real mad about that, since people chop them up to make replica lightsabers, including some with accelerometers and such that make the correct sound effects when you wave them around. I've had people send me extremely rude messages protesting that I was selling them and not "preserving" them as camera accessories. Yeah don't care.
x-ray
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If they want them preserved they're free to bid too. It's not like there were only 100 made. There must have been tens of thousands of them produced.