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| | | Description: | | Star Wars Darth Vader Force Action Lightsaber Not recommended for children under 3 months | | | Features: | |
• 'Use the Force!' Strike down the Jedi Knights!
• Features spring-into-action blade and lightsaber sound effects. Use the Force with this amazing Force Action Lightsaber from Hasbro!
• This fantastic weapon features a blade that retracts fully into the handle.
• Darth Vader's red lightsaber is yours to use to strike down and destroy the Jedi Knights if you add it to your shopping cart!
• Requires 3x 'AA' batteries, not included.
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 22.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 4.2 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.8 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.1 pounds | | Package Length:
| 22.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.25 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 20 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Great concept, but some shortcomingsOct 14, 2010
By Jay Bartholomew
I purchased this item for a Halloween costume. You can purchase some really cool replica lightsabers for $100 minimum, but they don't expand or retract. I wanted a lightsaber that I could hold straight up, press a button, and have the "blade" shoot out. That's exactly what this does. Sometimes a couple of the segments don't expand all the way, but only by an inch or two. The "blade" is actually pretty long for a kids toy and the color is more of an red-orange day glow: more similar to the movies than the deep red that is pictured. I purchased this knowing that it had the following shortcomings: huge hilt/handle, weak light, and no extra sound variety. It makes 5 sounds: expand, idle hum, swing, clash, and retract. There is only one variety of each sound and the sound quality is pretty bad. The "idle hum" is particularly annoying and doesn't sound much like the movies. The "swing" sound has a mandatory delay so if you want it to sync up you have to wait between swings (think fighting original trilogy style as opposed to episodes I-III fancy fighting). It's connected to a motion-sensor that is quite sensitive: the slightest movement will set it off. You have to hit it frighteningly hard to activate the "clash" sound, although I found hitting the handle with your free hand will do it. The light is extremely weak, even in pitch black. Given that and the poor sound quality, I am considering using this without batteries. The spring function does still work without the batteries. Of course weak light is better than no light. You could probably easily unscrew the thing and remove or destroy the sound chips. Just leave the part alone that connects to the light. Should be obvious: look for the speaker. I should note that you have to manually retract the "blade" with your hand and this will occasionally throw reverse the on/off toggle; meaning it will play light up and play sounds while retracted instead of when expanded. Just hold the blade in and press the button. Overall I'm quite pleased. There is simply no other lightsaber that fully expands and retracts which, to me, is the effect that really seals the deal.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Extends nicely but electronics are unreliableNov 25, 2010
By R. Ferguson
We have a year of good lightsaber fighting under our belts (with kids) and I can say that the extension mechanism and the translucent cylinders work reliably and are stronger than I expected. The electronics, however, went off-and-on within the first few weeks of use. We have one lightsaber that works most of the time, and another that finally died before I decided to cut it open (see below). This is unfortunate because the light and sounds add a lot to the drama of using these things. I would still purchase these toys, but design-wise, I think there is a mismatch in the reliability of the various components.
For Do-It-Yourselfers: I spent two hours one evening repairing one of ours. I don't recommend this for most people. Even though there are screws in the handle, Hasbro glued the half shells together at the top. So to do this properly, you really need to cut through one of the shells to open it up, see what needs fixing, and then meticulously put it back together. There is a small circuit board, two contact switches, a motion sensor, the battery pack, a speaker, LEDs, catch/release mechanism, one large spring, two small springs, the outer switch and, of course, the translucent tubes. Where our lightsaber was having trouble was with the main contact switch. I removed the small piece of foam between the contacts and it has worked well since. I closed up the shells with a band of hot glue around the cut (ringing the hilt).
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
really cool sound effects!Jan 07, 2010
By Heather Cullin
I got this for my 6 and 8 year old. They love it! It was a great price and the sound effects really make it a winner for them over the standard lightsaber. We have not had any quality issues and they play with it pretty rough!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Great Lightsaber, lots of fun for the kidsAug 25, 2010
By Mark A. Earnest
This is a lot of fun. Extends automatically, makes noise, takes a beating without breaking. Only complaint is that you have to hit pretty darn hard to make the "collision" noise.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
It's fun, but some problemsNov 21, 2010
By maosantes
the light is very VERY dim, you can only see the junctions. the sound effects are not very good, rather annoying.
but it's nice that it opens quickly with a single button.
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