Support NeoGAF

Vieo · Apr 9, 2005

Like the title says. =P

It comes with a 3 year warranty, it has a safety switch so it doesn't go off accidently, and as long as you wear it on your belt and don't try to conceal it, it's not illegal to walk around with one in public.

I think I'd be willing to spend up to... $1200.

Ecrofirt · Apr 9, 2005

nerd.

demon · Apr 9, 2005

I'd gladly pay 50 bucks for one. Then I'd go up to people and be like, "hey, look at my REAL working light saber!" They'd just scoff it off and call be a stupid Star Wars freak. Then I'd slice off their heads.

Cerebral Palsy · Apr 9, 2005

temp · Apr 9, 2005

A GAZILLION DOLLARS

LakeEarth · Apr 9, 2005

As long as I have enough money left over to re-attach whatever I inevitably chop off myself by accident, I'm good.

radioheadrule83 · Apr 9, 2005

If I owned my house I'd remortgage it for one.

FrenchMovieTheme · Apr 9, 2005

NERDS!?

Drozmight · Apr 9, 2005

theres no way it really works.

Borys · Apr 9, 2005

A "real working" lightsaber would turn our physics knowledge upside down so I don't think even gazillion of dollars would suffice.

CajoleJuice · Apr 9, 2005

Borys said:
A "real working" lightsaber would turn our physics knowledge upside down so I don't think even gazillion of dollars would suffice.

I think the real nerds are people like you.

radioheadrule83 · Apr 9, 2005

Maybe you could extend and heat some kind of uuuuber-hot filament and add some kind of glow effect later for effect.

Even if it's true that they could make lazer swords but you'd need a rediculously large power pack, face shield, radiation guard and that the lazer wouldn't simply focus to a point but instead go on forever making one hell of a mess.... they should still do it.

Ecrofirt · Apr 9, 2005

couldn't you just have a lightsaber made from a powerful laser? You'd just have to do something so the laser only went out three feet or so, but was powerful.

Boogie9IGN · Apr 9, 2005

I would gladly let my father slice off my right hand for one

(Only if I could fall down a chute later, land in my ride, and get a new robotic one though)

Ash Housewares · Apr 9, 2005

I'll just wait 'til they're cheap

Hitokage · Apr 9, 2005

Ecrofirt said:
couldn't you just have a lightsaber made from a powerful laser? You'd just have to do something so the laser only went out three feet or so, but was powerful.

I'd like to know how you think they could do that.

Borys · Apr 9, 2005

Ecrofirt said:
couldn't you just have a lightsaber made from a powerful laser? You'd just have to do something so the laser only went out three feet or so, but was powerful.

It ain't easy but... c'mon, get to work!
Nobel prizes are waiting!

karasu · Apr 9, 2005

Nothing, give me an old fashioned Katana any day.

Sereniel · Apr 9, 2005

How much do you want?

karasu · Apr 9, 2005

Hitokage said:
I'd like to know how you think they could do that.

force fields! no pun intended.

Vieo · Apr 9, 2005

karasu said:
force fields! no pun intended.

Hey. That's not a bad idea. If the saber emitted a small force field that would allow anything to pass through it but the laser, you could get a blade shaped however you want.

PhlegmMaster · Apr 9, 2005

Even the most powerful laser generator wouldn't work as a lightsaber.

The only way I see (in theory) to make something that looks like a lightsaber and can do the things a lightsaber does would be a handle that can heat up the air so it becomes plasma, and confine that plasma in a blade-shaped magnetic field.

GLoK · Apr 9, 2005

Why are we discussing how impossible it is? Who gives a shit? The question was how much would you pay for one if it was possible to own one.

Me personally? You couldn't place a price tag on owning something that cool. So long as I could afford it, I'd pay whatever it cost to own one. Damn that'd be cool.

PhlegmMaster · Apr 9, 2005

Ok. I'd pay 300$, CANADIAN.

Willco · Apr 9, 2005

I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR!

whytemyke · Apr 9, 2005

i'd steal olimarios girlfriend and pimp her out for one.

Fresh Prince · Apr 9, 2005

:lol

In this day and age a blaster rifle would be more useful. I mean even Harrison thinks so!

Space Age Playboy · Apr 9, 2005

Cyan said:
What happens if you drop it while it's on? Does it just go right through the floor?

Yes. It would keep going until lava destroyed the handle.

heavy liquid · Apr 9, 2005

http://www.just2good.co.uk/downloads/gift.mpeg

Dujour · Apr 9, 2005

Don't they turn off when not held? I think only celebrities would have them and really rich people. I would want one, but I'd be on the run because it'd be stolen. They'd know because since there are so few of them, they'd have serial numbers on them. 7

bjork · Apr 10, 2005

None, because I'd end up going apeshit on a bunch of emo kids at a Hot Topic and end up getting tossed in the clink.

I like my bunghole intact kthx

Ash Housewares · Apr 10, 2005

triste said:
None, because I'd end up going apeshit on a bunch of emo kids at a Hot Topic and end up getting tossed in the clink.

I like my bunghole intact kthx

you let them take you alive instead of deflecting the rent-a-cops' bullets, you've got it coming

ohamsie · Apr 10, 2005

I would rather have the ability to use the force. Yanking cars out of my way with my mind during traffic would be sweet.

Ristamar · Apr 10, 2005

whytemyke said:
i'd steal olimarios girlfriend and pimp her out for one.

:lol :lol

WINNAR

Dujour said:
Don't they turn off when not held?

**NERD ALERT: DORKY ANSWER BELOW**

According to info in the P&P RPGs (and other "Lucas approved" sources, I imagine), it varies by design, a choice made when the Jedi constructs his own personal saber. Some switch off when released, others have a locking mechanism that keep the blade ignited.

Doth Togo · Apr 10, 2005

Ecrofirt said:
nerd.

:lol

miyuru · Apr 10, 2005

Ristamar said:
According to info in the P&P RPGs (and other "Lucas approved" sources, I imagine), it varies by design, a choice made when the Jedi constructs his own personal saber. Some switch off when released, others have a locking mechanism that keep the blade ignited.

:lol :lol :lol WHAT

Ristamar · Apr 10, 2005

miyuru said:
:lol :lol :lol WHAT

Pen & Paper? You know.... thick rulebooks, 20-sided dice, Mountain Dew, Doritos, and that kinda shit.

W3RD.

ToxicAdam · Apr 10, 2005

Since you don't have the ability to deflect projectiles with it ... whats the point?

Its like that scene from Indiana Jones, where the samauri guys does all those fancy tricks with his swords, and then Indy pulls out a gun and shoots him.

JoshuaJSlone · Apr 10, 2005

Borys said:
A "real working" lightsaber would turn our physics knowledge upside down so I don't think even gazillion of dollars would suffice.

Which is why I'll pay i dollars.

Ecrofirt said:
couldn't you just have a lightsaber made from a powerful laser? You'd just have to do something so the laser only went out three feet or so, but was powerful.

So then there's the matter of creating some sort of floating thing that stays perfectly aligned with the base and is tough enough to not get sliced up by this super powerful laser.

Blackace · Apr 10, 2005

I have one

Lmo911 · Apr 10, 2005

This thread so reminds me of the garage sale episode of Venture Bros.

DOC! You got a sign over there that says "laser death ray bargain bin!" (has nothing to do with that pic/scene, but what the hell)

EDIT: Just found the whole scene! Mega Bastard, Go!

"I've been gypped!!"

Archaix · Apr 10, 2005

Lmo911 said:
This thread so reminds me of the garage sale episode of Venture Bros.

DOC! You got a sign over there that says "laser death ray bargain bin!" (has nothing to do with that pic/scene, but what the hell)

You bastard! Every time I saw this thread today I looked for an image from that scene, but couldn't find it anywhere.

snaildog · Apr 10, 2005

ToxicAdam said:
Since you don't have the ability to deflect projectiles with it ... whats the point?

Its like that scene from Indiana Jones, where the samauri guys does all those fancy tricks with his swords, and then Indy pulls out a gun and shoots him.

Well speaking for myself, I don't have a lot of projectiles to deflect in a typical day.

DCX · Apr 10, 2005

I would much rather pay for a working Pop Up stopper than a glorified laser pointer. What's a light saber going to do for you in a gun fight?

DCX

Substance · Apr 10, 2005

Throw the lightsaber at him of course.

Ristamar · Apr 10, 2005

aoi tsuki · Apr 10, 2005

i have a real working lightsaber. It extends to eight inches. It can cut through any hymen.

I'M TALKING ABOUT MY PENIS, FOLKS!

Boogie9IGN · Apr 10, 2005

ToxicAdam said:
Its like that scene from Indiana Jones, where the samauri guys does all those fancy tricks with his swords, and then Indy pulls out a gun and shoots him.

Hehehe, Samurais in Cairo

ElyrionX · Apr 10, 2005

DCX said:
I would much rather pay for a working Pop Up stopper than a glorified laser pointer. What's a light saber going to do for you in a gun fight?

DCX

Uhhh, you'll be able to deflect the fucking bullets?

Ecrofirt · Apr 10, 2005

ElyrionX said:
Uhhh, you'll be able to deflect the fucking bullets?

You have phenominal reaction time, I take it.

Support NeoGAF

How much would you pay for a "real working" Lightsaber?

Member

Member

I don't mean to alarm you but you have dogs on your face

Banned

posting on contract only

Member

Banned

Member

Member

Banned

Member

Banned

Member

Member

The Mountain Jew

Setec Astronomer

Banned

Member

Member

Member

Member

Banned

Member

Banned

Hollywood Square

Honorary Canadian.

Banned

Banned

Member

Banned

Member

The Mountain Jew

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!

Member

Drunky McMurder

Member

DCX

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Similar threads