Star Wars movies , especially the original trilogy, are to me one of those very few movies that still take me away from my seat to a magical feel whenever I watch it.

Now I feel the hand produced craft and design of SF sabers have that "realistic" look and sound. Blades are super bright, hilt designs look like what a SW character would use. It looks damn convincing!

Well well, let's see how well I can date myself here haha.

Long long time ago when I was so little I was only known as Zeddy I used to watch the original trilogy Star Wars a lot (twas the favourites of my mother and I!) and play with "The Force" lightsaber toys with the whistle tips in them so they hummed with a friend on a daily bases. For hours on end. Given these were released in the early 80's and they were not exactly new as they belonged to my friend's older brother, whom was grown up and moved out when I met him. Two midget Jedi had epic sized battles all over the place.

I had such a great time with those things. They were simple hollow plastic tubes, no lights, nothing fancy. But the hum they made with that cross piece embedded in the blade at the tip so totally put me into the movie as a kid it was unbelievable.

Jump ahead oh...you know...about 25 years and now I have kids of my own. I got them the retractable lightsabers that show signs of HEAVY use by the kids and myself. Just didn't seem the same though for me, though I was having tons of fun with the kids. Come across this site and begin poking around as the thought of hitting that thrill note again was too much to pass up.

Wife orders one for a surprise gift behind my back and tells me once it's ready to genuinely ship! Wait for it to cross the border. Oh, the wait at customs. I was checking that tracking label a few times a day.

Get home after work late all pumped that it should have arrived and it wasn't here yet. Doh. Canada Post can suck sometimes. Watch some Dr. Who with the wife and head to bed.

In the morning around 6AM I shamble down to get ready for work and there's my younger son bouncing at the bottom of the stairs. Holding mah toblerone. He stashed it away before he went to bed so we can open it in the morning together. He's his dad's boy, he's a huge Star Wars fan as well, and own several retractable blades.

So there are now two 8 year olds ripping into this toblerone, one figuratively 8, the other literally 8. Get all the accessories removed from the packing and set aside so all we have in front of us is that bubble wrapped package.

Oh so carefully open it up and unroll and at this point the wife walked in to a collective "whooooaaa" from us both. Pick it up and check it out and I felt like I did back as that little Zeddy so long ago. Quickly hand it to my son and watch his response. his eyes really lit up holding something that felt like it would be a real lightsaber. I loved the feel of what could be considered a real lightsaber, made out of metal like the ones in the movies with the proper look and 'feel' to it.

He excitedlyl handed it back. I inserted the blade and removed the kill switch and returned it to my son. I don't think I've ever seen a kid so excited as he was when he hit the activation button. The hum as it started up literally made us both giggle like kids. Just watching his reactions reminded me of how I felt when I was his age so long ago.

Saberforge gave all three of us a great gift that morning. They almost gave me a concussion too when he started swinging it around, those blades are SOLID.

Autski, what you did in your first story is similar to something that I have been planning to do to my Boy Scout troop for quite a while. I'm the oldest and an Eagle Scout so I can pretty much get away with anything

It also helps that the younger boys practically worship me. LOL

my earlist memory of using hasbro or an toy lightsaber was when i was bout 7 years old

it was not meant for dueling.
however it was cool at the time.

and it was bout the same year i got into the star wars universe via both my father games and the movies as well as the comics few years later

the games was however the thing that caught me in the universe of star wars

how i came across star wars fans later on ?
the Scifi Con

i think of all members im probly the youngest one in this forum (24 years old)

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I have a bunch of memories of playing with the plastic extending blade sabers, but nothing worth going in depth about. Fast forward to my preteen years, being in Barnes and Noble with the fam getting some books. Right before we get to the register, papa bear notices a display. Star wars display.

Master Replicas aww yeeeeee

We were instantly full of excitement. We get two, one for me and my bro (Anakin's for me, Luke's for my bro)

We get home, put our books aside and dig in. That first ignition was heaven. We shut all lights off in the house and run around taking turns dueling. It was a great night. I gave my family an honorable death in glorious combat. Now I currently own a green Resilient and am waiting on a blue Disciple!

We still have our Mr sabers and plastic/electronic ones

good to know im not the youngest of all XD

Just turned 25 myself, so you're not that young haha.

It's so cool to be a part of a community full of people who share the same passion for Star Wars as much as I do. I've got a friend at work who's in the same boat as the rest of us, but she has yet to pull the trigger on a saber to call her own due to money constraints. We plan on attending a bunch of conventions next year, and one of her costumes requires a lightsaber. I expect her to be purchasing one soon after the Holidays depending on her money situation. Of course, she plans to buy a SaberForge saber. She's struggling between one of the Apprentice sabers (Consular, I think), the Princess, and an ASP saber. Soon she'll join the rest of us in our nerdiness...er...awesomeness!

galade120 wrote:
Got you beat. I'm 15

Y'all are young as hell.