Should NZLarps invest in a lightsabre

Should NZ larps invest $200 in a larpsafe Lightsabre?

  • Yes - this would be yet another great way for us to raise intrest at the sci fi level
  • One is Not enough! We demand more!
  • We should get One Professionally made one for shows and build any others that are needed.
  • We Should build some ourselves - lets put aside money for construction
  • No - They will not see enough use

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With the $ so strong at the moment we can buy top quality carbonfibre weapons from the uk.

We currently don’t have much in the way of Sci-fi equipment and a well constructed bit of gear like this would help us recruit sci fi types at other events.

do you have a link?

Here we go :slight_smile: These are all Eldritch made lightsabres - they can be made to any size and most colours they have an array of different hilts as well.

more :slight_smile:

One light saber isn’t going to be much fun. I think you need at least two of them :smiley:

I didn’t vote because neither option represented my opinion.

I think you should get this on the agenda for the next nzLarps committee meeting and request funding there. That way, people who care can sit around and discuss all the relevant details, like the number of people playing in the games, frequency of games etc

The “No - We should focus more on high fantasy!” option looks ever so slightly like trolling to me. You might want to reword it. I’d like to tick a box that said “hey, go get some light sabers, but keep it real with the money”

Updated to be more balanced and perhaps reflect more peoples opinions.

I think we have the skills locally to produce a run of these.

Fund them out of the Star Wars game budget like all the other props? Would they be used for things outside the Star Wars game?

Enough padding to make 240 light sabers for $80 + shipping

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Building-renovation/Heating-cooling/Insulation/auction-249348850.htm

Note: this auction is actually for 10mm wall with a 6mm hole (i.e. 26mm total diameter)

Or you can probably purchase smaller quantities at the local plumbing supply store.

[quote=“Derek”]Enough padding to make 240 light sabers for $80 + shipping

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Building-renovation/Heating-cooling/Insulation/auction-249348850.htm

Note: this auction is actually for 10mm wall with a 6mm hole (i.e. 26mm total diameter)

Or you can probably purchase smaller quantities at the local plumbing supply store.[/quote]

Yup - first we need to establish if the NZLARP members would be happy making any sort of investment - if we set aside $200 and see what we can come up with then it will work better than jumping to how much will it cost - whats where, is that suitable, what if we did this etc etc… - is there latex what paint looks best should they be pink blue orange green yellow etc etc :slight_smile:

I appreaciate the imput tho :slight_smile:

I wanna red one. (They’re faster)

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Lol. I prefer blue, they make me look good…

I hear the green ones are healthier but I think the red ones taste better so I’m going to stick with Red.

Silver ones are awesome:D

I like the purple because “ultra violet” and “ultra violent” are really similar 8)

If people do want to produce a batch of these, I’m happy to help organize things. I managed to produce a Roman Legion for $100, so a pile of light sabers shouldn’t be too bad :smiley:

Of course a major concern has got to be if they go with my eyes.

You do realise the “drum” shields that were made are not larp safe… and the gladius are shoddy…

How about we make them all white and have a texta day where we color them in as appropriate.

I lol’d