Greetings all, I would first like to say thank you Ultra and those with UltraSabers who work hard to make the works of art we buy from you
This is my first saber, The Catalyst, and I have to say it is beautiful. It is made from aircraft aluminum and has a polycarbonate blade. The blade I chose is the UltraEdge blade, and I must say that that thing lights up VERY well. I got a blue LED with it, and it shows up VERY well, it is VERY bright. My two favorite things is the emitter is attached by a choke, which is perfect for holding and makes it easier to spin the blade around in your hand. The second thing is that the emitter has four.. prongs that give the Catalyst a nice distinction. Now, I got my Catalyst with the Obsidian Soundboard, and I must say I am very happy with it. It responds to swings very well, and sounds beautiful. I plan on doing some work on my Catalyst soon, but that will be posted (later) on the Customization forum
And now... Pictures! To be honest I do not think the pictures do the brightness and equality of the blade justice..
First, the entire saber and blade. I hope you can see how bright that thing is. And this is in light too. The only time you can't see the LED's lights is in direct sunlight. Even if I'm in a tree's shadow it shows rather well.
Second is mostly just the hilt, you can see some of the blade and maybe better brightness.
Third is the blade, and hilt separated. The blade is REALLY easy to take out, though I am a bit paranoid about how deep I can put the screw in. Sometimes it seems wobbly and then I'll tighten it and it's fine, but looking at it it seems really... deep? I dunno.
This next picture you can see the "prongs" really well, and part of the choke.
This is the bottom of the saber, opened up so you can see the battery pack (holds 4 AAA batteries btw) with the built in speaker, and unfortunately it won't come out much farther but it's connected to the obsidian soundboard there. The wires always pull it back in, and I don't want to pull it any farther less I risk yanking wires. I just noticed you CAN see the USB port for the obsidian soundboard. So there you go
and the speaker holes in the pommel, and reflector in the emitter.
And the last picture, this is the emitter and pommel removed, the choke unscrewed a bit, still holding the LED, and it all turned on. Now it looks like a really nice flashlight, but.. that's okay because that's what a lightsaber is without a blade. A very nice flashlight. At least what most people think..
And that's it. It's really easy to take off the emitter and pommel, the blade is wonderful and sturdy, and the color is bright and..well.. right
It is blue and it shows. Thanks for reading! Oh and.. I'm a little weary doing a video, but if you guys want me to put one up let me know and maybe.. MAYBE I'll do one..
Aeryk Gunn,
K'oyacyi!
