Saber Forum

I love the light-side version of the Dominix V2, the Aeon, but perhaps not quite as much as the Dominix V2 LE, so I'm wondering if there has ever been an Aeon LE, like the Shock LE, or if one might be in the works. I think it would be worth purchasing a pair of them to make a saberstaff!

I second the motion, for what it's worth...  I'll be buying my Aeon soon though, so unless it's going to be released for May, I'll be getting a standard aeon.  Gotta keep racking up those points to get the War Glaive cheaper!!!

A Dominix LE is made by taking a Dominix and re-cutting just the grooves, something we can offer at a reasonable price.  An Aeon LE would require anodizing a limited number of hilts, then re-machining everything except the grooves.  There isn't enough profit in that saber to absorb the cost of machining the saber twice, let alone anodizing a small number of hilts, so an Aeon LE's price would be rather high; I'd estimate in the upper 80's. 

Most people don't understand the costs associated with additional machining and anodizing.  An $88 Aeon would likely spur many "Why so much for just painting the grooves!?!?!" emails.

Thank you for answering that Ultra. I had been slightly curious about that myself.

A sure way to earn my ire is to ask those kinds of questions.

As Im ordering my Dominix LE tonight, I would actually be willing to pay a little more for an Aeon LE. I  would know alot of care went into its creation ;D hahaha would be AWESOME

It may be out of line to suggest it, but I think if you did offer it, there would be people that would buy it(Although not me, I'm not a fan of the silver-and-gold) look. But I'm not sure how things work. TO the best of my knowledge, the sabers are machined as they're requested, so there wouldn't be time lost building up stock, unless I'm wrong and then the rest of my arguement is kinda moot.

As cool as the idea of an Aeon LE sounds at first, let me be the first to brown-nose and say for the record that upon hearing Ultra's explanation of why not, it sounds like much less work for everyone if WE, the purchasers/end-users to simply take our Aeon's after we receive them, tape up the non-grooved portions (and/or the emitter section), and use some of the newer brands of metallic-gold spray paint and do the grooves ourselves, letting them dry, and then clear-coating them ourselves.

Its one thing for someone to take a hobby they love and be able to make a living doing it, let's try not to add layer after layer of frustration on Alex (and the gang) and turn a cool career into a chore of a job.