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Title: How did you guys find US
Post by: Deadcow on June 28, 2013, 10:07:20 PM
For me I was looking in to building a real lightsaber.  After discovering it is not yet possible, I settled on LED.  I Google lightsaber colors and there was a picture of eight colors.  I clicked on it and it took me to the US home page.  I looked around a bit and the obsession began.  So what about you guys?  How did you find Ultrasabers?


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: James Casey on June 28, 2013, 10:52:54 PM
I think I happened across US several years ago when they were still working in PVC. I was more impressed with a certain other builder at the time, but I actually ended up buying several Master Replica and other hilt-only designs.

I came back to Ultrasabers around Christmas time when one of their ads popped up while I was browsing one day. I don't know quite where it pulled up my SW interest from, but it did, and now here I am.


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Darth Kitsune on June 28, 2013, 10:55:44 PM
Mine was a rather simple experience. I was browsing Deviantart, where I put some of my work, and I randomly came across an ad. Usually I don't click on Ads, but it was about lightsabers so I couldn't resist. And I'm rather glad I did.


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: BenPass on June 28, 2013, 11:01:12 PM
I wanted to buy a lightsaber that was more durable than the old telescoping plastic ones, and after doing a bit of googling, I came across US. I saw that there was a forum and thought, "Screw that, I don't want to start up with some forum." Yeah, that worked out well ;) Anyway, I thought US looked good, so I thought I'd try one of their sabers. I bought the Libby V3, and was so impressed that I actually sought out the forum so I could talk about how great US was! And I've been here ever since.


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Deadcow on June 28, 2013, 11:10:52 PM
My first saber was a dark initiate v2 LE in AS.


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Aurentis on June 28, 2013, 11:35:15 PM
I, like many other people here, was looking into getting a lightsaber.  My particular desire was to have one for cosplay/demonstration purposes.
I perused the sites of a couple other sabersmiths, mostly those that utilized series LED blades.  I found the hilts very pretty to look at, but whenever I watched their videos, the blades would visibly bend and contort with each swing.  I really didn't want that, because to me, it just looked cheap, no matter how high-quality the hilt looked.

Google eventually took notice of my browsing habits, as it usually does, and I started seeing ads for sabersmiths.  I saw an ad for Ultrasabers, and clicked it.  The first thing I saw was the inline videos of the Reaper and Manticore reveals.  I was instantly curious, so I poked around on the forums and looked specifically for demonstration videos.

That was when I came across a bunch of Eerock's videos -- one of his earlier orbit demos in his garage, his font reviews, and the video of his son hanging off the blade of his saber.  After seeing that video, I knew I had found the right place for what I wanted.


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Kresnik on June 29, 2013, 01:39:25 AM
US "s awesome and over powering add engine ... I think I google searched how to make a lightsaber once and then it pretty much infected my gmail ... Myfitnesspal and anything google related ... Then I watched dozens of videos etc ... So I pitched the idea of going with a SW theme for our swordplay demo group and here we are working out choreography


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Ealotech on June 29, 2013, 03:42:29 AM
My first interest in light sabers is when I watched Star Wars Movies. Then I got some of the Hasbro removable blade sabers and they are great as a novelty collectibles. But I craved for the better and stunt/dueling grade saber as I search online for better lightsabers and I came across US. All the reviews on Youtube on US and forums lead to me to order my first US and its being shipped I can't wait! Too excited!  ;D


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Wade Vox on June 29, 2013, 04:11:58 AM
The first time I found Ultrasabers I was maybe 7 when they still did the commercial and was hooked. Almost bought one but had no money. Forgot about it and then found it again last year and instantly remembered it. I regret not getting some of the pvc a copper ones then


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Soske on June 29, 2013, 04:55:26 AM
I was looking to buy myself a lightsaber.  I already had a Master Replicas Luke Ep4.  As I was looking at the other MR/Hasbro ones, and decided I wanted a double bladed saber. I then thought to myself "I wonder if anyone has taken to making custom sabers".  So I did a Google search, bounced around a few forums, found a few sites that did.  US seemed to have the best price for what you get ratio, so I took a chance and bought my first Ultrasaber, the Phantasm v3.  And now I own too many, yet not enough, Ultrasabers.


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Master Rel on June 29, 2013, 05:22:12 AM
I was building a prop for a client and needed a high powered LED for an internal effect...while looking for high powered LEDs I found several references to Ultra Sabers...one thing led to another and here I am.

It is like Hotel California...you can check out anytime but you can never leave.

:)


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Darth Remoss on June 29, 2013, 07:31:00 AM
I remember the good old days... Watching Episodes 4-6 and dueling my brother with the telescoping plastic toy sabers. That was fun...but now I'm older.
I wanted a quality saber made of metal, with a removable blade. I started looking at Hasbro's Force-FX sabers, but was disappointed in their blades. Although appearing to be great display pieces; they can't be used in combat.
So I was about to accept defeat, and give up on my dream to have a dueling saber when... I found US!!!

Anyways... I found it by chance. I found a video of two people dueling. I cannot remember which video, so don't ask. They mentioned in the description that they used ultrasabers. I immediately watched ever video I could find on YouTube. I literally spent hours staring at my computer screen. I Google-searched it and bought my Bellicose the very same night.


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Aurick on June 29, 2013, 08:26:14 AM
Well, through a round about way I was searching how to make a wizard staff for a battlemage cosplay I was putting together for Bristol ren faire this year, and BOOM while watching a YouTube video on a lit up staff the guy mentioned US as where he got his parts. I googled as many of you did, and found US. I've been on the site and forum daily since. It is like a child hood dream being fulfilled! I received my first saber about a week ago ( Libby V3 in VA) I've used it so much I needed new batteries after a few days! Coolest sabers and best company ever! If there is a cure for this addiction I don't want to know it!


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Darth_Arkanus on June 29, 2013, 08:42:50 AM
I'm not really sure actually. I guess I must've googled "lightsabers" and US wasn't the first sabersmithy that I found (I can't really say WHO I found first, can I?) But around the same time I found the forum, and connected US to its forum and, as Jar Jar Binks might say, "Meeza here! Okey day?" lol


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: JEStucker on June 29, 2013, 02:40:37 PM
I used to do all sorts of costuming events, Star Trek, Steam Punk, Ren Fairs, etc.  Then I got married and ended up with three kids, so all the hobbies sorta went to the back burner and most of the costumes ended up getting sold to people that were still into it.  Of course my wife and I try hitting all the sci-fi conventions that get within 100 miles of us, but the budget hasn't allowed for costuming much any more aside from good geeky shirts.  Now the kids are older and more self-sufficient, the budget is starting to turn around.  I decided that some ren-fest garb I still have would work well for Star Wars cosplay, so the modifications began... I have friends in the Washington DC area 501st and asked them where most of their sabers came from and of course UltraSabers was their answer.  Amazingly, that same day I got that answer from them, I had a US ad pop up on my Facebook... the rest is history! 

of course now I need to channel away from the clothing again and get another saber...


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Slaide on June 29, 2013, 03:34:34 PM
I found my way here after looking to find a service to convert my old broken MR Mace Windu, nonetheless i never got around to sending it in to them when they still did conversions. I ended up with a friend's pvc Dominix around the same time and that held off my needs for a saber for awhile, but eventually had to get one of my own. :)


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Pagru on June 30, 2013, 02:18:05 AM
My first real experience with light sabers was my dad taking me to see the new digitally remastered Star Wars episode IV, then around the release of the new episode V i recall constantly badgering my dad to tell me how much the light sabers where in the new movie (I knew by this point he'd seen the originals) which I suspect marks the beginning of my obsession, since then I've also considered building a real saber (come on, who hasn't) a love of magnets and video games eventually led me to the idea that one could suspend super heated plasma around an Halbach array connected to some sort of ceramic emitter, as that's proving difficult to finance I guess I pulled away from the topic for a long long time until some genius though that an Ultra Sabers add would go brilliantly on the Unofficial Skyrim wiki (the wiki background is fairly light pastel shades so a jet black add with a pair of clashing sabers sticks out a bit) thusly another obsession was formed :-)


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Lord Benzile on July 01, 2013, 03:11:11 AM
 i wanted one years ago. I drooled over the dark initiate v2 at the time in 2007 but it didnt have sound and others were pricey for me at the timne so i didnt get one. Couldnt remember what sight it was from because the website has changed some but i found US again this year. And behold....Dark intiate V3 WITH SOUND and MHS pomels


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Darth_Phobius47 on July 01, 2013, 04:55:22 AM
Last fall I was just watching reviews on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses and an ad popped up. I didn't pay much attention as I thought it was just a viral thing. But curiosity got the better of me and after 3 weeks after my first visit to the site, I ordered my first two stunt sabers. A CG dark Libby for my little bro and a FO DSI for myself.

When I ordered it I selected the vert. grooves option, but got the normal version when I opened the package. I was only disappointed for all of 5 seconds before I realized this thing was AWESOME!!! BUT thanks to the grab bag, I did finally get my vert grooves DSI!

A simple wander of the eye and nothing was the same again!


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: B1ondeange1 on July 03, 2013, 03:15:33 AM
I cant remember why, but a few years ago i looked into where i could get an fx lightsaber and the price. it was still just window shopping then, i couldnt afford one. Not long after I did a lightsaber choreography workshop at a summer camp I was a peer tutor on, and that got me interested again. Same year a friend got an fx saber. But still couldn't afford a saber. Got myself a foam kids one for a costume party (it was more realistic length than most kids ones and cheap). at the start of this year I went to comic con, first day went normal clothes, had to come back next day dressed up in my Jedi outfit- and all the people walking around with sabers made me really really want one!! Luckily there weren't any for sale at the con- coz after that I googled lightsabers, found a FX retailer but wanted a removable blade saber for cosplay, and found ultrasabers further down the list. They looked a decent price compared to some other saber makers. Followed the link to this forum, browsed around a bit, then got an archon v2.1 in AB with silver foc and sound for my birthday and just in time for a costume party. This thing is an absolute beauty, my partner wanted one from the second he held mine, and after playing with mine my sis wants one as well. So in the near future, funds permitting, we will be getting their two choices, plus a consular in GB and shock in DVA for me. And sometime in the future I'm lining up a prophecy if its still around :)


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: eerockk on July 03, 2013, 04:57:08 PM
Banner ads. I hated banner ads until US's!

I saw lightsaber and I clicked. Here I still am! :D


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: Pagru on July 03, 2013, 07:09:15 PM
Is it just me, or are ultra sabers' adds REALLY well placed lol


Title: Re: How did you guys find US
Post by: BenPass on July 04, 2013, 02:47:37 AM
They really ARE well placed :)