Cheap Custom Lightsaber

Step 2 Step 2: The inner works

Now, if your goal is to Mod a Toy, it's easy. The inner works are already done! These cheap toys are really easy to take apart, and the eletronics are simple (to say the least). You can have never worked with eletronics and STILL know your way around here.

Look the picture.

See how it is Simple? This toy already comes with a Speaker , a On/Off switch (with 1 button for the light, and another for the sound.) the wiring for the leds and batteris is already done. It's so simple that you can actually Port it to another hilt if you want to (but i suggest some knowhow then...)

Se, the wiring for the leds, go up a Colored thick straw that goes inside the blade. That was supposed to make it "cheerfull" for kids. But what it actually does is that it kills the light of the leds. Making them MUCH less brighter. So, what you want to do here, is to remove those straws. The only part of the led that is glued is the base. So, cut around it and you're already home free.

If you plan to build this from scrap, then you should try a simple system like this. Everything this toy do is done with 1 simple Switch and 6 Points of wireing. You should also take notice that you'll have to solder together your own leds. But the next pictures should show you how.