jetpack beacon LED's interest list NOW TAKING PAYMENTS!

ok guys, here we go, i got them all put together and they're ready to ship. $20 shipped in the US, paypal preferred: mlmarosits@msn.com. pm me if you need to send payment by other means.

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/f...y/blinkies.jpg

here's a video showing off the led setup i just put together and installed in my jetpack beacon last night. take a look, tell me what you think, if there's interest i may do a small run of these.

YouTube - Boba Fett Blinking Beacon LED

ok, here's what i got for an interest list so far

1. dsonik1
2. morten
3. slave1pilot
4. Escher (paid - shipped)
5. Dutch (paid - shipped)
6. Huntman (paid - shipped)
7. burnsy (paid - shipped)
8. dlzx9r (paid - shipped)
9. CaptainSolo (paid - shipped)
10. Solo (paid)

if you guys could pm me just to confirm your interest that would be great. and i'll still take three more for this run and i'll get around to do a second run soon after that.

The strobing made me have a seizure... but other than that... awesome!

Things like this are very frustrating for me personally because I know an LED is FAR superior to an incandescent bulb, but a bulb is what was in the original, so what do you go with? If you are costuming, I say LED!

i'm all for screen accuracy, but at the same time i don't want my costume held together with duct tape and splinters. i figure if it looks just fine from the outside what i had to put on the inside to get it that way is A-okay. because for trooping i figure our costumes need to be better than screen accurate because the costumes on the set don't have to go through the same kind of torture that a costume at a make-a-wish event does.

anyway art, do you like?

I do like it! It is super simple and small and lightweight! Hard to beat!

and the best part is i can do these on the cheap!

That looks really good. I have an LED in my Beacon, but it doesn't seem to be very bright and I like the blinking effect. I'd get one from ya if you decide to do a run.

Looks good to me nice and simple. For some reason the strobing was making me think of disco, not sure why.

hell yeah I want one too, do runs please.

Interested pending price of course

i'm thinking if i do a run i'll switch out the wire i'm using and get twist caps instead of tape and that it'll be right about $20 if that sounds good to you guys.


*edit* just wanted to say that for $20 it would cover parts, time, paypal, and shipping in the US.

I like the LED... Besides, if Lucas is going to keep tooling with all the episodes what's cannon anymore?

Sean

im down for one!

well with the interest here, on the bhg, and my garrison boards, i think i'm going to go ahead and do a run. look for the run thread coming soon.

Nice! I'm definitely in for one!

Nice... It looks similar to what I jerry rigged for my beacon... I found an LED maglight bulb at loews on the cheap, soddered the wire to a AA battery pack from radio shack and then velcroed the battery pack to the upper inside wall of the jetpack near the beacon. Battery lasts about 6hrs or so with the LED.

I dig yours though because of the slow blink strobe effect! Nice work.

Any idea what the battery life is with this set up and if it changes with the settings?

Looks great!

was talking to sonik about lights the other day and thought about hacking up an LED headlamp that does the samething for mine when i get my new beacon looks great, thuogh instead of twist caps why not go with solder and shrink wrap? or if u wanted it to be able to come apart something like the two pin connector on the fetttronics boards

@Fett 4 Real my reasoning for using twist caps instead of a two pin connector is because on the serenity beacon i've only got about 3mm to work with to pass wires through and i haven't found a connector that small yet, and the LED's i'm using are 5mm so they fit in the beacon itself, just not through the bored out threaded piece. ya dig? but the connections in the light controller and at the led are soldered and heat shrinked.

bro I am interested

I'd be down for one.

Here's What I did,
one large 3.5 volt white LED in your Beacon ( Radio shack $1.50)
two AA Batteries = 3 volts (Battery holder Radio shack $2.50)
Positive from LED to Positive From Batteries
in between the negative side you put any flashing LED from (Radios shack $1)
The Flashing led makes the White LED Blink/ Flash
You add a two post switch on the Negative side for $1.50
And your done for $6.50 ish super bright and will run for days
Flashing Bright white Beacon on a budget.

updated the first post with an interest list.

u can put me down for one .
thanks

gonna bump this up one more time to see if i can get another two interested people by monday, tuesday i'll pm everyone on the list just to make sure everyone is still good to go.

one last bump before i close the list for this run. two spots left! the plan is to start building the lights next monday.

Put me down for one set please.

Thanks
Morten

got you on the list morten, and i updated the list for taking one off.

all lights are assembled and ready to ship so i'm taking payments

just a quick update: I'll be going through my paypal and pm's to see who has paid so far and start shipping by tuesday.

updated first post for everyone that's paid. the first few will be sent out tomorrow.

got mine today . nice , fast , thx st.nasty
best
david

If you still have one available, please PM me. I can paypal as soon as I get confirmation you've got an extra. Thanks.

updated first post for those that have shipped.

Received! THX brother... and holy hell is this thing bright!! It's gonna look great once I get it installed.

saint_nasty, Put me down for one set please!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks, leo

let me see if morten and s1p still want theirs, if not i'll let you know leo.

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Originally Posted by saint_nasty

let me see if morten and s1p still want theirs, if not i'll let you know leo.

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Ok brother, Thanks!!!!!!!!!

Leo

hey, to everyone that got one of these from me, could you guys leave some feedback on them? just a little testimonial or so.

I went back wards and got my light first then I bugged serenity for a beacon. Now that I have both I am VERY pleased. This definately is a great upgrade for my MOW pack. and the light just makes it look more authentic.

PM sent.

Love mine. First batt lasted about 2.5 hr. Got a new set and been running them at lest an hr a night for the last week. Still burning good. On slow strobe. its strong enough that i do not mount the light in the becon . i just velcoed the switch in the pack and it holds the wire and light in the becon . makes changeing the batt. easy .
Best.
David

Mine arrived today and is already in my beacon/JP.

EXCELLENT job, my friend. Works beautifully! Seeing it now, I would expect to pay $30 or more for a quality item like this. If not already obvious, I love it. Thanks so much for offering these! :thumbsup

:cheers

PM sent!!!!!!!

Leo

Mine arrived today. Good job, I like the brightness of the flashing LED and I love it:thumbsup
Looks great on my jet pack Thanks:)

Someone needs to make some metal Beacons to put these into

I hollowed out the beacon that came with my MOW pack... will one of your LED kits work with that? Thank you!

probably, as long as the opening is greater than 5mm.

could everyone that has ordered one of these from me please leave me feedback?

Do you still have one available?

i could make one up

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i could make one up

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ohhhh I would be interested in one too !!!!!!!!

Leo