boba fett unleashed... something i've always meant to do

light him up!



i just got 3 more ikea detolf cases (giving me 7 total now!). instead of the non lighting that i used in the older ones, i got the dioder LED sets:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20119932

these things are AWESOME! 1/4" thick disk with 10 super bright white LEDs. 4 of those disks to a pack.

i put one of the disks under the fett unleashed, facing up. so now when i turn the cabinets on, boba lights up

Sweet!!

Brian, will you be my daddy?


You have about a million great ideas a year.

WOW!!!! I've been thinking of doing that to mine for a while too but never got around to it. Looks killer!!
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I did that and it burns after a while. Dont leave it unattend it.

LEDs don't put off enough heat to burn anything, do they?

yes! I was totally going to solder my own light ring but this might be an excellent alternative! Nicely done.

That looks great!

Originally Posted by SEEKER

I did that and it burns after a while. Dont leave it unattend it.

yikes! what sort of lights did you use?

these get warm, but i didn't think they got hot enough for that.

i'll be careful, thanks for the warning!

Now that is cool!

YOu could also mount the lights to a small scrap of aluminum to distribute the heat. Thats what we do to some of our products. It also keeps the LEDs bright, as per degree C emitted by the LED you lose 1 lumen of brightness

THAT IS SWEEEEEEETTTTT!!!!!

wow that is amazing!

That looks awesome! Mine is still in its packaging though.

Pretty darn cool, Brain!

I've been wanting to do this for a while, but didn't know there was anything I could buy to do it, I was just considering jerry-rigging my own setup. Thanks for the tip!

Very cool!
I'd check the temperature on this if you're leaving the lights on for a while.
LEDs burn cool, but 10 of them like that in a very confined space made of plastic might "turn up the heat" a bit.

that's gotta be tight with the lights off!