Star Wars Land Droid and Lightsaber Cost?

[George Lucas on a Bench]

What was wrong with this?

 

[flynnibus]

Disney is adding the variation with the crystals, and seems to have a reasonable effects package built in. The fact the components are interchangable is nice. I expect they are building for durability too.. as Disney doesn't want to be replacing broken sabers constantly in the parks (which they would do...).

 

[truecoat]

Disney is adding the variation with the crystals, and seems to have a reasonable effects package built in. The fact the components are interchangable is nice. I expect they are building for durability too.. as Disney doesn't want to be replacing broken sabers constantly in the parks (which they would do...).

At 200 bucks a pop, it better have some durability.

 

[flynnibus]

At 200 bucks a pop, it better have some durability.

My transformer cost more and can’t be played with....

 

[Phroobar]

How much are the wands at Universal? If I remember correctly there are two kinds: interactive and noninteractive.

 

[TROR]

Disney had Galaxy's Edge booths at Celebration, including displays of the sabers you can build at Savi's. The fans were saying the sabers are metal, pretty solid and heavy, with decent sound and light. In the videos I saw the sabers looked pretty decent, but I doubt these will compare with a custom jobs from Ultrasaber. While $200 seems like a lot for a toy, you are also paying for the experience of building the the thing. I'll no doubt do this when I break down in a year or so and head back to Disneyland.

You pay for the experience when you buy a ticket to the park.

 

[Phroobar]

Will I be able to build something that looks like this?

 

[SSG]

Will I be able to build something that looks like this?

I'm not crazy about the Spectre's emitter. I have a Dorinian myself.

 

[Phroobar]

I'm not crazy about the Spectre's emitter. I have a Dorinian myself.

The Dorinian is very nice too. I've been wanted a new saber for a long time. All I have is a Master Replicas Vader from about fifteen years ago.

 

[SSG]

Well it's $100 and no AP discount. Yikes.

Droid Depot

Bring a piece of the magic home with a purchase from this Disneyland Resort specialty store.

disneyland.disney.go.com

No, it has the discount


Annual Passholder Discounts at Droid Depot – Opening May 31, 2019!

Annual Passport Type	Discount*
Disney Southern California Passport	10%
Disney Deluxe Passport	10%
Disney Southern California Select Passport	10%
Disney Signature Passport	20%
Disney Signature Plus Passport	20%
Disney Flex Passport	10%

 

[D.Silentu]

I'm anxious to hear about the saber building experience itself. I have no familiarity with the pricing of current high end lightsabers, but until I hear more this seems pretty steep. Likewise for the droids.

 

[Disney Irish]

Where do you see that table? From the website itself:

"Custom astromech droid units are nonrefundable and are not eligible for Annual Passholder or other discounts"

Just like a lot of things, the custom built items won't have an AP discount. But the non-custom droids and other items from the shop will have discounts.

 

[SSG]

Here are some more merch prices.

 

[Phroobar]

First video I’ve seen of a custom droid:


Looks great!

Why does this guy make so many weird noises? That lightsaber looks really plasticy.

 

[Snow Queen]

Yeah, one of my takeaways as we've gotten closer is I don't like the quality of the custom lightsabers. They're a bit too chunky, a bit too plastic-y for my tastes. The legacy ones look pretty great though, and I have my eye on one of those. At $100, the plastic quality the droids have is stretching it a bit, but I can live with it more at that price than $200 US, which already is making my wallet cry.

 

[Snow Queen]

I definitely am in for a droid but have to admit it is on the higher end of price.

I agree the Lightsabers are a lot. I’d love to have the droid on my office desk, the lightsaber I have no idea what I’d do with it. I wish it was retractable and not a thing you screw on.

That's one of the reasons I lean to the Legacy ones. I don't need to buy the blade, I'm not going to swing it around, just give me the hilt(s) and a little case to display them in and I'm good.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

They're glow sticks for kids...

 

[Snow Queen]

Totally agree. Luke’s Return of the Jedi hilt would be awesome to have as a display piece.

Disney most likely will not even allow use of the saber in the parks.

I know many people who bought blasters for their kids just to come back a few years later and not be allowed to bring them in.

Yeah, the Luke one quite impressed me with how thin they managed to get the neck, so good call on that one. I'm leaning to the pair of Ahsoka ones, I like the style of the blade and the idea of having something just a little different than another movie one.

 

[Kram Sacul]

They're glow sticks for kids...

The ceremony of the banging of the plastic toys.