Was the build your own lightsabor cool. my sons 6 and obsessed with star wars. So i think that he will want one. and is there a website i can see the diffrent kinds?
I don't think there's a site (but I could be wrong), but you can make various sorts. DS got one to be Luke.
The one issue is the sheer size of it. If your 6 year old is not very small I would imagine it would be fine. My 4 year old is on the bigger side, and it was just too bulky and big for him. And there are NO belt-clips! And the blade doesn't insert all the way in. So this is what he'll be carrying around all day except for when it's extended:
And fully extended:
You have a choice between clear "blades" or a red blade. The clear ones show the color (vaguely) that you can choose; the red ones don't have a color, they are just red. So this is what the blade will usually look like (the light isn't strong, the color isn't strong, it's all very washed out even in a dark room).
You can get darth maul style with a double blade. But it will only light up on ONE side. Good to know that ahead of time. They are very clear at the point where they are made, but if a child has been expecting a true double sided saber, 5 minutes warning that only one side will light up isn't going to be enough.
DS got his as a b'day present on the 26th, and by the 28th he was so tired of carrying it he must have lain it down or handed it to us, and we all walked away from it. Someone snagged it and never turned it in to lost and found, so it was gone.
For my 4 year old we should have stuck with the cheap no light no sound WITH belt-clip Hasbro saber.
But a 6 year old should do better with it!
