These things are great display pieces but craphouse toys. I knew some guys that played with them - the plastic sheath around the blade is quite brittle and prone to breakage (well, brittle when you smash them up against each other with repetitive, excessive and violent force, ehehehehe) and once that sucker fractures the blade just goes totally floppy.

I prefer the Hasbro electronic toy sabres - oversized, but more fun to play with.. they break too after some use, but much cheaper to replace. The little non-electronic sabres are even cheaper and have belt clips but the blades are short and they have no light or sounds.

Here's some pics of me and my friends mucking around with Hasbro electronic sabres.

Darth Maul sabre vs Qui-Gon Jinn sabre




Obi-Wan Kenobi light sabre


Anakin Skywalker light sabre


non-electronic Obi-Wan Kenobi lightsabres


and just for fun, my friend's Padmé Amidala cosplay


Darth Vader sabre


Darth Vader sabre vs Luke Skywalker sabre


And yes, it's me inside that Vader cosplay (even shaved my head)

Force FX sabres