Our son just turned 7 yesterday. He has wanted to have a "real" lego lightsaber for a long time, but the sets that they come in are expensive. We decided that his main gift for his birthday would be Darth Vader's Tie Fighter, complete with Vadar and his red lightsaber! The gift was a hit! Our boy and the lightsaber have been nearly inseparable.
However, this afternoon, without our knowledge and much to our dismay, our son decided to take Vader and the Tie Fighter in the van. He enjoyed them very much until near the end of the journey when he "dropped" the lightsaber down the side of his seat. He exclaimed it was missing and we were all soon searching for it.
After much time it was discovered deep in a crevice on the floor. Then an hour later we had only been able to recover the red part and NOT the hilt. Acceptance came slowly and tears were shed. The SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE it the entire set is gone forever.
My son dreams of having every lego lightsaber in every color, but this was to be his first and favorite. Is there not something you can do? We cannot bring ourselves to re-buy the set for the lightsaber hilt!
Please, please if you're willing, see if you can find an extra lightsaber handle around there somewhere...and send it our way. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Sad w/o a Lightsaber
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I'm so sorry, Adam!! That really stinks!
Could your crevice tool on your vacuum fit in? If so, wrap a knee high around it, stick it in the crevice and turn on the vacuum. That is the advice for retrieving lost beads. If not, I have a lot of faith that the Lego people will be helpful. Love you guys.
Ooo...good advice Nicole. We actually tried using our shop vac. We have some very small attachment pieces, but we couldn't reach it. It was SOOOO disheartening.
P.S. I had to ask Adam to make that sad face in the picture. It was taken so much later that he had gotten over the bulk of it. :)
I am so sorry...so so so sad.
http://us.service.lego.com/en-US/replacementparts/default.aspx
You can order replacement parts from the lego website. You will likely not have to buy a whole new set.
Give it a shot...
Hope everything goes well!
This comment comes very late as a response to this post, but perhaps it's early enough that you could get a light saber in every color for him for Christmas. There are many fans of Legos that sell lego parts. The biggest conglomeration of these fans is at bricklink.com Search for part number 30374 (light saber blades) and part number 577 for the hilt, or just search 'hilt'. Of course, any of the other 10000 parts Lego has created can also be found there. Have fun.
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