I think you're completely wrong that Star Wars toys are so potentially lethal. I mean, that weight you're talking about, it's all in the handle, right? Ah whatever, why don't you tell me how many injuries and lawsuits there have been in the 10 years since TPM, when these toys came out? I also express doubt if you don't mind that a flashlight could potentially blind someone "for life," but I'm sure you'll tell me it's a secret NASA high powered laser or some such nonsense. So Lucas not only makes stupid movies, he also has no sense of age-appropriate toys? That, or maybe you're taking this waaaaaaaayyyyy too seriously?
I agree with the original comment of course that that dude looks ridiculous holding the thing with his hands over one another like that. I scoff at all the other pretentious garbage about how you're a master warrior of the plastic flashlight-sword and how you object to this on the grounds that it is injurious to your noble and ancient art.
Please let me know how those lawsuits are coming.
CV#2,
You jam someone in the eye with even a dull object and you can do real damage.
Yes, the weight is nominally in the hilt but the point is that if you have a 27" blade and a 2lb hilt all the /rotation/ is going to be near the body which is where the wrists of even a young person have their greatest strength and the weapon itself concentrates most of it's mass. Now think about the arc radius of a swing that is 1ft long vs. one which is 2ft further out beyond that. More distance for the same lever weight = more KE on the tip than 'seems' to be the case at the hilt. A secondary problem then arising in that, if the tip breaks off, it will continue to follow the same basic path.
Claiming that I claimed to be a master warrior is neither pertinent nor accurate.
Nor is the notion that Lucas 'knows best' with regards to what is safe for a kid. The man has consistently claimed that these are 'kids' films but the end of very movie that includes Jar Jar Binks as a dork show has a man cut in half through the torso. Another loses his arm in the next film and is completely dismembered and burned alive in the last.
These are not images for children, certainly not of the ages shown in the photo and Lucas should know better. He simply doesn't care.
Sorry, but it should be said that if you teach the way things should be used, they never will be, by accident. If you assume that they won't be without bothering to THINK if they can be abused, then you set not just yourself up but those who are in your care and too young to know the difference to have a nasty accident.
As for the lawsuits, I doubt seriously if there are any listed events because those who are hurt are probably bought off with an NDA or have no rights because of a 'warning label'.
They are not toys. They should not be made as such.
Saberist
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'I have injured plenty of people with toy lightsabers'
http://kotaku.com/34...aber-peripheralBBC Mock Duel Injury
http://209.85.173.10...w...cd=13&gl=usKid goes after attacker
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