Mace ROTS FX Review [Pics]

[AV™ The Unforgiving]

Hilt: The electrum style finish of the Mace Windu ROTS Force FX hilt is one of elegance and superiority. It is heavier than the rest of the single bladed Force FX hilts and is of good design. The lower part of the hilt is riveted for maximum grip, while the upper hilt is smooth for spins. The upper hilt also features a rubber grip for supreme spin handling. The emitter matrix is badly placed, the worst of the Force-FX's yet as it is accidental turned off way too easily. The gold electrum finish can be rubbed away with use, gloves are recommended when handling this saber.

Blade: The ROTS FX blade is terrible. Instead of using a string of true purple LEDs, it is made from a string combining both red and blue LEDs. The mix of color makes a shade of blueish purple, it is far from the violet color of the blade seen in the film. Both the red and blue LEDs can be seen when looking up close along with the breaks in the LED string. This LED color combination causes a pink line seen all the way through the saber blade from hilt to tip. Also, the blade looks blue in pics and film as seen in the pics below.

Sound: The sounds of the ROTS Mace FX are standard. They are practically the same as the other Jedi sabers from Force FX as they all have a similar if not the same sounds.

Pros & Cons:

Pros:
- Gorgeous hilt
- Incredible grip, upper and lower hilt
- Balanced well for maximum spinning.

Cons:
- Terrible blade color
- Badly placed emitter matrix
- Gold on hilt can be worn away
- Blade looks blue in film and pics

Mace Windu ROTS Force FX Pics...

[Alena Vader]

Awww too bad the pics turned out so blue baby

We'lls learn how to adjust the lighting on the camera so it can be a little more purple...

And very thorough review, as usual. I would agree on all of your points. The Mace ROTS is not my favorite ffx unfortunately.

[Ti-el_terall]

There are no true purple LED's, except for uv leds wich cannot be used for a fx but can be used for a converted saber. Just thought I would let you know why MR didnt have a true Purple blade.

[Sora Skywalker]

i like my mace rots but the color was disapointing to me when i got it.

[Jeefmudo]

I agree that the color of the blade is not like the purple seen in ROTS and AOTC,but it is close. Maybe in the future Master Replicas will be able to get it more close to the "real thing", still one of my favorite FX sabers,though.

[AV™ The Unforgiving]

Yeah, the hilt is great except the emitter matrix.

[Darth Simious]

I have this saber too, mine has been converted though. You can e-mail Lee Filters and have them send you a free swatch book. There is a REALLY nice purple filter in there that when added to the hilt using a white Lux, makes an awesome purple color! The pictures do look as though the blade is blue, but I see that a lot though.

[Danihilus]

It looks as if I'm going to end up with this saber. I was going to get a Yoda through Target's website (since I have a huge gift card) but now they no longer have it. The only other one they have besides red is the Mace (and I already have a Maul so I don't want another red).

[jcgb10]

the handle rocks

[AV™ The Unforgiving]

I'm thinking I might just sell mine and collect something with the money I get for it. I really dislike it that much.