I just recently got into lightsabers and lightsabers building. It started with a trip to the local hardware store. I saw some copper, brass, plastic, steel pipe fittings and the rest is history. My boys and I have now build 7 sabers, the owner of the hardware store keeps saying “still not done with it!”, I don’t think we will ever be done with building sabers. Now I want to concentrate on learning to assemble functioning internals that are light and sound capable (the fluorescent/glow in the dark painted PVC pipe doesn’t cut it anymore!)