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Hasbro and Saberproject on tour in Germany – 2012
1 January 2012 @ 8:00 am – 31 December 2012 @ 5:00 pm
Saberproject Tour 2012 – Workshops for young Jedi
After our first workshop tour in fall 2011 met with great interest, we decided together with Hasbro to hold two tours in 2012. And so it was that last year we were on the road not just once, but twice, teaching young and old Jedi the basics of lightsaber combat in Kaufhof stores all over Germany.
Since on some weekends we were present in two cities at the same time, we split into two groups, so one half could cover the north while the other was active in southern Germany.
Sometimes we faced large numbers of participants, sometimes somewhat smaller ones, which meant we could occasionally stretch our workshops from the usual 20 minutes to half an hour, teaching especially eager learners a trick or two beyond the basics. This variety meant time never dragged for us, even though on Saturdays we always commandeered the Kaufhof toy departments for our young Jedi training from 11:00 to 18:00.
Even though there were significantly fewer pre-registrations, especially for the last workshop tour, than for the previous ones, we made sure the free spots were filled with passersby, so that in the end every participant had a sparring partner to practice the strikes we showed them. The basics taught here were meant to let the students train at home too, without much risk of injury. Anyone who had brought their own lightsaber was of course allowed to use it; for everyone else we had a selection of red, blue and green Hasbro Ultimate FX lightsabers, sized and weighted for kids.
Especially among our young participants, the enthusiasm was so great that after the workshop we often told them about the different lightsabers and presented a model or two. Our homemade sabers always attracted particular interest, though their price ultimately led most buyers to go for Hasbro's much cheaper Ultimate FX lightsabers after all.
So time and again we looked back in the evening on an exhausting but successful day and set off on the sometimes rather long drive home.
At this point we'd like to thank Hasbro for organizing the workshops and the department stores for their interest. Last but not least, our thanks go to all participants, who made sure that in 2012 too we received consistently positive feedback.
We hope to be able to offer workshops in the future too and would be happy to meet with such lively and interested participation again.
