What you get is a nice saber-building kit. The claim of 1000+ possible combination seems to be wildly exaggerated but, with the 3 color crystals, 4 hilt sleeves, 4 end caps and 3 sleeve rings you can probably produce 100+ combinations, many of them hard to distinguish between each other.

Assembly is not too hard but you will need a Phillips screwdriver to open and close the battery compartment (3 AA's not included). Once the batteries are in and you insert your favorite color crystal(s) you can have a workable weapon by attaching your favorite sleeve ring, hilt sleeve and end cap.

The manual is pretty good at showing how to put the saber together and the several basic models are illustrated.

Once assembled, the saber produces the selected light when the handle button is touched and, while the button is pressed, it hums and makes the other familiar saber noises. There is NO motion-sensitive sound generator. The sound comes out when the button is pressed and swinging does not alter the sound in any way I could detect.

Overall, it's an improvement over the lesser versions and it can be fun when in the hands of an advanced Jedi learner. It appears to be quite durable, in spite of the cheap-looking plastic the various components are made of. One curious shortcoming is the hilt sleeves being a couple of inches shorter than the hilt itself. This causes them to slide up and down the hilt and, when it does, the sleeve cover's hole that would allow the fighter to push the hilt action button comes out of alignment and the button can't be pressed.

The hilt sleeve problem compels me to take away one star. Otherwise, if you discard the obviously inflated promise of 1000+ possible combinations, the kit very much delivers what you would expect for the price.