A Jesse James review. My day is now a better day! ![Grin ;D](https://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/Smileys/classic/grin.gif)
Hah, thanks man. I know I don't do much like this, but I'm also not sent a review sample too often either, haha. When I saw the Ubiquitous I went and asked them about it directly and we got to talking about the concept and everything. They're a cool company, think outside the box I feel.
Thanks guys for the positive remarks, I appreciate that. Obviously I'm not a skilled photographer like Jayson is, and this was my first light box set up and everything. I'm trying to improve that angle of anything I do wind up reviewing though. I'd like to maybe do some reviews of some of these smaller toy lines like Vitruvian HACKS and such for our readers because that stuff is different, but high quality.
With a return to TVC I wouldn't mind reviewing cool figures again when I have time, but time is something we all wish we had more of it seems.
On the lighting, Lando, these are all self-contained I THINK. I cannot say that definitively because the company sent me the non-lighted kit, however it is done with micro-USB cables that I believe connect to a "battery box panel", essentially. A single panel has the Nova name embossed on it (this is in the instruction manual which is very generic and for all the different sets they make). This panel has a box screwed into the back with 4 micro USB ports it appears, and the instructions explain how to route their micro USB cables between the interior and exterior panels.
You then just plug the other end into each light unit's port for the cables. I'm assuming when you get the lighted kit then, there is some pre-wired LED panel in there since all these "cases" that hold them in are screwed into the back of even the non-lighted system. I took one apart (they're screwed in) and it just is missing the wired LED panel from inside.
The "Nova" embossed panel and any of the micro USB cables are the only things my set didn't come with. And of course none of the wired innards of the light panels are there when you take them apart.
You can light the non-lighted system if you know how to wire LEDs, which I do and it's not too horrible, but their system seems very compact and perfect for their design, obviously. I've never done wiring with micro-USB cables, rather just a battery box and LEDs to it haha.
If you're hell bent on a lighted set up I really recommend their kit. It seems to run about $100. It also is remote controllable, and you can change the LED colors with the flip of a button. Red, purple, green, white... a rainbow of colors and things. Pretty slick stuff really. I'm glad you guys liked it and thanks for the kind words again. I appreciate that.