And just to make sure it continues to be dark side free, how about some pre-build shots with captions, all courtesy of bwaites (images may be clicked to view a larger version):
Lots of pretty circles, what are those?
Oh no, could it be? Maybe, possibly?
Look Ma!! It is, it is!!
Lots of pretty USL parts, all waiting for the electrons that make them work!!
Look at all the pretty colors!
OOOOOOOhhhhhhhh!
[Ray's added comments]
My first real light was a Surefire e2 Executive. Assuming 2,500 lumens for the USL (about 70% efficiency from the Osram bulb), we'd need
3,834 e2's to throw the same amount of light as these
92 USL's will:
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230,000 Lumens of screaming white light</font>! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/faint.gif
Yeah, baby!
Put another way, it would take 42 e2's to equal the output of just 1 USL! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Bill - on that last shot, how did you get the star effect on the back row? I've tried repeatedly to do that, but I don't have proper star filters. My attempts always fail! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif