Go to Target, they should have their dollar / bargain bin sections going now. If your Targets are like our, they should have $1 spinning blue police beacon lights about now. The Target lights are little and would be a perfect fit. They are sold in little clear plastic boxes and take 1 or 2 AA batteries.
I did a whole run today looking for pieces parts.
Scored $60 worth of ■■■■ at Home dept, including all of the electrical boxes. Some were as cheap as 25 cents!
Didn’t see spinning blue police lights anywhere, but I found some online for $4.99 each here:
http://www.sales-in-motion.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/6642/Battery-Operated%20Police%20Light
(Note they are 5" across, so they look “full sized”)
Shipping there wasn’t cheap.. $14.99 for two, but the total for 2 was only $24.99, which seemed reasonable since I can’t find any locally, and online they are usually $14.99 or more plus shipping.
(I’m making two packs, so have to buy for both.)
Home depot does NOT carry the 3/4" split cable cord, so I got 1/2 inch instead.. might check lowes still tonight.
Kmart had some AWESOME swords that will make killer wands! The were $12.99 each, have flashing lights, make excellent sounds, and best yet, have a spinning chrome twist core inside them! They were just far too cool to pass up.
Dollar store yielded soem led flashing tombstones, with 2 leds.. a red and yellow that alternate on.. I figured that would come in handy somewhere.
Walmart has two cake pans for $3.. plus a potential plastic replacement.. it’s called a 3 in one carryall, and the bottom of it look perfect, except it’s 12" as opposed to the 10" cake pans. Haven’t decided on which I’ll use yet.
Near perfect spectra ribbon cable? Look in walmart or micheal’s in the ribbon section.. they actually have rainbow striped ribbon! The michael’s has metallic gold in it, and is wired so iyou can pose it well. The walmart is unwired, but looks more the perfect coloring. I purchased bith, and will just return whichever I don’t use.
Now I got the fever, I’ll tell you.. I have the potential I think now to make some reasonable looking packs. While the traditional boxes with wood strips are canon, I really like the more modern techy look of the inverted electronic boxes.
I’ll post pics later in my own build thread soon.