this is the saber of the year which we all know to exist as the only known double bladed saber in the entire starwars universe and is definitely my personal favourite ...
first impression is that the lighted version of the darthmaul saber verse the limited edition DM saber came from the same mould of 3000 edition version of saber released earlier 2 yrs ago.. and price has dropped from 499USD to 199USD...which also mean that those of u who has the limited edition can modified it for sure...
official release picture from MR for DM saber

production picture of the 3000 released version of the DM saber

this coming feb released saber comes in 2 form...full length double bladed version and battle damaged version. Full length double bladed saber is probably over 2 metres tall when extended end to end...and definitely can be disengaged to be 2 independent saber...only thing i query is that does the sound mode still exist when both sabers are separated
full box version of the DM lightsaber

this 1.8m tall guy standing beside the full length saber

one interesting and key buying factor is that MR has perfect the skill of developing Blade to an extend of having three built-in motion sensors for super sensitivity: 2 for detecting movement and 1 for detecting the impact of the blade. This in the past only have 1 each for past saber that i have noticed. What follows which extremely pleasing is that the motion sensor is placed on each of the saber coupled in between by a connection which means this saber should have 6 motion sensors altogether making this production a champ for sure and worthy collectible item
details of the cross sections of lightsabers

Looking at various forum and official sites discussion of this saber has probably proved to be promising and if u ask me i will definitely get one for sure...

Original picture source from : theforce.net and Jedi temple archive
Official reproduction of Darth Maul's doubled bladed lightsaber from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
Enhanced glowing red blades with realistic power-up and power-down light effects. The lighting effects are produced by two strings of 64 super-bright LEDs that ignite sequentially inside the blades.
Features five motion sensor controlled sound effects recorded from the movie: Power-up, idle hum, swing, clash, and power-down.
Blade has three built-in motion sensors for super sensitivity: 2 for detecting movement and 1 for detecting the impact of the blade.
Durable metal hilt looks and feels like a real lightsaber.
Sturdy blades are permanently attached to the hilt.
Can be assembled as a double bladed lightsaber or used as two, battle damaged, single blade lightsabers.
Approximate dimensions: 86" x 1.5"
Comes with a stand for tabletop or wall display.
Uses 6 AAA batteries (not included).
Also available: Darth Vader Lightsaber Force FX, Luke Skywalker Lightsaber Force FX, Mace Windu Lightsaber Force FX, Anakin Skywalker Lightsaber Force FX