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January 10, 2005
9:49:56 PM
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A lot of you know I am building an R2 and an R7, well I wanted to post something cool that just happened. The groups I belong to made it to the Starwars.com site ! yay! here is more about the groups.. soo excited, cant wait for C3 
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RE: Astromech builders group
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January 10, 2005
10:24:06 PM
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That's damn cool. Nice to see people having fun with our little collective hobby. Have fun at C3. -----------------------
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January 10, 2005
11:12:42 PM
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hope you guys will have fun with building your C3, its nice to hear that you guys made it to the offical SW website. -----------------------
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January 11, 2005
2:45:53 AM
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Very cool, Mara.  -----------------------
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January 11, 2005
6:25:02 AM
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That is kicken. Yours actually look correct, so hopefully you guys will do well... -----------------------
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January 11, 2005
1:34:26 PM
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Its insane the amout of research that goes into our droids... its pretty exciting. Even Kenny (the guy who was inside R2 in the movies) came over and commented on the droids. Said they looked great. Even signed a couple of the inside domes. It was exciting. What will be fun about C3 is that we are planning a race course... THAT should be fun. I promise to get lots of pictures of the whole event to show you  -----------------------
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RE: Astromech builders group
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January 11, 2005
2:39:30 PM
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Yeah, I'd like to see your astromech droids after C3's over. -----------------------
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January 11, 2005
4:46:51 PM
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Yea man, that would be pretty awesome. So did you guys just look this stuff up on the internet and master it or what? -----------------------
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January 12, 2005
10:39:20 PM
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Kenny Baker at MJ's pad?
/me fights to supress a "kickstand" comment. -----------------------
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January 13, 2005
5:19:36 AM
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lol!! -----------------------
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RE: Astromech builders group
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January 15, 2005
7:46:02 PM
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Shazam .. yeah pretty much there was no official blueprints... so the first members of the group had it hard, they spent a lot of time recreating to the millimeter. Seriously the plans for this are insane. Then we all work on different ways to make these droids, and take it a step further to actually have them run, and interact with people. We have most of the extra cool things figured out.. I am working on a theory for having R2 shoot out a lightsaber from his dome. However I would have to practice a ton.. catching it would look cool, having him shoot it and falling on the ground next to me.. not so cool Lots of work, and lots of time/money put into these guys. Its a pretty hardcore hobby. We love it, but it is a widowmaker... some guys have really supportive wives.. some dont. There are three females in the group I believe.... we will all be at C3 showing off our work .. so cool, getting excited! -----------------------
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January 15, 2005
8:49:55 PM
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Mara, what you really, really need is one of these to carry the droids around in/on.
Here's a sample taste:
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January 15, 2005
10:03:04 PM
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I just saw that today.. laugh but I was just at home depot getting ideas about how to build it.. I am able to come in well under the 20G pricetag for that ... but it will be a lot of work. So worth it when I roll up to a convention with the droids on the top deck! LOL Man that is cool
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January 17, 2005
3:24:03 PM
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ok I had to pass this on, so you all can get more of an idea of what we do If you visit this link you have to go to multimedia section. He does frames on webpages so I cant send you a direct link.. anyway... if you watch this clip, this is footage from C2, he is preparing for our C3 video (he tapes all of the astromech gatherings) you can see how big this is. I am a HUGE dork and actually shed a tear when watching this.. there were so many beautiful droids and pictures. *sigh* I have goosbumps from thinking about C3 and all the droids that will be there (looks like 30 at this time) so! here is the link *sniffle sniffle*
http://www.tkbearcrew.com -----------------------
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January 17, 2005
4:31:38 PM
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Tha's a land cruiser? Holy crap. I'm gettin me one of those... Just a little over the price of a car, who needs one of those?
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January 17, 2005
5:09:06 PM
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Yeah... Maybe a real-life Industrial Automaton? -----------------------
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January 17, 2005
10:56:26 PM
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Sweet! You all will be invited to come have a custom astromech built! With all the fancy extras like the laser tools, and serving tray for beverages -----------------------
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January 18, 2005
2:29:42 PM
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That sounds good... Maybe someone could start an Incom Corporation next! And then BlasTech! And then... -----------------------
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January 18, 2005
6:08:35 PM
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We will take over the universe! ! ! There is nothing stopping us now.. *rubs hands together* its just a matter of time...
Speaking of time.. I need to get to work on finshing up my mouse droid so I can practice with him. I am a good builder, now to work on my driving skills.. there is a huge race I will be entering at C3. They decided to add jumps. As if stearing a mouse droid wasnt hard enough, now I need to jump the thing. *sigh* should be fun though I get to award the trophies, catch is I have to wear my slave leia costume to do it. Also a couple of the guilders kids will be dressed as Jawas, and they will be given flags to start the races. This is going to be way too much fun. -----------------------
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January 18, 2005
6:25:40 PM
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Cool... -----------------------
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January 18, 2005
7:32:00 PM
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you couldnt just make a new body for a rc car that looks like a mouse droid and put that on? mabe one of the bad gas powered ones? truthfully this is facinating stuff, i'm just sort of an idiot. -----------------------
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January 18, 2005
9:55:15 PM
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No actually your right, thats how the mouse droids are made, however the actual car is removed leaving the frame, there the mouse body goes. However what you make the body out of, how strong, how balanced, and face it, those bodies are not exactly made to jump and land well... so I need to do some test runs lol -----------------------
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January 18, 2005
10:16:09 PM
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kool, i was right for once, yeah, i think that fiberglass type stuff that they make snowmobile bodies out of would work real well, just a guess. -----------------------
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January 19, 2005
10:49:17 AM
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Hey Mara, what's the chance of having a pic of you in the slave Leia costume getting posted? -----------------------
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January 19, 2005
2:09:01 PM
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Yeah, I was thinking that same thing... (Well, sort of, I guess...) -----------------------
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January 19, 2005
3:05:35 PM
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You guys.
/me shakes his head.
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January 19, 2005
6:38:28 PM
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It isnt fun wearing it... since everyone wants their pic taken of your and you miss part of the convention. However it is worth it since I will be with the R2's, and it really brings in a key character of Star Wars. Most of the R2 builders are male, and will be wearing plain clothes, or jedi robes, we will have some of the Storm Troopers there.. but the females are sorely missing in this hobby. SO I think it is neat to have me there in costume, Slave Leia, Mara Jade, one of leias hooded robes, and my biker scout costume. Those are the four days, and I will have tons of pics I am sure.. so I will post them all. I will have my webiste up with a complete documentary of the convention. I personally think it would be exciting for everyone who cant make it to C3 to see what goes on there, and see the 30! yes 30 .. astromechs that will be there.. and the mouse droids. It should be nothing short of stunning. Also snipes.. the fiberglass is a great idea, and a lot of people do use that, but it can be brittle in some instances (jumps? I dont know yet.. have to test) and it is a pita to work with. I am thinking about ABS which is what my armor is made of... it is also lighter weight.. -----------------------
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January 19, 2005
7:01:21 PM
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that might work, dont they use that material to make pipes? i think. -----------------------
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January 19, 2005
7:15:12 PM
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PVC is pipes ABS is storm trooper armor, which is fairly tough.. I wouldnt go banging a hammer on it by any means LOL. Mouse droids are easy to rebuild though, so I could make a couple frames in case I snaped one in a race -----------------------
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January 19, 2005
7:52:50 PM
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brittle-ish, its not too bad unless you hit it with something realy big or take it over a cliff, or something, it would be a bit heave, but i know nothing of ABS, so i cant realy compare. -----------------------
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