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patrickl:


pretty amazing droid.

Malenko:
Thats not the droid I was looking for.

Howard_Casto:
The problem with building R units is the same one you run across when building darleks....  Everything is butt easy and anyone, given enough time, could build one.  But domes just the right size aren't available unless you order one from one of these building clubs, which ensures you are going to spend around 1000 bucks total.

So in other words, you don't see a lot of these not because they are hard to make, but because they are expensive to make. 


This one would be an exception though.  The dude goes to obsesive levels to make things look just so-so.  Of course he could have saved himself a BUTTLOAD of time by just vaccu-forming the bits he made out of wood, but then again I suppose wood might be more durable. 

saint:
Is a darlek like a Southern dalek?

One day I will join the R2 club, it looks like much fun.


--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on March 16, 2010, 02:07:56 pm ---The problem with building R units is the same one you run across when building darleks....  Everything is butt easy and anyone, given enough time, could build one.  But domes just the right size aren't available unless you order one from one of these building clubs, which ensures you are going to spend around 1000 bucks total.

So in other words, you don't see a lot of these not because they are hard to make, but because they are expensive to make. 


This one would be an exception though.  The dude goes to obsesive levels to make things look just so-so.  Of course he could have saved himself a BUTTLOAD of time by just vaccu-forming the bits he made out of wood, but then again I suppose wood might be more durable. 

--- End quote ---

Vanguard:
What a bunch of losers.   What kind of person would dedicate so much time building something from the 80's.   I did a quick search and there's even a forum dedicated to building these things and a vendor support community, building electronics and parts.   I don't know what's sadder, the people building these or the guy who setup a forum to support these people.    ;D


Seriously though.   My brother and I at the age of 10 and 12 tried to build an R2 when Star Wars hit the theater.   Every store we went to with my parents was a quest to find just the right size trash can.

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