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The clip tells a story of a bold enterprise – construction of 1:1 R2-D2 prop replica from George Lucas’s Star Wars.
STAR WARS ARTISTIC TEAM PRESENTS
From zero to hero - construction of the first r2-d2 astrodroid prop replica in Poland. The works begun in September 2009.
The idea first came up at Star Wars celebration IV in 2007. In the R2-D2 Builders Club sector. That was the starting point to build.
The first challenge was finding the blueprints and assembling over 100 astrodroid’s elements.
Almost 90% of them "hand-crafted" (CNC, laser cut and other) or resin details.
Constructing the frame of R2 was merely a beginning.
What had to be taken care of was the electronics, steering and the electric drive. We used a scooter motors and ‘Futaba’ 4CH R/C.
The first encounter with the kids took place on 30th Jan. 2010 during a monthly held “S.W.A.T. Workshops”.
See more on our web site - www.swat.org.pl.
The construction has been completed in March 2010.
R2-D2’s main tasks are bringing joy to the children in need and entertaining all Star Wars fans at non-profit S.W.A.T. events.
Thanks for help in construction to: Konrad, Sebastian, toolmakers and woodworkers,
- our friends from R2-D2 Builders Club and R2-D2 Builders Yahoogroups,
Special Thanks to:
- Marco Xeno,
- Dave Everett for founding the R2-D2 Builder’s Club,
- George Lucas and the specialists from Lucasfilm.
You’ll find further adventures of our R2 at our youtube channel “SWARTISTICTEAM”.
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