Jack Knight1979
Well-Known Member
I would think you've got about 15 in that guy, Wayne. I've got 10 in mine and I don't even have him wired up yet.
How much is that droid in the window?
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ave4uevoli
Sr Member
actually - I'd love to talk to you about ways to upgrade my own r2 and if you have any parts around for sale.
Yea - this is true... but don't get a budget r2 just to have it. You really, like others have said, have to do the research and be completely happy with it in the end. I find myself on the opposite end, where I've been upgrading my r2 for a year or two now... (which in turn means that I'm spending more in the long run because I've paid for resin or wood parts, and now i'm paying again for metal parts and other electronics that I didn't think I "needed".)
I've wanted a R2 unit forever, just never took the plunge
I know the Sideshow R2 is $5500, but that seems pretty lame compared to a fully remote controlled unit!
I need to do some more research and find the time to dive in!
thanks for sharing
brad
I know the Sideshow R2 is $5500, but that seems pretty lame compared to a fully remote controlled unit!
I need to do some more research and find the time to dive in!
thanks for sharing
brad
phez
Sr Member
I have all but a few parts that I have bought over the last year (full aluminum droid) and I am up to about $10,000.00 including all aluminum/steel parts and electronics (lights/sounds/movement). It is a very basic remote control with spinning dome R2 (no gadgets popping out). After adding paint and a few bells and whistles I could easily see $15000.00 :wacko
It is a really rewarding build though. :love The kids love it.
There is all the information you could possibly need here.
http://astromech.net
It is a really rewarding build though. :love The kids love it.
There is all the information you could possibly need here.
http://astromech.net
Well when I built mine...alu parts were just taking off and not quite as expensive as they are now....maybe that's why???
Hi, I'm totally out of the parts business for now...but there are always parts offerings on astromech.net.
Let me know if I can help any other way.
Exavior
New Member
The price all depends on 3 factors:
And once you have a fully working droid that is "done" by most people's standards, most of us continue to add new features over time (smoke machines, projectors, compressed air misters, computer/microcontroller controlled lights and displays, AI, etc.) which add greatly to the cost.
If you make a scratch built static droid you could do it for under $1k. If you go all aluminum and every bit of functionality aside from flight, you are easily in the $10k and up range.
- Materials (Aluminum, resin, wood, PVC, fiberglass, etc.)
- Functionality (RC, quality of electronic components like motors and motor controllers, periscope, lifeform scanner, microcontrollers, etc)
- Are you scratch building, ordering parts from others, or having someone else build it for you?
And once you have a fully working droid that is "done" by most people's standards, most of us continue to add new features over time (smoke machines, projectors, compressed air misters, computer/microcontroller controlled lights and displays, AI, etc.) which add greatly to the cost.
If you make a scratch built static droid you could do it for under $1k. If you go all aluminum and every bit of functionality aside from flight, you are easily in the $10k and up range.
ave4uevoli
Sr Member
.... aside from flight... :lol
wait.. :confused why hasn't anyone tried flight????!!!! :confused That would be absolutely awesome! :lol
"i have a fire extinguisher in mine"
"yea, well I have a raising and lowering periscope"
"YEA, well... my R2 can FLY! Bio-tches!"
*FWOOOOOSHHHH*
lollol
what about a static droid built with ordered parts? (not much scratch built)
or is that even possible?
I can do some basic work, but I just don't want to have to make a bunch of stuff from scratch (if I can help it)
thanks
brad
or is that even possible?
I can do some basic work, but I just don't want to have to make a bunch of stuff from scratch (if I can help it)
thanks
brad
jackdoud
Sr Member
Oh, flying is easy, It's the landing in one peice that's hard. :angel
JediG60racer
Sr Member
I built mine from resin & styrene parts, with a construction cardboard body and bird feeder R3 dome. Only the head was RC, powered by a 1:10 scale RC motor... it rotated. That was it. No mobility or other neato things, but the head moving was enough to make it kinda cool. Had a bunch of blinky lights & electronic greeblies inside the dome.
I used a straightedge and hobby knife to cut out all the panel borders, & I painted the whole thing silver to start with, then a few coats of white so I could chip/scratch and weather it.
Built it for about $800 and sold it for $2500. Not sure what became of it, never see pix of it online -- the guy who bought it probably has it in his geek room.
I used a straightedge and hobby knife to cut out all the panel borders, & I painted the whole thing silver to start with, then a few coats of white so I could chip/scratch and weather it.
Built it for about $800 and sold it for $2500. Not sure what became of it, never see pix of it online -- the guy who bought it probably has it in his geek room.
Actually buying parts is the expensive part. Here's a radical idea.
Build it yourself...
We joke that the R2 builders club is really the R2 buyers club, but if you join (free) and dig into the archives and plans you'll find all you need to make your own scratch built R2 unit out of plastic for around $150.00, plus your time. The only tools you'll need are an exacto-knife, file and some glue. You'll be done inside of a year, and have beaten 95% of the other members to a finished droid. If you can resist the "Dark Side" (all aluminum, 400 lbs of droid)
On your way you will lean a ton and can upgrade later if you like. And of course there is the biggest secret in R2 building, and I hope I don't get in trouble for revealing this but...
Nobody builds just one R2...
So make your second one the all AL mobile 2-3-2 droid that will make you coffee.
BrianM
My R2 (mostly plastic) http://members.cox.net/brianmix/r2project/r2d2.html
Exavior
New Member
It's true, few builders stop at one... in that respect droids are rather similar to potato chips.
Though I keep telling myself I'm just going to do one driod, do it right, and keep adding onto it over time... I think the only way to keep me from building a second droid is to get the B9 or Robby building bug, and that is the path to the dark side... and I don't want to end up like Brain.
Though I keep telling myself I'm just going to do one driod, do it right, and keep adding onto it over time... I think the only way to keep me from building a second droid is to get the B9 or Robby building bug, and that is the path to the dark side... and I don't want to end up like Brain.
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