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Annual Southern California Droid Party

Scums 3rd annual droid party. Biggest one yet this year with a great variety of droids! Mingled with some awesome people.

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Scum Muster:

Krank & Ardy

  • S1-10C- busted front foot on curb

  • Monster Inferno MSE “EL Raton” with battle protection- side panels warped in heat

  • Star Tours Speeder 3000 Beer Transport (debut)

  • Captain Rex RX-24 (debut)- just finished night before neck lift needs work

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27th Seal Day [T43]

Free event includes seal viewing, food trucks, live music, arts, plus a Halloween in June twist with Trunk-or-Treating and costume contests! 

27th Seal Day

Marine Mammal Care Center

Public Event

June 22, 2019

10 AM -4 PM

Marine Mammal Care Center
3601 S. Gaffey #8
San Pedro, CA 90731
https://marinemammalcarecenterlosangeles.com/annual-seal-day/

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Free event includes seal viewing, food trucks, live music, arts, plus a Halloween in June twist with Trunk-or-Treating and costume contests! 

If you haven’t been to Los Angeles County’s year-round sea lion hospital, Seal Day is the day that you will want to visit! Seal Day festivities will feature outdoor animal viewing, live music, food trucks, games for kids and dozens of booths from a wide range of community organizations. This year’s theme is Halloween in June, complete with professional costumed visitors, a Trunk-or-Treat experience with world famous Star Cars– vehicles from stage and screen, and a costume contest for those who come dressed for fun!

Seal Day is happening at Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM on Saturday, June 22nd. 

Bring your appetite too! Some of the region’s most popular food truck eateries will be attending! Popular exhibitor booths will include Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, El Dorado Nature Center, plus many local environmental groups that will be giving lectures and demonstrations throughout the day.

Everyone is encouraged to come in costume and join in the fun! Live music performances will be happening all day (sponsored by the Parrot Head Club) plus special appearances by singer/pianist Flaviyake. Seal Day 2019 will also have hand-painted sea lion sculptures up for auction along with a chance to meet and greet with the local artists that created them for the event! 

MANY WAYS TO DONATE HERE


Event Summary

Scums 2nd year for this lovely event supporting the MMCC ! It was a lovely day sharing how to build droids with visitors, encouraging donation to the MMCC and sharing candy ! We had an awesome droidbuilder back drop provided by Gears McTinkersome at http://twinlitworlds.com and Road Squadron. Gears also had his super car firghter Red 2 ! Aarre brought her in-progress R2 which really gives guests an awesome look at the building process. Jrbell from the Bakersfield Droid Builders brought his amazing aluminum R2. Had lots of interested guests, hopefully we recruited some builders :) Also out in force was the Saber Guild Jedi, 501st Legion and Rebel Legion !The Kyle Smith band provided some fun cover songs in the background for most the day. Please consider donating to the center. The center operation on donations by organizations and individuals like you! The center treats and releases injured marine mammals through their rehabilitation center.

checkout the built it page for the different groups!

Scum Muster

  • RD-2D & Krank

  • Monster Inferno MSE & Ardy Jo

VIDEO COMING SOON….

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STAR WARS DAY 2019 [T41]

STAR WARS DAY 2019 at Victoria Garden

AKA STAR WARS READS

#rcstarwarsreads2019

Free Public Event

RANCHO CUCAMONGA PAUL A. BIANE LIBRARY

SATURDAY MAY 25, 2019 12-5PM

Going to be a big event the Droid Builders and sister clubs Rebel Legion, 501st Legion, Mandalorian Mercs, Saber Guild and Road Squadron! Check out their website and social media information over on the BUILD IT webpage.

Additional Event Media:

Star Wars Day 2019 aka Star Wars Reads Paul A. Biane Library/ Victoria Gardens Rancho Cucamonga, CA USA May 25, 2019 Parade: 00:00 - 01:52 Video of some of the fun at Star Wars Day 2019 provided by Desert Scum footage, which represent a very small portion of the day!

Scum Pix:

Some pictures from the event below!

Scum Report:

It was a grand day out Saturday at Victoria Gardens! The Droid Builders were most pleased to attend with extended invite through the Rebel Legion Sunrider Base! We had 3 droids from the lovely Bakersfield Droid Builders (Will, Brian & Jackie) show along with 2 Scum droids and B1-H1 and his lil MSE buddy! We were able to be ready in time for the procession this year ! Event kicks off with the character procession through the gardens and into the library to get everyone excited for the day! Droid Builders brought up the rear and closed the procession in style.

The event was lively and full of activities for the kiddies a live cover band and plenty of photo opportunities with all of the many awesome characters that came out to play. The Rebel Legion & 501st Legion had an awesome Endor backdrop complete with Endor bunker and full size speeder bike ! Was a warm lovely Southern California day and the snow cones hit the spot! The Droid Builders got to meet and take a quick picture with Daniel Logan who played young Boba Fett in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones! among many other things.

A day full of Star Wars smiles !

Hope to see you next year!

Scum Muster:

  • RD-2D & Krank

    • RD-2D mooned the crowd twice with the rock road knocking the back panel off

  • Monster Inferno MSE & Ardy Jo

    • Monster MSE made it all day without re-charge on the 10000 mAh battery !

Clubs

If you are interested in joining any of the super amazing costuming clubs, (501st Legion, Rebel Legion, Mandalorian Mercs, Saber Guild, Droid Builders) head over to the Build It page to find social media and website information to help you out ! The costuming clubs have basic standards to follow for approval . The Droid Builders have guidelines but not official requirements for joining.

From the Hosts:

Join us for a fun-filled afternoon of crafts, games, character procession, Darth Vader storytime, music, and some very special guests!

Character Procession (starts at Kew Ave./North Mainstreet East)

Featured Guests and Performers

Danial Logan

Obi-Shawn

John Cloughery (magician)

Jimmy Purcell (artist)

Robert Zailo (artist)

DJ ROTNerd

Star Force Band

Inland Empire Cantina Band

 

Events

Bank of America Courtyard Main Stage

Character Procession (starts at Kew Ave./North Mainstreet East)

Opening Ceremony (with Master of Ceremonies Obi-Shawn)

Darth Vader Storytime

Mad Science

Star Wars Costume Showcase (Public participation, sign-ups begin at 1 p.m. in Courtyard)

Closing ceremonies featuring Inland Empire Cantina Band

Chaffey Town Square

DJ ROTNerd

Star Force Band

Victoria Gardens Cultural Center—Celebration Hall

Light Saber Guild Demonstration

Victoria Gardens Cultural Center—Rehearsal Hall

Vader Episode 1: Shards of the Past Fan-Film Panel Discussion

Star Wars Holiday Special Panel Discussion

Lewis Family Playhouse Lobby

California Vintage Star Wars Collectors’ Club

 

Attractions

Bank of America Courtyard

Rebel Legion

501st Legion

Mandalorian Mercs Costume Club

Saber Guild

Star Wars Day Info Booth

Friends of the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library

North Mainstreet East

Galactic Art Studio: Star Wars Artists Demonstrations by Robert Zailo and Jimmy Purcell

4 Color Fantasies Comics/Collectibles

Star Wars Origami Art with Chris Alexander

Mad Science

Star Wars 20 Podcast

Booma Ball Toss

Rancho Cucamonga Library Foundation

North Mainstreet West

NASA

Creative Brain Learning

Planetary Society

Jedi Archivist presented by Cosplay for Science

Galactic City Crafts: Yoda Ears and Amidala Headbands

Watto’s Droid Shop

Kamino Manufacturing Plant

Rancho Cucamonga Public Library Bookmobile

Paul A. Biane Library — Displays

501st Legion Rebel Legion Prop Display — Storytheater

Star Wars Collectibles Display — Library MainStreet

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R2LA 15 [T27]

Droid Builder Party

PIX AT BOTTOM OF THE BLOG ENTRY

Hosted by Mr. Senna each year, R2LA is a gathering of droid builders in the Southern California area (mostly) although we have build visitors from out of state as well.

Super fun event collaborating with builders who we haven’t met in person and are basically celebrities in our opinion!

Ardy Jo’s Monster Wampa MSE rolled in with the recently finished Echo Base Beer Transport! Wampa MSE was surprisingly capable of toting a 6 pack ! Krankmeister brought his awesome BB-8E & MSE. He powered on the SNES Classic when it started getting a little dark out and played some Mario World, Donkey Kong and Super Star Wars right off BB-8E.

Great to see a couple choppers and so many MSEs this year! We were especially privileged to have Johnny 5, L3-37, K2-SO, C3-PO and Boba Fett ! They made for some great pix!

As usual, we had some MSE fun out in the street. Couple of race offs and the Mousezillas had a race with dudes riding on top of them! Racing quickly turns into crashes (some intentional !). Monster Inferno MSE had some battle damage. Ardy Jo had the bright idea of initiating a Diddy Kong Racing/Mario Kart balloon pop challenge. She secured a balloon to the back of Inferno MSE and zoomed around. The MSE sharks quickly caught on and attempted to pop the balloon. Only last about 30 seconds haha 2nd balloon popped off and bounced around unwilling to pop.

Fun time with crafty smart peeps!

Scum Muster

  • BB-8E & Krank

  • Monster Inferno MSE, Wampa MSE & Troop Transport & Ardy Jo

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