Desert Scum 4/24/20 Desert Scum 4/24/20

R2-2D COMPLETED

R2-2D completed

RD-2Ds tear-down and partial conversion to R2-2D has been completed ! Well assembled and operational at least. Any droid builder knows a droid is never completed …

Too-dee is sitting on a wood frame, all steel feet, aluminium dome & skins and rocking on new Q85 Brushless 4WD drive system !!

All parts as provided by the mighty R2 Droid Builders Club members at www.astromech.net or via Facebook groups such as Mr. Baddeley Printed Droid group.

While it may seem to have taken 7 months to complete too-dee, the dome was already completed (slight re-wiring) and had most of the parts to assemble and lets not forget the knowledge and experience that came from RD-2D & RD-QD !

Unfortunately it looks like too-dee will not be able to meet any new friends for a few months dues to COVID-19. But he will be ready to roll when this blows over!

Here he is meeting his sister RD-QD for the 1st time!

R2-2D WEBPAGE

BUILD IT WEBPAGE FOR LINKS TO BUILD GROUPS AND RESOURCES

Desert Scum 9/8/18 Desert Scum 9/8/18

Long Beach Comic Con 2018 [T24 & T25]

Scum report from LBCC2018 with the Space Expo

Long Beach Comic Con

September 8 & 9 2018

Droid Builders booth & panel as part of the Columbia Memorial Space Center's Space Expo

Pictures below the summary!

Scum Muster

RD-2D, BB-8E & Krank
Monster Inferno MSE, Wampa MSE & Ardy Jo

Tags:

Hey Johnny , perello23, http://www.astromech.twinlitworlds.com/ , Jackie, Tina, ther2joe , aclane56, miyamotoextreme , Keith & Diana,

Summary

Really look forward to the Long Beach Con & Expos! Get to volunteer as part of the Space Expo with the droid builders group. We get a nice lil group of droids and parts to display at the booth and panel on Sunday. Scum did Sat & Sun this year. Really awesome to spend the night in Long Beach and not have to drive in the morning. The Long Beach Con/Expo is a nice medium size con and not too overwhelming for any new goers but full of lots of stuff. Loved meeting new builders and seeing those we have made builder homies with! Didn't get any MSE Vision videos (forgot the camera mount at home) and didn't get as many photos (especially on Saturday) as we should have.

Kranks favorite cosplay of the weekend was Joe Dirt and Ardy Jo's was Cinderella !

It was BB-8E and Wampa MSEs 1st con and they did great! everyone loved with BB-8E started wiggling and moving. He was rocking out to Johnny 5s jams. Wampa MSE creeped everyone out with his eyeballs and jumping out from around corners haha He also went for a beer break.

Saturday

Arrived with RD-2D, MSE-6, BB-8E, Monster Inferno MSE & Monster Wampa MSE & 2 slicer droids. The plan was to have Krank's MSE-6 tug the BB-8E. Unfortunately, it blew a connector and started smoking after we turned it on ! haha had toss em back in the truck for the weekend. Unfortunately Krank could have fixed it in a couple minutes it turned out. Resorted to tugging BB-8E behind RD-2D or by hand.

Droid booth had a nice corner spot with space to display the droids and move around. We were lucky to have Johnny 5 hang out with us on Saturday! Ardy Jo was able to get her "Hold the Door" doorstop signed by Hodor (Game of Thrones) Kristian Nairn in the morning. Saturday flew by! Did a droid parade at some point in the day, which is really fun to mow through everyone. Monster MSE loves cardboard trashcans. Some kind soul turned in Ardy Jos phone that got left in the pooper.

Sunday

Had to tug the droids around the block from the hotel unfortunately since they moved the LBCC entrance due to the stamp convention. Sunday seemed busier for some reason. We had Godzilla hang out at our booth on Sunday. Super awesome costume by one of our builders Amy! We snuck to the back of the hall to do some astromech racing. Jackie's Bakersfield R2-D2 won over all even though the Monster Wampa MSE spanked them all haha Also did another droid parade around the hall. The panel was at the end of the day and Scum left right after. Panel was represented with a nice variety of builders and went really well even though the room was tiny.

Desert Scum 8/4/18 Desert Scum 8/4/18

Star Wars Night: IE 66ers vs Modesto Nuts [T23]

Star Wars Night - The force is strong with this one! Star Wars Night will take place on Saturday, August 4th. Come meet your favorite Star Wars characters, while we feature Star Wars promotions and activities during the game!

Another great event helping to raise money for a great cause!

Leave No Paws Behind- PLEASE VISIT THEIR PAGE AND CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION

https://www.leavenopawsbehind.org

"Leave No Paws Behind is the voice for those who cannot speak. We are an all breed , all foster based rescue, specializing in seniors, End of Life, and animals with special medical needs.When possible we step up to help save the lives of those that are in most danger of being left behind to die on a cold shelter floor."

RD-2D and Monster Inferno Squad MSE had fun taking pictures with fans to raise money for Leave No Paws Behind. LNPB even brought some doggies to the park! They were so cute with their little shoes and so well behaved.

http://www.milb.com/tickets/singlegame.jsp?sid=t401

Scum Muster

RD-2D & Krank
Monster Inferno MSE & Ardy Jo