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The Attack of the Droids !- Anaheim Garden Walk, CA [T53]

The Attack of the Droids !

October 30, 2021

5 PM - 9PM

Factory Xtreme /Anaheim Garden Walk

Halloween Night Market Event Webpage:

Southern California Droid Builders (Astromechanics) will be back at the Anaheim Garden Walk to romp around during the Halloween Night Market event on October 30, 2021. Come out in costume and mingle!

Event Summary:

Muster:

R2-2D Krank (So Cal Astromechanics)

Ardy Jo (So Cal Astromechanics) TBD

more droids from So Cal Astromechanics TBD

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UNICON 2021- Las Vegas [T52]

Unicon - Fans United !

UNICON

OCTOBER 1-3, 2021

The Expo at World Market Center

475 S GRAND CENTRAL PKWY

LAS VEGAS, NV

Event Webpage

Star Wars Booth Supporting the Nevada Cure 4 the Kids Foundation

https://cure4thekids.org/

Event Summary:

What a great event! Star Wars clubs had a killer booth/setup thanks to Dan with @TikiFab and the amazing space walls !!! They were back lit and even had some awesome disco color changing action during the intermittent Deathsar Disco! The Star Wars area was shared by Droid Builders (Southern California, Nevada, Sacramento Astromech Builders) 501st Neon City Garrison, Saber Guild NarShadda Temple and Rebel Legion Coruscant base ! The booth had a donation helmet supporting the Nevada Cure 4 the Kids Foundation. https://cure4thekids.org

Scum and droids had a fabulous time hanging out with our sister club members representing our love of the Wars and promoting droid building/costuming etc. It has been over 1 1/2 years since we have been to a big event like this and couldn’t be more thrilled to be able to get out again and share the droids with everyone.

We had the pleasure of meeting and mingling with Special Guests from a variety of hit movies and TV shows. Always fun sharing our love of droid building across different universes!

The Mandalorian Season 1-3

  • Leilani & Ariel Shui (Jawas)

  • Emily Swallows (The Armorer)

  • Barry Lowin (The Mandalorian)

  • Chris Bartlett (Q9-0, RA-7, Ferryman, Protocol Droid Teacher)

  • Misty Rosas (Frog Lady and Kuiil)

  • Alan Fernandez (Tusken Raider)

  • Michael Biehn (Lang) aka Kyle Reese

Back to the Future

  • Claudia Wells (Jennifer Parker)

  • Harry Walters Jr. (Marvin Berry)

More:

Jim Cummings (Voice Actor)

Sam Jones (The Flash)

Timothy Zahn (Thrawn Trillogies Author)

Ashley Eickstein (Ahsoka Tano)

Group Links:

Scum Muster October 2 & 3 only:

  • R2-2D [T3] Krankmeister

  • RD-QD [T4] Ardy Jo

  • El Raton (Monster MSE) Ardy Jo [T]

  • R3-XI Krank n Ardy Jo [T2]

Droid Builder Muster October 1-3:

  • R2-D2 Namgorf - Vegas

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Star Pawz & Dogobah Park- Factory Xtreme- Anaheim GardenWalk- [T51]

Star Pawz & Dogobah Park

EVENT WEBPAGE HERE

Star Pawz at Dogobah Park !

Star Pawz at Dogobah Park !

Supporting Life Companions Foundation

FACTORY XTREME

Anaheim GardenWalk

Saturday April 17, 2021

4:00 p.m. - 9 p.m.

400 Disney Way, Anaheim, California 92802

Doggie/pet Star Wars dress up (since the Anaheim Walk and most stores are pet friendly) and photo ops with droids and costumers. A special Dogobah Park will be setup for the pups to explore and have fun. A DJ will be at the event in the evening to support the boogie.

All proceeds support the Life Companions Foundation.

The Life Companions Foundation supports awareness of the need for pet adoptions over purchasing them. Please consider showing your support by making a donation, volunteering or Sharing your personal stories! Get Involved.

All county social distancing guidelines will be followed.

Having many adopted pets ourselves, Desert Scum is so happy to be able to support such a noble cause. Ahsoka Tano was adopted (she may have adopted us) around 5 years ago and is stoked to be able to show up with her droid brother 2D and raise awareness and encourage pet adoptions!

Event Summary:

Event was a blast! We had dogs, droids , troopers sith and mandos invading the Anaheim Garden Walk! This was the first time out doggie, Ahsoka, was able to troop with the droid! She got to see where we go when we usually leave her behind to go to events. She was such a good dog! She thought all the toys were just for her in the Dogobah Park and got lots of attention from visitors and the lovely volunteers with the Life Companions Foundation ! What a great cause and event! Keep your eyes peeled on Anaheim Garden Walk/Factory Xtreme social media for additional events!

Get involved by volunteering, donating or sending your pet adoption story to Life Companions Foundation !

https://www.lifecompanions.org/get-involved

Droid Builders:

SCUM MUSTER:

  • Ahsoka Tano as herself

  • R2-2D [T2]

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March 2021 Droid Invasion - FACTORY XTREME - ANAHEIM GARDENWALK [T50]

Southern California Droid builders invaded the Anaheim GardenWalk and Factory Xtreme Saturday evening. Safely interacting with guests, causing mischief and making smiles!

March 2021 Droid Invasion

FACTORY XTREME

ANAHEIM GARDENWALK March 2021

Saturday March 6, 2021

4:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

400 Disney Way, Anaheim, California 92802

Southern California Droid Builders invaded the Anaheim Garden Walk and Factory Xtreme ! This was a bit of a last minute romp but we were able to catch a lot of innocent bystanders by surprise ! The droids romped around the garden walk outside the Factory Xtreme- dancing to the music, playing in the fog machines and mingling with guests. It was great to get out an about and have some fun with our fellow builders and droids! Visitors had a awesome time taking pictures and interacting with the droids outdoors.

For us Scum Balls, this was our 50th Troop!!!!! R2-2Ds 1st Troop after his completion last April- right when the COVID-19 pandemic started hitting. He has been gathering dust for over a year! Always interesting on a droids first outing to see what is going to go wrong :) 2D did amazingly well! A greeblie fail here and there , some loose leg bolts but he took the rough terrain like a champ!! A job well done to Krankmeister! You find find some R2-2D details on his home page.

All the droids performed awesomely. BB-8 took some brave steps out onto the rough stoneway and did fairly well with his balancing. He lost his head here and there :)

Southern California Droid Builders Muster in no particular order:

POC Officer Eric and Droid/Baby Wrangler @r2_aarre

Factory Xtreme @imperial_army & http://www.factoryxtreme.com

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POSTPONED ! City of STEM Science Festival Kick-Off

EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19

City of STEM Science Festival Kick-Off

April 4, 2020

10AM -5 PM

COLUMBIA MEMORIAL SPACE CENTER

12400 Columbia Way
Downey, CA 90242

(562) 231-1200
info@downeyspacecenter.org

https://www.columbiaspacescience.org/calendar/2020/4/4/city-of-stem-science-festival-kick-off-even

Summary

Southern California Droid Builders will be in attendance supporting the STEM Science Kick off !

Scum Muster

CITY OF STEM SCIENCE FESTIVAL APRIL 4, 2020 COLUMBIA MEMORIAL SPACE CENTER #STEM #CITYOFSTEM #COLUMBIASPACEMEMORIAL

CITY OF STEM SCIENCE FESTIVAL APRIL 4, 2020 COLUMBIA MEMORIAL SPACE CENTER #STEM #CITYOFSTEM #COLUMBIASPACEMEMORIAL

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LA Cookie Convention 2020 [T49]

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LA Cookie Convention

https://lacookieconvention.com/

February 29, 2020 - March 1, 2020

Fairplex Convention Center, Pomona, CA 91768

Summary

Enjoy some sweets and fun at the LA Cookie Convention!

Star Car Central cars- DeLorean Time Machine (1.21 Gigawatt Guys) , Ghostbusters Car (EctoXo) and Kitt (Knight Rider) and Desert Scum Droids and celebrity SAK R2-D2 (perello23).

Desert Scum Droids February 29 only.

  • Check out http://www.starcarcentral.com for information on the super awesome movie car club and how to become a member! Also on our Build It webpage.

  • Check out the Build It webpage on how to become a member of the Droid Builders or applicable costume groups.

It was a beautiful day in So Cal and the droids spent about half the time outside mingling with Cookie Con guests and passer byers with the Star Cars.

Per usual, the droids spread joy and cheer throughout the land ! They also got to meet Celebrity Pastry Chef Ron Ben Israel and ventriloquist, stand up comedian Jeff Dunham !

Scum Muster

  • Krank RD-QD Troop 3

  • Ardy Jo & Monster MSE EL Raton

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Jayzomon Pop Culture Expo [T5]

Jayzomon Pop Culture Expo

https://www.jayzomonspopcultureexpo.com/

Sat, February 8, 2020

9:00 AM – 6:00 PM PST

San Bernardino County Fair Grounds

14800 7th Street, CA 92395

From the Host:

JayZoMon's Pop Culture Expo is the first and only comic and pop culture in the California High Desert. The inaugural event is scheduled for February 8, 2020. Folks who hold a SST (Sensory Sensitive Ticket) start the event at 9:00 AM and conclude at 10:00 AM. For the General Public doors open at 10:00 AM and will carry on until 6:00 PM (unless you have the VIP Pass and it will end at 9:00 PM). Attendees can expect a plethora of things to enjoy with vendors, celebrities, comic dealers, toy & Collectibles, costumes, clothing, cosplayers and contest, live podcasts, Q&As, Live Wrestling and much more!


JayZoMon's Pop Culture Expo or PCE as we call it, is all about you--the People of the High Desert and not having to travel one to three hours to attend a convention! If you love comics, games, toys, film, movies and pop 80s and 90s culture come join us in the fun! We'll be waiting to see you!

Event Overview:

Southern California Droid builders are joining the 501st Legion Southern California Garrison to support this local Pop Culture Expo! Come out and grab some trooper & droid pictures and support the expo!

Scum Muster:

  • Ardy Jo- Commander Iden Versio & El Raton Monster MSE

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Long Beach Comic Expo 2020 [T48]

Long Beach Comic Expo

January 10 & 11, 2020

www.longbeachcomicexpo.com

check out also the Long Beach Comic Con !

The droid builders always have a great showing as part of the Columbia Memorial Space Centers Space Expo Exhibit! Stop by and chat about building droids!

Sunday January 11, 2020 was a Lady Droid Builder Panel with members of the Droid Builders clubs and Stardust Builders Initiative!

Visit our BUILD IT page for links to the various build groups and resources !

Event Summary

Substantially smaller than the Long Beach Comic Con in the fall, the Expo contained a variety of vendor & artist booths including comic/movie/tv actors & staffers offering their signatures and pictures. We bumped into the Red Power Ranger, Craig Miller, @indiespeeder and the Salamaca twins from Breaking Bad Daniel & Luis Moncada as well as many of the usual amazingly awesome cos players!

Droid builders had an awesome display of WIP R2s and amazing electronics including a few amazing R2-D2s, a super awesome R2-Q2, newborn RD-QD and Monster Inferno MSE ! Thank you to everyone who stopped by to chat with us about droids, building and Star Wars! We hope that you were inspired to start a droid build of your own !

Also a BIG thank you to everyone who stopped by our lady builder panel on Sunday! It was much appreciated to get such a big show of support from everyone! If anyone happens to have footage from it please email us at contact@desertscum.org

Sunday

Complementing various women themed cosplay panels occurring at the Expo, local Droid Builder ladies represented the clubs in the Engineering START WARS: Build Your Own R2! It was an awesomely informative panel put on by the ladies which generated quite a large audience! There was a nice variety of droids and build methods to share with the audience. Keri had her R2, Naila had her BB-8, Tina had her WIP R2-RE, and Ashly Jo had her RD-QD and Monster MSE representing the Stardust Builders Initiative !

Room: 103A
Time: 2:30p-3:30p
Name of Panel: Engineering STAR WARS: Build Your Own R2
Description: Can’t get enough droids? Want R2 or BB-8 on all your adventures? There’s a whole club of people dedicated to building R2-D2 and the other droids of Star Wars! Come learn the basics and see what it takes to build your own Astromech droid from several women that build their own!
Panelists: Keri Bean, Naila Browne, Tina Bosse and Ashly Jo Dishmon

Scum Muster

  • RD-QD and Krank Troop 2

  • Monster MSE and Ardy Jo

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Spark of Love Toy Drive [T4]

Spark of Love Toy Drive

Main Street Hesperia, CA

December 14, 2019

Event Host: San Bernardino County Fire Department

Club Host: 501st Legion

Scum Muster:

Ardy Jo- Commander Iden Versio [T4]

Mombo Italiano Wrangling

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CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive [T3]

CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive

http://www.riversidemetrocommunity.com/chips-for-kids/

5-8pm

From the host website

The Riverside California Highway Patrol will host “Staff the Patrol Car” Kick Off Party the first Friday of every December from 12noon to 9pm as part of its annual “CHiPs for Kids” Holiday Toy Drive. “CHiPs for Kids” is conducted by CHP officers statewide to collect toys for distribution to families in need and provide them with a happy holiday.

In addition to the Kick Off Party, the Riverside CHP will collect toys in vehicles on each showroom floor at Riverside Metro Auto Group designated the “Toy Box” as well as donation barrels placed at the Riverside CHP office located on Lincoln Ave. Toys will be collected from November 28 – December 18. They should be new and unwrapped in their original packaging.

Riverside Metro Auto Group is proud to partner with the CHP and to be a designated toy drop off location. Riverside CHP and Riverside Metro Auto Group would like to thank all of those “Santa’s Helpers” that continue to make this Toy Drive possible year after year.

501st Legion Hosting

Scum Muster:

Ardy Jo Commander Iden Version & Monster Inferno MSE

Mombo Italiano Wrangling

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Los Angeles Empire Con [T47]

Empire Con, the ultimate event for Star Wars fans and collectors is coming to LA on 6-8 Dec 2019!. Join us for this 3 day convention at the Marriott LAX to celebrate all that is Star Wars. Meet the stars, see props, costumes and much much more!


Los Angeles Empire Con

December 6-8, 2019

Los Angeles Airport Marriott,

5855 West Century Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90045

TICKETS & INFO WWW.EMPIRECONLA.COM

EMPIRE CON WILL BE BACK IN 2020 !

From The Host:

Empire Con, the ultimate event for Star Wars fans and collectors is coming to LA on 6-8 Dec 2019!. Join us for this 3 day convention at the Marriott LAX to celebrate all that is Star Wars. Meet the stars, see props, costumes and much much more!

Local Southern California Droid Builders will be attending help celebrate the awesomeness of Star Wars ! Scum droids are super excited to be part of the event and hang out with their droid buddies!

All proceeds from the con went to the Peter Mayhew Foundation

http://petermayhewfoundation.org

Troop Log:

3 days of Star Wars ! This was Scums 1st big Star Wars focused event and it was super amazing! It is always an extreme pleasure to hang out with the Droid Builders and our Sister clubs Mandalorian Mercs, Saber Guild, 501st Legion and Rebel Legion members. Please check out the Build It page for information on joining one or more of these amazing clubs!

It is a really pleasant experience to hang around genuine Star Wars fans, we all have something in common so we are automatically best-ies. It is different than the regular cons in that the is that unified genuine love and interest the droids. It is always our hope to inspire others to look into building their own and always a pleasure to discuss it with those that have or have started. A common issue is actually finding time to finish one. If anyone is like Ardy Jo, she desires that creativity and excitement aspect of building things, which is kind of a sweet spot that is hard to explain and even harder to fabricate, it just is there when its there and isn’t when it isn’t.

Day 1

We had 2 R2-D2s , RD-QD and Monster Inferno MSE. The booth was a nice roomy area and we had some awesome photo back drops for guests. We also had a nice display of a work in progress R2 for guests. Friday wasn’t so busy crowd wise. Ardy Jo chatted with Mr. Craig Miller who was promoting his new book “Star Wars Memories: My Time In The (Death Star) Trenches” (which can be found on Amazon).

The after party was the being George Lucas party with plaid projectors and the holiday special playing while the DJ blasted some beats. The Monster Inferno MSE had fun dancing with the balloons!

Day 2

Chopper from the Bakersfield Droid Builders joined us! The builders held a build panel in the afternoon with a very small group in attendance. Those that did attend enjoyed talking to the builders after and taking that exclusive peak inside R2. The Scarif Tiki After Party was poppin and Monster MSE had a blast dancing with the palm trees :)

Whilst Ardyjo was romping through the Dealers Hall again she picked up Mr. Craig Millers book again he very nicely signed it for her. Later Frazer Diamond popped out from behind his booth and asked for a picture of the Monster Inferno MSE which striked up a conversation that he was there as he played one of the Jawas in A New Hope when he was 7 years old. He indicated he was the one with the droid caller on the sand crawler scene. Ardy Jo had luckily enough brought her replica with her and was able to get him to sign it! Too bad it wasn’t a legitimate replica but all the same an awesome piece to add to the collection :)

Day 3

Day 3 we were down to 3 Astromechs & the MSE. We were able to make the group photo with the Rebel Legion/501, Mandalorian and Saber Guild. While we were out there we got to mingle Angie Mayhew, Jim Cummings and Christopher Sean.

Scum Muster:

  • Krank RD-QD debut and troop 1

  • Ardy Jo Monster Inferno MSE and ID-XO

#LAEC #EMPIRECON2019 #LOSANGELESEMPIRECON #EMPIRECON #droidbuilders #astromech


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87th Annual Barstow Mardi Gras Parade [T46]

87th Annual Barstow Mardi Gras Parade

Facebook Event

October 26, 2019

6PM

Main Street Barstow, CA 92311

Event Host: Kiwanis Club

Club Host: 501st Legion

Parade Theme: The Wonders of Barstow

501st Legions, Rebel Legion, Mandalorian Mercs, Saber Guild and Droid Builders supporting the parade.

Troop Summary:

It was awesome having the troops out again for a local event.. Other than waiting around forever for it to start… Unfortunately the droids under performed. BB8E kept rolling off his transport with the rickity road incline and the Monster MSE smashing into it was the last straw… So Jawas and droids barely made it a 1/4 way down the route :( we will fix it !

Crowd loved the troopers. This was ArdyJos first troop as Commander Versio and everything worked out, some minor fixes and adjustments.

Scum Muster:

  • Krank Droid Monster Inferno MSE & BB-8E [T1]

  • Ardy Jo Commander Iden Versio [T1]

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