The second of my 2nd new project has begun….

Finally, after a very busy and fun event season I get time to finally start my new project besides the R2-A1. Yes I’m finally starting Wall-e!!!! I just got my reference picture back from the local printers in Stockholm. And as with all projects it starts from drawings and diagrams. This printed picture is the “actual” size of how the parts will be. I say “actual” because the original wall-e in the movies was a computer generated character. Anyway, the major challenge (and the only real challenge) will be the the tread-wheel. Making them look like wall-e’s is easy but making them work is a totally different challenge, lol. So it will be a fine line between being exact and being functional. This will be a fully functional 1:1 scaled replica. I will be trying to keep the body weight down by using thin wood around a wooden frame. In a way similar to the way I have built artoo. The plan with this build is to have wall-e done by the November-December 2010 for next years big Sci fi event. Wish me luck

WHAT A WEEKEND…..and what a week prior…

Yes, this is the time of the year where a few dust off those old SciFi costumes and generally have a special weekend. I even gave my artoo a little extra polish . It was the Annual Science Fiction and Games Convention in Stockholm Sweden. Because of the publicity earlier last week many in the crowd really had a plan. To meet my artoo in person. I was totally, humbled beyond belief this weekend. So many handshakes and humbling comments that I wish everyone could experience at least once in a lifetime. And the real kicker was that many that approached me at the event weren’t really Star Wars nor die hard Sci Fi fans. They just wanted to met this “little” robot and his humbly shocked builder. A very big thanks has to go to many people for support and kindness on many different levels. That first picture on my slideshow has almost all of them. I didn’t have time to take many pictures because of obvious reasons, lol. But, I can say that artoo and I together with the 501st Nordic Garrison did raise approx. 25000 kr ( $3500) during this 2 day event for The Childrens Cancer Fond in Sweden.

a very exciting week….and more to still to come

Well its been a very busy week with interviews in the local morning paper and a live interview for the morning TV4 news station. This is the week of the up and coming Stockholm Sci Fi Convention and for some reason everyone wanted to interview the only guy to ever build an R2-D2 in Sweden…..so far
Its been a very intensive week in other words and this weekend in the actual SciFi Convention. Gotta head off to bed for an early start but here’s the actual news telecast, enjoy. A little warning you’ll first see 40 secs of adverts and then a 5 minute long telecast in swedish, sorry: click here for the video

…and here’s the video from Sundsvall

This video was taken during closing time. Thats why there aren’t many people around and I was heading back for an overnight charging so please no questions about why the dome isn’t turning. It works just fine, lol