Artee DooToo

While R2-D2 and I were at Motor City Comic Con on Friday May 18th, 2012 Chewbacca and R2-D2 decided to take a stroll.  Look at who they found: Mary Ann (Gilligan's Island), Will Robinson (Lost i...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2012/06/motor-city-comic-con-2012.html

Well, Star Wars Celebration VI has been announced: August 23-26, 2012, returning to Orlando, Florida. I've created a countdown clock to help me keep track of how many days I have left to plan.....

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2011/06/cvi.html

Sunday was a shorter day, since it was the last day. After the group R2-D2 picture on Saturday, I left the Mickey hat on my R2-D2. Since several people loved it and took pictures of my R2 just be...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2010/08/sunday-august-15th-day-four.html

Saturday was probably the busiest day, which is also to be expected. We had the R2-D2 group photo that morning. I had gotten my R2 a Mickey Mouse ears hat (blue hat/silver ears) and I decided to ...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2010/08/saturday-august-14th-day-three.html

(I completely did not realize that it was Friday the 13th last week!) Day two of Celebration V. I didn't get nearly as many pictures this day, though I was in the Rebel Legion group photo and Re...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2010/08/friday-august-13th-day-two.html

The first official day of Celebration V was Thursday, August 12th, 2010. Thursday, I needed to be in a group Leia photo, then the Rebel Legion Galactic Senate (Padme, Leia, Senators, etc) photo, ...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2010/08/thursday-august-12th-day-one.html

Star Wars: Celebration V was in Orlando, Florida from August 12th-15th, 2010. This time, I actually had a completed (well, I plan to make improvements, but he's "done" for now...) R2-D2 to show o...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2010/08/cv-set-up.html

I realized as I was going to post about CV, that I never posted about The West Michigan Whitecaps Star Wars night on July 24th, 2010. The theme this year was Boba Fett in honor of the 30th annive...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2010/08/whitecaps.html

It's been too long since I posted a Mission Brief... Wednesday, July 14th 2010 I was able to participate with the Rebel Legion and 501st for the Star Wars In Concert event when they came to Gran...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2010/07/star-wars-in-concert.html

As I anticipate Celebration V and the chance to once again participate in the R2-D2 Builders' Club droid room (this time with a 100% complete R2-D2) I took a look back at Celebration II and Celeb...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2010/04/remembering-celebrations-past.html

I decided to create a countdown clock so I know how many days I have left to work on projects until CV.

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2010/04/countdown-to-cv.html

Here are pictures of my R2's RC setup. My radio is an Airtronics: Looking in from the top (dome removed): Closeup of the Sabertooth setup: A closer view of the Sabertooth:

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2010/03/rc-setup.html

March 6th, 2010 was the annual Grand Rapids Griffins Hockey Star Wars night. R2-D2 was RCd for the first time and moving!! The week before the event, I got the pocket vents finished up and attach...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2010/03/grand-rapids-griffins-star-wars-night.html

My R2 is a big step closer to coming "alive"! I got my radio, receiver, 2 servos, a dome gear, and dome motor with motor controller yesterday and today (it all came in two packages). I got everyt...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2010/02/toys.html

I had a request for pictures of my R2's dome:

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2010/01/dome-details.html

I had a friend request close-up images of my R2's leg attachment. I thought it would be easier to post the images here than send them via email. (Click on an image for a larger view.) R2's legs ...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2009/12/leg-attachment.html

Wishing everyone a blessed Christmas With hopes for a Wondrous New Year in 2010!

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-christmas.html

Finally, Star Wars Celebration V has been announced, and plans are being made! R2-D2 and I, along with my family, plan to be there!! This year it will be in Orlando Florida August 12-15, 2010 ...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2009/12/star-wars-celebration-v.html

March 21st was the Star Wars night for my local hockey team the Grand Rapids Griffins. The Michigan chapters of the 501st and Rebel Legion participated in a charity event to raise money for the G...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2009/04/grand-rapids-griffins-star-wars-night.html

I had a Rebel Legion event on March 21st that I wanted to take my R2-D2 to. I desperately wanted to get the foot strips made and put on my R2's feet before the event, but we kept running into pro...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2009/04/foot-cable-progress.html

I took my R2-D2 to another Rebel Legion/501st event on Saturday October 4, 2008, in Cedar Springs, Michigan for the Red Flannel Festival. Here are a couple pictures: The rest of my photo...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2008/10/red-flannel-festival.html

At long last (it seems), my R2-D2 is proudly sporting fresh paint on his skins! Yesterday and today I masked, primed, painted, and topcoated the skins. It meant removing his legs, poor little guy...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2008/09/painted-skins.html

I purchased styrene for my R2's skins in 2004 and cut them out myself using full-scale blueprints found at the R2-D2 Builders' Club Yahoo group . After several years of just taping them onto the ...

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My R2's shoulder to body hubs are made out of wood. I tried painting them aluminum, but it just didn't satisfy me. One day, while walking through Menard's, I noticed a display of shelf liners, an...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2008/09/cheating.html

With my budget being rather small, but desperate to get my droid finished, I followed the advice of a couple R2 Builders and made my own out of left-over styrene. It took some patience, but it pa...

http://arteedootoo.blogspot.com/2008/09/scratch-made-coin-retuns.html